Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-26
RATED CONTENDER
FOR VIRGINIA TITLE
losses II Ringers a Game
in FinaIs-Champion at
ChiIIum Defeated.
- DWARD w. EDMONSTON,
r. rated a formidable con-
l. tender for the Northern


Metropolitan District horseshoe
championships, is over hurdle
No. 1, with victory in the Cher
rydale preliminary.
Edmonston proved his class by
averaging II ringers a game in
the last two rounds, brand of
pitching which last year was good
enough to win major titles.
In the final Edmonston defeated r.
r. James, the Cherrydale chairman, 90
to 20 and so to g. James previously
had beaten George Fink, SO to %, after
Fink had taken Carol Jones, so to 81.
Edmonston and James will represent
Cherrydale in the Arlington County
finals at Bancroft. 1t is not improbable
that Edmonston in this affair Will en-
counter the Northern Virginia cham
pion, Alexander Kirchner, who is
cinch to qualify in the Bancroft pre-
Eminary.
BUTCHERS at Spencerville, a new
conner to the Montgomery County
Tournament, are hard at 1t ana
the prospect is that this town VIII pc
strongly represented in the county
finals. Several brilliantly pitched
matches have been reported by Chalr-
man Ernest Moore.
Early results follow: Louis Wrenn
defeated Herbert He'll, 21--15. 15-21,
2I-16: Ernest Moore defeated Norman
Miles, 21-12, Alt; Robert Kruhm
defeated Grover Shaw, 21-11, 2l--9;
Albert Nicholson defeated Fred kruhm,
2I-20, l0-21, 21-16: Sterling Tur-
ner defeated Hazel Burrows, 21-15,
i7-21. 21-10; Harry Turner defeated
Arthur He'll, 21-10, 21-10, and Law
renee Thompson defeated John N1chol-
son, 21-10, 21-16.
EvEN in practice matches at Falls
u Church the pitchers try their
hardest for victory. The other day
Ed Henry put the bee on the chairman,
F6zer Brandon, 21-20, 21-19 and 2l-l8,
which is by way Of being sizzling
warm-up bout.
NORMAN NEITzEY no longer is the
IN champion of Chillum, Md. He teu
before the brilliant tossing OF A.
Birdcamp, so to 80. The court PACK
Of the Neitzey gasoline shop has been
the scene of many snartly contested
matches. both in and out OF the tour
nanent and its winner and runner-up
NAV be expected to make an excellent
showing In the Prince Georges County
finals.
TOWNSEND HOwES, who was the
rllnner-up at Sandy Spring last
wear. is competing in the silver
Stirring tournament this time. Last nlgnt
he defeated l.. Wilkerson, 81 to SO. In
other first round matches last nlgnt II.
Murphy defeated S. Darling, 5U-3a, ~
Rollins defeated E. Fitzgerald, 30 10; a.
McCabe defeated r. Stimson, 50-19; J.
Saunders defeated II. Ritter, 1891; ..
Hewitt defeated j. Ashford, 51-31; 7.
AIteu1s defeated H. Stricken, 5l-So.
and K. Laws defeated r. Stacy, 5l.23.
THE first round will be continued To-
night and the field is expected 10 DC
augmented by post entries.
An error was made in the listing OF
IA pairings at Seat Pleasant. 1t snoulo
have been this wise: Bowman vs.
Mace the winner to draw bye Moi
dav night: winner Of the z. ldampVon
vs MuIburn match to meet winner OF
the Huntington McChesney matcni ,
winner of the Panholzer- Caoy maosn
20 meet winner OF the Maln-Olia''ei
ton match.
rsruTS of recent matches IN
washington preliminaries follow:
Rosedale-Joe Vermillion DE-
ssated Frank Carter, 50-35; Eo NaIay
defeated Isaac Armstrong, 9OLaS'
Henry irving defeated Davio A 4sliI1;,
SI--2s: John Burke defeated Pni!np
nonaIIy S5I-17: Joe Auth defeateo
Donay, ak sn-3o. Roscoe Ridley de-
Seated Ralph Giles, 50-28: Tom H &c
arsson defeated Charles Russell, 5U-
a.. ROSCOE Ridley defeated Tom Rlcn.
eTdson. 50-15; James Travers dsIeateo
Harry young, 50-27; James iraVeie
defeated Leon Ruckett, 5O-lV' osao+ad
Georretown-Odey Hinery oeIeaSeo
xr,,cS Wynne. 5O-38; Jury O'Connor de-
fssted Arthur Reynolds, 50-40; George
Ts1ark defeated Calvin Greene, 3o-oz'
IoS1, 0'Connor defeated Ray Brown,
so-as. cliff Bailey defeated Tnonlas
:rayIo,. nv default In the second rouno
George Clark defeated jury oooiiiioi'
6O-46. .x..4.a Vim
mel, 50-21; Corridor de1eaVeo f'e''oi'
chevy Chase-otto P. Stranley de-
feated ". G. Funk, 50-l2.
iowa Avenue-O. Kolquist deteateo
Col1Irnbia Road. Curtin defeated
Al C;inoly. 51-33: B. Cameron de1eateo
wiley. 50-27: M. Warsaw deteateo
Oliyeri, 51-39; Leer defeated B. NaW'
5000; s. Mandell defeated Wasserman'
60-25. a,
feated lack Goldberg, SOB; William
RAMSAY defeated James Dolan, 5O-45.
Iowa Avenue-R. Magee defeated L:
Schuett, SOILS; E. L. Pierce defeated
'" Happy HolIow-C. Hill defeated A.
Smith, 5000; Burke defeated Hyge,
5O-1e; Bauer defeated NJ. Scanlon,
5O-37: Askin defeated Stein, 50-42;
Findley defeated Sullivan, 50-4l.
Hoover - Frank GoWans defeated
Stuart Black, Soil; Norvel Fugitt de-
feated Norman Schlorb, 50-l9; George
kramer defeated Charles Knott, 50-36;
Melvin Fugitt defeated Claude tt ylor,
50-35; George Mullen defeated Paul
Flaherty, SOB; Walter Jackson defeated
Prank beavers, 1914; Fred Pen de-
feated r. Taylor, 50-41; Ray Trego de-
feated Ray Lewis, 5o-35.
VTTHAT looked like typographical
w error in the report of F. Kessler,
director of the Plaza tournament,
turned out to be the name OF Glno
SINH, sports scrivener Gino won his
match, so to 10, and the victim was
none other than his staff mate, Garrett
Waters. SINH and Waters, by the way,
will represent the Times sports stan
IN a horseshoe match with The Stars.
VTTATCH out for a chap named Melvin
w Fugitt In the 1Ioover preliminary.
In winning his first round match
he tossed 10 ringers, a large number as
horseshoe pitching goes in this new
territory of the game.
COMPETITION at Hyattsville viii be
~ suspended tonight and be re-
sumed Monday when semi-finals
will be contested. Charles v. Joyce, as
sistant maintenance engineer of the
washington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission, gained the semi-finals by
beating Bob James, also of the sanitary
commission 1921, Ala, 2l-l5.