Official Publication of THE NATIONAL HORSESHOE PITCHER'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA DECEMBER. 1968 2 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/December, 1968 THE HORSESHOE PITCHER'S NEWS DIGEST is published on the 15th of each month at Aurora, Illinois, U. S. A. by the National Horseshoe Pitchers' Association of America. Editorial office, P. O. Box 1606, Aurora, Illinois 60507. Subscription rate is $2.50 per year in advance. NHPA membership cards are available through each state secretary for $1.50 plus any state association dues. Forms close on the last day of each month. Advertising rates on request. F. Ellis Cobb, Editor. NATIONAL OFFICERS Ralph Dykes, 433 West North Avenue, Lombard, Illinois 60148 President James Knisley, 217 Walnut, Bremen, Ohio 43107 1st Vice-President Gerald Schneider, 1033 N. Rose Glen Ave., Rosemead, Calif. 91770 2nd Vice-President Joseph Abbott, 5840 Peck Road, Erie, Pennsylvania 16510 3rd Vice-President Ruth Hangen, 208 Burroughs Drive, Buffalo, New York 14226 4th Vice-President Robert G. Pence, 341 Polk Street, Gary, Indiana 46402 Secretary-Treasurer Volume 12 DECEMBER Number 12 Shriver of West Virginia Cans 6 Wins To Take Van Buren Open (Pa.) The Van Buren Open tournament, held at the Van Buren Horseshoe Courts in Vanport, Pa., yielded some surprises for pitchers and fans alike. For the first time the tournament held a Women's Class which was taken by Ruth Hansen of Buffalo, New York with a fine 71.8 percentage. Edith Werth, also of Buffalo, finished second with a 49.6% average. The tournament committee wants to have separate classes next year for women of high and low abilities. Consequently all women are invited to enter. In Class A, Howard Shriver of Wades town, West Virginia upended defend- ing champion Oscar Engle of Pittsburgh, Pa. Shriver held Engle to second place by defeating him 52-46 in a very close game. Shriver averaged 76.4%, although Engle edged him here with a 79.4%. Class B competition saw Jack Rainbow of Monaca, Pa. set a personal high average ringer percentage of 72.5% while also taking the class for the first time. Carl Elder of New Castle, Pa. finished a distant second with a 61.9% average. Ed Blum of Darlington, Pa. gained Class C hoonrs by defeating Ray Slocum of Akron, Ohio in a playoff. Blum finished at 60.6% while Slocum averaged 54.9%. Nick Wohar of Daisy town, Pa. won in Class D, at 43.0% and William Mea- dor, of Youngstown, Ohio placed with a 48.7%. Class E was won by A1 Stahlback of Aliquippa, Pa. who won a four way play-off to take his class. George Combs of Pittsburgh, Pa. was second. Class F was taken by Ted Corbett of New Castle, Pa., Clarence Shenton of Chester, W. Va. was second. CLASS A CLASS B W L % W L % 6 0 76.8 J. Rainbow, Penn 5 1 72.5 5 1 79.4 C. Elder, Penn 4 2 61.9 4 2 70.8 C. Semans, Penn 4 2 61.1 2 4 66.8 F. Peluso, Penn 3 3 61.3 2 4 63.1 J. Fiore, Penn 3 3 50.6 1 5 66.3 C. Falk, Penn 2 4 56.6 1 5 62.8 C. Triola, Ohio 0 6 38.8 CLASS C — E. Blum, Penn., 5-1-60.6; R. Slocum, Ohio, 4-2-54.9; B. Johnson, Penn., 3-2-53.5; T. Board, Penn., 2-3-56.4; P. Vlachos, Penn., 2-3-47.6; C. Sowa, Penn., 0-5-35-2. CLASS D — N. Wohar, Penn., 4-1-43.0; W. Meador, Ohio, 3-2-48.7; W. Richeal, Penn., 3-2-48.3; F. Osborne, Penn., 3-2-42.4; C. Nesselroad, Penn., 2-3-42.1; E. Wright, Penn., 0-5-38.8. The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/December, 1968 Shriver — (Continued) CLASS E — A. Stahlback, Penn., 6-2-43.3; G. Combs, Penn. 5-3-34.1; J. Abbot, Penn., 3-4-38.2; N. Skorich, Penn., 3-4-31.6; E. Winsper, Ohio, 2-3-29.4; C. Black, Penn., 1-4-35.0. CLASS F — T. Corbett, Penn., 5-0-30.8; C. Shenton, W. Va., 4-1-32.9; M. Churley, Penn., 3-2-32.2; L. Weigel, Penn., 2-3-26.4; C. Begley, Penn., 1-4-14.3; D. Charron, Penn., 0-5-13.7. WOMEN'S CLASS — R. Hangen, N. Y., 5-0-71.8; E. Werth, N. Y., 4-1-49.6; C. Bragg, N. Y., 2-3-34.4; O. Corbett, Penn., 2-3-30.8; B* Singleton, N. Y., 2-3-28.6; D. Genevie, Penn., 0-5-14.5. COMING EVENTS SCHEDULE 1968-69 FLORIDA TOURNAMENT Nov. 22,23,1968 — Annual Florida State Open, Plant City Fairgrounds. Write Tournament, Bradenton, Florida, John John Rademacher, Box 1589, Plant City Rademacher, Sec'y. Box 1589, Plant City, 33566, Fla. 33566 March 13-15, 1969 — Sun Coast Open, Jan. 11, 1969 — Plant City Open, Plant Horseshoe U. Bradenton, Fla. Write Hor- City Fairgrounds, write John Rademacher, ace N. Kemp. 4504-5th St. W. Braden- Box 1589, Plant City. ton. 33505 Jan. 21-25, 1969 — Manatee County Fair March 20-22, 1969 — Desoto Open, Horse- Open, Palmetto Fairgrounds. Write Horace shoe U. Bradenton, Fla. Write Horace N. N. Kemp, 4504-5th St. W. Bradenton 33505 Kemp, 4504-5th St. W. Bradenton, Fla. 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SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN, Donald PENNSYLVANIA Adams, 319 108th St. — 1 sand court. PITTSBURGH, Clyde Martz, 3233 Arapahoe ILLINOIS Road — 1 court. FRANKLIN PARK, Alan Witz, 2440 Dora PITTSBURGH, Dormont Horseshoe Club, Street — 1 court. Mark Riedl, Pres., 2631 Broadway — 4 courts. IOWA FRIEND OF THE GAME WESTFIELD, (North of Business District) PIERSON, IOWA, Robert Galles — $1.00 1 court L. — 4 dirt courts. FRANKLIN PARK, ILL., Alan Witz, 2440 MARCUS, City Park — 1 court L. Dora Street — $1.00 REMSON, City Park — 1 court L. — 4 WILKINSON, INDIANA, Ben Shores — dirt courts. $3.00 SEND ALL REGISTRATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO NHPA PRESI- DENT RALPH DYKES, 433 West North Ave., Lombard, 111. 60148 Baker Tops Vickie Winston In Play-Off At Lamar, Missouri Fair In the annual Lamar, Missouri Fair tournament, the regular round robin play ended with Dave Baker and Vickie Winston with identical records of 6 and 1. In the play-off Baker was the winner. Bill Moritz topped Class B with Ortha Ellerman coming thru Class C with a clean slate of 5. This entire meet was played on Dixon Portable courts. CLASS A — Dave Baker, 6-1-76.4; Vickie Winston, 6-1-63.3; Jewel Lilly, 5-2-53.6; Earl Winston, 5-2-61.4; Wayne Winston, 3-4-50.2; John Elkins, 2-5- 46.6; Frank Baker, 1-6-51.6; Norman Jones, 0-7-49.8. CLASS B — Bill Moritz, 6-1-55.1; Jerry Kahle, 5-2-47.8; Jess Ehrsam, 5-2- 51.1; Glenn Yoeman, 4-3-47.9; Jack Brous, 3-4-47.2; Gordon Hyde, 3-4-50.7; A1 Holding 2-5-48.5; Dorsey Durfee, 0-7-37.6. CLASS C — Otha Ellerman, 5-0-42.9; Danny Brous, 4-1-37.3; Robert Long, 3-2-36.6; Jerry Harris, 2-3-37.4; Marion Rowland, 1-4-36.8; A. Miller, 0-5-25.5. BEST WISHES for a Happy Holiday Season NHPA OFFICERS NEWS DIGEST STAFF The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/December, 1968 In Memoriam Roy Kimmell of Albion, Ind. passed away in August after a long illness. Roy was a founder and former officer of the Avilla Horseshoe club and had been active in horseshoe circles of northeast Indiana for many years. His first tournament game was in 1927 at Old Settlers Day in Columbia City, Ind. and his first opponent was Bob Pence, now the NHPA Secretary- Treasurer who was also playing in his first tournament. Sympathy of the NHPA is extended to the members of his family and the Avilla Horseshoe Club where his loss will be keenly felt. Tennessee members were saddened by the passing of Hubert Davenport. Mr. Davenport died recently of a heart attack. Hubert was one of the great horseshoe pitchers in Tennessee and was champion in many tournaments. He was a former State Fair champion and threw a 3/4 turn with a high 70% average. In one tournament between Mr. Davenport and D. Lebow "another Tennes- see great" there were so many four deads that the clay was pushed down around the stake that the top shoe was even with the clay. Mr. Davenport was always ready to help the beginners in horseshoe pitch- ing.