Evening star., 1933-09-07

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semi-final, Thompson eliminated Wal
lace G. Cockrel, 50-34, 50-25.
Marylandcrs Go to II.
"ONIGHT, at Brentwood, the Mary
land play-offs will be started, with
action starting at 7:30 O'Clock.
The defending champion will be Joe
Merryman who looks for lots Of trouble
from Levy Fleshman, runner-up year
ago for the State title but now a vastly
Improved performer.
The field Of tonight will be by
far the strongest ever to battle
for the Maryland championship.
Merryman Is seeded at the top OF
the draw and FleshmAn at the
bottom but IL Is far from assured
that both or either will reach the
final.
In Washington, the qualifying round
will be continued today and tonight. It
has been decided to permit the D. C..
fingers to shoot their 100 shoes on the
courts of George c. Thompson at Falls
Church or Merryman's at Bladensburg
IL the event Of overcrowding on the
municipal playground layout at Ecking-
ton. Only two days remain for the
Washingtonians to qualify, and many
have yet to take their turns.
Always Near the Top.
DEHIND Thompson's conquest IN
Virginia is a story of persistence.
On no less than four occasions
the Falls Church man has been
f1nalist or semi -finalist in the State
tournament. This year he decided to
pass up championship play to perfect a
new delivery which he felt would give
him the added touch Of effectiveness
necessary to put him over for the title
in "a.
But Thompson acted upon the sug-
gestion of friends that he give the new
twist on his iron trial in actual COM
petition without serious designs on the
title. He became an eleventh-hour en-
try. Lacking confidence at the start,
he gained some by qualifying with ease.
After game or ttD0 Thompson
began to thro1D ringers tDith
nearly the same frequency as
year ago, but 1t lp1s not until he
reached the semi-fnal that the
peterdn 1Uds accounted a danger
to the fdporites, Ddrr and Henry.
I'm a year ahead of myself" Thomp-
son laughed today. It isn't often that
one enters a sport competition merely
for practice and emerges with title.
Thompson Guards Stake.
"HOMPSON beat Henry with close
= shoes. Their ringer percentages
were almost identical with each
shooting little more than 40 per cent.
Time and again Thompson stuck
shoe upright in front Of the stake and
made it difficult for Henry to lay his
irons around the peg even though he
hit perfectly for ordinary purposes. Not
q few ringers of Henry's ringers hoped
of with single points accruing to
Thompson.
The battle almost throughout
was . tight one with the UNI
pires, Jean Monk and Harry
Saunders. being called upon fire.
quently for measurements.
The scores were:
Thompson .........50 "a SO AZ so
Henry y........20 so 40 so A
Thompson, Henry, Cockrell and Darr.
by reaching the semi-f1nals, qualified
for the Metropolitan play-offs to be held
next week at lexington. The defeated
quarter -finalists, Boardman, Munson.
Harry Harrity, Bud Schooley and Bill
Hunton, will shoot Sunday morning at
II O'Clock for Virginias fifth place IN
the grand finale.
Following are tonight's pairings for
the Maryland tournament:
Joe Merryman VS.. H. Harvey
r. p. Casey vs.. j. D. Donahue.
william Ward VS.. F. L. Fleshman.
G. Barber VS.. Rolph FARRELL.
Ray Ward vs.. W. Barker.
Ed Kruse VS.. A. E. Mills.
George Schnable VS.. G. Barto.
c. Mullinix VS.. Levy Fleshman.
W. H. Mahaffey, town councilman,
will direct the event.