Evening star., 1942-08-27
Sensational Contest
Decides Issue for
Main LaureIs
RivoIs Approach World
Record in Settling
Metropolitan Feud
By ROD THOMAS,

For the next year, Clayton G.
Boo) Henson of Arlington will rule
the horseshoe flippers OF Metropoli-
tan Washington, Irwin Carlberg
those of the Capital proper. Ed Bar
anowski the Northern Virginia
sector and Clair E. Lacey the South
ern Maryland.
But perhaps for years to come the
ringer addicts who last night saw
the wind-up OF the fourteenth an
nual Evening Star tournament, in
which the four won their titles, will
talk not of the 1912 victors, but of
q single game that climaxed the
round robin of is experts, chosen in
. qualifying test.
It decided the Metropolitan cham
pionship, one of the most coveted
in the horseshoe world.
In it the defending titleholder
Henson met the challenge of the one
man In the tournament conceded 4
fair chance to dethrone him, Carl
berg, and won like true champion
50 to 26, for a clean slate OF Is VIC
tories.
Wins With rs Ringers in Row.
This would seem a lopsided deci-
sion, with Henson almost doubling
the score on his rival, but it was by
far the outstanding horseshoe scrap
In the history Of the sport hereabout.
The count stood 26-all when Hen
son hammered the pegs for Is con-
va ~ or IN CT
this assault Carlberg defended with
Is ringers. Early in. the match
Henson put on 18 straight, yet was
unable to gain an appreciable lead.
He fired five straight doubles in
one stretch without winning a point.
But for single miss the pair would
have tied the world record for con-
secutive doubles.
They matched 'em five times in
a row. then came the miss followed
by four more "all dead" innings.
rThe record for straight topped dou-
bles Is 10, established In 1889 by
Dean and Lyle Brown (no relation)
In the national championship at Des
.Moines, Iowa.
In his final 80 shoes Henson fired
20 ringers, boosting his percentage
for the game to 83, 10 points above
Carlbergs.
Barely Loses Wager.
In spite OF his brilliant pitching
Henson lost a wager. To collect he
needed to average 80 per cent for the
entire tournament. He fell one point
shy. With q game to go after the
CArlberg match, the champ estimat-
ed he needed nearly 80 per cent tc
beat 80 for the tournament. Oppos-
ing Clare Hume Of Washington ht
shot IS. under the circumstances 9
sensa tional performance even had II
occurred In 4 world championship
tournament.
Carlberg, with a lone defeat, fin
lshed second In the Metropolitan
competition.
70 win the Northern Virgins
title. Baranowski, who scored a pop.
ulAr triumph after years of effort
bagged II games and dropped four
He lifted the crown from Charley
Howery, who, handicapped by rush
Ing from work to the tournament
was far off his 1941 form.
Lacey, q former District champion
and current Federal employees title
holder, won 13 and lost 2, the latter
to Henson and Carlberg. In sched
ule framed by Roy tWoodrow) Will
son, the battles among Henson
Lacey, Carlberg and Lee freshman
rated the big four Of the tourna'
ment, brought 1t to q climactic mn
ish.
Fleshman, Son Tie.
Fleshman, defending the South
ern Maryland title, was the victim
Of one OF the most interesting con
tests of the entire affair. In 1t n
lost to his 11-year-old son Lee, u
and it wasn't kidding matter. tn
shaver topped his dad by SO to a
,lamming on a ringer to clinch whe
his old man muf1ed with two shoe
that hit the top of the stake.
Little Lees victory put him eve
In the standings with his pop. eac
winning 10 games and losing 5.
Complete figures on the tourns
ment are being checked and Will (
published tomorrow.