Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-05
EDMONSTON wins
PETWORTH EVENT
Virginian Insists Citizen of
Community Should Be
Given Prize.

I'D EDMONsTON,, who pairs
r. with Ed Pearce as a Peo-
l. pies Drug Stores doubles
team. won the Petworth
citizens horseshoe tournament.
which was a feature of the Pet
worth independence day celebra-
ton on the Barnard School play
ground, but The Stars medal en-
blematic of the championship of
that event went to another.
E6monston spurned it after defeating
J. D. Hall in the final, so to IA and
so to 81.
1t was most sportsmanlike act.
When the dust of battle cleared and
Edn1onston stood the conquerer of a
field of So, which included some ex-
cellent performers, he declared him
self, in his own opinion, ineligible to
receive the prize.
I'm a Virginian," he told Earl w
Cooper. editor of the Petworth Citizen
and l believe this medal ought to be
the possession Of resident of Pet
worth"
so Cooper forthwith pinned it on Hall.
EdmonSton, whose home is at Cherry
dale. was visiting a brother in Pet
worth and accepted a general invita-
ton to take part in the community's
independence DAY party.
INCIDENTALLY Edmonston figures to
i be a dangerous contender for the
CherTydale championship in the
metropolitan district tournament, which
will get under way July is. Mac"
Gingell. who won at Cherrydale last
year. and his brother. Preston, runner
up. have moved from the community
and will shoot this time in another
preliminary.
Edmonston showed flashes of bril-
liancy IN defeating Hail. In the first
game he rang the peg with every other
shoe for 10 consecutive innings, piling
up lead of 80 to 0. Hall rallied at
this point and went on to make it a
battle.
ENTRIES for the metropolitan event
IL are flowing in from every neighbor-
hood of Washington and scores of
towns in Northern Virginia and South
ern Maryland Many more towns than
competed last year will be represented.
The lists for Washington will close
next Wednesday. Most of the out-of-
town chsirrnen plan to keep open entries
until day or two before play starts.
THIS from our Loudoun County cor
L respondent: "Loudoun County is
doing a lot of horseshoe pitching
these days and the folk here expect to
make a bigger showing in the tourna-
n1ent than last year.
Among the new preliminaries will be
one at Waterford. with r. E. McCarty
in charge. McCarty is no less man.
aeer than a pitcher, and Leesburg,
which carried of honors last year, may
have to relinquish the crown to her
neighbor town. McCarty has a regula-
ticn court on his farm. where there is
daily pitching. He has received the
entries Of number of capable tossers.
Entries are coming in fast at Lees
burg and from the looks of things there |
will be at least so pitchers there. |
Lawrence Cooksey again is managing |
the Leesburg tournament All the |
towns and communities that competed !
last year will be represented again"
WOODSTOCK, Va.-Horseshoe pitch |
w ers of Shenandoah County, the !
latest county TO join The Stars
metropolitan district tournament, are
looking forward eagerly to the start OF
action July Is. Interest all over the
county is keen, with B. e. Sager of
Woodstock directing campaign to line
up a heavy entry.
Sager likely will keep open entries
until July Is, taking advantage Of the
latitude offered chairmen in Virginia
and Maryland.
Sections Of the county represented
include Woodstock Edinburg, Stras-
burg. Mount Jackson, New Market,
Hawkinstown. Calvary, st. Luke, Saurns-
vile, Maurertown, Toms Brook and a
number Of r. r. D. communities.
Among early entrants were B. z.
gaser, Clarence Kibler, John Lambert,
Eugene Pence, Frank Lambert, Homer
Goiladay. D. w. Grabill, Ray Cola
day, S. B. Hepner. Harold Sheetz, w.
o. Riley. e. e. Golladay, George Clover
and j. p. Walker.