Evening star., 1932-09-20
CHAMP SAUNDERS
HELD EVEN CHOICE
Record Gathering Expected
to Watch Metro Finals
at lexington.
r N spite of a clean slate Of vic


tense of the Metropolitan
Washington horseshoe champion
ship tonight no better than an
even choice against the field. A
record crowd is expected to see
the contests.
Play or the lexington Recrea-
tion Center courts, at First and
T streets northeast, will start
promptly at 7:30 o'clock and con-
tinue until only two players re-
main. The seven-game final will
be staged tomorrow night.
The tournament will bring to a
close the fourth annual metropolitan
championships sponsored by The Star,
competition which so far has deter
mined the champions of Southern
Maryland, Northern Virginia and
Washington proper.
These titles We're won by ice Merry
man of Bladensburg. in Maryland; ;
Tinyi0a Tiayf0n C. nd HenS9n Of AringtGn in
washington. They will be on show
tonight for the first time since climb
ing their thrones. The five survivors
OF each OF the three sectional tourna-
ments and Champion Saunders make
up the field Of the metropolitan event
CAUNDERS' first opponent will be A.
- Schnable, for two years a strong
contender for the Maryland cham
plonshlp. Henson, co-favorite with
the champ. will start with Frank
N nf oraI y;
Seeded in the upper half of the
draw with Henson is Long Joe Merry
man, who has ruled the Maryland
pitchers with an iron hand through
two campaigns. Seeded in lower half
with Saunders is George c. Thompson,
Henson's victim in sensational Vir-
gilia final. BY some. Thompson is
rated quite as dangerous as Henson as
Saunders enemy
II the tournament progressed accord
ing to dope. the semi-finals would bring
together Henson and NIerryman and
Saunders and Thompson, and tonight's
show would be capped off with cou-
pie OF battles almost on par with
the final as an attraction.
DUT it's a precarious path Henson
- and Saunders would travel to the
final Henson should have no diff
Cu1Oy WILL pduIlldu III lIle IOuIlO.
but in the second he would meet either
Ed Henry of Virginia or Bill Minard
OF Washington, either Of whom is cap
able of beating him if on their games
and the Old Dominion ace off his
Saunders is in the same boat
Schnable can be expected to give him
hardly more than workout but the
danger flag would fly thereafter In
the second round the Iron Champion"
+ofr cit or1oc ;oN
Darr, eX-Virginia title holder, or Hub
bard Quantrille, the Washington
champion. Z-a
Even tte first round will offer q first
class horseshoe pitching show. Only
Saunders. Henson and Thompson are
assured Of getting past it. Thompson's
foe will be young Elwyn Woodward Of
Maryland.
IT will be no cinch for Merryman to
l conquer Raymond Brown of Wash
ington, who ever so often cuts loose
with streaks of so per cent ringers.
The battle between Darr and Quantrille
is an even thing on paper, with the Vir
ginia youngster possibly having an edge
because of his greater experience in
big-tinne competition.
In at least one respect, Ed Henry
and Bill Minard will be even. Noises
that irritate other pitchers will annoy
neither of these for both have defective
hearing.
Still another interesting joust will be
that between John Gourvenec, recently
dethroned Washington champion, and
Levy Fleshman, this years runner-up in
Maryland.
The ringer percentage may not be
high, but Jean Monk of Washington
and Ed Edmonston of Virginia should
be nip and tuck.
HENSON'S stock in the metropolitan
i market has doomed recently He
proved his fighting qualities in
the Virginia final when he came on
TO win after dropping three straight
to Thompson A short time later he
established a record for this section of
the country by throwing SO per cent
of his shoes on the stake in an inter-
city match. This performance was all
the more significant because Saunders,
pitching on the same team could throw
only SIS per cent ringers.
Thompson's performance in the Vir-
einia tournament stamped him as
worthy of Saunder5' steel. III ellminat-
ing the defenGi-g hampton, Chic Darr,
the wiry Falls Church twirler threw
two games of SIS per cent ringers and
held almost the same pace for the flrst
three against Henson. Then fatigue
began to set in and Thompson, forcing
his shoe slightly, faded.
WITH not enough games slated to-
w night to wear him out, Thompson,
if he meets Saunders in the semi
final and is in form, is calculated to
give Andscme AIRY more competition
than he'd relish.
The pairings for tonight and the
officials follow:
Pairings.
CLAYTON c. Henson, Virginia champion,
vs. Frank Bauman, Maryland.
Bill Minard Washington, VS.. Ed Henry,
Virginia.
Ed Edmonston, Virginia, vs.. Jean
Monk, Washington.
RAYMOND Brown, Washington, VS.. Joe
Merryman. Maryland champion.
George c. Thompson, Virginia, VS..
ElWyn Woodward Maryland.
John Gourvenec, Washington, VS.. Levy
Fleshman, Maryland.
Charles (Chic) Darr, Virginia, vs..
Hubbard Quantrille, washington cham
pion.
Fraser Saunders, defending metropolitan
champion.
Referee-Bernard T. McCarty.
Judges at stakes-Court No. l, Alex
ander Kirchner and Sam Harris; Court
No 2, Earle Crane and Roy Wilson:
Court No. 8, Vince Osterman and
Charles A. Fort; Court No. 4, Oren B.
Atwood and Ed Pearce.
Chief scorer-Andrew Casper.
Scorers-Court No. l. Mae Thompson
Court No 2, Dick Hartley; Court No. 8
Ronald Magee; Court NO 4 Ed kruSe
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