OCTOBER-NOVEMBER, 1964 DIXON PORTABLE HORSESHOE COURTS 2616 49Th Street Des Moines, Iowa Dixon Portable Horseshoe Courts (Patent Pending) Are Now Available

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OCTOBER-NOVEMBER, 1964 DIXON PORTABLE HORSESHOE COURTS 2616 49th Street Des Moines, Iowa Dixon Portable Horseshoe Courts (Patent Pending) are now available. I have received many inquiries on these courts, but have not been able to present them at a price I felt would be attractive. I have been able to purchase the rubber pads in large quantities and can pass the savings on to you. The new nylon suspension system has eliminated some cost and improves the efficiency of the rubber pad greatly. The life of these pads should be at least ten years and are guaranteed for two years.

I have eliminated painting to keep the price down, so you will have to paint them to suit your own taste.

Each end of the court is boxed separately and weighs approximately 38 pounds - 76 pounds for the complete court. They are available in 2" and 4" heights, and a conversion that can be used to set over your present clay court. The same pad is used on all styles and is interchangeable, which means that it can be used on clay and boxed in the portable for mobility.

Court Without Rubber Pad Complete Court Ready For U«e

The 4" portable will give you maximum performance and can be converted to any desired height by ripping off the top side. The 2" is not as effective in holding close shoes, but will hold the ringers about the same.

The convertible will be as effective as the 2" portable, but the rigid stake will not hold the ringers nearly as well. Eitherof the portables are easily stored in the trunk of your car, and can be set up ready to go in 5 minutes in your yard, on your drive, at the park, on the beach, at the lake while you are waiting for the fish to bite, in your basement (if you have enough room), in the barn (if you are on the farm), in gymnasiums at school, or anyplace where there is enough room.

I qualified on these courts at the state tournament at the Iowa State Fair and threw 84 ringers in 100 shoes and never lost a ringer. Practically every pitcher in the tournament tried them and admitted they were better than clay courts.

I hope these courts will make you a better horseshoe pitcher and I will guarantee the ringers you throw will stay there. Every shoe will feel the same every time you pitch it. No mud - no dirt - no maintenance - no more, "barnyard golf.'1 Dale E. Dixon PRICE 4" and 2" portables - $39.50, f.o.b. Des Moines. Iowa Convertibles - $22.50, f.o.b. Des Moines, Iowa The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - No., 1964 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 Solfisberg Avenue, Aurora, Illinois. Membership and subscription price $3.50 per year in advance. Forms close on the first day of each month. Advertising rates on request. F. Ellis Cobb, Editor.

NATIONAL OFFICERS Harold Craig, 809 Carson Street, Muncie, Indiana President Elmer O. Beller, 15316-B Cabell Avenue, Bellflower. Calif 1st Vice-President Glen Sebring, 1431 West 42nd Street, Erie, Pennsylvania 2nd Vice-President Lester Georgiana, Chesterfield, New Hampshire 3rd Vice-President Lucille Hopkins, 912 East 2nd Street, Ottumwa, Iowa 4th Vice-President Robert Pence, 341 Polk Street, Gary, Indiana Secretary-Treasurer

Volume 8 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER Number 10-11

Minutes of the 1964 N.H.P.A. Convention The 1964 Convention of the National Horseshoe Pitchers' Association was held Thursday morning, August 6, in Greenville, O., President Harold Craig presiding with the following officers present; 1st Vice-president Elmer Beller, 2nd Vice-president, Glen Sebring, 4th Vice-president, Lucille Hopkins and Sec- retary-Treasurer, Robert Pence. The following voting delegates were seated: Alabama 1, Arizona 2, Calif- ornia 6, Colorado 1, Florida 3, Illinois 4, Indiana 6, Iowa 4, Massachusetts 6, Michigan 2, Michigan 2, Minnesota 2, Missouri 3, North Dakota 1, New Hamp- shire 4, Nevada 1, New York 3, Oregon 1, Ohio 6, Pennsylvania 5, Rhode Island 1, Tennessee 1, Utah 2, Washington 2, West Virginia 2, Canada 1 and Arkan- sas 1, making a total of 71. A moment of silent prayer was observed in memory of the 17 members who had passed away during the year. Minutes of the 1963 meeting were read by Bob Pence and approved. Treasurer Robert Pence gave the following financial report; Receipts Expenditures Balance one year ago $6,696.14 Mailing expense $ 771.52 Members 3,882.50 Office expense 796.55 Subscriptions 3,270.50 Misc. print. & mimeo 1,093.01 Manufacturer's fees 2,079.38 News Digest expense 6,140.40 Film rental 203.00 Merchandise purchases 9,148.25 Sales, horseshoes 5,767.00 Sec'y-Treas. allowance 995.40 Sales, trophies 3,103.45 World Tournament expense 6,298.63 Sales, shirts 1,469.24 Sales, printed material 624,51 Total expenditures $25,243.76 World Tourney receipts 5,214.75 Total receipts $32,310.47 Balance on hand July 20, 1964 $7,066.71 The auditing committee consisting of Stearns (Ariz.) Ellis (Fla.) and Fish (N.H.) reported they had inspected books and found them in excellent order. They moved that the financial report be approved. The motion was seconded by Weeks (Calif.) and carried without dissent. The special committee on Junior and Ladies' playing rules consisting of McGrath (Ohio) and Winston (Mo.) submitted a code of rules. Discussion from the floor centered around maintaining the amateur status of the junior players and their right to play in the men's divisions. An amendment was added leaving Junior play in the men's divisions up the various state associations and the recommended code of rules was passed. A committee consisting of Reno (Ala.) McGrath and Clancy (Ohio) was appointed to make a further study and report on maintaining the amateur status of Juniors. The Steinfeld (N.Y.) - Dixon (la.) foul line proposal tabled at the 1963 convention for further study was dropped entirely after it was reported play- 4 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

Convention Minutes — (Continued) ers at the Eastern National and the Midwest "Ringer Round Up" had voiced considerable opposition to testing the proposed rule in these tournaments. Secretary Robert Pence reported on the temporary membership fee provi- sion with the magazine subscription optional which had been adopted on a one year trial basis at the 1963 convention. He reported that although a full year had not yet passed membership had already exceeded the previous year's total, but that there had apparently been some loss in magazine subscriptions. Marino (Ariz.) moved the trial basis be extended until the next convention. Dixon (la.) seconded the motion which carried. Sealed bids for the 1965 World Tournament were called for. Fish (N.H.) submitted a bid of $4,000.00 from Keene, N. H. and Cook (Utah) one of $3,000.00 from Salt Lake County, Utah. A secret ballot vote was taken and the Keene, N. H. bid was accepted by a vote of 41 to 28. The delegates than voted 35 to 33 by secret ballot to ask Utah to resubmit its bid for the 1966 tournament as soon as possible and empowered the Executive Council to accept such a bid if offered. Hagy (Nev.) moved that the portable rubber composition courts patented by Dale Dixon be approved for use in sanctioned tournaments. Motion was seconded by Dixon and was carried by a standing vote. Motion by Steinfeldt (N.Y.), seconded by Toole (Ark.) that the top six finishers automatically qualify for the next tournament was defeated by a show of hands. Motion by Steinfeldt (N.Y.), seconded by Boyer (Ind.) that a Horseshoe Hall of Fame be established was carried. President Craig appointed Steinfeldt chairman of a committee consisting of Chrisman, (Ind.), Roy Smith (Calif.), Mortenson (la.) and Pence (Ind.) with powers to set up rules and regulations for the establishment of the Horseshoe Hall of Fame with instructions to em- ploy other NHPA members they thought qualified to serve in an advisory capacity. Jack Wolfe (Can.) invited the N.H.P.A. to consider Canada as a site for the 1967 World Tournament. The Nominating Committee of Weeks (Calif.) and Wilmore (Ind.) recommended that 2nd Vice-president, Glen Sebring (Pa.), 4th Vice-president, Lu- cille Hopkins (la. )and Secretary-Treasurer Robert Pence (Ind.) be re-elected. Nominations from the floor were called for by President Craig. There being none, Jensen (Mich.) seconded by Winston (Mo.) moved the nominations be closed and the incumbents be elected by acclamation. The motion carried. Motion by Sebring (Pa.) seconded by Fish (N.H.) that the city of Green- ville, the housing committee, the Greenville Park Board, the Darke County Horseshoe Association, the Miller Brewing Co. and all individuals and groups contributing to the success of the best World championships in history, be given the thanks of the N.H.P.A. for their fine work. The motion carried unanimously. Marino (Ariz.) seconded by Castine (Mass.) moved for adjournment, the motion carried and the convention stood adjourned.

Congratulations Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Redding of Mt. Sterling, Ohio, who welcomed the arrival of a baby daughter to join the three older brothers in the Redding household. Within three weeks after the joyous event, Bob won three tournaments and was runner-up in the fourth one.

Funny - Bone Ticklers The question in the University of Mississippi physiology examination read: "How may one obtain a good posture?" The country boy wrote: "Keep the cows off it and let it grow awhile." The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

Curt Day Takes The Western Indiana Crown CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % C. Day, Frankfort .... 7 0 85.6 C. Reel, Kokomo 6 1 69.9 Fowler, Greencastle .. 5 2 76.1 C. Atwell, Flora 5 2 61.5 Sharp, Mulberry 5 2 75.4 Quebe, Kirklin 5 2 61.3 V. Taylor, Greencastle 4 3 70.6 Van Sickle, Indpls 4 3 54.8 Van Sant, Cayuga .... 3 4 71.1 Salsbery, Sharpsville 3 4 52.1 E Billingsley, B. Taylor, Greencastle 2 5 56.1 Lafayette 3 4 68.5 Holland, Indpls 2 5 48.3 Weber, Lebanon 1 6 66.2 G. Johnson Sr., Indpls. 1 6 43.4 Mendenhall, Noblesville 0 7 61.6 CLASS C CLASS D W L % W L Denton, Indpls 7 0 71.4 Hickson, Frankfort ... 7 0 Wilhoite, Lebanon ...., 6 1 59.2 Jenks, Terre Haute ... 6 1 Emery, Mulberry 4 3 51.1 Neal, Logansport 4 3 G. Sharpe, Frankfort 4 3 47.7 Cork, Chesterton ..3 4 J. Atwell, Frankfort .,. 3 4 47.5 Raymond, Lafayette . 3 4 Hanson, Russiaville ...., 2 5 44.5 Davis, Kokomo 3 4 Shuck, Sharpsville ...., 1 6 44.2 Mc Kinniss, Lafayette 2 5 Croddy, Kokomo 1 6 37.4 Lafon, Lafayette CLASS E CLASS F W L % W L % Wood, Indpls 5 2 52.3 Haffner, Robinson, Lebanon ..... 4 3 50.2 Crawfordsville 6 1 48.6 S. Kingma, Fafayette 4 3 49.8 Schaubhut, Indpls . 6 1 46.7 Kressel, Frankfort ..... 4 3 45.2 White, Fafayette 5 2 41.7 Gillespie, Indpls 4 3 41.7 I. Atwell, Frankfort .,. 3 4 39.4 Gross, Kokomo , 3 4 47.6 Coffman, Lafayette ...,. 3 4 38.9 Birdwell, Indpls 2 5 48.3 Johnston, Otterbein .,. 2 5 37.1 Kolaiser, Hammond .,. 2 5 42.2 D. Taylor, Crawfordsville 2 5 34,3 Kelsey, Crawfordsville 1 6 34.7 CLASS G CLASS H W L % W L % G. Kingma, Lafayette 4 1 40.4 Kuehl, Kouts 5 0 30.2 Edwards, Kouts , , 4 1 37.0 Wallace, Kouts 3 2 29.0 Hammons, Turner, Lafayette ... . 3 2 28.* Crawfordsville . 3 2 36.1 T. Kingma, Lafayette 2 3 24.3 Grimes, Indpls 3 2 35.8 F. Kingma, Lafayette 1 4 26.5 Cummings, Indpls 1 4 27.3 K. Bales, Kouts . 1 4 20.9 Jones, Portage 0 5 21.1

COVER PICTURE . ... In the opening ceremonies of the annual Northwest Pennsylvania Open tournament held at Glenwood park in Erie, Pennsylvania this season, Miss Mary Frances Lupo is shown with Glen Sebring of Erie (holding crown) and Joe Peters of Erie, just before she was crowned queen of the tournament. Miss Lupo was also chosen "Miss Italian Day" of Erie for 1964. 6 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

3fn jfBemoriant The members of both California associations were shocked to learn of the sudden passing of Robert E. Stevenson of San Bruno, California, of a heart attack, at the age of 56 years old. Bob as he was affectionately known, was a staunch supporter of the game in and around the San Bruno area and was always on hand at any of the tournaments. He was a former Regional Director and will be sadly missed by all of those who were associated with him. He is survived by his wife, Marie, a son, Donald and a daughter, Judy, and his mother, Mrs. Robert Carr. The sympathy of the California associations together with that of the National Horseshoe Pitcher's association officers and members is extended to the bereaved family.

Mid-West Ringer Round-Up — Anderson, Indiana CLASS A W L R SP % Curt Day, Frankfort, Ind 12 1 872 1068 81.6 Ray Martin, Philo, 111 11 2 833 1018 81.6 Art Dugle, Chicago, 111 9 4 793 1044 76.1 Ralph Maddox, Poca, W. Va 8 5 908 1166 77.8 Paul Focht, Dayton, Ohio 8 5 834 1100 76.6 Clarence Bellman, Breman, Indiana 7 6 764 1024 74.6 Wilbur Kabel, New Madison, Ohio 6 7 821 1108 74.1 Marvin Craig, Parker, Indiana 6 7 744 1060 73.0 Dick Carpenter, Union City, Ind 6 7 676 954 70.9 Karl Van Sant, Cayuga, Ind 5 8 735 1016 72.3 Floyd Fowler, Greencastle, Ind 4 9 772 1048 73.7 Roger Vogel, Manito, 111 4 9 725 1034 70.1 Ken Jensen, St. Joseph, Mich 3 10 615 904 65.8 Graydon McFatridge, Rushville, Ind 2 11 568 894 63.5 CLASS B CLASS C W L % W L % Virgil Taylor, Ind 7 2 69.1 Dales Salesbery, Ind. 6 1 58.1 Lee Bennett, Ohio .... 7 2 67.6 Lonnie Mullins, Ind. 5 2 58.2 Gene Grunfield, Ind. 6 3 68.9 Ray Miller, Ohio , 4 3 61.1 Glen Riffle, Ohio 6 3 67.9 Walter Wilhoite, Ind. 4 3 58.0 Chet Reel, Ind 5 4 67.8 Harold Wolfe, Ohio 4 3 56.7 Gene Mendenhall, Ind. 5 4 61.6 M. Broughton, Ohio...,. 2 5 55.4 Harold Walker, Ind. .. 4 5 66.2 H. McPhearson, Ky. 2 5 55.1 Stan Manker, Ohio .... 3 6 58.6 Waldo Hagy, Nev. ... . 1 6 51.3 A. L. Austin, 111 2 7 56.8 Bob Boyer, Indiana .... 0 9 53.2 CLASS D CLASS E w L W L % Danny Marcum, Ohio 7 0 67.1 R. Thornburg, Ind. . . 6 1 51.4 Ronnie Colvin, Ind 4 3 54.5 Henry Franke, 111 . 5 2 53.6 Bob Rambo, Ind 4 3 52.3 H. McFatridge, Ind. . . 4 3 53.3 Bob Harold, Ind 4 3 51.1 Chad Mays, Ohio . 4 3 48.9 Otis Clay, Ohio 3 4 60.2 Harold Godfrey, Ohio 3 4 46.4 Burl Taylor, Ind 3 4 53.0 K. Pendergrass, Ind. 2 5 46.4 James Atwell, Ind 3 4 47.3 Charles Nelson, Ind. 2 5 45.0 C. Nelson, Ind 0 7 48.6 Fred Gross, Ind 2 5 42.1 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

Mid-West Ringer Round-Up — (Continued) CLASS F CLASS G W L % w L % Rav Wood, Ind 6 1 53.2 6 1 54.0 Mac Denton, Ind 6 1 56.9 5 2 46.8 Don Jenks, Ind 4 3 56.9 5 2 38.1 C. McCammon, Ind 3 4 53.4 4 3 43.7 Ray Wilson, Ind 3 4 47.5 3 4 40.1 O. Stewart, Ind 3 4 46.3 3 4 39.7 Rav Wood, Ind 2 5 46.1 2 5 39.6 L. Koogler, Ohio 1 6 41.8 CLASS H CLASS I W L % W L % Roy McClure, Ohio .... 6 1 43.9 Elmer Harrison, Ohio 6 1 43.2 P. Schaubhut, Ind 4 3 42.0 Jasper Pine, Ind 6 1 37.4 R. Howell. Ind 4 3 40.9 James Cooper. Ohio .. 5 2 39.4 C. Birdwell, Ind 4 3 39.2 James McCombs, Ind. 5 2 34.9 Glen Gibbons, Ohio .... 3 4 40.6 S. Surridge, Mich 3 4 19.3 Clyde Green, Ind 3 4 38.2 Wilbur Grimes, Ind. .. 2 5 37.4 Glen Tipple, Ind 2 5 36.8 Dale Reeves, Ind 1 6 15.2 R. Nelson, Ind 2 5 36.2 WOMEN W L % W L Sue Gillespie, Ind 5 0 70.9 . 3 2 51.4 Dixie Crawley, Ind. ..3 2 55.9 Ruth Bennett, Ohio ..... 1 4 53.9 Bonnie Seibold, Ind. 3 2 53.2 0 5 45.3 30 Ft. Juniors 40 Ft. Juniors W L % W L % Delbert Lykins, Ind. 2 1 35.3 Dan Eutsler, Ind. ..., . 4 0 43.2 2 1 28.3 F. Elliott, Ind 3 1 28.8 1 2 30.0 J. Fruitt, Ind 2 2 26.8 1 2 26.0 Don Quire, Ind 1 3 12.9 D. Royal, Ind 0 4 4.9

Vermillion County Fair Open (Indiana) CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % R. Martin, 111. 7 0 86.7 G. Bancroft, 111 7 0 71.9 F. Fowler, Ind 6 1 70.0 S. Logsdon, 111 6 1 67.9 W. Horner, Ind 4 3 65.2 F. Hart, 111 4 3 57.5 K Van Sant, Ind. .. , 4 3 65.9 H. Franke, 111 4 3 56.2 M. Tirey, 111 4 3 64.1 D. Claypool, Ind 2 5 53.4 R. Rumple, 111. 2 5 49.2 R. Galbreath, 111 2 5 43.6 H. Cook, 111. 1 6 52.0 R. Beaver, Ind 2 5 43.2 L. Pond, 111 .... 0 7 48.7 C. Starwalt, 111. ... 1 6 47.9 CLASS C CLASS D W L W L J. Wilson, 111 6 1 H. Hollenbeck, 111 5 2 D. Jenks, Ind 5 2 G. Farnsworth, 111 5 2 E. Brown, Ind 4 3 G. Bishop, 111 5 2 L. Brown, Ind 4 3 G. Poyner, 111 4 3 D. Peters, 111 3 4 M. Randall, Ind 4 3 L. Schlosser, 111 3 4 F. Lowry, 111 3 4 M. Bright, 111 2 5 D. Ambuehl, 111 2 5 J. Flack, Ind 1 6 G. Cartright, 111 0 7 8 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

Southern Indiana At Connersville Paul Van Sickle of Indianapolis annex the title after a three way tie. His top game was an 81.3. Favored Bob May was forced to withdraw from the playoff because his son fell and broke an arm just as the playoff began. May was given 3rd place with young Jim Pitcher taking 2nd. CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % Van Sickle, Ind 5 2 58.3 Holland, Indianapolis 5 2 J. Pitcher Greenway, 49.1 Connersville 5 2 54.4 Connersville 4 3 49.0 May, Glenwood 5 2 64.3 R. Wood, Indianapolis 4 3 48.8 R. Pitcher, R. Wood, Alpine 4 3 48,7 Connersville 4 3 57.9 Gillespie, Chrisman, Indianapolis 4 3 45.1 Connersville 3 4 56.8 H. McFatridge, Green, Indianapolis .... 3 4 52.6 Arlington 3 4 44.6 Johnson, Indianapolis 3 4 51.4 Birdwell, Indianapolis 2 5 42.5 Clark, Connersville .. 1 6 32.6 Foster, Indianapolis ..2 5 39,0 CLASS C w L % W L % Schaubhut, Grimes, Indianapolis . .2 3 Indianapolis 5 0 41.7 L. Cummings, 28.5 Showalter, Indianapolis 29.6 , 1 4 24.4 Connersville 4 Harrison, Rushville ... . 4 D. Pitcher, 1 35.1 1 Connersville 2 3 28.5 ilSIHM lllliil GORDON -

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Fourth Annual Hill City Open CLASS 'A' W L R SP % Darrell Eller, Thomasville, N. C 7 1 522 361 69.2 Thomas Ballowe, Lynchburg, Va 7 1 558 355 63.6 Dale Carson, Baltimore, Md 6 2 562 398 70.8 Grover Anderson, Parkersburg, W. Va 6 2 518 355 68.5 Robert Toney, Lynchburg, Va 5 3 528 370 70.1 Walter King, Pleasant Garden, N. C 5 3 628 417 66.4 Charles Fortenberrv, Knoxville, Tenn 5 3 540 354 65.6 Conrad Murphy, Winston-Salem, N. C 5 3 604 378 62.6 Cecil Monday, Richmond, Virginia 4 4 540 351 65.0 Bill Riley, Parkersburg, W. Va 4 4 544 344 63.2 Arnie Lindquist, Morgantown, W. Va 4 4 592 372 62.8 James Bullion, Lynchburg, Va 2 6 534 329 61.6 Stan Manker, Martinsville, Ohio 2 6 550 314 57.1 O'Hara Burnette, Lynchburg, Va 1 7 490 284 58.0 Woody Thomas, High Point, N. C 1 7 524 296 56.5 Bob Rambo, Jeffersonville, Ind 0 8 510 290 56.9 Class 'A' scheduled for Round Robin play but final 7 games rained out. Trophies and awards presented, based on standings at end of 8 rounds com- pleted. Trophy to Eller and Ballowe. Ballowe also awarded hi-qualifier trophy for scoring 256 points (81 rings) in 100 shoe qualifying round. CLASS "B" ELIMINATION GROUP #1 W L R SP % O. D. Lebow, Knoxville, Tenn 7 0 368 252 68.5 Dutch Wolfe, Cedarville, Ohio 5 2 436 249 57.1 Stanley Jackson, Knoxville, Tenn 4 3 438 244 55.7 Robert Ragland, Lynchburg, Va 4 3 482 231 47.9 Paul Good, Stanley, Va 2 5 438 244 55.7 Bill Packard, Venice, Fla 2 5 444 225 50.7 Fred Summey, Knoxville, Tenn 2 5 482 231 47.9 Royal Williams, Lynchburg, Va 2 5 410 173 42.3 GROUP #2 W L R SP % Howard Hester, Winston-Salem, N. C. 6 1 466 261 56.0 Burnie Kirkpatrick, Knoxville, Tenn 6 1 486 261 53.1 Marvin May, Lynchburg, Virginia 5 2 458 247 53.9 Carroll Wilson, Parkersburg, W. Va 4 3 406 206 50.7 Lester Peary, Bradenton, Fla 2 5 458 209 45.6 Bill Arms, Knoxville, Tenn 2 5 480 210 43.8 Bob Dean, McGaheysville, Va 2 5 422 181 42.9 Ellis Greer, Lynchburg, Va 1 6 404 171 42.3 CLASS 'B' FINALS W L R SP % O. D. Lebow, Knoxville, Tenn 7 0 442 284 64.3 Dutch Wolfe, Cedarhill, Ohio 6 1 374 238 63.6 Marvin May, Lynchburg, Va 4 3 422 228 54.0 Howard Hester, Winston-Salem, N. C 4 3 458 230 50.2 Carroll Wilson, Parkersburg. W. Va 3 4 450 239 53.1 Stanley Jackson, Knoxville, Tenn 2 5 464 246 53.0 Burnie Kirkpatrick, Knoxville, Tenn. ... 2 5 476 223 46.8 Robert Ragland, Lynchburg, Va 0 7 408 175 42.9 10 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

Fourth Annual Hill Open — (Continued) CLASS 'C' FINALS W L R SP % Fletcher Dunlap, High Point, N. C 2 1 204 84 41.2 Herbert Burnett, Richmond, Va 2 1 178 77 43.3 Bob Garrett, Zanesville, Ohio 1 2 196 80 40.8 Frank Monday, Richmond, Va 1 2 198 78 39.4

Andy Paglarini New Hibbing, Minnesota Open Champ For the first time since the inception of the Hibbing, Minnesota Open tournament in 1957, the title was won by a Hibbing player, Andy Paglarini. Andy ran the "gauntlet" picking up 10 wins against 1 loss, while averaging 65.1 percent for ringers. Joe Anzaldi of St. Paul had a like record to claim ownership of the Class B crown. Sig Johnson of Duluth showed the way to title honors in Class C, while down in Class D, Waino Hill directed things for top spot there. Tom Miller of Duluth was the better of the four tied for top place in Class E. Beautiful weather prevailed all through the meet. Orchids go to Charley Strafaccia, general chairman, Walt Charles for a great job on tabulation and to all the help given by all members and officers of the Hibbing club, without which the tournament would not have been the success that it was. CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % A. Paglarini, Minn. ... .10 1 65.1 J. Anzaldi, Minn. ,, 10 1 54.9 H. Ganz, Minn 9 2 63.6 H. Hard, Minn 9 2 51.0 F. Stinson, Minn 9 2 62.5 J. O'Connor, Minn . 8 3 55.3 B. Lyleeck, N.D. . 7 4 58.9 B. Andresko, Minn . 7 4 50.3 A. Halter, Minn 6 5 56.6 Einar Larson, Minn. 6 5 48.1 A. Kiekhoefer, Minn. 5 6 54.7 L. LaBrosse, Minn , 6 5 49.6 A. Englebretson, N.D . 5 6 57.7 I. Kjellman, Minn . 6 5 43.5 H. Kuntson, Minn. ... . 4 7 58.6 C. Barkis, Minn. 5 6 48.3 H. Benson, Minn. ... . 4 7 53.8 G. H. Anderson, Minn.. 4 7 42.2 E. Elsolo, Minn 4 7 50.8 D. Grossman, Minn . 2 9 36.7 F. Manske, Minn. ... . 2 9 45.9 V. Walker, Minn. 1 10 36.5 L. Olfert, Minn 1 10 42.5 CLASS C CLASS D W L % W L % S. Johnson, Minn. .... 5 2 40.8 W. Hill, Minn 6 1 46.1 G. Moe, Minn 5 2 40.2 E. Redetzke, Minn . 5 2 38.0 S. Hill, Minn. 5 2 44.9 N. Morrison, Minn. ... 5 2 32.9 L. Renick, Minn 4 3 41.4 J. Bohence, Minn. ...,. 4 3 39.1 J. Zobich, Minn . 3 4 39.0 H. Cole, Minn 3 4 36.9 B. Maki, Minn. 2 5 38.8 B. Bassarich, Minn . 3 4 28.9 C. Lofgren, Minn. ... . 2 5 33.0 D. Graff, Minn. 2 5 30.7 F. Peterson, Minn. ... . 2 5 34.4 P. Wagner, Minn . 0 7 20.4 CLASS E W L % 5 2 33.7 J. LaGarde, Minn. 5 2 32.8 5 2 28.2 5 2 37.6 D. Johnson, Minn. 2 5 25.4 . 2 5 23.7 2 5 21.7 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

Edgar Landry, Massachusetts Sharpshooter, Tops Field To Win New England Championship In spite of the fact that the annual New England meet had to be trans- ferred from Moxie's Grove in Massachusetts to the courts in Keene, New Hampshire on just five days notice, it turned out to be a very successful tournament. There were 128 entries in the men's division in addition to the women's division and a senior and junior boys' division. Edgar Landry of Fall River, Massachusetts was the winner of the men's division. The outcome was in doubt until the 15th and final game. The women's division wound up in a three-way tie between Pamela Sto- wrell of Bedford, Massachusetts, Gail Robinson of Derby, New Hampshire and Rita Ducharme of Easthampton, Massachusetts. In the play-off, Pamela defeated both of her opponents to win the women's title. Due to the change in location of the meet, there were only two entries for the senior boys' division. Bob Gore of Orange, Massachusetts won two straight games from Ken Washer of Keene, New Hampshire, in a best two out of three series. Tom Johanson of Connecticut won all his games in the junior boy's division. CLASS A W L % Edgar Landry, Mass 14 1 73.9 Melvin Merritt, Mass 13 2 63.7 Porter Clark, Maine 12 3 62.0 Donald Kaddy, Mass 9 6 66.4 Dominic Majewski, Conn 8 7 57.9 Joseph Comeau, Mass 8 7 60.9 Donald Pickering, N. H 8 7 57.6 George Collard, R. 1 8 7 63.4 A1 Bourgeois, R. 1 8 7 62.7 Amos Whitaker, Mass 7 8 56.8 William Babinski, Mass 6 9 55.7 Frank Kamel, Vt 6 9 55.3 Joseph Ducharme, Mass 5 10 53.3 Gilbert Brinkman, Mass 4 11 58.7 Charles Richardson, Sr., Mass 4 11 52.3 Willie Paradis, Conn 0 7 46.6 Sherman Green, Conn 7 1 65.8 CLASS B CLASS BB W L % W L % S. Green, Conn 7 0 62.8 C. Simmons, Maine .. .. 6 1 54.1 G. Buskey, N.H 5 2 52.5 Z. Berdinka, N.H .. 5 2 52.3 H. Swedburg, Mass. .. 5 2 54.2 R. Bolduc, Maine ,,.. . 5 2 44.1 W. Piletz, N.H 4 3 54,2 D. Weik, Conn. 4 3 51.1 A. Robillard, Mass. .. 3 4 42.3 F. Harris, Mass 3 4 48.2 C. Robinson, N.H 2 5 51.1 S. Luke, Mass. .. 3 4 47.2 J. Renfro, Mass 2 5 45.6 T. Laurino, Mass. .. .. 2 5 44.1 E. Pomeroy, Mass 0 7 42.6 D. Harrison, Conn. .. .. 0 7 33.1 CLASS C CLASS CC W L % W L % E. Weber, Mass 6 1 44.0 W. Burton, Vt. .. 7 0 44.4 G. Gallagher, Conn 4 3 46.8 M. Moniz, N.H .. 5 2 48.6 E. Seaver, Mass 4 3 46.3 R. Johanson, Conn. .. 5 2 41.7 R. Roux, Maine 4 3 45.1 C. Walker, Mass 5 2 45.5 W. Mrozak, Conn 3 4 43.1 D. Champney, Mass. .. 3 4 35.7 W. Castine, Mass 3 4 41.2 A. Hamel, Mass .. 2 5 35.8 P. Smith, Maine 3 4 41.5 G. Thrasher, Mass. .. 1 6 40.7 A. Puiia, Maine 1 6 37.0 A. Rockwood, N.H. .. Forfeit 12 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

New England — (Continued) CLASS D CLASS DD W L % W L % E. Carlson, Conn 7 0 42.4 R. Chapman, Vt 5 2 45.0 D. Darling, Mass 5 2 44.4 P. Gallant, Maine ..... 5 2 41.0 E. Aubin, Mass 5 2 43.8 D. MacDonnell, Conn. 4 3 40.0 C. Sokolowski, Conn. 4 3 44.9 D. Duquette, Mass. .., 4 3 33.0 R. Whittemore, Maine 3 4 45.8 C. Gallagher, Conn. .., 3 4 36.3 B. Kaddy, Mass 2 5 45.1 K. Wallace, Vt 3 4 32.0 E. Roux, Maine, 2 5 31.8 F. Wagner, Conn . 2 5 36.1 W. Amsden, Vt 0 7 38.9 N. Cerretani, Conn. .,. 2 5 34.5

CLASS E CLASS EE W L % W L % B. Barnes, Mass 7 0 44.6 A. Boudreau, N.H. ... . 4 3 38.6 D. Flagg, N.H , 5 2 36.8 G. Bournival, N.H . 4 3 37.3 J. Blomquist, Conn. . 5 2 36.4 A. Niedziela, N.H. ... . 4 3 35.4 R. Barnes, Mass . 4 3 38.9 C. Richardson, Mass. 4 3 37.2 C. Farnsworth, Mass. 3 4 36.2 F. Judd, Mass 4 3 34.3 E. LeVangie, Mass . 2 5 28.5 L. Croteau, N.H . 3 4 35.6 H. Pietruszak, Mass. 1 6 31.7 C. Tidd, Cinn 3 4 32.8 R. Sirois, Maine 1 6 30.9 M. Wheeler, Mass. ... . 2 5 33.9

CLASS F CLASS FF W L % W L % E. Marden, N.H . 6 1 35.1 G. Fish, N.H . 6 1 36.5 E. Tidd, Conn 4 3 28.5 N. Bailey, Maine 5 2 39.4 N. Vafides, Mass 4 3 32.9 P. Brassard, N.H. ... . 4 3 38.5 H. Reid, Maine 4 3 29.0 F. Klockers, Mass. ... . 4 3 33.9 J. Cucco, Mass 4 3 29.5 F. Juknievicz, N.H. . . 3 4 31.6 K. Martin, Maine ... . 3 4 31.8 N. Durand, N.H . 3 4 37.3 T. Robertson, R. I. . . 2 5 30.2 W. Chamberlin, Vt. . . 2 5 30.5 C. Gill, Mass 1 6 24.6 A. Blaser, Jr., Mass. 1 6 26.5

CLASS G CLASS GG W L % W L % R. Lozier, Mass 7 0 38.9 R. Borden, Mass 7 0 32.7 C. Roux, Maine 6 1 33.6 S. Raymond, N.H...... 5 2 31.8 A. Roux, Maine 5 2 27.3 R. M. Maxwell, R.I...... 5 2 29.0 A. Vadney, Mass . 4 3 26.7 L. Georgini, Vt 3 4 28.8 T. Belton Jr., Mass. 3 4 29.0 J. Zabielski, N.H...... 3 4 27.7 R. Girouard, N.H. ... . 2 5 21.3 A. Deluca, N.H .. 3 4 26.9 D. Wrisley, Conn. ... . 1 6 23.2 R. Fish, N.H .. 2 5 25.7 E. Freve, Conn 0 7 17.3 F. Wellspeak, Mass. .. 0 7 15.7

CLASS H CLASS HH W L % W L % D. Bourgeois, R.I .. 6 1 33.5 J. Roberts, N.H .. 6 1 24.7 A. Deluca, Mass 6 1 36.8 C. Larue, Maine , 5 2 24.0 H. Wrisley, Conn. .. .. 5 2 28.2 C. Wrisley, Conn. .. .. 5 2 22.6 V. True, N.H .. 4 3 24.1 R. Robillard, Mass. .. 5 2 22.1 R. Landry, Mass 3 4 31.4 A. Robertson, R.I. .. .. 3 4 19.8 R. Prince, N.H .. 2 5 21.4 R. Davis, N.H .. 2 5 20.2 K. Libby, Maine 2 5 19.2 W. Kosiba, Mass 2 5 15.2 P. Barthelette, Mass. 0 7 15.9 P. Howe, Mass 0 7 13.3 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

New England — (Continued) Women's Division CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % P. Stowell, Mass 2 1 30.8 R. Miller, Mass 3 1 16.1 G. Robinson, N.H 2 1 40.1 M. Dubois, Mass 3 1 13.1 R. Ducharme, Mass. .. 2 1 26.6 V. Johanson, Conn. .. 2 2 6.4 A. Ducharme, Mass. .. 0 3 13.8 L. Gallagher, Conn. .. 2 2 5.0 L. Tidd, Conn 0 4 3.5 Senior Boys W L % R. Gore, :Mass . .... 2 0 46.4 K. Washer, N.H. ... 0 2 17.8 Junior Boys CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % T. Johanson, Conn. .. 3 0 25.8 D. Weik, Conn 5 0 15.5 B. Bourgeois, R.I 2 1 21.0 M. Pickering, N.H , 4 1 10.7 R. Johanson, Conn 1 2 22.2 C. Flagg, N.H 2 3 4.0 D. Ducharme, Mass. .. 0 3 2.7 J. Johanson, Conn. ... . 2 3 3.5 J. Marden, N.H . 1 4 5.9 R. Gossland, N.H . 1 4 4.2

Massachusetts Kickoff Tournament CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % A. Whitaker, Orange 7 0 56.9 R. Hastings, Athol . . 7 0 46.0 M. Merritt, Orange .... 5 2 54.8 Farnsworth, Sowick. 5 2 41.6 J. Comeau, Lynn 4 3 53.0 E. Aubin, Holden 4 3 38.0 J. Ducharme, Eshptn. 4 3 50.4 C. Walker, Athol .. , 4 3 34.0 C. Richardson, Orange 3 4 51.7 Duquette, Ind. Orch.. . 3 4 40.0 J. Renfro, Holyoke .... 3 4 49.0 A. Hamel, Ind. Orch. 3 4 31.6 T. Laurino, Ind. Orch. 1 6 40.0 J. Marshall, Randolph 2 5 34.6 R. Forsstrom, Spgfld. 0 4 37.7 Thrasher, Trnrs. Flls. 0 7 24.6 Barthelette, Holyoke.. 0 3 24.5 CLASS C CLASS D W L % W L % P. Aube, Gardner .... 5 2 34.7 W. Hicks, Randolph . . 4 1 21.4 T. Grassia, N. Wymth 5 2 30.3 Poulin, Willimansett 3 2 23.2 F. Judd, Greenfield .. 4 3 31.9 N. Vafides, Hull . 3 2 23.1 C. Gill, Bridgewater .. 4 3 31.0 H. Dion, Ashland . 2 3 19.7 E. Boyce, Greenfield 4 3 28.0 J. Kennedy, Randolph 2 3 15.5 F. Klockars, Gardner 3 4 28.8 C. Staaf, Randolph ... . 1 4 12.5 C. Richardson, Orange 2 5 31.2 S. Luke, Holyoke 1 6 23.8 Amos Whitaker of Orange pitched a steady brand of horseshoes to walk off with top honors in the Mass. Kickoff Meet at Moxie's Grove courts at Holyoke, Mass. Amos won seven straight games to account for his first big win, in a number of years. Ottie Reno's book on horseshoe pitching and horseshoes were awarded as prizes and the balance of the entry fee money was used to help pay Edgar Landry's expenses to the World meet in Greenville, Ohio. 14 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

Joe Helms In Successful Defense Of Valencia County (N. M.) Fair Tournament Joe Helms, 3-time winner of the New Mexico state champion and 2-time winner of the Valencia County fair tournament again claimed the championship trophy. Helms was tied with Tom Towne at the end of regular play with a total of 437 points each. Helms started the play-off game with 6 doubles in a row with Towne following with 5 doubles in a row. However, Helms put on a full head of steam to defeat Towne by 18 points using an 80 percent game as the "tool." On the overall scoring for the afternoon, Helms totalled 561 points and averaging 68.4 percent in ringers. P. D. Riley ran third. Another feature of the afternoon was the awarding of the Merit Achieve- ment trophy, which went to Marion Henson for his outstanding accomplish- ments in promoting and organizing horseshoe pitching both in town and in the high school. Presentation was made by Otis Henson, president of the Belen club. CLASS A CLASS B % Pts. % Pts. 68.4 561 Edeal 40.2 546 64.8 543 Trottier 41.1 528 Riley 56.0 496 Taylor 37.1 521 48.4 435 Henson, O 38.2 517 Eversgurd 41.2 390 Hakala 36.8 512 32.1 329 Rychik 32.0 469 Cundy 30.0 443 Grey 21.4 358 CLASS C % Pts. Kelly 26.0 314 Henson, M 26.8 278 Bellog 14.0 196 Worden 14.0 188 Spiess 8.4 146 Brandt 6.0 121

Massachusetts Open Championship Carl Steinfeldt of Rochester, N.Y., won the Mass. Open Championship at Moxie's Grove, Holyoke, taking 9 straight games. In spite of the strong winds which cut down everyone's ringer percentage, Carl had an easy time with everyone except Joe Zichella of New York City. Joe was leading 46 to 22 when Carl got hot and Joe could only score one more point before Steinfeldt went out. There were 112 entries in the meet this year with 14 classes com- peting. CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % C. Steinfeldt, N.Y. ..,. . 9 0 75.5 P. Clark, Maine 7 0 56.7 J. Zichella, N.Y .. 8 1 73.6 J. Renfro, Mass 5 2 51.8 E. Landry, Mass 7 2 67.5 C. Richardson, Mass. 4 3 55.8 G. Collard, R.I .. 5 4 58.0 O. Farmer, N.Y . 4 3 50.4 H. Bourgeois, R.I. .. .. 4 5 58.0 G. Buskey, N.H . 4 3 47.3 M. Merritt, Mass. .. .. 4 5 57.5 G. Brinkman, Mass. ... . 3 4 52.3 D. Majewski, Conn. .. 4 5 55.1 J. Ducharme, Mass. . . 0 7 48.2 A. Whitaker, Mass. .. .. 2 7 51.9 C. Robinson, N. H. ... . Forfeit J. Comeau. Mass 2 7 48.4 W. Paradis, Conn 0 9 51.0 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964 15

Massachusetts Open — (Continued) CLASS BB CLASS C W L % w L % F. Kamel, Vt 6 1 54.9 I. Davis, Maine 6 1 46.7 D. Pickering, N.H 5 2 50.6 D. Weik, Conn 5 2 48.5 S. Green, Conn 5 2 51.8 G. Gallagher, Conn 5 2 42.2 G. Spittler, N.Y 4 3 48.1 R. Coates, Mass 4 3 43.7 E. Pomeroy, Mass 4 3 47.7 L. Lang, Conn 4 3 46.3 W. Brooks, N.Y 3 4 46.2 T. Laurino, Mass 2 5 44.2 L. Gancos, N.Y 1 6 37.8 D. Dunleavy, Conn 2 5 34.2 R. Vogel, N.J 0 7 25.4. L. Prouty, Vt 0 7 26.7

CLASS CC CLASS D W L % W L % N. Cerretani, Conn. ..5 2 44.4 W. Castine, Mass 7 0 42.9 C. Sokolowski, Conn. 5 2 39.3 W. Mrozak, Conn 6 1 45.1 J. Borgatti, Mass 4 3 42.0 E. Aubin, Mass 5 2 37.0 F. Wagner, Conn 4. 3 38.3 P. Small, N.H 3 4 32.8 R. Hastings, Mass 3 4 41.4 D. Flagg, N.H 3 4 32.4 A. Hamel, Mass 3 4 38.0 D. Duquette, Mass 2 5 37.8 F. Harris, Mass 3 4 36.3 C. Farnsworth, Mass. 2 5 34.6 C. Walker, Mass 1 6 32.0 L. Murphy, Conn Forfeit

CLASS DD CLASS E W L % W L % E. Carlson, Conn 6 1 40.3 R. LaChance, Conn 6 1 43.6 A. Niedziela, N.H 4 3 36.2 E. LeVangie, Mass 5 2 39.3 J. Blomquist, Conn 4 3 38.3 W. Amsden, Vt 5 2 43.8 H. Pietruszak, Mass. 4 3 33.8 D. MacDonnell, Conn. 4 3 40.7 B. Kaddy, Mass 3 4 36.6 W. Orpet, Conn 3 4 37.6 W. Doyle, Conn 3 4 35.6 R. StAmand, Conn 2 5 32.5 T. Christensen, Conn. 3 4 34.0 G. Thrasher, Mass 1 6 31.5 T. Robertson, R.I 2 5 29.2 R. Whitmore, Maine .. Forfeit

CLASS EE CLASS F W L % W L % J. LaChance, Maine .... 6 1 36.6 E. Van Dine, Conn 7 0 40.2 C. Gill, Mass 6 1 35.8 T. Grassia, Mass 5 2 34.6 F. Judd, Mass 5 2 33.2 E. Tidd, Conn 5 2 37.7 N. Durrand, N.H 5 2 36.4 J. Dunleavy, Mass 5 2 36.1 D. Bourgeois, R.I 3 4 21.1 L. Broullette, Mass. ..2 5 32.1 E. Freve, Conn 2 5 23.1 R. Allard, Mass 2 5 31.5 J. Cerretani, Conn 1 6 23.0 C. Richardson, Mass. 2 5 28.8 R. Bourgeois, R.I 0 7 11.3 R. Burgess, Conn 0 7 26.5

CLASS FF CLASS G W L % W L % E. Marden, N.H 6 1 34.7 R. Hensen, Conn 5 2 30.4 A. DeLuca, N.H 5 2 27.6 R. Lundgren, Conn 5 2 33.1 D. Wrisley, Conn 5 2 30.5 V. True, N.H 4 3 27.5 E. Herzog, Mass 3 4 29.6 N. Vafides, Mass 4 3 28.9 R. Maxwell, R.I 3 4 27.9 J. Zabielski, N.H 4 3 27.4 K. Libby, Maine 3 4 27.4 R. Winter, N.H 3 4 22.8 G. Paradis, Conn 2 5 26.1 E. Lecuyer, Mass 2 5 21.1 E. Boyce, Mass 1 6 22.6 S. Raymond, N.H 1 6 23.7 16 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

Massachusetts Open — (Continued) CLASS GG CLASS H W L % W L % H. Wrisley, Conn. ... . 6 1 23.7 A. Deluca, Mass . 7 0 30.3 M. Barrett, Mass. ... . 6 1 20.9 P. Barthelette, Mass. 5 2 24.3 R. St. Peter, Mass. ... . 5 2 27.2 J. Osgood, Mass 4 3 21.3 J. McDonough, Mass. 4 3 23.8 W. Van Dine, Conn. ... . 4 3 10.1 C. Wrisley, Conn. ... . 3 4 26.4 J. O'Neil, Mass. 3 4 23.0 L. Poulin, Mass 3 4 24.8 W. Kosiba, Mass 3 4 15.9 R. Haslam, Mass. ... . 1 6 03.0 A. Robertson, Mass. . . 2 5 13.5 W Bard, Mass. 0 7 forfeit H. Cook, Mass. 0 7 06.0

West Virginia Open Tournament A fine Open Tournament was held at City Park, Parkersburg, W. Va.. Aug-. 22, and 23, although it was dampened by a heavy rainstorm on Saturday. We had to group the 16 A class men into two groups due to the lack of time caused by the rainstorm. The two top men from each group played in the final round robin were: Dale Carson of Baltimore, Md., who took first place winning all three games with a percentage of 81.6. James Solomon of Uniontown, Pa. won two out of three with a percentage of 80.8. A1 Zadroga, of Elizabeth, Pa., won one out of three with a percentage of 75.4. Wes Kuchinski, of Erie, Pa. lost all three games with a percentage of 70.3. CLASS A CLASS B GROUP I W L % W L % G. Anderson, W. Va. 6 1 64.3 J. Solomon, Pa 7 0 80.3 H. Wolfe, Ohio 5 2 63.1 D. Carson, Md 6 1 69.5 J. Johnson, Ohio 4 3 56.2 W. Riley, W. Va 4 3 67.8 H. Bryant, Ohio 4 3 55.5 D. Kuchinski, Pa. ... . 3 4 66.6 C. Falk, Pa 4 3 50.8 A. Deem, W. Va. ... . 3 4 62.6 F. Bennett, Ohio 2 5 43.3 F. Kilinsky, Ohio 2 5 64.8 J. Kuchinski Jr., Pa. 1 6 49.4 H. Shriver, W Va. ... . 2 5 61.1 H. Barnett, W. Va. .., Forfeit E. Edwards, W. Va. 1 6 54.7 GROUP II CLASS C W L % W L % A. Zadroga, Pa . 7 0 76.2 H. Huffman, W. Va. 6 1 58,4 W. Kuchinski, Pa. ... . 5 2 71.4 W. Schirosky, Pa 5 2 44.4 G. Mihalic, W. Va. ... . 4 3 65.8 Dr. R. Frazier, W. Va. 5 2 39.3 A. Lindquist, W. Va. 4 3 63.0 J. Parson, W. Va . 4 3 40.8 L. Bennett, Ohio 3 4 64.7 T. Davis, W. Va. 3 4 44.2 C. Martz, Pa 2 5 63.5 A. Pratt, W. Va. 3 4 37.0 J. Kuchinski, Pa. ... . 2 5 60.6 J. Boggess, W. Va . Forfeit J. Clingan, Fla 1 6 60.9 O. Crider, Ohio Forfeit CLASS D W L % C. Lawson, W. Va. ... . 6 1 54.3 J. Wilcoxen, W. Va. 6 1 48.1 R. Hummell, Pa. , 5 2 53.2 W. Sergent, W. Va. ... . 5 2 47.8 H. Hennen, W. Va. ...„ 3 4 38.3 R. Wade, W. Va. 2 5 41.2 G. West, W. Va. . 1 6 38.3 L. Cutlip, W. Va. 0 7 41.1 17

New Mexico Open Title Taken In Tow By Helms The annual New Mexico Open tournament held at the Rio Grande Estates courts in Belen, New Mexico and directed by Ralph Brandt was won by Joe Helms, New Mexico state champion and president of the Belden club. Helms piled up 333 points after losing his match with Tom Towne by 2 points. Helms came back to grab 22 points from former Texas champ, P. D. Riley. The coveted trophy was awarded by Bud Riley from the Rio Grande Estates. Otis Henson, southpaw and new president of the Belen club copped the Class B title while Bill Hakal was wrapping up the Class C banner. CLASS A CLASS B % Pts. % Pts. Joe Helms 64.0 333 Otis Henson 47.6 421 Tom Towne 62.6 320 Max Wilcox 41.6 405 P. D. Riley 56.6 296 Fonza Cossell 40.0 358 J. B. Sweatman 49.3 277 Roland Trottier 34.8 354 Uriel Sparks 38.0 331 W. C. Kelly 16.8 262 CLASS C % Pts. Will Hakala 29.0 256 Marion Henson 18.5 180 Vern Worden 8.5 130 Bob Manly 11.5 135 Ralph Brandt 5.0 80

Northern Calif. — Northern Class "A" Tournament Mosswood Club In the Northern California Class A tournament held in September, on the Mosswood Club courts, Bill Fraser and Connie Henderson ended up in a "dead heat" with identical records of 10-3. However, it was Bill Fraser who broke the tape ahead of his colleague, Connie Henderson in the play-off game for the championship. Bill posted a 69.3 percent game with Connie coming in with a 64.8 percent game in the title game. W L R SP % Bill Fraser, Golden Gate 10 3 566 848 66.7 Connie Henderson, Los Gatos 10 3 565 834 67.5 Bill Blexrude, Mosswood 9 4 602 870 69.1 Les Anderson, Mosswood 9 4 571 888 64.3 Newton Graves, Sacramento 9 4 510 836 61.0 John Pratt, Sacramento 8 5 505 820 61.5 Luke Braun, Arroyo Viejo 7 6 480 860 55.8 Earl Davis, Mosswood 7 6 428 788 54.3 Larry Morris, Mosswood 6 7 443 770 57.5 Tal Turner, Los Gatos 5 8 483 880 54.8 Jack Seymour, Golden Gate 4 9 499 828 60.2 Floyd Hopkins, Mosswood 4 9 507 870 58.2 Arnold Peters, Santa Rosa 3 10 430 804 53.4 Max Vice, Santa Rosa 0 13 399 804 49.6

Tired after a hard day, a distinguished Bishop handed the menu back to the waiter and said: "Just bring me a good meal." A good meal was served and the Bishop gave the waiter his blessing. "Thank yo', suh," the waiter said. "And if yo' got any frien's what can't read, too, yo' just send 'em to me, suh!" The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

Jensen Winner Over McChesney For Annual Fort Peck, Montana Open Championship Ira Jensen of Culbertson, Montana took the measure of Ernie McChesney to take possession of the Fort Peck, Montana Open championship held at the Kiwanis park courts in Fort Peck, Montana. The tournament was sponsored by the Valley County club and was conducted by Tom and Roger Wagner of Nashua, Montana. Bing Burns of Fort Peck was the tournament manager. A large crowd was on hand to watch the three classes compete. Trophies were awarded to the first and second place winners in each class. CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % I. Jensen, Mont 7 1 54.0 G. Larson, Mont 6 1 44.9 E. McChesney, Mont. 6 2 51.0 G. Burgess, Mont 5 2 42.2 P. Prescott, Mont 5 2 55.2 I. Miller, Mont 4 3 37.2 W. Hedman, N.D 5 2 50.0 J. Thomsen, Mont 3 4 38.9 Henry Sand, Mont 3 4 44.2 A. Black, Mont 3 4 37.2 O. Lunden, Mont 2 5 45.4 B. Burns, Mont 3 4 33.1 P. Mosbrucker. N.D. ..1 6 37.8 M. Martin, Mont 3 4 33.7 Herb Sand, Mont 0 7 36.2 D. C. Lawrence, Mont. 1 6 28.3 CLASS C W L % M. Wesen, Mont 6 1 32.9 A. Kjelgaard, Mont. .. 6 1 34.8 C. Erickson, Mont 5 2 29.5 D. Burns, Mont 4 3 22.2 T. Wagner, Mont 3 4 28.7 C. Pitt, Mont 2 5 25.5 J. Wagner, Mont 2 5 22.1 W. Rumsey, Mont 0 7 18.5

Northern Calif. — Class "D" Championship CLASS A W L R SP % Ole Hansen, Seaside 4 1 127 298 42.6 Artie Gates, Seaside 4 1 101 302 33.4 Brad Bourland, Mosswood ... 3 2 108 322 33.5 Joe Lugero, Los Gatos 2 3 83 300 27.0 Ken Ambler, Los Gatos 1 4 74 312 23.7 Harry Anderson, Los Gatos 1 4 71 282 25.1 CLASS B W L R SP % Ben Saathoff, Mosswood 4 1 102 290 35.1 Joe Sadowski, Los Gatos 4 1 118 344 34.3 Louis Pitney, Seaside 4 1 139 412 33.7 Harry Changnon, Los Gatos .. 2 3 104 348 29.8 Chester Anderson, Mosswood .. 1 4 82 342 23.9 Randy Zimbrion, Mosswood .. ... 0 5 81 324 25.0 PLAY-OFF w L R SP % Joe Sadowski, Los Gatos ... 3 0 67 190 35.2 Artie Gates, Seaside , 2 1 73 202 36 1 Ole Hansen, Seaside 1 2 61 186 32.7 Ben Saathoff, Mosswood 0 3 80 218 36.6 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964 19

Dean Burns "Burns" Seven To Win Butler County, Kansas Title First place in the Butler County Tournament was won by Dean Burns of Augusta. Leo Dennett of Augusta was second and Clyde Smith of Andover and Bill Graves of Douglass tied for third. CLASS A W L R SP % Dean Burns, Augusta 7 0 178 382 46 Leo Dennett, Augusta 6 1 188 394 47 Clyde Smith, Andover 4 3 176 454 38 Bill Graves, Douglass 4 3 147 448 32 Dan Huber, El Dorado 3 4 154 396 41 Geo. Bruner, El Dorado 2 5 170 486 37 Dale Booth, Augusta 2 5 120 378 31 Newt Dennett, Augusta 0 7 93 410 22 CLASS B W L R SP % Del Lewis, Augusta 6 1 139 532 26 Andy Trezise, Augusta 5 2 136 412 33 Albert Jackson, Augusta 4 3 137 496 28 Guy Long, El Dorado 4 3 138 544 25 C. L. Dennett, Augusta 3 4 143 544 26 Joe Swisher, El Dorado 3 4 133 490 27 M. Dennett, Augusta 2 5 120 488 24 Dale Booth, Augusta 2 5 122 524 23

Northern Calif. — Bay Area Class "E" Tournament Arroyo Viejo Club CLASS A

W L R SP % Joe Ribble, Arroyo Viejo 5 0 79 286 27.5 Lee Ungaro. Arroyo Viejo 3 2 73 266 27.4 Bill Henry, Gilroy 2 3 85 294 28.9 Bill Crabtree, Arroyo Viejo 2 3 66 240 27.5 Cal Childress, Los Gatos 2 3 64 292 21.9 Ken Ambler, Los Gatos 1 4 51 234 21.7 CLASS B W L R SP % Harry Anderson, Los Gatos 4 1 72 292 24.6 Bob Garcia, Los Gatos 4 1 70 252 27.7 Randy Zimbrick 3 2 70 280 25.0 Bob Ross 2 3 57 248 22.9 George Little, Arroyo Viejo 1 4 42 262 16.0 Ed VanGundy, Arroyo Viejo 1 4 34 282 12.0 PLAY-OFF W L R SP % Lee Ungaro, Arroyo Viejo 3 0 48 146 32.8 Joe Ribble, Arroyo Viejo 2 1 39 172 22.6 Harrv Anderson, Los Gatos 1 2 29 124 23.3 Bob Garcia, Los Gatos 0 3 27 142 19.0 20 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

Randall Is Guiding Light Thru San Berdoo County (Calif.) Fair Tournament With Undefeated Record Ralph Randall of Barstow, California proved to be the guiding light in the annual San Bernardino County fair tournament held at Victorville, Cal- ifornia this fall. He went the entire distance without a loss. Jim Gregson, defending champ, was unbeaten up until the last game, which was with Randall. It was a battle between two of the top pitchers of So. California for the county title. A large crowd of fair visitors witnessed the battle of ringers as Randall hit 52 ringers out of 66 shoes pitched for a 78.8 ringer percentage while Greg- son rang up 42 out of 66 for 63.1 percent. A new class was added this year for those pitchers over 60 years of age. It was played on their day at the fair and started at 5:30 p.m. It was a great day for the members of the Barstow club as they garnered 8 of the 12 trophies that were awarded. CLASS A w L R SP % 7 0 213 344 63.1 . 6 1 198 310 63.9 5 2 155 384 40.4 4 3 129 404 31.8 3 4 135 402 33.3 2 5 94 376 25.0 , 1 6 105 380 27.9 0 7 82 356 23.0 CLASS B w L R SP % 5 0 106 318 33.0 4 1 106 312 34.0 3 2 87 330 26.4 2 3 73 368 18.8 1 4 78 352 22.2 , 0 5 60 232 25.9 CLASS C 60 Yrs. and Over W L W L Ken Phillips 3 0 Roy Roush 7 0 Bob Benavidez 2 1 Sam Haigh 6 1 John Orrell 1 2 Roy Elliott 5 2 Ken Ziemer 0 3 Earl Jenson 4 3 Harry Morin 3 4 Larry Rowre 2 5 J. McAllister 1 6 Haven Tremble 0 7

Alvin Gandy, Kansas Ringerman, New Topeka City Champ Alvin Gandy, a veteran of many world tournaments, is the new Topeka, Kansas city champion for 1964. He was undefeated in the Class A division. Frank Knouft was the runner-up, losing his only game to Gandy, 50-45. Carl Garner went undefeated in 7 games to win Class "B" A. Smith went undefeated to win Class "C" division. Each pitcher received a beautiful trophy. This tournament which has been sponsored by Capitol Post and the Topeka Horseshoe Ass'n. since 1948 has become a very fine and enjoyable athletic event. Many of the games pitched were over 80 per cent ringers. The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964 21

Receiving the 1964 Arch Stokes Memorial Trophy was an experience I will always treasure. The Stokes family does a great service to horseshoe pitching by making an award available which recognizes promotion to be as necessary and valuable to the game as ringers are. Anyone who wants to know what is meant by sportsmanship and clean, stout-hearted fun needs only to meet Mrs. Stokes. She is a great lady. I do not look at the Arch Stokes Memorial Trophy as a monument to something done in the past but as an inspiration to do something in the future. Ottie W. Reno

Reheis Wins Augusta, Kansas Invitational Tournament Marvin Reheis of Douglas, Kansas, former Kansas state titleholder, being- tied with Andy Mogus of Oklahoma and Vern Valdois of Derby, Kansas won the title in a 100-shoe play-off for points. Mogus was second with Valdois coming in for third position. In the double defeat tournament held ahead of the main event, Bill Rhoades of Augusta went through unscathed. 12 men were entered in this event. Morton of Wichita was second and Weisner of Derby took third. A very nice crowd was on hand all through the tournaments. W L R SP % 6 1 269 420 64.0 . 6 1 265 400 66.0 . 6 1 266 410 64.0 3 4 178 420 42.0 3 4 189 366 51.0 . 2 5 154 382 42.0 1 6 151 358 42.0 . 1 6 159 376 42.0 "THE STORY OF HORSESHOES" 180 pages including current supplement. Everything a beginner or new club needs. Ideal for Tournament Prizes. COSTS LESS THAN A PAIR OF HORSESHOES Price $3.95 — Post paid OTTIE W. RENO Route 5 LUCASVILLE, OHIO 22 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

Gilpin Wins Keokuk, lowo Court Dedication Tournament Herman Gilpin of Keokuk, Iowa, "the friendly, city" captured the trophy and title of the Tri-County Tournament when the 10 new courts in Keokuk were dedicated. This was the biggest horseshoe pitching event that was ever held in Keokuk. The Honorable James O'Brien, mayor of Keokuk pitched the gold Allen shoes in the opening ceremonies. Mr. Lewis Jeter of Afton, Iowa and president of the Hawkeye state association and Mrs. Lucile Hopkins, Hawk- eye secretary and also NHPA vice-president were on hand. The 10 new courts with a full walkway with green grass between them are situated close to and adjacent to Keokuk's beautiful municipal swimming pool. The Keokuk club has made wonderful progress and hopes to continue. All those in attendance appreciate the efforts and fine hospitality of the Keokuk club. CLASS A W L Herman Gilpin 3 0 Thane Lee 2 1 Doc Billy Williamson 1 2 Ducky Spellman 0 3 CLASS B CLASS C W L W L Ed Downey 3 0 Elmer Foster 3 0 Lyle Laudrie 2 1 Bill Ewing 2 1 Chester Marsh 1 2 Larry Watson 1 2 Carl Hultquist 0 3 Lee Johnson 0 3 CLASS D Junior Boys W L W L Roy Ott 3 0 Jack Neyens 2 0 A1 O'Bleness 2 1 Dick Mason 0 2 M. Park 1 2 Jim Murphy 0 3

Reingardt Sets New Record To Win Duluth, Minn. Portorama In spite of being beset by intermittent rains, Leo Reingardt of St. Paul, Minnesota managed to set a new tournament ringer average of 67.9 percent to take first place in the 3rd annual Duluth Portorama Open tournament held at Wheeler Field in Duluth, Minnesota. He defeated Hart Knutson, defending champion in the play-off after each had finished regular play with 6-1 records. Reinghardt was top qualifier with 245 points and 74 ringers in 100 shoes pitched. He received a beautiful trophy. There were 70 qualifiers, which was an unexpected turnout. The committee plans on having more classes next year. Trophies were awarded to the first 3 men in each class. CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % L. Reinhardt, St. Paul 6 1 67.9 E. Peterson, Windom 7 0 57.3 H. Knutson, St. Paul 6 1 63.5 L. Renick, Duluth ...., 4 3 52.7 J. Anzaldi, St. Paul .. 5 2 56.0 H. Ward, Duluth 4 3 54.2 Kiekhoefer, St. Paul 4 3 57.3 W. Hill, Cloquet 3 4 47.4 J. Yernberg, St. Paul 3 4 56.0 E. Elsola, St. Paul .. 3 4 51.1 J. O'Connor, Duluth .. 3 4 57.0 Lindstrom, Duluth .... 3 4 47.7 H. Benson, Hibbing .. 1 6 50.0 B. Lorenz, St. Paul .. 3 4 44.1 Strafaccia, Hibbing .. 0 7 43.4 C. Forbort, Duluth .... 1 6 43.9 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964 23

Duluth Portorama — (Continued) CLASS C CLASS D W L % W L % J. Bressler, Hibbing .. 6 1 46.1 I. Kjellman, Duluth .,. 6 1 45.7 D. Johnson, St. Paul 5 2 44.8 G. Moe, Duluth . 6 1 39.9 L. LaBrosse, Hibbing 4 3 37.4 H. Anderson, Duluth 5 2 47.3 P. LaCrosse, Cloquet 3 4 44.2 S. Albertson, Duluth 4 3 37.2 S. Schulke, St. Paul .. 3 4 41.7 V. Walker, Hibbing . 4 3 35.9 J. Johnson, Minn 3 4 41.7 J. LeGarde, Duluth . 2 5 32.2 F. Peterson, Duluth .. 2 5 41.5 E. Olson, Duluth . 1 6 28.9 A. Lahti, Cloquet ...... 2 5 35.2 B. Velander, Duluth 0 7 28.4 CLASS E CLASS F W L % W L % B. Hill, Tower 6 1 48.1 J. Holman, Cloquet ...., 7 0 41.1 E. Brademan, Cloquet 6 1 45.4 Winterhalter, Minn. 6 1 37.7 H. Talerico, Duluth .. 5 2 42.3 R. Tiili, Duluth 4 3 37.5 S. Johnson, Duluth .... 4 3 46.2 N. Morrison, Cloquet 3 4 35.4 H. Cole, Hibbing 3 4 38.6 E. Redetzke, Tower .. 3 4 28.3 D. Granley, Duluth .... 2 5 33.5 W. Bruley, Duluth .... 2 5 31.2 D. Granley, Duluth .... 1 6 33.9 P. Wagner, Hibbing .. 2 5 29.1 E. Grumdahl, Duluth 1 6 34.2 L. Rosenthal, Cloquet 1 6 33.7

Ottumwa, Iowa First Annual Open Tournament CLASS A CLASS B W L W L Hugh Rogers, Cedar Falls, .... 4 1 Paul McElroy, Ottumwa, Ia. 5 0 Rav Cavin, St. Joseph, Mo 4 2 Herman Gilpin, Keokuk, Ia. 3 H. Page, Waterloo, la 3 3 Lewis Jeter, Afton, Ia 3 2 John Paxton, Ottumwa, la. ..2 3 Wilbur Gay, St. Joseph, Mo. 3 '2 Dale Dixon, Des Moines, la. ..2 3 A1 Burgess, Marshalltown, la. 1 4 Andy Horn, Galesburg, 111. ..1 4 Arnold Lester, Galesburg, 111. 0 5 CLASS C CLASS D W L W L R. Sorenberger, Galesburg, 111. 4 1 C. Foxx, Ottumwa, Ia., tied .. 4 1 C. Hopkins, Ottumwa, la 4 1 Thane Lee, Keokuk, Ia 4 1 W. R. Rubison, Galesburg, 111. 4 1 H. Anderson, Galesburg, 111. 4 1 C. Bennett, Des Moines, la. ..2 3 H. Savage, Des Moines, la. .. 1 4 L. Cain, King City, Mo 1 4 E. Frakes, So. St. Joseph, Mo. 1 4 Royce Gale, Des Moines, la. 0 5 Dr. Williamson, Keokuk, Ia. .. 1 4 CLASS E CLASS F W L W L Jimmy Byrns, Downing, Mo. 5 0 B. Burgess, Ottumwa, Ia. tied 4 1 C. Beaver, Ottumwa, la 4 1 R. Byrns, Greentop, Mo 4 1 R. Frakes, DeKalb, Mo 3 2 H. Fite, Floris, Ia 4 1 H. Paxton, Ottumwa, la 2 3 B. Harris, Downing, Mo 1 4 K. Ellis, Ottumwa, la 1 4 J. L. Cook, Ottumwa, Ia 1 4 H. Huntley, Cdr. Rpds. Ia 0 5 K. Smith, Ottumwa, Ia 1 4 Junior Boys R. Burgess, Marshltn. Ia 5 0 S. Paul, Marshltn. Ia 4 1 S. Troutner, Marshltn., Ia 3 2 D. Fite, Floris, Ia 2 3 C. Smith, Ottumwa, Ia 1 4 J. Burgess, Ottumwa, Ia 0 5 24 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

"Red" Henfon, New Champ Of Corn Belt Open Glen "Red" Henton, Iowa state champion from Maquoketa, Iowa is the new 1964 Corn Belt Open champion. He averaged 83.0 percent in ringers for the 6 game route. In the final game he defeated Paul Focht of Dayton, Ohio and former world champion, 50-44 to take the title. Paul Focht led the 76 qualifiers from six states with 87 ringers out of 100 shoes for 274 points. John Paxton and Curt Day qualified at 272 and 271 points respectively. Ellis Cobb of Aurora, Illinois, set a fast pace in winning the Class B division with a ringer percentaage of 71.8 for the 6 games. He was also awarded the prize for being the "neatest dressed pitcher" for the tournament. Mrs. Emma Focht was awarded a beautiful bouquet of red roses as the wife of the highest qualifier present at the tournament. Paul Focht also won the high qualifier award of a $10.00 basket of groceries. There were 13 trophies awarded and Glen Henton won the Miller High Life trophy donated by the Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Next year the Corn Belt Open will be played black-topped courts. Harold Darnold, promoter of this outstanding ringer event extends to Mrs. Lucile Hopkins, secretary of the Hawkeye state association, Ellis Cobb, Editor of the News Digest, Andy Jackson and Ernie Danielson, officials of the Burlington club for all their help and assistance in making the 1964 Corn Belt Open a big success. CLASS A CLASS B % % Glen Henton, Maquoketa, Ia 83.0 Ellis Cobb, Aurora, 111 71.8 Paul Focht, Dayton, Ohio 77.8 Byron Hafner, Letts, Ia 65.9 Curt Day, Frankfurt, Ind 80.9 C. Bettisworth, Galesbg., Ill 65.5 John Paxton, Ottumwa, Ia 72.7 H. Shaw, Fairfield, Iowa 63.3 Francis Rogers, Waverly, Ia 72.4 H. Darnold, Burlington, Ia 61.3 Hugh Rogers, Cedar Falls, Ia 63.8 Lewis Jeter, Afton, Ia 58.1 Jack Stout, Chicago, 111 65.3 Sid Logsdon, 111 58.6 H. Hughes, Cedar Rapids, Ia 68.5 F. Hart, Jacksonville, 111 57.5 O. Trimble, Cedar Rapids, Ia 69.1 L. G. Pond, 111 55.4 C. VanDusen, Galesburg, 111 70.8 C. Hopkins, Ottumwa, Iowa 55.5 M. Lange, Bondurant, Iowa 68.5 W. C. Vandergriff, Selma, Ia. .... 50.8 Andy Horn, Galesburg, 111 56.5 Nelson Vogel, Manito, 111 51.7 CLASS C — 1, Ross Sorenberger, Galesburg, 111; 2, Hugh Tooley, 111.; 3, Ernie Danielson, Burlington, Ia.; 4, Joe Foster, Omaha, Neb.; 5, Stoney Jack- son, Burlington, Ia.; 6, Herman Gilpin, Keokuk, Ia.; 7, I. Eilers, 111.; 8, Fred Harden Oakville Ia CLASS D — 1, Bennie Carter, Buffalo, Ia.; 2, Paul McElroy, Ottumwa, Ia.; 3, Andy Jackson, West Burlington, Ia.; 4, W. R. Rubison, 111.; 5, Ed Willich, Buffalo, Ia.; 6, Walt Williamson, 111.; 7, Harry Anderson, Galesburg, 111.; 8, Melvin Diehl Waterloo, Ia. CLASS E — 1, Archie Matheney, Stone City, Ia.; 2, Paul Jensen, Mon- mouth, 111.; 3, Howard Huntley, Cedar Rapids, Ia.; 4, Jay Erhardt, Burlington, Ia.; 5, C. Hess, 111.; 6, Neil Vandergriff, Selma, Ia.; 7, Roy Hammond, Marysville, Mo.; 8, Fred Schlag, Burlington, Ia. CLASS F — 1, Cleo Chrisman, Peoria, 111.; 2, Clifford Beaver, Ottumwa, Ia.; 3, Floyd Hammit, 111.; 4, Roy Slater, 111.; 5, Robert Bock, Fairfield, Ia.; 6, John Law, 111.; 7, Henry McCune, Cedar Rapids, la.; 8, Jim Jackson, Bur- lington, Ia. CLASS G — 1, Bob St. George, Monmouth, 111.; 2, Charles Peoples, 111.; 3, Wayne Bennett, 111.; 4, Ralph Quanstrom, 111.; 5, Marvin Jackson, Burling- ton, Ia.; 6, Leroy Hammond, Marysville, Mo.; 7, Don Cadogon, Muscatine, Ia.; 8, Delbert Jackson, Burlington, Ia. CLASS H — 1, Jerry Davis, Monmouth; 2, Leroy Beaver, Ottumwa, Iowa; 3, Howard Fite, Floris, Ia.; 4, Bill Waddle, Ottumwa, Iowa; 5, Dennis Fite, Floris, Ia.; 6, Larry Conklin, Muscatine, Ia.; 7, Walter Killip, Peoria; 8, Larry Waddle, Ottumwa, Ia. The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964 25

South Gate — Southern California South Gate "B" Open GROUP ONE W L R SP % John Walker, Chula Vista 5 0 177 296 59.8 Harry Morse, Beaumont 4 1 188 336 55.9 Sotero Libatique, South Gate 3 2 158 290 54.5 Ole Chard, Torrance 2 3 166 344 48.3 Elmer Sandy, Los Angeles 1 4 108 270 40.0 John Charlie, Los Angeles 0 5 85 264 32.2 GROUP TWO W L R SP % Gunnar Hansen, Baldwin Park 5 0 149 256 58.2 Don Shubert, Los Angeles 4 1 143 276 54.0 Bill Shoemaker, Monrovia 3 2 122 268 45.5 Sam Puopulo, Baldwin Park 2 3 109 278 39.2 Howard Hill, South Gate 1 4 113 300 32.7 Eldon Carrier, Downey 0 5 100 298 33.6 PLAYOFF W L R SP % John Walker, Chula Vista 3 0 112 184 60.9 Harry Morse, Beaumont 2 1 103 186 55.4 Gunnar Hansen, Baldwin Park 1 2 96 176 54.5 Don Shubert, Los Angeles 0 3 77 178 43.3

South Gate — Southern California Ringer Round Up "A" GROUP ONE W L R SP % Jim Weeks, Norwalk ., 7 0 341 438 77.9 Gerald Schneider, Bell 6 1 347 478 72.6 Tom Wheeler, Fullerton 5 2 274 442 62.0 John Walker, Chula Vista 4 3 281 462 60.8 John Snyder, Chula Vista 2 5 288 458 62.9 Norman Smith, Culver City 2 5 308 532 57.9 Gunnar Hansen, Baldwin Park 2 5 222 408 54,4 Sotero Libatique, South Gate 0 7 164 372 44.1 CLASS "B" W L R SP % Don Shubert, Los Angeles 9 0 283 548 51.6 Glenn Brown, South Gate ,,, 7 2 253 526 48.1 Sam Faulkner, Fullerton , 6 3 236 506 46.6 Fred Brown, Huntington Park 6 3 240 530 45.3 Eldon Carrier, Downey 6 3 198 458 43.2 Larry Hahn, Glendora 4 5 203 518 39.2 George Farrell, South Gate 3 6 179 486 36.8 Roy Faulkner, Fullerton 2 7 167 498 33.5 Ross Faulkner, Huntington Park 2 7 146 526 27.8 Earl Mang, Buena Park 0 7 Forfeited all games 26 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

South Gate — Southern California Special "A" Open W L R SP % John Walker, Chula Vista 4 1 180 316 56.9 Sotero Libatique, South Gate 3 2 190 360 52.8 Henry Durr, Los Angeles 3 2 185 352 52.6 Clarence Pearcy, La Habra 2 3 154 318 48.4 Fred Pearcy, La Habra 2 3 122 288 42.4 Sam Puopulo, Baldwin Park 1 4 106 304 34.9 GROUP TWO W L R SP % John Snyder, Chula Vista 5 0 172 266 64.7 Frank Esperanza, Oxward 4 1 144 212 67.9 Don Shubert, Los Angeles 3 2 114 230 49.6 Eldon Carrier, Downey 2 3 110 282 38.3 Wally Shipley, W. Covina 1 4 108 250 43.2 Glenn Brown, South Gate 0 5 78 244 32.0 PLAYOFF W L R SP % John Walker, Chula Vista 3 0 142 204 69.6 Frank Esperanza, Oxnard 2 1 125 184 67.9 John Snyder, Chula Vista 1 2 156 242 64.5 Sotero Libatique, South Gate 0 3 111 206 53.9

Pomona — Southern California Class "D" Open W L R SP % G. Hughey, Baldwin Park 9 0 306 562 54.1 S. Faulkner, Fullerton 7 2 302 596 50.' E. Carrier, Downey 7 2 254 556 45. L. Pearcy, Anaheim 6 3 241 576 41.1 H. Thompson, San Gabriel 4 5 201 532 37.i R. Faulkner, Fullerton 3 6 227 586 38.' L. Hahn, Glendora 3 6 220 572 38.J O. Sandberg, Covina 3 6 216 592 36.J H. Carden, Baldwin Park 2 7 215 576 37.: J. McNamara, Los Angeles 1 8 139 550 25.:

Fullerton — Southern California Championship "F" W L R SP % Harold Carden, Baldwin Park 9 1 256 574 44. Jay Pickens, Sun Valley 8 2 209 586 35. Joe Holder, Pico Rivera 5 4 204 608 33. John Tower, Fullerton 5 4 183 584 31. Joe McNamara, Los Angeles 4 5 168 544 30. Louie La Croix, Bell Gardens 4 5 161 540 29. Doug Martindale, Anaheim 3 6 180 612 29. Ron St. Thomas, Bell Gardens 3 6 164 568 28. Mel Lingenfelter, Canoga Park 3 6 158 568 27. Don Boyd, Fullerton 2 7 154 614 25. The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964 27

South Gate — Southern California South Gate "E" Open GROUP ONE W L R SP % Mel Lingenfelter, Canoga Park 5 0 105 288 36.5 Doug Martindale, Fullerton 4 1 117 320 36.6 George Hughey, Baldwin Park 2 3 95 292 32.5 Ben Hubbard, Duarte 2 3 88 298 30.0 Harold Carden, Baldwin Park 2 3 83 286 29.0 Ron St. Thomas, Bell Gardens 0 5 88 340 25.9 GROUP TWO W L R SP % Glenn Vosler, South Gate 5 0 117 294 39.8 Mike Valarde, So. San Gabriel 4 1 108 282 38.3 Oliver Tofteland, Chula Vista 2 3 81 320 21.7 Ray Victor, Huntington Park 2 3 68 316 21.5 Marshall Oesterick, Glendora 1 4 78 344 22.7 Claude Carrier, South Gate 1 4 69 338 20.4 PLAYOFF W L R SP % Glenn Vosler, South Gate 3 1 95 252 37.7 Doug Martindale, Fullerton 2 2 80 236 33.9 Mel Lingenfelter, Canoga Park 1 2 89 220 40.5 Mike Valarde, So. San Gabriel 1 2 68 172 39.5

South Gate — Southern California California Championship Qual W L R SP % Bill Fraser, San Francisco 253 13 2 810 1150 70.4 Ira Allen, O'Neils 250 12 3 877 1180 74.3 Jim Weeks, Norwalk 248 12 3 842 1156 72.8 Gerald Schneider, Bell 256 10 5 837 1132 73.9 Bill Blexrude, Oakland champ. 10 5 792 1100 72.0 Homer Moefield, Long Beach 248 9 6 753 1064 70.8 Henry Durr, Los Angeles 244 9 6 764 1092 70.0 Frank Esperanza, Oxnard 235 9 6 651 986 66.0 Charlie Merrell, Baldwin Park 238 7 8 752 1118 68.2 Jesse Gonzales, San Luis Obispo 235 6 9 665 1020 65.2 John Snyder, Chula Vista 234 5 10 736 1108 66.4 John Balzer, Santa Ana 236 4 11 731 1128 64.8 Ralph Brunner, Huntington Beach 237 4 11 688 1076 63.9 Edgar Gruell, Inglewood 256 4 11 626 1014 61.7 John Walker, Chula Vista 237 4 11 618 1012 61.1 Clarence Cummins, Orcutt 248 2 13 592 996 59.4

California "B" Championship Qual W L R SP % Ralph Randall, Barstow 221 7 0 365 504 72.4 Clarence Pearcy, La Habra 229 6 1 331 484 68.4 Ed McFarland, Sacramento 233 5 2 349 488 71.5 Ronnie Simmons, Norwalk 232 4 3 305 480 63.5 Harry Morse, Beaumont 222 3 4 267 454 58.8 Jack Seymour, San Francisco 224 2 5 272 460 59.1 Stan MacCarty, Los Gatos 224 1 6 313 500 62.6 Luke Braun, Alameda 227 0 7 234 446 52.5 28

California "C" Championship Qual W L R SP % 221 7 0 179 280 63.9 218 6 1 216 376 57.4 Fred Lavett, Seaside 208 5 1 198 370 53.5 216 4 2 190 348 54.6 210 4 2 193 410 47.1 182 3 3 168 318 52.8 212 3 3 171 366 46.7 199 3 3 175 392 44.6 184 2 4 162 344 47.1 177 2 4 162 384 42.2 166 1 5 148 358 41.3 167 1 5 137 356 38.5 170 1 5 94 310 30.3 Ross Faulkner, Huntington Park 209 0 6 64 208 23.9

California Boys Championship W L R SP % 3 0 94 198 47.5 2 1 74 166 44.5 1 2 80 194 41.8 Braun Jr., 0 3 42 170 24,7

Women's Championship W L Esther Williams, Gilroy 4 1 Mrs. Don Boyd 3 2 Mrs. Sam Faulkner, Fullerton 2 3 Mrs. Tom Wheeler, Fullerton 0 3

Four State Open Tournament (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska) CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % M. Lange, Iowa 6 1 59.8 H, Strohm, Mo 5 1 61.2 R. Cavin, Mo 6 1 70.5 B. Ricker, Iowa ..., , 4 2 56.5 E. Wiges, Iowa 5 2 61.8 H. Gardner, Mo 3 3 50.5 H. Darnold, Iowa 3 4 57.4 J. Foster, Nebr ... 3 3 57.5 D. Prichard, Kans 3 4 60.2 I. Long, Kans 2 4 52.5 L. Pinion, Mo 3 4 52.9 L. Jeter, Iowa 2 4 55.9 0. Monasmith, Kans. 2 5 50.1 O. Stoenner, Mo 2 4 49.0 H. Robinson, Nebr 0 7 Forfeit CLASS C CLASS D W L % W L % K. Custard, Nebr 5 1 58.6 B. Shaw, Iowa 4 1 50.4 J. Kiper, Mo 4 2 45.6 R. German, Nebr 3 2 50.2 E. Tegtmeier, Nebr. ..3 3 51.7 V. Nordgren, Nebr. ..3 2 47.5 L. Cain, Mo 3 3 46.3 L. Kuchinski, Mo 2 3 42.5 W. Schendel, Kans 3 3 45.9 G. Neilson, Nebr 2 3 42.4 W. Gay, Mo 2 4 48.8 L. E. Heist, Nebr 1 4 41.8 E. Willich, Iowa 1 5 47.6 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964 29

Four State Open — 1[Continued ) CLASS E CLASS F W L % W L G. Gut shall, Mo 4 1 46.1 P. Grotrian, Nebr. ... . 4 1 55.3 D. Davis, Mo 4 1 46.6 F. Plummer, Mo 3 2 42.9 C. Morgan, Mo 3 2 43.7 S. Osterman, Nebr. ... . 3 2 37.2 R. O'Connor, Kans 2 3 28.6 H. Wood, Nebr 3 2 43.1 B. Hartley, Mo. 2 3 35.3 T. Rinnie, Nebr 2 3 31.5 B. Lee, Nebr 0 5 25.0 J. Carl, Mo 0 5 32.2 CLASS G CLASS H W L % W L % D. Seybert, Nebr , 5 0 34.7 C. Anderson, Nebr. ... . 2 1 33.0 R. Rinnie, Nebr 4 1 30.5 C. Grotrian, Nebr. ... . 2 1 21.7 G. Grotrian, Nebr . 3 2 37.3 H. Sheffield, Nebr. ... . 2 1 17.7 E. Grage, Nebr 1 4 28.2 M. Harmon, Nebr. ... . 0 3 17.1 L. Tennant, Nebr . 1 4 29.8 J. Sparck, Nebr , 1 4 26.1 CLASS I BOYS' JUNIOR CLASS W L % W L R. Wagner, Nebr 3 0 31.0 D. Ricker, Iowa 2 0 L. Swanson, Nebr , 2 1 42.9 K. Rinnie, Iowa 1 1 G. Robbins, Nebr , 2 1 24.7 C. Strohm, Mo 0 2 D. Grotrian, Nebr . 0 3 19.3 All ties were decided by total points except the tie for first place between Marion Lange and Ray Cavin. They pitched a play off game with Lange the winner. Lange won the trophy two years ago. The door prize went to Marion Lange and the prize for the highest ringer percentage (83.9%) went to Ray Cavin.

Lange Latches On To Afton, Iowa County Fair Title CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % M. Lange, Iowa 5 1 66.6 G. Spitler, Iowa 5 0 63.9 W. W. Uhlig, Iowa .... 4 2 65.3 D. Carter, Iowa 3 2 47.5 J. Paxton, Iowa 3 2 67.4 C. Hopkins, Iowa 2 3 49.4 H. Rogers, Iowa 2 3 67.4 H. Savage, Iowa 2 3 52.6 B. Ricker, Iowa 1 4 63.4 C. Bailey, Iowa 2 3 46.8 L. Jeter, Iowa 1 4 57.4 C. Woollums, Iowa .... 1 4 46.5 CLASS C CLASS D W L % W L % W. Hagy, Nevada .... 5 0 60.2 C. Foxx, Iowa 4 1 50.1 R. Miller, Oregon .... 4 1 50.3 K. Walker, Iowa 3 2 53.7 S. Jensen, California 3 2 58.0 P. McElroy, Iowa .... 3 2 53.7 F. Lavett, California 2 3 46.2 L. Hellyer, Iowa 3 2 52.0 C. Cook, Iowa 1 4 46.9 A. Burgess, Iowa 2 3 42.2 H. A. Lutze, Missouri 0 5 39.5 D. Wells, Missouri .... 0 5 40.9 CLASS E Junior Boys W L % w L M. Clark, Iowa 5 0 46.6 Ronnie Burgess, Iowa 4 0 A. Williams, Iowa .... 4 1 35.7 Dave Ricker, Iowa 3 1 J. Malvern, Wash 3 2 36.8 Charles Spitler, Afair 2 2 L. Hashman, Missouri 2 3 28.5 Leonard Holt, Iowa 1 3 B. Waddle, Iowa 2 3 23.7 Marc Wells, Missouri 0 4 L. Waddle, Iowa 0 5 9.5 30 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

All States Open, Falls City, Nebraska We had a play-off in Class A with McCance and Pinon, McCance winning 2 out of three games, pitching 78.4 and 75.6%. Only loss McCance had was to Dean Prichard 50 to 38, and McCance won over Pinon in regular Round Robin play. The first 3 places in A - B and C received very nice trophies, including the Miller High Life trophy as the championship trophy. The first 2 places in D and E received trophies. Ray Cavin was high qualifier with 275 points. CLASS A W L % Don McCance, Lexington, Nebraska 6 1 74.5 L. Pinon, St. Joseph, Missouri 6 1 65.2 Waldo Hagy, Las Vagas, Nevada 5 2 61.9 Ray Cavin, St. Joseph, Missouri 4 3 63.0 Dean Prichard, Junston City, Kansas 3 4 62.2 Lewis Jeter, Afton, Iowa 3 4 59.3 Willard James, Underwood, Iowa 1 6 54.9 Jim Malvern, Seattle, Washington 1 6 41.9 CLASS B W L % Wallace Ohlig, Brayton, Iowa 6 1 63.2 Kint Custard, Omaha, Nebraska 6 1 62.9 Fred Lauett, Sea Side, California 5 2 56.3 Wilber Gay, St. Joseph, Missouri 4 3 53.7 Ralph Fleharty, Cogad, Nebraska 4 3 51.5 Ron Miller, Portland, Oregon 3 4 54.2 Sam Jensen, Sea Side, California 2 5 50.6 Glenn Robins, Wahoo, Nebraska 0 7 43.0 CLASS C W L % Vernon Nordgren, Omaha, Nebraska 7 0 53.8 Roland Jensen, Mason City, Nebraska 6 1 50.3 L. E. Heist, DeWitt, Nebraska 6 1 47.8 Loren Cain, King City, Missouri 4 3 53.2 Cecil Anderson, Louiston, Nebraska 2 5 43.7 Glenn Grotrian, Cook, Nebraska 2 5 43.6 Lester Tennant, Burchard, Nebraska 2 5 42.7 Stanley Brickey, Mound City, Missouri 1 6 36.5 CLASS D W L % Paul Grotrian, Talmage, Nebraska 5 0 46.9 Holly Woods, Omaha, Nebraska 3 2 44.3 Eddie Frokes, St. Joseph, Missouri 3 2 42.7 Fred Plummer, Rack Port, Missouri 3 2 39.2 Dean Carter, Council Bluff, Iowa 1 4 36.6 Truman Rinne, Lewiston, Nebraska 0 5 31.3 CLASS E W L % Sam Osterman, Omaha, Nebraska 5 0 45.3 Elmer Grage, Creet, Nebraska 3 2 36.3 Carl Grotrian, Cook, Nebraska 3 2 33.4 Will Riley, Rock Port, Nebraska 3 2 33.2 Raymond Rinne, Burchard, Nebraska 1 4 32.6 Milton Horman, Falls City, Nebraska 0 5 27.6 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964 31

Young Is Winner In Rome, Ohio Open Play-Off Carl Young of Columbus was the top man at the New Rome, Ohio Open tournament with 8 straight Class A victories. Robt. Redding, Mt. Sterling- was runnerup with an overall record of 6 wins and 2 losses. Bob averaged 65.5% and Carl 65.2% overall. Carl also had the best individual game, a 78% effort against Mike Gardner. Wilbur Kabel was the high qualifier of the 54 entry field with 259 pts. and 80%. This fall tournament was unique as the class playoffs were held indoors and the group play outdoors. The weather was crisp and at times gusty especially for Classes B and C. Dawes and Mathews won their respective classes in play-off games, each winning 3 straight. CLASS A GROUP ONE GROUP TWO w L % W L % 4 1 66.0 C. Young 5 0 63.6 4 1 58.3 M. Gardner 4 1 65.3 3 2 59.9 W. Kabel 3 2 61.7 2 3 51.3 J. Knisley 1 4 59.0 1 4 52.5 M. Banister ... 1 4 54.2 1 4 49.4 M. Montgomery ... 1 4 53.7 CLASS B GROUP ONE GROUP TWO W L % W L % 4 1 59.4 K. Dawes 4 1 51.5 4 1 50.0 G. Hoddy , . , , 4 1 43.9 3 2 48.9 H. Roshon 3 2 45.6 2 3 47.8 T. Pearce 2 3 48.3 1 4 44.4 C. Peters 1 4 42.6 1 4 43.4 WT. Jones 1 4 42.1 CLASS C GROUP ONE GROUP TWO W L % W L % L. Mathews 4 1 47.6 ,,, 5 0 38.5 Q. Ison 4 1 35.9 H. Witter 4 1 39.0 D. Peterson 4 1 42.5 L. Yerian ... 3 2 41.4 T. Whaley 2 3 30.1 J. Lane 2 3 34.1 L. Waymire Forfeit F. Dougherty ... 1 4 29.2 R. Whiteman Forfeit E. Pratt 0 5 31.7

Paul Focht Winner Of Southwestern Ohio District Meet CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % P. Focht, Dayton ... . 9 0 71.6 P. Helton, Dayton .... 9 0 55.2 H. Reno, Sabina . 8 1 77.3 J. Pillion, Casstown .. 8 1 56.4 G. Riffle, Dayton ... . 7 2 69.2 M. Broughton, Dayton 7 2 54.5 P. Johnson, Cinn. ... . 6 3 62.6 R. Miller, Springfield 6 3 51.8 J. Delveese, Wash. ... . 5 4 53.5 Manker, Martnsvlle. 5 4 49.4 K. Dawes, G. H. , 4 5 58.9 F. Collins, Dayton .... 3 6 44.5 H. Wolfe, Cedarville 3 6 47.9 J. Cooper, Xenia 3 6 38.0 J. Miller, Dayton ... . 2 7 50.8 F. Bennett, Greenfield 3 6 37.9 J. Reno, Reesville ... . 1 8 40.5 D. Henry, Bowerville 1 9 33.3 B. Skidmore, Frnkln. 0 9 34.0 D. Fields, Pt. Wm Forfeit 32

Southwestern Ohio — (Continued) CLASS C CLASS D w L % W L % G. Miller, Dayton .... 7 0 54.0 F. Karacia, Dayton .. 5 0 45.5 I. Merriman, Grnfld. 5 2 44.4 J. Witschger, Cinn. .. 4 1 41.0 T. Campbell, Lebanon 4 3 41.8 E. Burns, Dayton .... 3 2 39.8 L. Glass, Cedarville 4 3 41.7 B. McMullen, Lnchbg. 2 3 39.4 H. Godfrey, Cinn 3 4 47.8 E. Woods, Dayton .... 1 4 22.0 B. Rung, Dayton 2 5 40.3 B. Smith, Cinn. Forfeit G. Gibbons, Xenia .... 2 5 38.5 bye CLASS E CLASS F w L % W L % G. Kersey, Sabina .... 4 1 38.9 D. Kroll, Wilmgtn. .. 3 0 43.7 D. Hoff, W. Mnchstr. 4 1 30.7 H. Fields, Wilmgtn. 2 1 46.7 R. Ferryman, Dayton 3 2 26.0 Sumpton, Martnsvlle. 1 2 42.9 Baumgardner, Dayton 3 2 22.0 Wilkinson Martnsvlle. 0 3 39.6 H. Morris, Dayton .... 1 4 23.6 J. Lane, Cinn 0 5 21.1

Leach Top Man In Jefferson, Ohio Ox Roast Meet John Leach of Columbus outlasted Robert Redding of Mt. Sterling 51 to 27 in a playoff game to win the 14th annual W. Jefferson, Ohio Ox Roast horseshoe crown. Leach, Redding and Carl Young finished regulation play deadlocked with 5 wins and 2 losses. Young was sidelined first when he scored 108 points behind Leach's 109 and Redding's 120 in 50 shoes. Francis Redding of W. Jefferson won Class B with a clean slate of 7 and 0. Luther Waymire of Dayton and Ted Harris, London were C and D winners. John Leach's 65.9% ringer average was best of the 52 entrants. Bob Redding tossed the highest individual game 77.5%, and turned in the best qualifying score — 251 points, with 79% ringers. Two trophies were awarded in each class by Paula Cullman, Ox Roast Queen. CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % J. Leach 5 2 65.9 F. Redding 7 0 57.3 R. Redding 5 2 64.8 C. Redding 5 2 54.4 C. Young 5 2 63.1 L. Mathews 4 3 52.1 L. Linegar 4 3 59.4 H. May 3 4 53.5 J. Nicholl 4 3 57.3 C. Brickies 3 4 52.7 T. Pearce 4 3 56.8 R. Wilkinson 3 4 51.6 L. Rose 1 6 45.3 H. Anderson 2 5 53.2 M. Montgomery 0 7 49.4 G. Hoddy 1 6 43.9 CLASS c CLASS D w L % w L % L. Waymire . 6 1 49.0 6 1 39.9 R. Wade 5 2 46.4 5 2 37.8 F. Park 4 3 44,7 5 2 41.3 E. Lomax 4 3 43.6 4 3 35.5 F. Dougherty 3 4 37.7 3 4 35.9 Q. Ison 3 4 36.9 3 4 33.7 C. Hodges 2 5 32.5 1 6 30.4 H. Witter 1 6 34.9 A. Miller 1 6 22.9 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964 33

Loren Crooks Garners 9 Straight To Win Central Ohio District Loren Crooks of Cumberland, Ohio held a steady ringer percentage of 69.3 percent to garner 9 straight victories to win the annual Central Ohio District tournament held on the Hebron, Ohio courts. Meet was sponsored by the Licking County club. In the runner-up spot was Howard Roshon with an 8-1 record. Fred Brownfield clipped 2 in a row over Francis Park to take first in the Class B section. Rudy Von Dach won play-off with Homer Burnett for second place in Class C. CLASS A W L R SP % Loren Crooks, Cumberland 9 0 350 514 69.4 Howard Roshon, Baltimor< 8 1 305 572 53.7 7 2 334 586 57.6 6 3 343 600 56.8 4 5 270 580 45.5 3 6 297 568 51.9 3 6 280 568 50.5 , 3 6 227 518 48.3 Clinton Wright, Newark 1 8 305 688 49.6 1 8 239 558 42.3 CLASS B CLASS C W L % W L % F. Brownfield, Ohio . . 6 1 45.5 R. Von Dach, Ohio ... . 5 1 31.6 F. Park, Ohio 6 1 42.4 H. Burnett, Ohio 5 1 35.3 S. Drumm, Ohio 5 2 40.4 R. Mercer, Ohio 4 2 27.5 T. Boesch, Ohio 4 3 44.3 R. Spray, Ohio 3 3 30.2 E. Pratt, Ohio 4 3 39.4 J. Franks, Ohio 2 4 15.8 C. Hankinson, Ohio . . 2 5 31.3 A. Davis, Ohio 1 5 26.4 C. Hannah, Ohio 1 6 30.2 W. Bell, Ohio 1 5 10.1 J. Lane, Ohio 0 7 34.1

Kohlenberger Easy Winner In Mississippi Valley Meet Harvey Kohlenberger of Millstadt, Illinois, swept through seven games without defeat to regain the Mississippi Valley Horseshoe pitching crown he held two years ago. Defending champion Rick Wydell of Webster Groves, Mo., did not compete. The tournament was held in conjunction with the annual five-day Thresherman's Show at the Perry County Fairgrounds. Another Millstadt ringerman, Harvey Jarvis, finished second with a 5-2 record during the round-robin tourney with Henry Franke of Centralia third with a 4-3 mark. Kohlenberger tossed 68.4 per cent ringers in winning Class A. Paul Foertsch of Marissa was the Class B champion with a 5-2 slate with Ted Krzyanoski of Nashville second and Vernon Muench of Red Bud third. CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L H. Kohlenberger .... 7 0 68.4 Paul Foertsch 5 2 H. Jarvis 5 2 55.0 Ted Krzyanoski 5 2 H. Franke 4 3 51.8 Vernon Muench 5 2 V. Bunge 4 3 47.6 Ross Tillman 4 3 E. Knoblock 4 3 49.6 George Chwascinski 3 4 B. Hiltibidal .... 3 4 51.5 Paul Gibson 3 4 R. Ambuehl 1 6 36.8 June Hiltibidal 2 5 C. Foertsch 1 6 34.9 Martin Drennan 1 6 34 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

Putt Mossman, Former World Champ In Auto Accident Putt Mossman was severely injured in an auto accident recently. The former motorcycle rider, stuntman and world champion horseshoe pitcher, believing his car was running out of gas, leaned over to turn on the reserve tank. The motor locked and he was thrown against the gear shift handle. The result was a ruptured large intestine. So this daredevil was almost killed on the highway instead of while doing one of his dangerous stunts. He is anxious to receive letters. His address is General Hosp., Des Arc, Arkansas.

Trollen Stacks Five To Win Jefferson County (Wise.) Meet Ben Trollen, former secretary of the Minnesota association, now residing in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, put 5 straight wins together to lay claim to the Jefferson County (Wise.) fair tournament. CLASS A CLASS B W L W L 5 0 Elwyn Minning 5 0 4 1 Ray Kubly 4 1 2 3 Jim Gosdeck 3 2 2 3 Ed Schoenenberger 2 3 2 3 Delano Wegner 1 4 John 0 5 Ron Gaby 0 5 CLASS C W L Bob Braman 5 0 Ray Gaby 4 1 Joe Schiferl 3 2 Dave Borchardt 2 3 Dave Barnes 1 4 John Astell 0 5

E. Landry Sweeps Thru Turbie Memorial Tournament Unbeaten Edgar Landry, Massachusetts ringer artist, swept the field with 9 straight wins, to lay claim to the trophy presented by Mrs. August Turbie for winning the August Turbie Memorial Tournament of Champions. Meet was held at Hartford, Connecticut. The first three men were each awarded a trophy. H. Bourgeois downed G. Collard for third postition after a play-off. All other ties were decided by ringer percentage. W L R SP % E. Landry, Mass 9 0 454 602 75.4 J. Zichella, NYC 8 1 393 538 73.0 H. Bourgeois, R.I 5 5 391 602 64.9 G. Collard, R.I 5 4 348 546 63.7 M. Merritt, Mass 4 5 394 636 61.9 D. Majewski, Conn 4 5 394 680 57.9 D. Weik, Conn 4 5 336 590 56.9 S. Green, Conn 3 6 389 626 62.1 C. Richardson, Mass 3 6 375 652 57.5 G. Gallagher, Conn 0 9 324 612 52.9 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964 35

Frankfort, Indiana Open CLASS A CLASS B w L W L 5 0 Robinson, Lebanon 1 4 1 Kressell, Frankfort ... 3 2 3 2 Payne, Michigantown ... 3 2 Quebe, Kirklin 2 3 W. Kelsey, Crawfordsville . ... 2 3 Baker, Crawfordsville 1 4 Hammons, Crawfordsville ...... 2 3 0 5 D. Taylor, Crawfordsville 1 4

Connersville, Indiana Open CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % Bob May ,, 7 0 60.7 Paul Van Sickle 7 0 49.3 Marv Chrisman 5 2 55.2 Ray Wood; , 6 1 47.3 Harry Holland 4 3 47.8 Dick Pitcher , 5 2 34.9 Ray Pitcher 4 3 50.2 Dick Greenway , 3 4 38.5 Harold McFatridge .. 2 5 40.9 Henry Browning . 3 4 39.6 Morris Gillespie 1 6 44.0 Wilbur Grimes . 3 4 29.2 Geo. Johnson Sr Forfeit Emil Lachman , 1 6 19.8 Joe Robinson Forfeit J. Pitcher Forfeit

Fritz Sporting Goods Clinches Red River Valley League Title By Will Gullickson Trophies! W Trophies! Fargo, N. D. — The Bob Fritz Sporting Goods team won its fourth straight Red River Valley Horseshoe League championship by defeating Grandin Garage in the final playoff, two of three games. The Fritz team won the opener, 279-278, and the final game, 298-267, in the 90 per cent handicap competition. Grandin took the middle game, 257-251. Gust Magnuson, Herman Rensvold, will Gullickson, George Nordstrom and Hans Loseth are members of the Fritz team. Magnuson posted a 50- shoe average of 102 points in the count-all league for the season. Rens- vold's 109 game in the deciding game of the playoff proved the clincher. 36

Jim Kemple Wins East Indiana By One Point Jim Kemple of Rushville eked out a 50-49 win over Clarence Bellman in the playoff tilt of the East Indiana tourney to dethrone Graydon McFatridge who finished 4th. Bob May placed 3rd and had the single high game of 85.9%. The Muncie Club staged the tourney and did a fine job. CLASS A w L R SP % 7 0 414 540 76.6 6 1 455 592 76.9 5 2 388 520 74.6 . 3 4 419 572 73.2 3 4 324 492 65.8 2 5 330 506 65.2 2 5 260 446 58.3 0 7 206 400 51.5 CLASS B CLASS C W L % W L % Shores, Wilkinson . ... 4 1 66.5 Rambo, Jeffersonville 4 1 60.0 R. Pitcher, Harrold, Jonesboro .... 3 2 60.9 Connersville 4 1 56.3 Stone, Anderson 3 2 62.7 Huffman, Poneto 3 2 57.4 Colvin, Jeffersonville 2 3 60.1 Johnson, Decatur 2 3 51.5 McCammon, Muncie .. 2 3 56.1 Eaton, Newcastle ... 1 4 47.5 Hudson, Charlotteville 1 4 48.2 J. Pitcher, Connersville , 0 5 48.8 CLASS D CLASS E w L % W L % Siebold, Huntington .. 5 1 Wilson, Wilkinson . ... 4 1 51.1 51.2 H. Craig, Muncie 3 2 49.7 Greenway, Meeks, Selma 3 2 43.0 Connersville 5 1 45.9 H. McFatridge, Overholser, S. Bend .. 4 2 52.8 Arlington ... 3 2 41.0 Howell, Muncie 4 2 40.8 Dellinger, Decatur . ... 1 4 42.7 Lewman, Greenfield .. 1 5 36.7 Sampson, Muncie 1 4 42.5 Pine, Anderson 1 5 36.1 Frazer, Millersburg .. 1 5 34.8 CLASS F W L % W L % R. Nelson, Jonesboro 6 0 43.9 Moats, Mishawaka .... 2 4 35.7 C. Nelson, Jonesboro 5 1 42.5 Harrison, Connersville 1 5 33.3 Wood, Alpine 3 3 42.8 Aldriche, Muncie 1 5 28.0 Wolfinger, Syracuse ..3 3 36.4

C. Bellman Wins Northern Indiana Tournament Bellman and Adams were tied after regular play. Bellman takes the title by winning play-off game. CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % C. Bellman-Bremen .. .. 6 2 76.3 Salsbery-Sharpsville .. 7 0 60.6 Adams-Claypool 6 2 67.7 Rookstool-Syracuse .... . 6 1 63.9 Maitlen-Berne , 5 3 69.7 Cummings-Sweetser ,. . 4 3 57.1 Reel-Kokomo 5 3 67.0 Feller-Amboy 4 3 50.3 Chittister-Goshen .... 5 3 63.4 Farr-Swayzee 4 3 49.2 Walker-Pennville .... 4 4 68.5 Croddy-Kokomo 2 5 46.3 Atwell-Flora .. 3 5 63.0 Lafon-Lafayette 1 6 36.9 Billingley-Lafayette .. 2 6 63.4 Dunn-Kokomo Forfeit Eltzroth-Wabash ,, 0 8 55.6 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Dgest/Oct. - Nov., 1964 37

Northern Indiana — (Continued) CLASS C CLASS D W L % W L % Huffman-Poneto . 5 0 57.1 Holloway-Fairmont .. 5 0 53.8 C. Nelson-Jonesboro .,. 4 1 54.0 Strang-Elkhart .. 3 2 51.0 Seibold-Huntington ... . 2 3 51.1 R. Bellman-Bremen .... . 2 3 47.4 Neal-Logansport 2 3 48.6 Hunter-Wabash 2 3 43.4 Davis-Kokomo 1 4 47.1 Litteral-Kokomo 2 3 39.8 Wolfinger-Elkhart ..... 1 4 46.6 Moore-Wabash 1 4 38.7 CLASS E CLASS F W L % W L % Frazier-Millersburg . . 6 1 49.5 Claussen-Kouts 4 1 39.5 Denigan-Jonesboro ... . 5 2 50.6 Ford-Otterbein 4 1 37.4 R. Johnson Sr.- Edwards-Kouts , 4 1 35.9 Warsaw 5 2 42.5 R. Johnson Jr.- Mc Kinniss-Lafayette 4 3 44.4 Warsaw 2 3 32.3 Skinner-Fairmount ... . 4 3 42.3 Turner-Lafayette .... 1 4 21.7 Jamison-Marion , 3 4 38.7 Shrontz-Jonesboro .... , 0 5 19.3 Johnston-Otterbein ..... 1 6 29.9 Reeves-Lafayette Forfeit CLASS G W L % W L % K. Bales-Kouts 4 1 26.3 Wallace-Kouts 3 2 29.9 Kuehl-Kouts 4 1 23.7 Surridge-So. Bend .... . 1 4 16.6 B. Bales-Kouts . 3 2 30.3 Wray-Kouts Forfeit Ladies tournament won by Sue Gillespie of Portland who had two games of 75% & 76%. Other entries were Dixie Crawley-Muncie, Bonnie Seibold & Betty Smith of Huntington.

Galesburg Sixth Annual Horseshoe Tourney Galesburg's 6th National Open held in Lincoln park, Galesburg, Illinois was won by Indiana's State Champion, Curt Day. Day won 7 games for seven for a perfect afternoon. Last year's World Champ, Paul Focht, was second, winning 5 out of seven. Galesburg's Clint Van Dusen had a good afternoon by taking 3rd place. Other winners in Class A were Kohlenberger, Milstadt, Illinois, fourth. Fifth, Lange from Bandurant, Iowa. Sixth was Roger Vogel, Manito, Illinois. Seventh, Jack Stout, Melrose Park, Illinois and last place went to Nelson Vogel, Manito, Illinois. CLASS B — Truman Standard, Canton, Illinois won Class B with John Paxton, Ottumwa, Iowa second - third was won by D. Sheetz of Davenport, Iowa. 4th - Ernie Danielson, Burlington, Iowa; 5th - Casey Bettisworth, Gales- burg, Illinois; 6th - Jim Hart, Pittsfield, Illinois; 7th - Harold Darnold, Bur- lington, Iowa; 8th - Francis Thomas, Davenport, Iowa. CLASS C — 1 - Logsdon, 2 - Damarin, 3 - Shaw, 4 - Coon, 5 - Frank, 6 - Pond, 7 - McBride, 8 - Grove. CLASS D — 1 - Liddle, 2 - Willich, 3 - Terry, 4 - Sornberger, 5 - Law, 6 - Harry Anderson, 7 - Jenson, 8 - Anderson. CLASS E — 1 - Austin, 2 - Ingersoll, 3 - Williamson, 4 - Jackson, 5 - Hess, 6 - Coddington, 7 - Hammitt, 8 - Patton. CLASS F — 1 - Wiles, 2 - Drager, 3 - McElroy, 4 - Chrisman, 5 - Pin- kowski, 6 - Robinson, 7 - Buck, 8 - Lester. CLASS G — 1 - Hopkins, 2 - F. Hart, 3 - Eilers, 4 - Wear, 5 - Davis, 6 - Bennett, 7 - St. George, 8 - Killys. CLASS H — 1 - Jonas, 2 - Linbaugh, 3 - Lovdahl, 4 - Hardister, 5 - Bell, 6 - Likes, 7 - Vaughn, 8 - E. Anderson. 38 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

Quincy, Illinois Club Closes Successful Season The Quincy Horse Shoe Club had a very active season. Our Handicap (80%) League pitching started May 1, and ran for 15 weeks with 16 partici- pants, Kenneth Irvin taking top place, John Garner in second, Ellis Griggs third. Trophys were awarded each. In June we had a Tournament (no Handicap) for the League pitchers only, 4 in each Group. Ellis Griggs was top man in group A, Russell Sigler in Group B, John Markey C, and Phillip Conners D. Aug. 30, — Two Teams, 5 men each, went to Keokuk, Iowa for Team games on their 10 New Courts, Group 1, of Quincy winning, but Group 2 of Keokuk bested the Quincy 2 Group by one game. Sept. 13 — Return game at Quincy courts. Quincy took first in each Group. The Quincy Club sponsored the open Tournament in which all were awarded Trophys made up in various sizes and shapes. GROUP A GROUP C W L W L 5 0 H. Tooley 5 0 3 2 F. Hammitt 3 2 3 2 F. Torbeck 2 3 2 3 P. Conners 2 3 1 4 R. Forner 2 3 K. 1 4 D. Conners 1 4 GROUP B GROUP D W L W L J. Hightower 5 0 G. Wright 5 0 C. Hess 4 1 C. Meyers 4 1 I. Eilers 2 3 E. Eilers 2 R. Rogers 2 3 0. C. Brown 2 3 J. Markey 2 3 H. Scott 1 4 F. Hart 0 5 W. Favrhow 1 4

Ray Martin, Illinois Champ Goes Unchecked To Win Paris, Illinois Open Tournament In a very fine tournament held on the 6 well kept courts in Twin Lakes park in Paris, Illinois, Ray Martin, newly crowned Illinois state champion went unchecked through the entire Class A field for the Open championship. He had a "blazing" 83.3 ringer percentage. CLASS A W L R SP % R. Martin, Philo, 111 5 0 220 264 83.3 F. Fowler, Greencastle, Ind 4 1 228 310 73.5 W. Horner, Farmersboro, Ind 2 3 217 314 69.1 J. Stimac, Terre Haute, Ind 2 3 193 280 68.9 M. Tirey, Shelbyville, 111 1 4 148 250 59.2 G. Bancroft, Greenup, 111 1 4 141 234 60.2 CLASS B W L R SP % J. Bartimus, Mattoon, 111 4 1 166 264 62.9 R. Galbreath, Charleston, 111 4 1 139 260 53.4 W. Ferguson, Terre Haute, Ind 3 2 142 254 55.9 B. Taylor, Greencastle, Ind 2 3 112 218 51.3 O. Tennill, Oakland, 111 2 3 131 258 50.7 F. Kolaiser, Kingman, Ind 0 5 99 230 43.0 39

Paris, Illinois Open — (Continued) CLASS C W L R SP % R. Starwalt, Jewett, 111 4 1 122 244 50.0 C. Starwalt, Mattoon, 111 3 2 145 280 51.7 A. French, Mattoon, 111 3 2 137 280 48.9 H. Hollenbeck, Kansas, 111 2 3 123 242 50.8 J. Lowry, Kansas, 111 2 3 112 254 44.0 R. Foltz, Champaign, 111 1 4 115 252 45.6 CLASS D W L R SP % D. Jenks, Terre Haute, Ind 5 0 61 144 39.1 L. Brown, Cayuga, Ind 4 1 90 216 41.2 D. Peters, Downs, 111 3 2 86 188 45.7 G. Bishop, Kansas, 111 2 3 76 194 39.1 G. Cartwright, Oakland, 111 1 4 67 204 32.8 C. Daugherty, Terre Haute, Ind 0 5 15 92 16.2

Sam Sutton Captures Washington County (Pa.) Title Sam Sutton defeated the entire field Washington County Association, head- in the Class A competition to become ed by Robert Hummell, Albert Booth, the Washington County Champion. and Frank Kilinsky have initiated this Carl Williams came in second losing event and hope that it will become an only to Sutton and Joseph Wohar. The annual affair. CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % Sam Sutton 7 0 73.5 Vernon Wellington ... . 7 0 49.8 Carl Williams 5 2 76.4 Robert Hummell 5 2 45.0 •Joseph Wohar 5 2 69.9 Nick Wohar 4 3 44.8 Robert Bird 4 3 66.2 Carl Ealy 4 3 44.1 Frank Kilinsky 4 3 64.8 Joseph Munchie 3 4 43.6 Albert Booth 1 6 47.9 William Roupe , 3 4 39.9 Walter Schirosky 1 6 42.5 William Clark 1 6 31.0 Jess Burnfield 1 6 42.3 Clyde Sprowls , 1 6 25.9 CLASS C W L Edward Couts 7 0 Frank Oliverio 5 2 James Schneider 5 2 Fred Stellavato 4 3 John Frazier 2 5 Clarence Wright 2 5 Eugene Ealy 2 5 Earl Martin 0 7 CLASS D W L Russell Steel 5 2 Lynn Simpson 5 2 Russell Berry 5 2 Marland Comstock 4 3 Willis Haines 3 4 John Hale 3 4 Charles Ott 2 5 Wade Vankirk 0 7 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

James Solomon Wins Southwestern Penn. Invitational Jimmy Solomon defeated Jimmy Ohler in a sudden death pitch-off to become the Southwestern Pennsylvania Champion. In this game Solomon threw 84.5% and Ohler 81.0%. Throughout the competition Ohler was in rare form, averaging 83.2% and losing only to Albert Zadroga. Six of the eight pitchers in Class A averaged over the 70% mark, thus setting a very high precedent for what is hoped to become an annual event. John Clingan captured the Class B honors, losing only to Robert Werner. The sportsman award went to Robert Hummell for his energetic support and promotion of this tournament. The Washington Horseshoe Club is certainly to be congratulated on promoting not only this event, but the revival of organized horseshoes in the southwestern corner of our state. CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % James Solomon 6 1 76.8 John Clingan 6 1 68.3 James Ohler 6 1 83.2 Joseph Wohar 5 2 68.8 Albert Zadroga 4 3 78.2 Frank Kilinski 5 2 64.8 Sam Sutton 4 3 77.7 Robert Werner 4 3 66.9 Carl Williams 4 3 74.3 Herman Boyer 3 4 63.7 Oscar Engle 3 4 75.2 Thomas Board 3 4 60.5 Milton Kuhn 1 6 61.6 Robert Bird 2 5 56.8 Clyde Martz 0 7 59.8 Albert Booth 0 7 53.2 CLASS C CLASS 1) W L W L Walter Schirosky 7 0 Peter Sowa 6 1 Clarence Fuller 6 1 Frank 01 iverio 5 2 Vernon Wellington 5 2 Carl Ealy 5 2 C. R. Cooley 3 4 Edward Couts 4 3 Andrew Ponick 3 4 Nick Wohar 4 Robert Myers 3 4 James Schneider 2 5 Fred Stellavato 1 6 Richard Comstock 1 6 George Combs 0 7 Marland Comstock 1 6 CLASS E W L John Barnhart 4 1 George Allison 3 2 D. Mounts 3 2 Lynn Simpson 3 2 James McCullough 2 3 Frank Miller 0 5

Solomon Unseats Zadroga To Take Crown In The Jefferson, Pa. Open Tournament Outpitching the outstanding pitchers of four states, Jim Solomon, a classy pitcher from Uniontown, Pa. won the 3rd annual Jefferson Open tournament. This tournament, sponsored annually by the firemen of little Jeffer- son, tucked away in the hills of Greene county in southwestern Pennsylvania, but a mecca for horseshoe pitchers, was conducted on September 19 and 20 and rung down the curtain for the state's big tournaments for the season. The title was not decided until the final game of the tournament, when Solo- mon defeated Zadroga of Elizabeth, Pa., the defending champion. Matt Voithofer downed Joe Wohar to take Class B honors. Barrett won the Class title by being undefeated. Russ Wade of West Virginia beat Phil Lovetere in a play-off for Class D, thereby retaining his title in that class. Oliverio bested Comstock for the Class E title, while in a 3-way play-off in Class F, Ball was the victor. The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964 41

Jefferson Open (Continued) CLASS B CLASS A GROUP ONE W L % w % J. Solomon, Pa 11 W A. Zadroga, Pa 9 0 76.7 62.5 G. Mehallic, W. Va. .. 9 2 74.8 Matt Voitofer 5 57.7 0. Engle, Pa 6 2 73.6 Tom Board 4 54.8 J. Ohler, Pa 6 5 7o!o J* Wilcoxen 3 47.4 H. Shriver, W. Va. .. 6 5 68*4 A1 Booth 2 43.7 J. Clingan, Fla 5 5 66.8 CJyde Falk 1 30.7 D. Carson, Md 4 6 61.6 Wellington 0 S. Sutton, Pa 4 F. Kilinsky, Pa 4 1 65.4 GROUP TWO % H. Boyer, Pa 2 7 64.0 7 63.9 W 59.9 9 61.1 Joe Wohar 5 54.5 Bob Bird 3 58.8 Clair Bruce 3 53.6 Chas. Cooley 3 46.9 Jim Prosba 1 48.7 CLASS C J. Funkhouser 0 CLASS D W L % W % Barrett 5 0 43.6 Russell Wade 4 42.4 Walt Schirosky 3 2 41.3 Phil Lovetere 4 43.4 C. Black 3 2 40.9 Hennen 3 41.8 Peter Sowa 2 3 37.7 Nick Wohar 2 34.1 Peter Vlachos 2 3 37.0 Wright 1 33.5 F. Bruce 0 5 24.0 Mike Cherup 1 30.0 CLASS E CLASS F W L % W % Frank Oliverio 4 1 44.2 Ball 4 42.1 Marsland Comstock .. 4 1 34.2 Michaels 4 34.4 Ralph Walters 3 2 31.7 Cramer 4 38.0 Gene Ealy 2 3 28.0 Phillips 2 30.4 Carl Ealy 1 4 31.7 McDonald 1 21.4 John Barnhart 1 4 27.2 Sprowls 0 21.4

Zadroga In Close Shave To Win Annual Northwest Pennsylvania Open In the hottest game of the annual Northwest Penn. Open tournament, A1 Zadroga of Elizabeth, Pa. defeated Jim Solomon of Uniontown, Pa. 50 to 48. A1 hit 84.5 percent in ringers while Jim hit the stake for 82.5 percent in ringers. The game went 136 shoes. Ludwick had a clean slate with 9 wins to cop Class AA. In Class A Meader of Youngstown, O. had 8-2 for top spot. Class B went to Semock of Erie, Pa. with 9-1. Tournament plaques were awarded to Steve Fennicchia of Rochester, New York for Sportsmanship. Paul Beer of Erie, Pa. received the "best dressed pitcher" award. The Northwest Widow award went to Mrs. Arlene Sebring of Erie, Pa. A tureen dinner was served by the ladies of the Erie club which was thoroughly enjoyed by all the players. Tournament was played on the Glenwood park courts, in Erie, Pennsyl- vania. Miss Mary Frances Lupo was crowned "queen" of the tournament in the opening ceremonies. 42

Northwest Penn. Open — (Continued)

CLASS AAA W L % A. Zadroga, Elizabeth, Pa 10 0 76.1 J. Solomon, Uniontown, Pa 9 1 80.5 S. Fennicchia, Rochester, N. Y 8 2 75.2 T. Natale, Rochester, N. Y 7 3 76.1 O. Engle, Pittsburgh, Pa 5 2 76.7 S. Sutton, Washington, Pa 5 2 69.7 H. Tuttle, Youngstown, Ohio 4 3 68.1 J. Potter, Erie, Pa 3 4 64.6 C. Metzler, Johnstown. N. Y 3 4 61.7 W. Kuchcinski, Erie, Pa 2 5 69.4 J. Kuchcinski, Wesleyville, Pa 2 5 63.5 J. Peters, Erie, Pa 2 5 61.0 P. Smith, Beaver Falls, Pa 2 5 56.2 H. Pinch, Sharon, Pa 1 6 69.5 G. Sebring, Erie, Pa 1 6 60.4 R. Dickson, Butler, Pa 1 6 54.3

CLASS AA W L % D. Ludwick, Sugar Grove, Pa 9 0 59.1 D. Kuchcinski, Wesleyville, Pa 8 2 65.0 H. Mattix, Cleveland, Ohio 8 2 57.0 W. Meador, Youngstown, Ohio 7 3 51.6 C. Bruce, New Wilmington, Ohio 5 2 50.0 F. White, Erie, Pa 4 3 50.9 D. Ferraro, Meadville. Pa 4 3 50.0 E. Wurst, Erie, Pa 4 3 50.0 W. Linstrom, Jamestown, N. Y 3 4 47.1 W. Hagy, Las Vegas, Nevada 2 5 46.5 C. Gilmore, Volant, Pa 2 5 45.1 C. Anderson, Meadville, Pa 2 5 44.7 V. Williams, Russell, Pa 2 5 40.1 H. Jarus, Cleveland, N. Y 1 6 40.8 G. Hale, Jamestown, N. Y 1 6 39.3 W. Skibicki, Erie, Pa 1 6 33.1

CLASS A W L % W. Meader, Youngstown, Ohio 8 2 57.0 F. Hall, Erie, Pa 7 3 51.7 E. Wright, New Brighton, Pa 6 4 44.6 C. Enders, Alquippa, Pa 6 4 44.0 H. Grimm, New Brighton, Pa 5 2 49.5 H. Bauer, Cochranton, Pa 5 2 49.4 P. Beer, Erie, Pa 4 3 45.4 V. Williams, Russell, Pa 4 3 44.5 G. Lobaugh, Erie, Pa 3 4 43.2 F. Graham, Centerville, Pa 3 4 43.1 J. Maples, Hubbard, Pa 3 4 40.6 J. Prosba, W. Newton, Pa 2 5 42.2 T. Kownacki, Fairview, Pa 2 5 40.1 C. Larson, Erie, Pa 2 5 40.0 J. Wilhem, Erie, Pa 1 6 37.6 G. Coover, Erie, Pa 0 7 34.1 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964 43

Northwest Penn. — (Continued) CLASS B W L % E. Semock, Erie, Pa 9 1 46.0 E. Copeland, Cochranton, Pa 8 2 46.2 C. Walter, Erie, Pa 7 3 47.2 F. St. John, Erie, Pa 7 3 38.2 J. Kuchcinski Jr., Wesleyville, Pa 5 2 42.5 D. Marsh, Russell, Pa 4 3 49.8 E. Kuchcinski, Wesleyville, Pa 4 3 38.2 D. Harper, Brush Valley, Pa 4 3 37.7 E. Czernek, Erie, Pa 4 3 35.1 A. Adams, Erie, Pa 3 4 37.5 E. Schuller, Erie, Pa 2 5 32.1 J. Abbott, Erie, Pa 2 5 31.3 J. Perkowski, Erie, Pa 2 5 29.4 J. Balogh, Erie, Pa 1 6 32.2 R. Conrad, Erie, Pa 1 6 23.2 B. Bowes, Erie, Pa 0 7 20.9

D. Kuchinski, Upset Title Winner In Erie, Pa. County Meet Fifteen-year-old Dannie Kuchcinski pulled a major upset when he won the Class A championship in the Erie County Horse Shoe Tournament at Glen- wood Park, Erie, Pa. Young Danny posted a perfect 7-0 won-loss record en route to his stunning victory. In his last game, he nudged Francis White, 50-49, in his closest game of the event. Danny finished with a 72.1 ringer percentage. Joe Peters finished second to Danny with a 6-1 ledger while Wes Kuchcin- ski, Glen Sebring and Jack Potter all closed with 4-3 marks. Elmer Semock won one Class B title with a 6-1 mark while Joe Kuchcinski, Jr., copped the other 'B' toga with a 7-0 standard. Frank Sirak of Fairview and I. C. Smith annexed the two class C crowns with respective 6-1 and 5-1 records while C. Bell took Class D with 4-1. CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % Dan Kuchcinski .... 7 0 72.1 Joe Kuchcinski Jr . 7 0 46.0 Joe Peters 6 1 66.0 Cliff Walter 5 2 48.0 Wes Kuchcinski .... 4 3 66.3 Tony Kowancki 5 2 47.0 Glen Sebring 4 3 64.0 Harry Westfall , 3 4 40.5 Jack Potter 4 3 62.0 Glen Coover 3 4 35.0 Joe Kuchcinski .... 2 5 55.0 Ed Kuchcinski 2 5 38.0 Francis White .1 6 60.0 A1 Perkowski 2 5 36.0 Ed Wurst Sr 0 7 53.0 Joe Balogh 1 6 33.0 CLASS B CLASS C W L % W L % Elmer Semock 6 1 50.2 Frank Sirak 6 1 36.0 Frank Hall 5 2 47.0 H. Lewis 6 1 35.3 Irwin Wurst 5 2 45.2 R. Hellman ... 6 1 34.5 Carl Larson 5 2 45.0 G. Baumann 3 4 30.0 Gene Lobaugh 3 4 41.0 E. Hellman 3 4 26.0 Paul Beer 3 4 40.5 B. Baumann 2 5 20.0 Bud Perkowski 0 7 37.0 B. Bowes 1 6 20.0 Bruce Discher 0 7 34.0 J. Stankey 0 7 21.0 44 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

Bud Wyatt Winner in Play-Off For Panhandle Open Title By virtue of winning 3 straight from his opponents in the play-off round robin, Bud Wyatt took possession of the top spot in the annual Panhandle Horseshoe Club Open tournament held at Kimball, Nebraska.

CLASS A GROUP ONE GROUP TWO W L % W L % Bud Wyatt 4 1 57.5 5 0 65.4 Ralph Fleharty 4 1 55.2 3 2 52.1 Les Forsyth 3 2 58.0 3 2 51.9 Lee Laughlin 3 2 57.6 2 3 58.8 Wade Dilley 1 4 46.5 1 4 51.1 Harry Mason 0 5 44.6 Geo. Schmidt 1 4 48.3

CLASS B CLASS C W L % Russell Dilley 6 1 49.3 Martin Arnesdorf ...... 6 0 37.7 Floyd Adams 5 2 47.7 Joe Westman 5 1 35.9 Ray Evans 5 2 38.2 Ed Wolf 3 3 33.8 Gene Stauffer 4 3 44.7 Chas. Case 3 3 31.6 Chas. Palm , 3 4 41.8 Frank Madison 2 4 31.6 John Freeburg 3 4 34.7 Owen Clayton , , 1 5 29.4 Bill Carlson 2 5 32.7 Harold Clark 1 5 21.4 Harry Schmidt 0 7 31.8

The carrying case advertised in previous issues will be forthcoming in the future. At the present it has reached an unfortunate snag. This ad may be discon- tinued for the time being until a large supply of cases are made.

The shop which is to make them, became involved in a good money making project of a business machine. It was to make the cases in spare time, but is too busy at the present. All we can do is wait.

TED ALLEN HORSESHOES Many letters say that this Is the best shoe that they have ever used. It must be true, according to their records. At the least, there has never been a better shoe. Made in four tempers. «» NO ONE CAN BE WRONG IN TRYING A PAIR 1045 LINDEN AVENUE BOULDER, COLORADO 80302 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - No., 1964 45

1965 Valley Of The Sun Tournament Date Set By Walter Stearns How about planning your winter vacation now and arrange for it to include Mesa, Arizona, the site of the annual Valley of the Sun Open tournament ? The Class B division will play on February 20 and 21 and will include pitchers with 55 percent ringer averages and under. Class A will play on February 27 and 28 and will be for those pitchers over 55 percent ringer average. Homer Moefield of California is the defending champion of the Class A section. More details will be published in the December and January issues of the News Digest. In the meantime start making plans to be on hand when this annual wintertime "ringerama" starts.

Oklahoma Open, Vinita, Oklahoma Thirty two players from five states, (Kansas, Missouri, Texas, California, and Oklahoma) qualified in four classes. CLASS A W L R SP % Reheis, M. W., Douglas, Kansas 7 0 265 370 71.6 Schrum, Charles, Bartlesville, Okla 5 2 244 370 65.9 Randall, Ralph, Barstow, Calif , 5 2 273 446 61.2 Mogus, Andy, Bartlesville, Okla . 4 3 235 392 60.0 Muirheid, W. F., Tulsa, Okla 3 4 259 454 57.0 Alldredge, Eddie, Miami, Okla 3 4 200 400 50.0 Fermin, Claude, Viola, Kansas 1 6 163 380 42.1 Graves, Bill, Douglas, Kansas 0 7 102 312 32.6 CLASS B W L R SP % Burgess, Marvin, Ballenger, Texas 8 1 291 532 54.7 Ehrsam, Jesse, Golden City, Mo , 7 2 307 592 51.8 Kahle, G. R., Bartlesville, Okla , 7 2 286 536 53.3 Cunningham, Ervil, McPherson, Kans , 6 3 272 514 52.9 Moritz, Bill, Lamar, Mo . , 6 3 287 562 51.0 Hyde, Gordon, Lamar, Mo 4 5 282 586 48.1 Sharpe, Bill, Okla. City, Okla 4 5 232 582 39.8 Bettis, Willis, Tulsa, Okla 2 7 204 510 40.0 Bayless, W. W., Springfield, Mo ... 1 8 220 556 39.5 Belden, Al, Tulsa, Okla 0 9 188 544 34.5 CLASS C W L R SP % Hibbard, Earl, Anthony, Kansas 4 1 139 284 48.9 Yeoman, Glen, Springfield, Mo 4 1 126 280 45.0 Belden, Bob Tulsa, Okla 3 2 122 310 39.3 Haff, Lewis, Ketchum, Okla 2 3 95 244 38.9 Smith. M. N.. Vinita, Okla 2 3 107 306 34.9 CLASS D W L R SP % Mackey, Clifford, Okla. City, Okla , 4 1 115 304 37.8 Smith, Laverne, Bartlesville, Okla , . 4 1 108 316 34.1 Smith, Al, Springfield, Mo , , 3 2 107 346 30.9 Renbarger, Don, Okla. City, Okla ... 3 2 92 314 29.3 Hughes, Carl, Vinita, Okla 1 4 78 310 25.1 Allen, Clinton D., Vinita, Okla .... 0 5 55 270 20.3 46 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/Oct. - Nov., 1964

1965 World Tournament Dates The 1965 World & National Tournament will be held July 31 through August 10th in Wheelock Park, Keene, N. H. on the 24 court layout of the local club. Wednesday, August 4th will be the final day for qualifying with round robin play starting the next day. The schedule of play will be about the same as this year's tournament. The 1965 World Tournament was awarded to Keene, N. H. by a vote of the 1964 NHPA Convention at Greenville. Minutes of the 1964 convention will appear in a later issue of the "Digest" when space permits.

Amos Whitaker Elected To New England Horseshoe Center Amos Whitaker of Orange, Massachusetts was recently elected to a direc- torship and promoter of the newly organized New England Horseshoe Center. The group operates from 222 East River Street in Orange, Massachusetts. The Orange National Horseshoe Center is now in effect with the Orange Na- tional Bank. The Orange county league has 30 junior members working very enthus- iastically for a place for indoor courts. The Twin City league is now organized in Orange and it is hoped that it will soon combine with the Orange National Center which plans on locating in other quarters.

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"From Out Of The Mail Bag"

M. F. Ellis Cobb, Editor, Horseshoe Pitchers Digest 1307 Solfisburg Avenue Aurora, Illinois Dear Sir, I want to take this opportunity of expressing my congratulations and ap- preciation to the Topeka, Kansas Horseshoe club, especially Perl Pepple, Alvin Gandy and H. G. Collett and all the others that had a part in making **The Heart of Kansas" tournament the success that it was. No one ever treated me any better than they did. I want to especially thank the women for the way they handled the refreshments at the stands. Everyone treated you fine. The courts were in wonderful shape. The grounds keepers deserve a great deal of credit. They were really "on the ball." I have never attended a better tournament, and I have been around a lot. This being my forty-fourth year. God willing I expect to be there again next year. Sincerely, Ernie Danielson 221 So. 10th Burlington, Iowa

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