18 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/September, 1977 Records Broken or Tied Complete Tournament — 7 Games Total Ringers, 374 — Abe Austin, Illinois 1977 Double Ringers, 127 — Marvin Richmond, Minnesota 1977 Shoes Pitched, 542 — Paul Focht, Ohio 1977 Single Game Individual Ringer Pet Loser, 76.7 — Abe Austin, Illinois 1977 Ringer Winner, 73 — Paul Focht, Ohio 1977 Ringer Loser, 69 — Abe Austin, Illinois 1977 Doubles Winner, 29 — Paul Focht, Ohio 1977 Doubles Loser, 26 — Abe Austin, Illinois 1977 Consecutive Ringers, 22 — Paul Focht, Ohio 1977 Single Game Both Players Ringer Pet. 78.8 — Paul Focht, Ohio & Abe Austin, Illinois 1977 Total Ringers 142 — Paul Focht, Ohio & Abe Austin, Illinois 1977 Double Ringer 55 — Paul Focht, Ohio & Abe Austin, Illinois 1977 Cancelled Ringers 114 — Paul Focht, Ohio & Abe Austin, Illinois 1977 Four deads 15 — Paul Focht, Ohio & Abe Austin, Illinois 1977 Consecutive 4 deads 6 — Marvin Richmond, Minn. & Floyd Plumb, Ohio INTERMEDIATE Ml — CHAMPIONSHIP Intermediate Men — Championship Class C — Intermediate Men W L % W L % Woody Martin, Illinois 7 0 72.8 George Puskar, Mich 5 2 50.6 Glen Riffle, Ohio 6 1 76.3 Don Stump, Ohio 4 3 51.6 Andrew Paglarini, Minn 4 3 70.3 Tom Pearce, Ohio 4 3 50.3 Rich Maroni, Penn 4 3 67.3 Clark Karr, Illinois 4 3 47.0 Kenny Dawes, Ohio 3 4 67.7 Baron Parker, NY 3 4 49.4 Harvey Kohlenberger, III 2 5 69.8 Ralph Dykes, III 3 4 47.3 Lee Bussard, Neb 1 6 60.4 Wally Frank, Mich 3 4 45.0 Jim Kemple, Ind 1 6 59.3 Ken Drury, Can 2 5 42.3 Class B Men — Intermediate Class D — Intermediate Men W L % W L % Mark Freeman, Mich 5 2 60.7 Chuck RobalI, Penn 3 1 55.3 Sol Berman, NY 5 2 56.9 Woody Wilson, Iowa 3 1 54.5 Al Ewertz, Missouri 4 3 57.7 Gene Willich, III 2 2 50.0 Norwood Ramey, Ohio 4 3 54.4 LaVon Sperline, Kan 2 2 42.6 Jerry Boesch, Ohio 3 4 51.3 Harold Blackmann, Col 0 4 45.9 Omar Blacketer, Ken 3 4 49.3 William Wilkinson, Ohio 3 4 46.0 Class E — Intermediate Men Joe Lenard, Mich 1 6 42.1 W L % Dale Henry, Ohio 5 1 50.5 WORLD RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED Henry Kahle, Ohio 4 2 55.1 Ross Sornberger, Iowa 4 2 54.9 Complete Tournament Seven Games Meril Anleitner, Mich 3 3 45.5 Ringer Pet. 76.3 Glen Riffle, Ohio 1977 Wade Zieske, Minn 3 3 39.9 Total Ringers 430 Woody Martin, Illinois 1977 Fred English, Kan 1 5 37.8 Double Ringer 157 Woody Martin, Illinois 1977 Charles Bailey, Okla 1 5 33.9 Shoes Pitched 590 Woody Martin, Illinois 1977 Single Game Individual Ringer Pet. — Winning Player 88.3 Glen Riffle, Ohio 1977 Ringer Pet. Losing Player 77.0 Harvey Kohlenberger, III. 1977 Doubles — Loser 30 Harvey Kohlenberger, III. 1977 Consecutive Ringers 22 Glen Riffle, Ohio 1977 Single Game — Both Players Total Ringers — 156 — Woody Martin, Illinois 1977. Harvey Kohlenberger, Illinois Double Ringer — 63 — Harvey Kohlenberger, Illinois Four deads — 19 — Harvey Kohlenberger, Illinois The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/September, 1977 Qualifying — Doubles — 35 — Glen Riffle, Ohio, 1977 Other Statistics for 1977 Event — Not all records High Qualifier — Glen Riffle, Ohio — 263 High Game Glen Riffle, Ohio — 88.3 High Average — Glen Riffle, Ohio — 76.3 Longest Game — Martin & Kohlenberger — 100 Shoes Gene Wittlich had a 75.0 game in Class D. WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP Women's Championship Class E — Women's Championship W L % W L % Debby Michaud, Mass 6 1 75.0 Joyce Schlosser, Ohio 4 1 45.2 Ruth Hangen, NY 6 1 77.0 Rose Curley, Ohio 3 2 39.2 Helen Roberts, Ohio 4 3 69.9 Alice Abrams, Colo 3 2 36.2 Lorraine Thomas, NY . .4 3 69.4 Gail Dallman, Wis 2 3 37.7 Opal Reno, Ohio 4 3 69.1 Edith Gadoury, Mass 2 3 32.5 Janet Reno, Ohio 3 4 65.4 Dorothy Schelke, Wis 1 4 30.1 Bonnie Seibold, Ind 1 6 67.2 Connie Still, Ohio 0 7 65.1 Class F — Women's Championship Class B — Women's Championship W L % Cherrell Dombrowski, Ohio 4 2 50.6 W L % Sue Smith, Ind. 3 3 45.7 Kelly O'Brien, Wash 7 0 72.2 Jean Myers, Ohio 3 3 44.8 Tari Carpenter, III 6 1 67.3 Mary McVey, Can 3 3 44.5 Juanita Phelps, Va 5 2 65.0 Dorothy Williams, Ohio 3 3 42.2 Cindy Dean, Va 4 3 67.2 Alice Case, NY 3 3 39.1 Jean Swarthout, Mich 3 4 61.3 Alice Mullen, Okla 2 4 46.1 Mary Archer, Can 1 6 63.8 JaneDisinger, NY 1 6 56.5 Class G — Women's Championship Jackie McCombs, Ohio 1 6 51.3 W L % Class C — Women's Championship Marilyn Hanes, N. mex 6 0 34.2 Delia Moore, Ariz 5 1 26.3 W L % Dianne Still, Ohio 4 2 33.8 Vicki Winston, Missouri 7 0 72.2 Avanelle Brown, Ohio 3 3 30.2 Sandy Wohlgemuth, Mich 6 1 63.2 Betty Mauney, Calif 1 5 27.4 Gloria Vanderburg, Can 4 3 68.8 Dorothy Slocum, Ohio 1 5 27.2 Pat Eaton, Wis 4 3 58.4 lleta Davis, Ind 1 5 21.9 Candy Loy, Ind 3 4 54.6 Lori Brown, III 2 5 50.7 Class H — Women's Championship Betty Inge, Va 1 6 46.7 Phyllis Negard, Minn 1 6 45.2 W L % Pat Kawasaki, Ohio 4 1 32.6 Class D — Women's Championship Jennifer Ison, Ohio 3 2 25.6 Mae Ambrose, Minn 3 2 25.2 W L % Agnes Snider, Ken 3 2 21.6 Janet Walrod, Okla 6 1 52.5 Anita Pateneaude, Maine 2 3 26.3 MyrleneSchleiman, SD 5 2 57.5 Marge Ouellette, NY 0 5 8.6 Claracy Bell, Ken 5 2 51.1 Flora Jones, Calif 4 3 46.3 Carolyn Coyle, Ind 4 3 46.2 Rose Gibson, III 2 5 48.5 Susie Pritzlaff, Wis 2 5 36.1 Women's Records Tied or Broken Complete Tournament 7 Games Single Game — Individual Total Ringers, 448 — Ruth Hangen, NY 1977 Ringers — Winner, 105 — Ruth Hangen, NY 1977 Doubles, 172 — Ruth Hangen, NY 1977 Ringers — Loser, 104 — Debby Michaud, Mass. 1977 Shoes Pitched 582 — Ruth Hangen, NY 1977 Doubles — Winner, 43 — Ruth Hangen, NY 1977 Doubles — Loser, 41 — Debby Michaud, Mass. 1977 Single Game — Both Players Longest Game, 134 — Ruth Hangen, NY & Debby Michaud, Mass. 1977 Total Ringers, 209 — Ruth Hangen, NY & Debby Michaud, Mass. 1977 Doubles, 84 — Ruth Hangen, NY & Debby Michaud, Mass. 1977 Cancelled Ringers, 180 — Ruth Hangen, NY & Debby Michaud, Mass. 1977 Four Deads, 30 — Ruth Hangen, NY & Debby Michaud, Mass. 1977 Consecutive 4 Dead, 6 — Ruth Hangen, NY & Bonnie Seibold, Ind. 20 The Horseshoe Pitcher's News Digest/September, 1977 BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP Boys Championship Class G — Boys Championship W L % W L % Brian Neff, Ohio 7 0 81.6 Jerry Sease, Iowa 4 1 50.5 Jeff Williams, Calif 5 2 81.5 Jerry Wickham, Ohio 4 1 45.0 Steve H oh I, Canada 4 3 80.4 Dion Gyorkos, Mich 3 2 42.0 Randy Hymer, Ohio 4 3 77.0 John Maroon, III 2 3 32.2 Brian Simmons, Maine 4 3 74.4 Roger Poindexter, Ind 1 4 37.5 Paul Roberts, Iowa 3 4 70.8 Bryan Poindexter, Ind 1 4 35.0 Jerry DarnoId, Iowa 1 6 69.0 MikeWhitton, Ind 0 7 51.4 Class H — Boys Championship Class B — Boys Championship W L % DarryI Walker, Wash 4 1 46.0 W L % Kyle Kingma, Ind 3 2 46.0 Ricky Howe, Mass 7 0 72.0 Richard Parker, NY 3 2 39.0 Mark Bussey, Ohio 4 3 67.4 Mike Ballwanz, Wis 2 3 37.0 Dave Simmet, Mich 4 3 62.3 Tod Schlosser, Ohio 2 3 16.0 Terry Conrad, Ind 4 3 56.2 Bret Pritzlaff, Wis 1 4 28.0 Jonathan Williams, Calif 3 4 62.2 Kenny Fales, NH 3 4 62.0 Class I — Boys Championship Eric Kingma, Ind 2 5 58.1 Billy Vanderburg, Can 1 6 59.9 W L % Dennis Gibbs, Ohio 6 1 40.0 Class C — Boys Championship George Case, NY 6 1 40.8 Jim Kuchcinski, Penn 5 2 28.3 W L % David Bert rand, W. Va 4 3 20.8 Bob Bartlett, Wash 4 1 66.9 Robert Deuster, NY 3 4 25.8 John Dooley, Can 4 1 62.9 Keith Cessna, III 3 4 23.0 Steve Hummel, Ohio 3 2 64.6 Charles Smith, Ohio 1 6 21.0 Phil Hummel, Ohio 2 3 65.1 Robert Traquair, NH 2 3 51.3 Class J — Boys Championship Ricky Bell, Ken 0 5 54.5 W L % Class D — Boys Championship BobCoyle, NY 6 0 28.7 Paul Domey, Mass 4 2 39.2 W L % Charles Bertrand, W. Va 4 2 36.7 Alden Sandquist, Minn 5 0 58.9 Eddie Traquair, N. Hamp 2 4 24.6 Marvin Brown, Ohio 4 1 56.2 Tracy Johnson, Ohio 2 4 20.8 Tracey Sperline, Kan 2 3 53.4 Rick Green, Can 2 4 14.2 Fred Kingma, Ind 2 3 45.2 Mark Taylor, Ken 1 5 10.0 J.D.