Evening star., 1935-07-30
RELIEVES HENSON
OF METRO TITLE
Shoots 65 Per Cent Ringers
to Win, Al, in Stirring
Evening Star Final.

0OR the nrSt time IN Iour years
- Clayton C. Boo" Henson Of
Arlington, Va, today found
n himself without q horseshoe
title. In one of the most brilliantly
pitched matches in the history Of the
game in the East, Henson was shorn
of the Metropolitan District champion
ship last night at lexington by Dead
pan" Raymond Frye Of Orkney
Springs, Va, in the final Of the sew
enth annual Evening Star tourna-
ment.
While an overflow gallery looked on
in wonder, the expressionless Frye
bowled over the heretofore invincible
Boo" four games to one. The scores
we're:
Frye --- % so so so so
Henson ----- so II 43 10 81
Reputed to be one of the hashiest
ringer-throwers in the country in in
formal competition, Frye. In the minds
of many, was a dubious prospect to
sparkle under heavy fire, and when
the "Deadpan" dropped the first game
to Henson, so to %, it was murmured:
He can't take it" 1t was remembered
that a year previous, in the same
event, Henson shellacked Frye in four
straight games after Frye had been
heralded widely as the next champ.
There's No Doubt Now.
RUT any illusions over the ability Of
the Orkney Springs man to do his
stuff when 1t count q lot were dis
PEELED. Time and again he fired on
ringers, frequently two at q time, to
quell Henson's rallies, and went on to
win q convincing victory. For the five
games his ringer percentage was IS.
Henson's was So.
Here are the ringer percentages by
games:
Frye SIS 81 81 70 10
Henson----- 66 So IS 46 IS
But the figures do not tell the story
Of the match. Henson, not quite in
fettle, continually was coming from
behind only to have Frye slap on a
streak of three-pointers to halt him
when he became dangerous. The
champion, with the title slipping
away, made a game and brilliant ef-
fort to save it in the fifth game. In
one stretch he threw 13 ringers in
IA shoes. In another he tossed eight
in a row. He streaked a half dozen
in still another rally in this skirnish,
but Frye Cancelled his ringers time
and again. In three straight innings
all four shoes were on the stakes.
Henson's Defeats Rare. --
HENSON achieved the ultimate in
- pinch-pitching when, with Frye
needing two points to win the fifth
game and match, he topped . double
ringer. In the previous inning Frye
had Cancelled two Of the champs.
Then Frye went out with third con-
secutive double with Henson winding
up with single.
It was the first time in i've years
that Henson was defeated in cham
pionship competition. His last previous
loss was to Chic Darr, for the Old
Dominion title. The year following
he won the Virginia championship,
then captured the Metropolitan title
to remain king of horseshoe flippers of
Virginia, Maryland and Washington
for three seasons.
He predicted his own downfall with
the statement last year, after his VIC
tory over Frye, that the latter, with e
little more tournament experience,
would be unbeatable in this section
Of the country and would 60 on to a
national triumph. Frye, Henson, Bill
Moore, Woody Wilson and perhaps one
or two others who competed in The
Star tournament plan to try for the
national championship this Fail at
Moline, III.