Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-20
YOUNGSTERS TRIM
M'CURDY IN FINAL
SchnabIe UnCroWns Peake in
Montgomery County-More
PIay-0ffs This Week.

~ ONE back with that title
sS or not at all" the boss
warned him. and John
ny Gourvenec, Western
Union messenger, his nerve used
up in a third plea to get on early
to pitch horSeShoeS, mind you
wasn't dead certain the Chief
down deep didn't mean 1t.
Johnny's cherubic countenance
registered scared grin and he got
away from there fast.
But tomorrow morning Messenger 81
will report in different frame OF mind
He'll come marching in with just what
the boss ordered-the horseshoe pitch
ing championship of Washington. ano
he the youngest ever to achieve a dis
tinction for which thousands have
striven. Johnny is II.
Only young Gourvenec, Jim Slant and
Pete McCuroy remained when competi-
ton was resumed yesterday on the New
York Avenue Playground courts in the
washington finale of The Stars annual
metropolitan championships. Slant
came up from the Virginia Avenue divi-
sion, McCurdy from Park View and
Gourvenec from New York Avenue.
ON the previous day Slant had taken
~ the first skirmish of q three game
semi-final from Johnny, 50-46
and the latter needed two straight
Yesterday to survive. It was a dark out
look, but the youngster put more than
40 per cent of his shoes on the pegs
and won them handily. 50-47 and
50-37. Then he swept on to straight
set victory over McCurdy, 500 and
"a Hn {
the best of the IA sharpshooters who
started in the big play-off.
Next Saturday, on the same courts,
he, Slant and McCurdy and Hubbard
QuantTflle of the Virginia Avenue divi-
sion, who reached the Semi-f1nals, viii
represent Washington in the grand
finale, in which Harry Fraser Saunders
will defend the rnost-coveted crown OF
all. The seni-dnalists in Virginia and
the last four survivors in Maryland VIII
make up the remainder Of the field.
In the meantime, two other major
ENGAGEMENTS are at hand. Tomorrow
night at o'clock the Southern Mary
land finals viii be contested at Mount
Rainier, with the champions and run
ners-up of Montgomery, Prince Georges
and Charles Counties embattled.
On Wednesday night at 7 O'Clock the
Northern Virginia finals viii be played
at Arlington, Win several CounCleS IN
volved, but with Arlington and Fair
fax aces standing out above all others
in what promises to be one Of the hot
test struggles Of the entire metropolitan
tournament.
"A REMARKABLE series Of tourna-
n ment upsetS was clin1axed last
night when Willard z. Peake of
Bethesda lost his Montgomery County
title to George Schnable of Silver
Spring. Peake, who won the metro
politan championship two years ago
will be the defending title holder In
the Southern Maryland finals tornor-
row night, in which he may meet
Schnable again.
In the deciding match Of the Mont
gomery County play-offs at Silver
Spring, Schnable beat Peake, 52-49
and 5l-42, and both games we're spine
tickIers. The score stood at 40 all in
the first, when Echnable threw ringer
which the champion, noted for his
great finishes. failed to top.
In earlier matches Ulysses Grifiths,
4th, of Laytonsville, eliminated the Sill
yer Spring runner-up, Joe Moore,
51-29: Schnable defeated Clarke of
Iaytonsville, 52-44, and Schnable
trimmed Grifhths, 52-33.