Evening star., 1933-09-06
THOMPSON IS STAR
OF. EARLY ROUNDS
Meets CockreII, While Darr
Plays Henry-Mary|and-
ers Play Next.

Y night.
The candidates: Charles
Chic Darr, Ed Henry, Wallace G.
Cockrell and George c. Thompson.
These are all that remain of an
ambitious field of 16 that started
last night at Falls Church, in the
Old Dominion play-off of The Eve
ming Star championships.
In the upper semi-final Darr, who
won the title in 1881 and was de-
throned last year by Clayton G. Hen
son, will meet Henry. The lower semi
final will bring together rising star
in Wallace G. Cockrell and long-es-
tablished one, the popular Thompson.
Tomorrow night the Maryland
twirlers will enter upon their big in
ming. The 16 who survived a keenly
contested qualifying round will shoot
it out on the town courts OF Brentwood
under the direction of w. H. Mahaf1ey,
who predicts his tournament will be the
hottest lot of ringer Tipping in the his
tory of the State. The leading title
contenders will be Long Joe Merryman,
who has ruled the Old Line roost Tor
two years, and Levy Fleshman, de-
termined young man whom many be-
lieve will knock the illustrious Bladens-
burger from his perch.
As Mahaffey Sees 1t.
s.DUT," says Mahaffey, discussing
the Merryman-Fleshman riv-
airy, Il would bet plugged
nickel that both CT 'em reach the
final. We have horseshoe pitchers in
Maryland by the dozen this year where
there were little groups before, and a
lot Of new names have come to the
front. There's that lad from Hyatts-
vile, for instance-Rolph FARRELL. He
threw more ringers in the qualifying
round than Merryman or Freshman.
I reckon half a dozen others in this
play-of1 can worry that pair
In the meantime the WASH
ingt0n pitchers are undergoing
the 100-shoe qualifying test on
the municipal playground courts
beside the Tech High swimming
pools. Only a few of the known
stars have taken their turns.
Notable among those who haven't
are the current champ, Hubbard
Quantrille; Harry Saunders, former
metropolitan title holder, who was
knocked off by Quantrille in an early
round last year, and Perry Knowles,
Seminole Indian. who was trick-shot
specialist with Putt Mossman several
years ago and is essaying comeback
Knowles, boxer by profession, has had
little time to practice. He has been
ho fnoiUhf a. NyYyiY,
City with Leroy Dougan.
New Talent Appears.
"A LII but four of the Virginians fell
~ by the wayside last night, but
every one of the vanquished had
something to commend him.. Horseshoe
pitchers heretofore unheard of showed
a genuine class at times, and four or
five of them appeared to be champs-in-
the-making, perhaps a season away"
Such one, for instance, was Bill
Hurton, who lost to Cockrell in the
second round. Cockrell was one of the
foremost performers in the qualifying
play, with 49 per cent ringers, and was
expected to trim Hunton with little ado.
But he was forced to come from behind
to take the first game. 50-31; dropped
the second, 1850, and was never al
lowed to relax in the rubber, which he
Won, 50-32 with late squirt.
The best pitcher last night ,Das
thompson, Dho surprised himself.
A change OF delivery, Which he
hadn't expected to effect SUI
fciently to compete in the tournd-
n1ent-he t0ds an eleUenth-hour
entry-stood him in excellent
stead. He ,Ods the only contest
dHf 1rHneo 0H1no 1o,,or JropxoI
0etotD 40 per cent ringers.
Until last night Thompson was rated
peloW Darr and Henry as title con-
lenders. But he will go into the semi
dnals at least an even choice.
Homer q Regular Guy.
10 far as Virginia pitchers are con-
- cerned, 1t seems George c." would
make q popular champion. Last
night. before play started, they pre-
eented him with q choice sweater.
Thompson, as chairman of the Virginia
section OF the tournament, a star pitcher
and f1ne sportsman. his been a great
influence in the development of The
game. His pitching layout probably is
unexcelled among the country's private
courts.
Following are last nights results and
tonight's pairings:
First round-C. B. Darr defeated E.
Loveless, 500, 50-17; Bud Schoolev
defeated Jerry Harrison, 50-31, 50-27:
u. Harrity defeated r. r. James, 50-43.
$50. 500; Ed Henry defeated E.
Dye, 50-25. SOL: w. G. Cockrell de-
feated George Cummings, 50-38, So
81; w. F. Hunton defeated Ed Ed
monston, 5o-32, 500; Bordman
Munson defeated M. Mattare, sos,
bO-26; George G: Thompson defeated
Second round-Darr defeated Schooley.
500, 50-44; Henry defeated Harrity,
50-18, 50-12; Cockrell defeated Hun
ton. 50-31, 49-50. 50-32; Thompson
defeated Munson, 500, 500.
Pairings Tonight.
Semi -finals-C. B. Darr vs. Ed Henry,
George c. Thompson VS.. Wallace G.
Cockrell, 7:30 o'clock sharp.
Cricket Match Drawn.
FoLKsToNE, England, September
LR.-The three-day cricket match
between the touring West Indies team
as the time limit expired with Eng
land at the wickets in its second in
nings. Scores were: England, 362 for
nine (declared) and 272 for five; West
Indies, $50.
Fights Last Night
BY the Associated Press.
SYRACUSE, N. Y.-Lou Scozza. 1751z