Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-13
CHAMP QUANTR|LLE
LOSES TO STUNKEL
Ieaten Quarter.Finalists Still
Have Chance for Metro
poIitan Berth.
- AYMOND H. BROWN, horse

~ shoe pitcher, was within
l \ one step of a three-year
goal today-the champion
ship of Washington-but athwart
The path was a barbed wire en-
tanglement labeled Harry F.
Saunders.
Tonight Brown and Saunders
will pitch the final of the Wash
ington section of the fifth annual
Evening Star championships, on
the municipal playground layout
at First and T streets northeast.
They will start at 7:30 o'clock.
Brown, whose ringer percentage has
moved up steadily in the last three sea-
Ions, with now and then a sensational
freak to knock over favorite, will be
the underdog tonight, but formidable
enc.
Saunders is a former ID. c.
champ and twice has won the
metropolitan play-off of leading
pitchers Of Washington, Virginia
and Maryland.
The metropolitan event will be held
tomorrow and Friday nights at First
and T northeast. On Saturday night,
ct Brentwood, Md, Women'S tourna-
Inent and a contest for blindfolded
ctars will bring to close The Star
championships.
Stunkel a Hot Potato.
TTUBBARD QUANTRILLE, defend
ing the District title last night,
fell before Clarence Stunkel. who
was a sort of sparring mate for Hub in
preparation for the tournament. They
pitched many game on Quantities
court and Clarence seldom was win
ner But, as every dog has his day,
Stunkels arrived, and for while the
spotlight gloWed upon him as on no
ether hoss-shoe flipper this season. He
defeated Quantrille, 50-48 and 1923, in
the second round, then went on to give
Brown a scrap. putting on many
ringer ii tight places.
Pitching Nth q slotD. deliber-
ate STYLE that seemed to throU
Broun of stride, Stunkel Uor the
first game, 1929 But Bro1Dn
struck up a faster ringer tempo
at the start OF the second Skin
rnish ard took tno games con-
uincingly, 50-15 and 50-34.
Quantrille was far off his game. as
attested by a ringer percentage Of q in
his first game with Stunkel and 81 in
the second.
Saunders, favorite to win the tourna-
ment. was given a scare by Tom Chris
Jensen, a strapping youth from George
Washington University. who likely will
be heard from eventually as foot ball
player. Christensen, who halls from
Nebraska, pitched lot of horseshoes
out there. judging from his initial game
against Saunders. He won the opener.
so to AZ, but dropped the next two, so
to II and so to Is as Saunders lifted
his ringer percentage sharply.
Henson Sees Things.
AUNDERS pitched the two best
first-round skirmish with Charles
A. Fort he put on IS per cent. To clinch
his match with Roy Wilson in the semi
finals he fired 10 per cent and, although
a third Of Wilson's losses bound the
peg, Woody" scored only 2 points.
Regardless of the outcome to-
night, Saunders probably will be
the principal hope of Washington
in the metropolitan play-offs, in
which Clayton c. Henson will de-
fend the title.
Henson was a much-concerned wit
ness CT Saunders performances last
night. The champ saw the blond Mis-
scurian drape his irons around the
stakes at a rate of SIS in 100 losses, ap-
proXimately the same pace Harry main
tanned in the qualifying round.
In order to beat that brand of pitch
ing Henson will need toss EN- on as he
never has before in regular competition.
A Miniature Tourney.
"A FTER the city championship bat
~ tie, which will be four out of
seven games, the defeated quarter
f1naliSts, Quantrille, Elvin Shank. Bill
Minard and Christensen. will shoot for
the fifth place allotted Washington in
the metropolitan play-ofts.
Shank, youngster, tell Uictim
to BroUn after eliminating Jean
Monk The Shdnk-Monk match
Uas the tightest OF the evening.
Shank took the first game, 50-43,
dropped the second, 1850, tDhcn
big Jean put on spectacular
double-ringer and COPIED the
final, 50-39.
gallery saw the contests. and even more
spectators are expected tonight. For the
metropolitan finals arrangements are
being made to accommodate the largest
crowd ever to witness horseshoe event
in the Middle Atlantic area.
The summary:
First round-Hubbard Quantrille de-
feated Jacob Blumberg, 50-40, 5000;
Clarence Stunkel defeated Ed Pearce,
50-45, 50-40; Elvin Shank defeated
Jean Monk, 50-43, 1880. $3.50; Ray
mord H Brown defeated Jim Beck,
50-13, 5O-13; Bill Minard defeated John
Gourvenec, 50-25, 50-38; Roy Wilson
defeated Tom Shearer, SOLO, SOFT;
Tom Christensen defeated o. R. Stran-
ley, 5o-27. 5000; Harry Saunders de-
feated Charles A. Fort. 50-8, 1923.
Second round - Stunkel defeated
Quantrille, 50-48, 1923; Brown defeat
ed Shank, 1922. 50-23; Wilson defeated
AIinard, 5000, 1928; Saunders defeat
ed Christensen. 1880, 50-13. SOILS.
mi-finals-BroWn defeated Stunkel,
$3.50, SOILS. 50-34; Saunders defeated
Wilson, 5041, 500.