Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-01
PETWORTH, TAK0MA
HOSTS TO HURLERS.
Picnic Champs to Qualify
for Higher Stages of Metro
Tourney.
invited to two
~ big horseshoe tournaments
- to be held here July 4, both

"VERYBoDY's invited to two
~ big horseshoe tournaments
IL to be held here July 4, both
annual features of the In
dependence day celebrations at
Takoma Park and Petworth.
The championships Of those
communities will be at stake and
the winner in each instance will
be presented with q medal by
The Star.
As q matter of fact, the Pet
worth and Takoma Park events
viii be units In the annual Metro
pelitan District championships
sponsored by this newspaper, most
Of the preliminaries Of which will
start on July a.
The PetwoFth tournament will be held
On the Barnard School playground ana
the Takoma Park event on the play
ground Of that community. Entries will
b accepted up to time OF play, about
o'clock.
GONE of the foremost pitchers OF
= Maryland, Virginia and Washington
will engage in an informal tourna-
Naent Sunday on the courts OF Joe
Merryman at Bladensburg, town which
VIII take part in The Stars event for
the first time, With Vince Osterman,
washington bluecoat, directing play.
The playground department, which
\ r,{a{AV Of fhA Wa q lNin of
section Of the championships, has In
structed all ground directors to have
their courts In tiptop shape within the
next week or 50 to give the hundreds Of
pitchers looking to the big tournament
Time to sharpen their games. July 20
has been set as q nominal date for the
closing Of entries here. Blanks are now
being sent to playground directors, who
will distribute them.
The metropolitan area soon will be
flooded with more than 5000 copies of
q booklet containing all the rules OF
modern horseshoe pitching and lnstruc-
Cons ca how TO become proficient In the
sport.
VIRTUALLY ell the town ehairnen
" Of last year have been reappointed
and Q list Of towns Of Virginia and
Maryland where preltminaries will be
EAid viii be published shortly. Any
towns not entered during the last two
Seaxs that desire to take part should
eoHmunieate with the Horseshoe Editor.
There's nothing quite like hot
horseshoe tournament to pep up picnics
and carnivalS and organizations hold
faR them this Summer, from now until
Miid-August, will find the Horseshoe
Editor q willing helper. Such tourna-
nentS will be given the same rating as
town or community championships and
the winner of each will be presented a
Washington Star medal. Their win
ners and runner-up will be qualified to
continue into o higher stage of met
ropolitan play.
WASHINGTON and nearby Maryland
w and Virginia are gaining national
prestige As horseshoe centers. A
number Of famous performers are seek
Tag exhibition engagements in this
sector and It Is not unlikely that Metro
politaA District fans will be given
opportunity 10 zee horxeshoes pitched
O. emily o remarkably small group of
true e1peFtG can pitch them. The
hambines 81 the game Tive" en the
courts.
MoatsomRy County. which has pro-
Auned snEae Of ths best pitchers OF the
af9sir, Il coming back strong, with M.
y. Peake, former metropolitan cham
pien, likely 10 have trouble retaining
his county title. Big preliminaries are
planned at all centers Of population,
and they do say that the northern sec
ticn of the county has developed some
formidable ringer twirlers.