Evening star., 1942-08-09
Champion Ringer w Jersey and Area Meet This Wee
Ko|b, RosseIet Come
10 Tackle Henson,
Car|berg, Lacey
Contests to Be Prelude
To The Stur's Annual
Title Tournament

An unexpected treat is in store
for Washington horseshoe addicts
this week as a prelude to The Stars
14th annual championships to open
a week from tomorrow night on the
public parks courts opposite the
Commerce Building on Fifteenth
street NV.
Bill Kolb, champion Of New Jer-
sey, and John Rosselet, jr., a high
ranker in the same State, are COM
ing to the Capital Wednesday for
several days stay and, through
Harry Woodfield, president of the
National Horseshoe Pitchers Associ-
alton, will be matched with the best
hereabout.
The contests will be pitched on
the Commerce Building courts at
night and are expected to produce
the highest brand of play in the
history of the sport here. Kolb will
contribute trickshot act.
Face Three Champions.
Firing against Kolb and Rosselet,
a vice president of the National
Horseshoe Pitchers Association, will
be Clayton C. (Boo) Henson, Met
ropolitan Washington champion;
Irwin Carlberg, District titleholder,
and Clair Lacey, former District
champ who recently won the Fed
eral employees title. Woodfield plans
a round robin among these four and
II time permits an invitation tour
nament will be held which would
include also Lee Fleshman, many
times champion Of Southern Mary
land; Charley Howery. who rules
the ringer roost in Northern Vir-
ginia, and others. In any event, first
of the special competition will be
held Thursday night starting at 7;30
o'clock with sessions also on Friday
evening and Sunday afternoon.
Henson, Carlberg and Lacey ara
reaching the peaks of their games
as they usually do come Star tour
nament time.
Will Take 100 Shoe Test.
The first several evenings of The
Star event will be given over to the
qualification round with l00-shoe
test to determine the 16 flippers to
fire in elimination play in each sec
ton of the tournament-Southern
Maryland, Northern Virginia and
the District.
With the sectional titles settled,
late survivors of the elininations
will shoot 1t out for the Metropoli-
tan District crown, one of the most
coveted in the realm Of horseshoes.
In the final last year Henson de-
feated Carlberg.
No matter what their degrees of
skill, The Star tournament is at
tractive to all iron twirlers. The
100-shoe test has revealed unex-
pected talent in many a player
which encouraged him to go in for
regular competition. There is no
entry fee and all prizes will be
presented by The Star.
Lucy Rose Defends Title.
In the women's section all COM
petition will be at match play with
comely Lucy Rose of Rosslyn as the
defending metropolitan champion
It is understood little Stella Bara-
nowski of Lincolnia, Va, who ruled
the fair flippers two years ago, will
attempt to regain the crown she de-
faulted last season.
Others with an eye on Lucy's dia-
dem are Mrs. Mary Sales Of Rogers
Heights, Nd, who lost to her in the
l941 final Mrs. Prentis Mabrey,
Washington, and Mrs. Edith Hem
mineer. newcomer from Kansas.
For the first time the amateur
question has bobbed up hereabouts
in horseshoe pitching. Some OF the
Arlington flippers thought to take
in the national Junior and Virginia
State AAU championships at
Richmond August % but find them
selves ineligible because of having
played in money tournaments. Serv-
icemen In the Old Dominion with
amateur status may participate sans
entry fee and cordially are invited
to do so. Mr.. Woodheld, who will
direct the doings at Richmond as
president of the national associa-
ton, is carrying on a campaign,
with marked success, to promote
iron tossing among service men,