Evening star., 1932-09-15
M|NARD SURPRISES
IN OPENING ROUND
Rjnuer Tossers Enthusiastic
Over New courts-champ
Proves Mettle.
x1M SLANT. southpaw, who

yrM STANT, southpaw, who
for two years has been a
~ formidable contender for the
District horseshoe cham
pionship, is the first favorite to
fall by the wayside in the 1882
title scrap, opened last night at
the lexington Recreation Center.
By the same token, Bill Mlnard
is the first dark horse to put on
a convincing gallop in The Stars
fourth annual championships.
Minard, q stamp printer at the Bu--
reau Of Engraving and Printing ana
well into middle age, looked the part OF
a champion in vanquishing the wlry
young slant, 50-42, 50-37, in contest
that was expected to be mere warm
up for the city's leading southpaw
ringer thrower.
WITH the first round complete and
w the second under way. Is players
remain to joust for the crown that
now wobbles precariously on the youth.
full brow of John Gourvenec. Last
nights IT matches christened. probably
the finest layout of courts that many
Washington pitchers ever mad noped 10
see.
Four in number, they range beside
the Mckinley High School swimming
in a neat square, fianked on TWO sizes
by green and yellow bleachers and at
the court ends by green rails, almost
shoulder high, with back6oards ex-
tending up several feet. Two large
magnifying lamps from the swimming
pool. furnished by the Public Buildings
and Public Parks Office, make the lay
out light as day. The stakes, set IN
large blocks of wood anchored fore and
aft. virtually are immovable, delight
full feature to horseshoe pitchers, and
the clay is of the finest. All-in-all, the
new plant leaves nothing to be desired.
VYYHIIE ringer throwers rapturously
w viewed the layout for the first
time. interested spectators were
Miss Sybl Baker. supervisor Of District
Fairgrounds, and Carroll Robb, play
ground enoineer. Miss Baker designed
It and OBJ saw TO the construction
The d that used up nearly all avail
able spectator space was almost equally
divided among Washington, Virginia
ard MARYLAND folk, all of whom, mostly
curious last night, will have strong
partisan interest next week when the
grand final of The Stars metropolitan
championships is played. In TINS
each territory will have five pitch
ers, the survivors of title play, plus the
defending metropolitan champion, Harry
Fraser Saunders, Washingtonian.
Because of the large field that en-
tered the Washington event, the original
date set for the metropolitan play-ot, :,
tomorrow night, has been Cancelled. It
was thought not more than Is pitchers
accounted themselves contenders for the
District crown, but 80 got into line, and
Judging from first-round play every one
of them was justified in making the try.
Nearly all the matches were keenly
contested.
lean MONK, one of the leading
favorites. was the only pitcher to
reach the third round and he hurled
two unexpectedly difficult obstacles. In
the first match he beat Morris r..
Welch, 50-32, 5O-37, and in the sec
ond, Robert Collins, $40, 50-46.
Neither WEIGH nor Collins had been
rated dangerous.
Champion Gourvenac furnished the
outstanding bit of the night when he
threw double ringer to win game
from j. Harry Buscher when the count
stood at 49-all Incidentally, it was
second round skirmish, to be completed
tonight. In another second round
starting game, Roy Wilson put the bird
on Earle Crane, 50--32. Both of these
were among the pre-tournament
favorites.
Hubbard Quantrelle, with a strong