OCTOBER, 1960 Set the Pace with More Ringers
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'Pitcttenk Official Publication of THE NATIONAL HORSESHOE PITCHER'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA OCTOBER, 1960 Set the pace with more ringers with the 1960 model . by the original producers of a steel drop-forged pitching shoe. Furnished in Medium Hardness The OHIO SHOE with its stake holding qualities PLUS its perfect balance gives the control needed for those extra ring- ers that would have otherwise spun off. Write TODAY for prices OHIO HORSESHOE COMPANY P. O. BOX 5801 COLUMBUS 21. OHIO THE HORSESHOE PITCHER'S NEWS DIGEST THE HORSESHOE PITCHERS' NEWS DIGEST published on the 15th of each month at Aurora, Illinois, U.S.A. by the National Horseshoe Pitchers' Association of America. Editorial office, 1307 Solfisburg Avenue, Aurora, Illinois. Membership and subscription price $3.60 per year in advance. Forms close on the first day of each month. Advertising rates on request. F. Ellis Cobb, Editor. Volume 4 October No. 10 CARL HORN RETAINS MONTANA STATE CROWN Carl Horn of Miles City, Montana successfully defended his state title by winning 9 straight games with no losses. He averaged 55.3 percent. Mor- ris Wold of Billings with a 7 and 2 record took the runnerup spot while Willson Hubbard of Baker slid into third position. Mayor W. P. Marcus gave the speech of welcome. Seven beautiful trophies were awarded to the win- ners by the Wibaux club president, Roger Barnaby. Sincere thanks were expressed to all who helped in making this second annual state tournament a great success. W L R SP % Carl M. Horn, Miles City, Montana 9 0 301 544 55.3 Morris T. Wold, Billings, Montana 7 2 244 490 49.8 Willson Hubbard, Baker, Montana 6 3 267 572 46.6 Ira O. Jensen, McCabe, Montana 5 4 237 546 43.4 Ing Ronning, Sidney, Montana 5 4 242 598 40.4 W. E. McChesney, Jr., Sidney, Montana 4 5 236 494 47.7 Earl Brown, Miles City, Montana „....4 5 239 524 45.6 Clifford V. Thomsen, Culbertson, Montana ...A 5 261 588 44.3 Tom Wagner, Nashua, Montana 1 8 133 466 28.5 Donald Burns, Fort Peck, Montana 0 9 166 482 34.4 CLASS B W L R SP % Robert M. Baird, Wibaux, Montana 6 1 161 440 36.5 Herbert J. Larsen, Savage, Montana 6 1 158 478 33.0 Walter Quilling, Sidney, Montana 5 2 178 432 41.2 D. C. Lawrence, Wibaux, Montana 5 2 152 486 31.2 Herman L. Jensen, Culbertson, Montana 3 4 152 476 31.9 Harland Estrem, Glasglow, Montana 2 5 154 472 32.6 Jacob A. Germann, Wibaux, Montana 1 6 130 458 28.3 Elmer Schweigert, Baker, Montana 0 7 69 398 17.3 CLASS C W L R SP % Bruce McMorris, Sidney, Montana 5 2 151 416 36.2 Otto Hanson, Culbertson, Montana 5 2 140 460 30.4 Clarence L. Keller, Sidney, Montana ....4 3 140 440 31.8 W. E. McChesney, Sr., Sidney, Montana 4 3 136 488 27.8 Victor Germann, Wibaux, Montana 4 3 135 522 25.8 Jack McMorris, Sidney, Montana 3 4 132 458 28.8 Roy Berg, Glendive, Montana 2 5 120 488 24.5 Norman G. Stenerson, Baker, Montana 1 6 75 440 17.0 For Class B title, Bob Baird defeated Herb Larsen in the playoff. Bruce McMorris took the measure of Otto Hanson to capture top spot in the C division. DIXON VICTORY HORSESHOES NOW AVAILABLE DIXON VICTORY HORSESHOE COMPANY 2616 49th Street Des Moines, Iowa • m 4 THE HORSESHOE PITCHER'S NEWS DIGEST NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CLASS MAM CHAMPIONSHIP SEPT. 4-5, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA At the end of 13 games, Don Titcomb of Los Gatos, was tied with Bill Fraser of San Francisco for first place. Bill, out to amend his 50-47 playoff loss to Don in the State Championship, again found the going rough. Titcomb won 50-19 pitching 79.6% against Fraser's 62.7%. W L R SP % Don Titcomb 12 1 569 758 75.0 Bill Fraser 12 1 606 876 69.3 Ira Allen 10 3 574 832 69.0 Luke Braun 8 5 525 818 64.3 Czar Marcevich 7 6 583 908 64.1 Bob Stevenson 7 6 542 868 62.5 Paul Mori 6 7 593 928 64.0 Arnold Peters 6 7 534 886 60.2 Jack Seymour 6 7 485 802 60.5 Bill Blexrude 4 9 511 866 59.0 Burt Zumwalt 4 9 439 798 55.1 Abe Davis 4 9 407 768 53.0 Val Rassmussen 3 10 445 802 55.6 Carl Moskalik 2 11 520 882 59.0 CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SOUTH GATE, CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 27-28 W L R SP % ...13 2 780 1010 77.2 13 2 777 1110 70.0 Ira Allen, Fresno 12 3 715 1022 69.9 F. Isais, Los Ang 11 4 821 1104 74.4 11 4 738 1042 70.8 8 7 686 1048 65.5 7 8 637 990 64.3 ... 6 9 641 996 64.4 Louis Dean, Pomona 6 9 697 1098 63.5 Bob Stevenson, San Bruno 5 10 573 938 61.1 Carl Williams, May wood 5 10 634 1050 60.4 Wally Shipley, W. Covina 5 10 635 1062 59.8 Paul Mori, S. San Francisco 5 10 590 994 59.4 Burt Zumwalt, Fulton 5 10 523 928 56.4 Fred Burkhart^ S. San Gabriel 4 11 609 1034 58.9 L. Anderson, S. San Francisco 4 11 595 1018 58.4 CLASS "B" STATE CHAMPIONSHIP W L R SP % Frank Esperanza, Oxnard 6 1 273 382 71.5 Carl Moskalik, Sunnyvale 6 1 238 406 58.6 Homer Moefield, Long Beach 4 3 243 422 57.6 B. Blackburn, Pasadena 4 3 213 380 56.1 Ed McFarland, Covina 3 4 250 442 56.6 Henry Durr, Baldwin Park 3 4 219 432 50.7 C. F. Cummins, Santa Maria 2 5 222 456 48.7 Jesse Gregory, Redondo Beach 0 7 159 368 43.2 Trophies awarded for 1st place in each class — also silver platers for 2nd places. $800.00 in cash prizes was paid out. A big banquet for all horse- shoe members and families was held Saturday evening, August 27. Titcomb defeated Fraser 51-47 for the state title, being tied at the end of round robin play. Esperanza defeated Moskalik in 2 straight games in play-off for Class B title. He won both games with identical scores of 50 to 34. THE HORSESHOE PITCHER'S NEWS DIGEST SOUTH GATE-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ADDED CLASS "EM GROUP ONE W L R SP % Sotero Libatique, South Gate 5 0 145 332 43.7 Sam Populo, El Monte 3 2 115 268 42.9 Fred Brown, Huntington Park 2 3 120 340 35.3 Mel Lingenfelter, Fontana 2 3 121 348 34.8 Buster Parker, Norwalk 2 3 107 308 34.7 Hugh Ward, Baldwin Park 1 4 90 328 27.4 GROUP TWO W L R SP % A1 Papke, Covina 5 0 153 360 42.5 Bill Rathbone, Anaheim 4 1 133 292 45.5 Ronnie Simmons, Norwalk 3 2 136 348 39.1 Larry Hahn, Azusa 2 3 126 338 37.2 Ross Faulkner, South Gate 1 4 110 354 31.1 Oscar Sandberg, Covina 0 5 94 322 29.2 CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF W L R SP % 3 0 104 192 54.2 2 1 91 210 43.3 1 2 91 214 42.5 Sotero Libatique, South Gate 0 3 89 212 42.0 GORDON - BALANCED MATCHED Favorite of Champions THE QUEEN CITY FORGING CO. MANUFACTURERS 235 TENNYSON STREET CINCINNATI 26. OHIO 6 THE HORSESHOE PITCHER'S NEWS DIGEST LESLIE ALBAN WINS SOUTHEASTERN OHIO DISTRICT Leslie Alban of Oak Hill won the 1960 Southeastern Ohio District Horseshoe Tournament on the Pike County Fish and Game Farm courts. Gary Roberts of Pike County, the defending champion of the event, took the second spot. The Pike County Horseshoe Pitchers Association was host to the event for the second year in a row. Class B winner was Junior Chrisman and the Class C champion Roy Jennings. Alban had the high single game of the tournament with 76.2%. Sam Goodlander, Ohio State Secretary, handled the operation of the tourna- ment. CLASS A W L % L. Alban, Oak Hill 9 2 59.7 G. Roberts, Lucasville 7 4 59.9 L. Rose, Gallipolis 7 4 56.0 D. Roberts, Lucasville 7 4 55.7 W. Allison, Jackson 7 4 49.2 C. Smallwood, Lucasville ...... 6 5 53.3 E. Noel, Jackson 6 5 51.7 G. Wiseman, Chillicothe 5 6 52.3 C. Johnson, Lyndon ....5 6 48.4 O. Reno, Waverly 4 7 45.7 H. Wipert, Chillicothe 3 8 43.9 C. Long, Frankfort 0 11 33.0 CLASS B w L % Jr. Chrisman, Latham .... ,6 1 46.9 .6 1 43.5 5 2 43.1 4 3 41.4 3 4 33.6 E. Forbes, Lucasville .2 5 36.5 V. Dixon, Waverly . ,1 6 31.2 E. Brown, Waverly . .1 6 30.7 CLASS C W L % B. Jennings, Piketon 5 0 31.3 C. Winks, Chillicothe 4 1 40.9 F. Johnson, Bourneville 3 2 26.7 J. Christman, Piketon 2 3 19.8 T. Yoakum, Clarksburg 1 4 27.6 LONG BEACH-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AMATEUR W L R SP % Clarence Cummings, Santa Maria 13 1 397 746 53.2 12 2 458 878 52.2 9 4 403 764 52.7 9 4 419 830 50.5 Jesse Gregory, Redondo Beach 8 5 369 750 49.2 8 5 329 704 46.7 , 7 6 365 844 43.2 6 7 340 804 42.3 Roy Pentecost, Orange 6 7 309 774 39.9 5 8 389 850 45.8 4 9 324 802 40.4 Mel Lingenfelter, Fontana 3 10 295 806 36.6 Ross Faulkner, South Gate 2 11 280 742 37.7 Rolla Baker, Los Angeles .