Evening star., 1940-08-08
CarIberg Makes Hot
Defense in Losinq
District Crown
Donsberger and JorrelI
Also Tough Prey; Girls
Will Pitch Tonight
By ROD THOMAS.


Clair Lacey of the War Depart
ment, sensation OF The Stars 18th
annual horseshoe championships,
today sported his first major title.
He's the new District champion.
In one o. the most brilliantly
pitched matches in the games his
tory here, Lacey knocked Irwin
Carlberg of the high perch the
wiry gamester had occupied for
two years.
While this happened, Charley
Howery Of Arlington outf1ipped
Hoot Dansberger of the same baih-
wick for the Northern Virginia title
and for the sixth time Levi Flesh
man of Rogers Heights, suburb"
of Bladensburg, won the Southern
Maryland crown by conquering his
inveterate rival, Temple FARRELL,
former University of Maryland
athlete.
Lacey, the personification of
poise, moved at q steady average
pace OF u per cent ringers to win
four straight games from Carlberg,
who literally and figuratively went
down swinging in a manner worthy
OF a champion. In defense of his
title he fired 10 per cent above his
seasons average in ringers. He
tossed 66 per cent.
Women Hold Stage Tonight.
The scores were 500, 5O-38
500 and 50-31. The battle be-
tween Howery and Dansberger
went the limit Of seven games with
the counts: 50-42, 40-50, $50
sos, 50-48, $3.50, 5O--15, and
Fleshmen triumphed in six games
by 48-50, $50, 50-49, 500
500, 50-27.
Tonight, starting at 7:30 o'clock
the women will pitch for the Metro
politan Area championship on the
public parks courts opposite the
Commerce Building. Little Stella
Baranowski. IA, from Lincolnia
Va, will be the favorite. Among
the contestants will be Lucy Rose
OF the famous Rosslyn girls bowl
ing team, the No. 4 ranking duck
pin shooter Of her sex in the coun-
try.
Lacey's triumph, and particularly
the manner of its accomplishment,
marked him as a strong threat to
dethrone Clayton c. Henson of
Arlington in the Metropolitan dis
trict championship to be played next
Monday and Tuesday evenings on
the parks courts. Lacey came from
behind at critical moments to win
each of the first two games, and NO
matter what the pace set by his
determined rival, was able to lift
his game to top it.
In the third skirmish Carlberg
led at 1892 after a brilliant stretch
but there he remained as Lacey
chucked eight consecutive ringers
to go out, and it was typical. Both
players reached their peak in this
game, Lacey tossing "a per cent
and Carlberg, 10; Lacey starting
with "a ringers in rs shoes and
Carlberg having high run of IL.
"FleShman Finish" Wins.
Howery and Dansberger fought a
ding dong battle all the Way to the
seventh game, in which the former
proved his mastery decisively by
shooting II per cent and ending
the battle with the 44th shoe.
Neither Fleshman nor farrell
pitched up to standard, but Flesh.
man, nevertheless, proved his cham
pionship mettle convincingly. He
seemed "in the bag" after farrell
won the first two games, but rallied
to win the third by 50-49 then
swept to victory in the same manner
he defeated FARRELL in the 1897 Mary
land final. The horseshoe addicts
have come to call this sort of thing
a "Fleshman finish"
In the semifinals Fleshman de-
feated Marvin Emerson, 500
50-33, 50-26; FARRELL defeated Gus
Brailer, 50-32, 50-42, 40-5O, 50-22:
Howery defeated Ed Baranowsky
50-24, 50-37, 50-44; Dansberger
defeated Elmer Swartz, 5O-26
500, $50, 50-28: Lacey defeat
ed Bill Hartley, 50-35, sos
50-23; Carlberg defeated Don
Behnke, 50-38, 43-50, 50-41
50-22.
All who reached the semifinals oil
the sectional play qualified for the
Metropolitan event and the defeated
quarter-finalists will play consola-
ton rounds tomorrow night, with
the winners to move on into the big
scrap.