Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-14
METRO CHAMPION
DEFEATS K|RCHNER
Saunders and Henson Also
Win Matches in Finals.
Rain Halts Play.
<lT TEY, big man, you don't
II look so good. Sick2"
Your horseshoe editor

II II Your horseshoe editor
thought Willard E. Peake,
metropolitan district champion,
was on the verge of collapse. He
was gray in the face, his eyes
were CLASSY, he dropped.
1T don't feel right" the tall
Marylander admitted, land /
reckon these boys'll get me out of
the way quick. Got to make a
try, though"
And Peake, with q temperature Of
io2. as was learned subsequently, and q
week of illness behind him, set about
defending his horseshoe crown yester-
day at the Plaza Playground in the
grand finale of The Stars second am
nual metropolitan district tournament.
Rain broke up the show early, but not
before Peake had set down one OF his
most formidable rivals in the person OF
Alexander A. Kirchner, former cham
pion of Northern Virginia, and won the
respect of all others not only for his
horseshoe tossing ability but his in
donitable spirit.
Competition will be resumed next
Wednesday at 4:3o O'Clock. A crowd
that completely closed in the PlaZa's
large pitching layout, which includes
five courts, saw yesterdays matches.
Playground department bleachers were
placed on two sides of the plant and
benches on the others.
Same or Peake.
Peake defeated Kirchner. SO to AZ
and 81 to 49, He was unable to gather
his usual flock of ringers, but in at
least one respect he was the same
Peake who a year ago swept to victory
over q field of several thousand pitchers,
He was best when defeat seemed in
evitable In the second skirmish
Kirchner, pitching enthusiastically
steady game, rolled up comfortable
lead and apparently had the decision
clinched when the score stood 40 to AZ
in his favor. But Peake pulled out Of
the hole by throwing double header
ringers while the Virginian was putting
on singles.
Only two other matches were COM
pleted. In these, HI. Fraser Saunders,
the newly crowned Washington cham
pion, defeated William Greiner of
Benning. 81 to g and 81 to "a, and
G. @. Henson of Arlington, Northern
Virginia title holder, polished of
Walter Kolb, Southern Maryland run
ner up So to Is and so to 43.
1t remained for Saunders to give a
large gallery its big thrill In the Sec
ond game with Greiner, starting with
the fifteenth, inning, he tossed ID
ringers out Of is shoes. having two
clusters of three doubleheaders each.
Out of so shoes thrown in this game he
put "a on the stake.
Gets Hot in Spots.
Greiner, who is is years old, was
beaten decisively. but made Q COM
niAndable fight. Several times he tossed
on couple doubleheaders in succession
and pitched well enough to win nine
tiTues out Of ten.
Kolb was severely handicapped. The
Marylander lost his way and was late
reaching the tournament. Raymond
Panlnolzer, who was the third best
pitcher in the Southern Maryland
finals, was substituted for him and had
pitched several innings with Henson
when Kolb arrived. The latter, With no
chance to warm up properly, took over
the match, Panholzer having gained .
slight lead for him. In the flrst game
Henson won with ease though throwing
only IS ringers. The second was q
battle all the way with Henson making
"a three-pointers and Kolb IS. In the
last 10 innings Kolb put so per cent
on his slippers on the peg.
Roy Wilson, runner-up to Saunders IN
the Washington final, was leading
James Slant, the East section. cham
pion, % to 10 when rain halted their
match.
THE playground department gener-
4 ally, and Bernard McCarty in par
ticular, came in for general praise
for the manner in which yesterday 5
show was put on. McCarty had charge,
and a smoother horseshoe event was
never had. The courts were in perfect
shape.
COME of the best players in Wash
- ington and Virginia will engage in
five-man team match play today
at Bancroft on the courts Of Joseph
Kirchner, starting at 1880 o'clock.
Harry Saunders will captain the Wash
viii be- Earle Crane, Roy Wilson, Ed
Pearce and Pete McCurdy.
Representing Virginia will be c. C..
Henson, Alex Kirchner, Sam barnes,
Ed Edmonston and Joe Kirchner, cap
tain.
THE first horseshoe league in Wash
i ington's history will start play to-
morrow.
II is made up of six teams rep
resenting branches of the Treasury De-
partment, with Daniel Masterson chief
clerk of the Public Health Service, as
president. The matches will be played
on courts in Potomac Park installed by
the Public Buildings and Public Parks
Once.