Evening star., 1932-09-11
THREE Bic Bic CROWNS
WILL Be SETTLED
Maryland, Washington, Metro
Honors Are at Stake-D. c.
Champ Against Wall.
n VOW for the big fireworks in
N The Stars fourth annual
/ metropolitan horseshoe
championships.

championship
Tomorrow night the Southern
Maryland title will be decided at
Brentwood, where the pitchers
have been egaged the last two eve
nings.
Wednesday night, in the Municipal
Playground Departments new horse
shoe stadium" adjoining Tech High
School pool the Washington twirlers
will shoot it out and Friday night on
the same courts will be played the
grand finale.
Sixteen pitchers will compete for
the metropolitan crown that now
adorns the rugged brow of. Harry
Fraser Saunders, who has beeH waived
through to the big play-off. In this,
Virginia, Washington and Southern
Maryland each will have five pitchers
who will have qualified in champion
ship events.
VIRGINIA will have Clayton c.
v Henson of Arlington, State cham
pion; George c. Thompson OF
Falls Church, his victim in the most
sensational final of the four years his
tory Of the metropolitan champion
ships; Ed Henry of Falls Church, Ed
Edmonston of Cherrydale and Chic
Darr of Ballston, the dethroned Vir-
einia champ. They were the last
survivors Of the Northern Virginia
tournament, held last week at Falls
Church.
Also they present a formidable
front in the metropolitan title quest
Virginia has yet to capture the big
crown, which for two years has been
the property of Harry Saunders OF
washington, and before him was held
by Millard E. Peake of Maryland.
THOUGH beaten by Henson for
n the Old Dominion title, George
THOMPSON will enter the grand
final no less supported than the popu-
lar youth from Arlington. For three
games against Henson, Thompson
pitched a brand of horseshoes tnat
would have won him any major Title
in METROPOLITAN play of the last three
wears. To win the first three skrmishes
of the seven-game play-of he tossed
So per cent ringers and 1or tne seven
games his percentage was 40. as
against AT for Henson. His total points,
too, was greater. ,,
For many years, prooaply' nols
shoe pitchers, but now the DoSS pitcher VI
marathon struggle between henson aiu
IL.
son. underdog at the start, won tnree
straight games only 10 drop tie i'~'
four and the bacon.
T1NTIL a short time back Champ
~ Saunders was content to be
spectator at the doings OF horse
shoe pitchers but now the boss pltcner Oh
'em all is putting in hard hcks OF
practice against the time when 10 1or-
midable twirlers will have at MN IN
the metropolitan tournament.
Saunders was not at all Impressive
in his last appearance in competitlon,
in the Mclean invitation, althougn ne
won. He threw only 35 per cent ringers
to vanquish Joe Merryman IN the nnal
and a similar pace in the metropolltan
play-off probably would find hlm Quite
sunk. However, Saunders, no matter
how well th, other fellow has pitched,
ALWAYS has enough in reserve to win
during his TO years of competition In
The Stars tournament. Once he founo
it necessary 90 shoot 13 ringers in 10
shoes to overcome foeman VINO, up
TO that time, was an unknown. VIC
Riston was the lad.
NNE champion of 1881, Chic Darr CT
~ Virginia, already has been de-
thronssl and another, John Gour-
venec of Washington. is headed for dis
aster if the dopesters are correct.
Johnny Oh Wednesday night Will lace
the strongest field that ever competed
in a strictly Washington event. some
of the city's best pitchers were caught
off form and fell by tie wayside in pre-
liminary tournaments last year, tourna-
ments which were not staged TINS SUM
mer Hence, every star in town Will
be in there scrambling for Johnnys
throne.
Not a few of them have outclassed
Gouryenec in various events OF the
last several months, but the youngster
has not been up to his 1881 form. II
NAV be marked down as certainty tnat
he'll be a set-up for nobody, however,
for Gourvenec is stanch competitor.
His best pitching has been under the
heaviest fire.
GREATLY improved over last year
land touted as a favorite to win
the washington title is Hubbard
Ouantrille. Since The Stars nrst
Tournament. in 1929, Quantrille has
gathered minor honors consistently, put
has never surmounted big grade. In
the last year he has grown from
spindly lad into husky, and the
added strength may be responsible for
his neW-found ability to throw ringers.
Not the least respected in the Wash
ington field is big Jean Monk, who sur
prised all by several conquestS IN the
all-star Mclean tournament. One
thing strongly in Monks favor is his
disdain of circumstances. He pitches as
well in the pinches as in practice.
The Southern Maryland seven-game
final tomorrow, the Washington and
metropolitan tournaments wednesday
and Friday, respectively, each will start
at 7:30 pm, and all promise to be