Evening star., 1939-08-27
Talent Apportioned
Against Favorites
InCIassic Event
Aces Of Metropolitan
Area Shoot 1t Out
Tomorrow, Tuesday


Harry F. Saunders, defending
titleholder in the metropolitan dis
trict play -offs of The Evening Star
horseshoe championships, and Clay
ton c. Henson, Northern Virginia
title winner and favorite in the ringer
classic to be run off tomorrow night
on the National Capital Parks
courts, may look with equal appre-
hension upon the pairings made
last night.
Saunders leading rivals in the
upper half of the draw are Lee
Fleshman, the Southern Maryland
champion, and Charley Howery, Vir-
ginia runner up.
Seeded in the lower draw, Henson
must contend with Irwin Carlberg,
Washington champion, and Temple
FARRELL, Maryland runner-up.
If Saunders gets past the first
round, in which he will play Gus
Brailer, up and coming Marylander,
he will run into Hoot Danzberger of
Virginia or Harold Ronning of
Washington, both dangerous.
Carlberg FARRELL Battle Looms.
Granting Henson whips young
Carlton Mullinix of Maryland, his
next opponent likely will be Roy
(Woodrow) Wilson. who battled his
way to the final of the Washington
section of the tournament. Wilson
drew an unknown opponent in the
first round. Today at $3.50 pm. the
defeated quarter -finalists of the
District, Maryland and Virginia will
shoot consolation eliminations, with
the winner in each section to be
awarded a spot in the metropolitan
event. Wilson will play the Virginia
survivor.
Carlberg and FARRELL also drew
consolation victors and if both won
they would meet in a second round
match that would be a feature of
the tournament. On paper it looks
to be semifinal between Henson
and Carlberg or farrell. In either
case the Old Dominion ace likely
would need lot of heat to burn
down the enemy, for both Carlberg
and FARRELL in the earlier going at
times were sensational. For in
stance, in a stretch against Flesh
man FARRELL tossed 13 ringers in IA
shoes. Carlberg virtually breezed to
the District title, with only Wilson
giving him more than workout.
Saunders VS.. FleShmen, Perhaps.
If the seedlings pan out, Saunders
and Fleshman will meet in the up
per semifinal. This would make a
sweet battle. Tall, muscular Flesh
man is tough competitor, which he
proved by sticking gamely to
steady pace where another might
have blown up when Jarrel looked
to be started for victory over him
in the Maryland final.
In spite Of the high regard for
Saunders, that worthy to some is a
big question mark. He has seen
little competition this season. In
TACT, the defense of his title brings
him his first serious action since
he triumphed a year ago. His stock
went up recently with reports of
f1ashy ringer streaks in practice.
One OF his sparmates, Bill Wood
field, who started as one of the fa-
vorltes in the Washington section,
took on Saunders in a workout the
other day and afterWard observed.
somebody in the metropolitan is in
Tor 1t. Competition or no competi-
ton, don't sell Saunders short, not
even If he meets Henson"
Those eligible for the consultations
are: Maryland - Preston Smith.
Rolfe Kennard, Ray Bean and Ted
Walsh; Virginia-James L. Gear
hart, Frank FELTON,, Ed Henry and
Sid Stoddard; Washington-Tom
Collins, Douglas Newcomb, Walter
Haley and Charles A. Fort. And,
by the way, in these groups are sew
eral pitchers, victims of upsets, who
are not exactly pushovers for the
seeded players in the metropolitan.
Officials Are Named.
The following scorers were an
pointed last night: Court 3. Tex
Kruger; 4, Ben McAlwee; S, Mrs
Mae Barkley; 7, Mrs. George c.
thompson; 8, j. A. Began; 9, George
G. Thompson; 10, Bill Woodfield: II
Pete Heflin
Mrs. Bessie Marshall is the chief
scorer.
The pairings:
Upper Bracket.
Harry Saunders washington, de-
Tending champion VS.. Gus Brailer
maryland semifinalist.
Hoot Danzberger Virginia semi
flnalis0 VS. Harold Ronning wash
ington semifinalist).
Allen Burnham washington semi
f1nalist) VS.. Charles Howery (vir-
ginia finalist.
Lee Fleshman maryland cham
pion) VS.. Ed Swartz Virginia semi
f1nalis0.
Lower Bracket.
Irwin Carlberg CWashineton
champion) VS.. Maryland consola ton
winner.
Temple FARRELL maryland runner
up) VS.. Washington consolation win
ner.
Roy Wilson washington runner
up) VS.. Virginia consolation winner.
Clayton c. Henson virginia
champion) VS.. Carlton Mullinix
maryland semifinalist).
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