Evening star., 1933-08-27
KNOWLES, BOXER,
ONCE A TR|CKSH0T
Young Indian With CoIorfuI
Career Was Partner of
Putt M0SSman.

III G, glump oogle-hoW!"
Or something like it,
~ which introduces to
Washington horseshoe
twirlerS Prince UngSnook ING
slung, otherwise Perry Knowles,
son of a Seminole Indian chief,
half-tamed young buck from the
wild lands land Waters) of Flori-
da; fighter of man and beast, not
to speak of alligators, fish, giant
turtles, Republicans, etc, who. is
an entry in The Evening Star
horseshoe championships on tap
this week.
This may be bad news for Hubbard
Quantrille, defending champ, and Harry
Saunders, former title holder, who are
prime favoriteS in the coming event, as
well as Raymond Brown, John Gour-
venec, Charles Fort, Bill Minard, An
drew Tallmadge. Roy Wilson, Vic RiS-
ton and probably score Of others who
have designs on the District crown.
Has IlIustrOus Partner.
TOR Perry Knowles, folks, is a for
mer horseshoe pitching partner Of
none other than the greatest of
all stunt fippers and One-time world
competitive champion, Putt MosSman.
Perry used to toss ringers blind
| folded, onto a stake hidden by blan-
ket, strike matches tied to the peg and
put EN- out with following ringers;
drape the irons around moving stakes
and perform other tricks beyond the
ability OF all but the games masters.
In this manner he made his
livelihood for months, touring
with Mossman. The job paid well,
too, but not nearly so well as
some he's had. A most unusual
youth is Knowles, who now is
only 20 years old.
| Name your game and he. very likely,
| also Is an adept He golfs IN the 8Os
1 when not in practice. is a wizard at
checkers and the like; has made roller
skating pay the feed bill, and boosted
| his income playing seni-pro ball. He
has Speared fish. raSsled gators. hunted,
caught sea turtles Tipping them over
by handJ and done the most CUtlandish
things to gather one mans share of
the worlds elusive spoiIs
Rakes in the Cash.
| TN licensed gaming house he earned
SIPS a wee. as g s,Ot machine mo
chanic. He is an expert auto repair
man, and in the matter Of marine en-
gines. is a budding Gar Wood. On
Perry's short stays at home his father
utillZeS the youngsters mechanical tai
ent in the tuning of engines on three
pleasure yachts owned by the Chief.
The elder Knowles is well off and
froWnS as only redskin of caste can
froWn upon the sons present mode Of
existence.
/ Since the Gge Of II. Perry has
| been rOuer, and into Sir gears
! hes been pCcked more adventure
| than the Guerage mortal meets
| nth III lifetime He has fought
more than $50 professional
fights. hdriag taken TO the ring
several years ago upon discovery
OF talent irhile engaging in q
boring course ior curiosity'S sake.
And il you're curious about his fight
ing ability, watch him go against a lad
he hates with Seminole IntenSlty-Leroy
Dougan-next Friday night at Fort
washington.
Z IER1LY, young Knowles is an in
v trlguing creature. He declares
himself the 'Tunt' Of a giant
family. Five feet IT, tall. he weighs
126 pounds in fighting trim
My father" he tells US. lis 6 feet
4 inches tall. But my mother. who
died when l was 4. was 6 feet s.
But about PeTry's horseshoe pitch
ing. The ambitious fipparS Of Wash
ington may find relief in the fact that
for several years he and the irons have
been strangers.
4 guess It'll take me week or more
to get my game up TO 35 or 40 per cent
ringers he confided yesterday to his
boxing pilot, Goldie Ahearn, who Or
dered him into the tournament And
1t may require three-pOinters on that
scale to win one of the 16 places in
the Washington eliminations.
Serious in everything he un-
dertakes, Knowles went to work
yesterday on his horseshoe come
back. He visited the Maryland
champion, Joe Merryman, at
Bladensburg, for the first round
with the irons he has had in
many months. No score was
kept. the young Indian being sat
isfied to get the feel of the shoe
and the range again.
knowles won't be called upon to
pitch in competition until the week Of
September f. when the Washington
qualifying round will BE- held. The
Maryland pitchers, using the town
courts at Brentwood, with w H. Ma
haffey directing play, will start firing
tomorrow night. as will the Virginia
tossers, who will occupy the courts of
George C. Thompson at Falls Church.
Each participant will throw 100 shoes,
with ringers counting 8 points and close
shoes point each. The l6 high sccr-
ers in each section will qualify for tie
finals, which will get under way Sep
ten1ber (