Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13
STARS PLAY TODAY
/. FOR METRO CROWN
Greiner Sets Record With 80
Ringers in One Game.
Peake May Default.
larry FRASER SAUNDERS,
- former all-round athlete
Of Westminster College,

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Of Westminster College,
Missouri, is the new horse
shoe pitching champion Of Wash
ington.
He ran true to form yesterday
and last night in winning the
finals of the Washington section
of the Metropolitan District tour
nament, sponsored by The Star.
Today he will carry on in the Metro
politan grand finale, slated to start
at $3.50 o'clock on the Plaza Play
ground courts. The young Missourien,
brother-in-law of Representative
David Hopkins, was favorite to cap
ture the big title. There was q strong
probability that 1t would not be de-
Tended by the champion of 1929, Mil
lard E. Peake of Bethesda, who has
been i'll for several days.
Peake was a spectator at yester-
days matches and took a workout, but
plainly was not in shape.
Saunders opponent in the final
Washington contest was W. Roy VIII
son, popular Georgetown division
champion, who was defeated so to 81
and 50 to 81. The battle was fought
on the court of Alexander Kirchner.
at Bancroft, Va, after play had been
halted at the plaza by darkness.
A Popular Pitcher.
In the minds of most Of those pres
ent il was q foRegone conclusion that
Saunders would triumph. The hand
some youth who came to the Nations
Capital several months ego and quick
~ made many friends had the gallery
NEF$fI fAfn all %EA To f4~1r NG
of Wilson In the final of the west sec
ton play-off, so to "a and 80 to 3S,
the FIRST game having been played the
previous day.
After the sectional play lofts were I'm
iShed yesterday the scene Of action was
shifted to archaeological courts at Bar
croft. 1t was an emergency measure,
but one that was well received. A large
portion of the Plaza gallery accom-
panied the pitchers.
James Slant, runner-up Of the Vir-
ginia avenue division play-offs, won the
East section title. His victim in the
final was William Greiner of Benning,
RoSedale division winner, who went
down fighting like q Trojan. Greider
won the first game, So to 43, and In
doing so established metropolitan
tournament record for ringers thrown
in one game with total Of so. He
tossed 26 in the second against "a for
Slant and lost, 48 TO SO, and threw rs
against "a in the deciding skirmish,
which Slant won, SO to At. II was the
second tough battle in two days for
Slant, q youthful southpaw, who, the
day before, had eliminated Earle "A.
Crane, one Of the leading fayorites at
the start OF the tournament to take
the metropolitan title.
QuantFilIe Defeated.
Before getting to Slant Greiner took
the measure of Hubbard Quantrile,
| sorrel-topped champion of the Virginia
Avenue division, in the deciding game
| of a match postponed from Thursday,
so to SO. Greiner had 20 ringers and
| Quantrille 10.
| Slant was beaten at Bancroft in the
| Washington finals by Roy Wilson, IS to
So, So to 16 and 81 to %. Greiner lost
to Saunders, 81 to So and 81 to SO, the
MisSourian proving his supremacy be-
yond question. When Greiner threat
ened In the second game he bore down
IN the right spots and made victory
decisive.
Both Greiner and Slant have vet TO
see seventeenth birthday and horse
shoe pitching fans are unanimous in
predicting brilliant futures for them.
They're both gamesters, incidentally.
Pairings for today's matches win be
drawn shortly before play starts
saunders. Wilson, Slant and Greiner
WIZ represent Washington; Peake and
Walter KolE Maryland and C. G. Hen
sen and Alexander Kirchner. VIRGINIA.
Saunders will be strong favorite If
Peake is unable to play. If the cham
pion is in fair shape he will share
equally with Saunders the popular
esteem.