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'PitcAvtA. DIGES!«I»X«tt.v.w.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.vT J WELCOME TO 1970 WORLD TOURNAMENT South Gate, California Official Publication of THE NATIONAL HORSESHOE PITCHER'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 2 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest / July, 1970 | I AMERICAN I NHPA APPROVED HORSESHOE 1 to 5 Pair Pairs and Over $6.00 Postpaid Designed and pitched by * In Lots of 6 Per Pair CARL STEINFELDT $5.00 per pair Postpaid 75c per pair 4 times World Left-handed Champion add. west of 6 times Eastern National Champion Mississippi 15 Times New York State Champion 44 RIDGECREST RD. ROCHESTER, N. Y. 14626 Martz Establishes Personal High In Winning Memorial Day Red Mill Invitational While winning an impromtu tournament held on Memorial Day at the Red Mill Horseshoe Club of Washington, Pa., Clyde Martz set a new personal high of 85.8% ringers. Close at his heels were Howard Shriver and Oscar Engle who almost "nipped" him in the final phases of the tournament. Jim Solomon had a few bad games in the beginning, but managed to come out of it in the final game while edging out Engle in the longest and most exciting game of the tournament — 126 shoes and 102 ringers (81%) for both players. W L % W L % Clyde Martz 4 0 85.8 James Solomon 1 3 71.9 Howard Shriver 3 1 79.8 Jack Rainbow 1 3 66.6 Oscar Engle 1 3 79.0 Lady Luck With Paxton In Southern Iowa Win John Paxton of Ottumwa, Iowa had a 6-1 record to win the Southern Iowa Open tournament held on the East Side city park courts in Osceola, Iowa. However, lady luck was with him as his ringer percentage was somewhat lower than Byron Hafner who finished second with a 5-2 record and 66.7 ringer percentage. Hafner had the high single game percentage of 79.2. CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % John Paxton, Iowa 6 1 59.5 Charles Foxx, Iowa 5 0 51.5 Byron Hafner, Iowa 5 2 66.7 Leonard Francis, Missouri 4 1 50.5 W. W. Uhlig, Iowa 5 2 63.9 Leo Hamand, Iowa 2 3 46.3 Earl Wiges, Iowa 4 3 59.0 Phil Robertson, Iowa 2 3 43.9 Bernard Ricker, Iowa 3 4 53.9 Fred Reeves, Missouri .... 2 3 29.9 Harold Darnold, Iowa .... 3 4 52.6 Harold Paxton, Iowa 0 5 42.8 Dale Dixon, Iowa 2 5 49.1 Ernie Danielson, Iowa forfeit CLASS C — Howard Davis, Iowa 5-1-44.0; Kink Custard, Nebraska 4-2-48.6; Ralph Crawford, Iowa 3-2-30.5; Steve Millhollin, Nebraska 2-3-34.4; Lewis Jeter, Iowa 1-4-29.4; John Roberts, Iowa 1-4-31.6. CLASS D — Ed Eckles, Iowa 5-0-32.0; Tip Alexander, Missouri 3-2-34.7; Vern Miller, Iowa 3-2-30.8; Earl Barker, Nebraska 3-2-27.9; Bill McNace, Iowa 1-4-18.6; Bob McNace, Iowa 0-5-18.7. The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest / July, 1970 THE HORSESHOE PITCHER'S NEWS DIGEST is published on the 15th of each month at Aurora, Illinois, U. S. A. by the National Horseshoe Pitchers' Association of America. Editorial office, P. O. Box 1606, Aurora, Illinois 60507. Subscription rate is $2.50 per year in advance. NHPA membership cards are available through each state secretary for $1.60 plus any state association dues. Forms close on the last day of each month. Advertising rates on request. F. Ellis Cobb, Editor. NATIONAL OFFICERS Ralph Dykes, 433 West North Avenue, Lombard, Illinois 60148 President Hal Hanania, 448 Runyon Ave., Middlesex, New Jersey 08846 1st Vice-President Gerald Schneider, 1033 N. Rose Glen Ave., Rosemead, Calif. 91770....2nd Vice-President Leo McGrath, 1937 Lawn Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45237 3rd Vice-President Ruth Hansen, 208 Burroughs Drive, Buffalo, New Yorkl4226 4th Vice-President Robert G. Pence, 341 Polk Street, Gary, Indiana 46402 Secretary-Treasurer Volume 14 JULY Number 7 Giddes Triumphant In Rosselet Memorial Open Jack Giddes won 7 in a row to capture the annual Rosselet Memorial Open on the Warinanco Park courts in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Lou Gancos of New York was runner-up. Forty-two pitchers played in 6 classes, on a cool, sunny and extremely windy day. CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % Jack Giddes, N. J 7 0 67.3 Bob Sutton, N. Y. 6 1 56,3 Lou Gancos, N. Y. 4 3 62.0 Bob Bishe, N. J .,. 6 1 56.0 John Fulton, Pa 4 3 58.4 Bill Rogers, N. Y. 5 2 56.1 Ed Lockwood, N. Y. 4 3 57.1 Norm Johnson, N. Y. 4 3 50.0 Bill Kolb, N. J 4 3 54.8 Frank Pluchino, N. J. ... 3 4 51.8 Sol Berman, N. J .... 3 4 64.5 Joe Schultz, N. Y. 2 5 42.4 Terry Early, N. Y. 1 6 55.9 Martin Poppe, N. Y 1 6 47.9 Joe Zichella, N. Y. , 1 6 52.2 Bill Mclntyre, N. J. 1 6 36.9 CLASS BB — Dale Eberhart, Middlesex, N. J. 7-0-55.1; Joe Segotta, Clark, N. J. 5-2-50.3; Owen Farmer, New York, N. Y. 5-2-50.8; Bill Hermann, Clark, N. J. 4-3-50.7; John Dykstra, Englewood, N. J. 2-5-45.4; Hank Mullen, South Plainfield, N. J. 2-5-41.6; Phil Zozzaro, Little Falls, N. J. 2-5-38.1; John Baugher, York, Pa. 1-6-44.5. CLASS C — Tom Young, Elizabeth, N. J. 5-1-44.4; A1 Lund, Brooklyn, N. Y. 5-1-44.1; Joe Malinowsky, Linden, N. J. 3-2-40.6; A1 Price, Cranford, N. J. 2-3-34.3; Harry Schmidt, Jersey City, N. J. 1-4-31.0; Ben Lubas, Lin- den, N. J. 1-4-30.5. CLASS D — Leroy Knotts, Linden, N. J. 5-0-40.6; John Karczewski, Fords, N. J. 3-2-39.5; C. Italia, Linden, N. J. 3-2-36.0; Sam Mastriani, Clark, N. J. 2-3-34.8; Vincent DiMicco, Cranford, N. J. 1-4-32.7; Hugh Gibbony, Rahway, N. J. 1-4-29.1. CLASS E — Joe Tripodi, Kenilworth, N. J. 5-0-32.0; Bob Steinhart, Spring- field, N. J. 4-1-25.2; Art Bullivant, Clark, N. J. 3-2-38.5; Ed Gawryluck, Union, N. J. 2-3-26.9; Vito Jadelis, Kenilworth, N. J. 1-4-16.8; Ed Dalton, Cranford, N. J. 0-5-20.9. COVER PICTURE .... The welcome sign is out at South Gate Park in South Gate, California for the 1970 World Tournament players and visitors. Wally Shipley, president, is shown kneeling with a few of the enthusiastic South Gate members, who extend a warm welcome to all to attend this year's big tournament. 4 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest / July, 1970 Second Annual Robinson, III. Open — August 22 Dick Rodgers of the Robinson, Illinois Club announces that the second annual Robinson Open tournament will be held in that city on Sunday, Au- gust 22. As there will not be any qualifying, players are requested to send or bring qualifying scores with them. All players MUST be on the courts by 9:30 a. m. on the day of the tourna- ment. Tournament play will start promptly at 10 a. m. starting with classes D, E and F. At 1 p. m. classes A, B and C will take to the courts. There will be six classes with 8 men in each class. Entry fee will be $3.50. Three trophies will be given in each class. Qualifying scores can be sent to Dick Rodgers, 1105 South Jackson Street, Robinson, Illinois. Marion, Ohio Open Tournament — Aug. 15-16 & 22-23 The second annual Marion, Ohio Open tournament will be held in that city on the weekends of August 15-16 and 22-23. Classes A and B will pitch on Saturday, August 22 starting at 1 p. m. sharp. All other classes will be scheduled on the other days of the tournament. Entry fee of $5.00 and score must be sent to Everett Morrow, 253 South Vine Street, Marion, Ohio not later than August 7. Players will be notified as to the day that they will pitch. This will be an NHPA sanctioned tournament and cards will be available at the courts. Trophies will be awarded to first and second places in each class. There will be a lunch stand and refreshments at the courts. Anyone wishing to qualify, may do so at the courts during the first week in August. There are six lighted courts. TED ALLEN HORSESHOES Exclusively designed by Ted Allen in 1938 with all its features, the side notch and weighted ends, included. First to introduce hard points and hooks. At once it became a leading shoe for 29 years. Figured in the top records of all states and in the National tournament. So far ahead of its time that finally, re- cently, other manufacturers admitted it by trying to copy it. Ted used it, traveling year round for 33 of the 37 years in all kinds of show business, including the tops of three nations. A truly lifetime career. THE RELIABLE SHOE. You can't be wrong in trying them. Write for details 1045 LINDEN AVENUE BOULDER, COLORADO 80302 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest / July, 1970 Manker In Play-Off Victory For Greenville, Ohio Title Stanley Manker of Martinsville, Ohio defeated Jim Knisley of Bremen, Ohio, in a play-off to win the Greenville Open tournament.