Evening star., 1934-08-24
OTHER. .ACESLOOK
HIM OVER DARKLY
Little George" Thompson,
13, Nearly Steals Show.
D. c. Play Opens.

IN n AN ALIVE. can that guy
M pitch horse shoesl"
Y Yes, sub, Raymond l.
Frye of Orkney Springs,
Va, must have been really hot at
Falls Church last night to make the
Metropolitan Washington champ. Boo
Henson, shake his head in wonder
and despair.
For Boo, somewhere along the way
In The Stars sixth annual champion
ships, likely will be called upon to
battle the young man who. while
Henson and other stars of Virginia,
Maryland and Washington, stared
joyless, banged the pegs with ringers
at the rate of n in 100 shoes to
make his tournament debut with a
shutout win
He pitched only one match, in
which Walter Crawford, yet to win
q name, was the victim, but thor
oughly convinced all that his n per
cent performance was no fiuke. He
won the first skirmish, SO to 0, and
yielded only IL points in the second,
In which he worried along with a
ringer percentage of "only" 81.
Field Down to Eight.
TN THAT first game Crawford
pitched fair brand of horseshoes,
but never was close to q point.
The stranger, unheard of in this sec
ton until he entered the tournament
chucked dozen ringers with his first
IA shoes. In the entire game he
threw 20 out of IS. In the second he
tossed 10 out of 26, but seemed to be
coasting.
The field Of 16, scrapping for the
Virginia State championship, was
narrowed to eight, with all the seeded
players remaining for tonight's pitch
ing, which will get under. way at z
o'clock sharp and continue to a finish.
In the meantime the Washington
fingers are taking their turns in the
qualifying round for the city title
tournament, the finals Of which will
be played on the lexington courts,
beside Tech High swimming pool, next
Monday and Tuesday evenings.
Easy IOf DauzDcTScIs
STHE big gallery at Falls Church
saw another hot shot pitch his
first Evening Star tournament
match. This was 15-year-old. left
handed Harold (Hoot) Danzberger.
who had no difficulty eliminating C..
Earman. His ringer percentage was
better than so.
Fryes first formidable opponent
probably win be the defending cham
pion, George c. Thompson, In q semi
final. Danzberger will meet a tough
customer In the second round in
Charles (Chic) Darr, former State
title holder.
Although Frye was a sensation, the
show almost was stolen by the young
est player ever to compete as a senior
In The Star tournament. little George
G, Thompson, jr., son of the Old Do-7
Yninion champion. George put up
whale of q battle before losing to the
experienced George Hooven In
three-game match.
Following are last nights results
and tonight's pairings:
Results.
George C. Thompson defeated DR..
A. Z. Dye, 5o-l2, 500; Z. v. Har-
rison defeated Ed Edmonston. 5o-2S,
$50, 50-46; Raymond L. Frye de-
feated Walter Crawford, 800, So
IL; w. Earman defeated Charles
Major, $50, 50-48, 50-37: Harold
Danzberger defeated C. Earman, 10-
10, 50-13; Chic Darr defeated sey-
mour Henson, 50-29, 50-24; George
Hooven defeated George G. Thomp-
son, jr., 50-23, 49-50. $40; Ed
Henry defeated ]. s. Petit, 50-26,
60-S4.
Pairings.
Second round-Thompson, ST., VS..
Harrison, Frye VS.. w. Earman, Dang
berger VS.. Darr, Hooven VS.. Henry.