Show I Barnyard Golfers re Doing Their Stuff I Ia I I I I a f 1 I. I jt 1 S 'S k j r i l' l Right Right Upper Mrs Mrs' John Francisco woman champion George M May world champion Frank C Spencer Lower Harold Falor boy wonder C. C C. C Davis G George rge May Defending His World Title in inI I J Tourney LAKE WORTH Fla Feb 21 Putt Mossman 17 years old Eldora Eldora Eldora El- El dora Iowa of horseshoes went down to defeat yesterday in inthe inthe inthe the third days day's play of midwinter tournament of the National Horseshoe Horseshoe Horse Horse- shoe Pitching association but not until his match with C. C C. C Davies Cleveland Ohio veteran had d de developed developed de- de into a brand of pitching seldom seen The boy forced Davis to go to a percentage of 77 for ringers pitched or with 03 per cent of the tle worlds world's mark made by F F. E. E Jac Jackson Jaclson on Iowa in the Cleveland Cleveand tournament a Each r had won won nine games straight In sixty eight shoes pitched Davis threw two forty-two ringers ringer and fourteen double ringers overcoming his youthful antagonist by six on ringers and five on dou dou- doubles bles This leaves Davis Dayi the only undefeated contender in itt this series Featuring th the afternoons afternoon's play was the defeat of Jackson by Loren May Akron Ohio 60 50 to 32 32 May twirling three thirty ringers and ten doubles in sixty shoes pitched while rile the Hawkeye man could do no better than twenty twenty- eight ringers and anti six doubles Besides the matches between women contestants today tion and trick pitching will occupy a good part of tho tim program program By BILLY DIllY EVANS Every sport has Its Us classic the big thrill of ot the season In Iii 1 baseball Its It's th the world series staged e each ch fall tall between the pennant winners of ot the American and National leagues The golfing punch Is JS crowded into the national open and amateur cham cham- The games game's greatest players players play play- ers era take part Football usually has more nore than one classic since it is impossible b by schedule to determine the gridiron championship of ot the colleges In tennis the annual battle for tor the Davis cup and the premier honor which gots with the winning Is the high spot in that strenuous sport The Kentucky Derby is th the last word wordin in the turf world Tile winning of that event is the cherished ambition of ot every breeder of ot thoroughbreds NOW FOR HORSESHOES for a place in these sport classics is the good old game of horseshoes horse horse- shoes sometimes referred to as barnyard barnyard barn yard golf golt While sport statisticians aro ase unable to give any accurate dope a conservative conservative conservative conser conser- estimate on the part of the r figger hounds is that at least one million people are interested in the artof art artof of ot tossing the horseshoes Great st excitement it now P pi prevails among PI players and devotees of barnyard r golf fl for the national championship Is beIng being be- be Ing staged at Lake Lale Worth Fla I During the week of February 23 18 the leading horseshoe pitchers of or th the 1 country clash at Lake Alee Worth one of the beauty spots on the east coast There the contestants bask hask in the tho sun- sun shine of the great climate Florida L boasts For the spectator is the shade shad S of the sheltering palm as as the song soft songwriters writers put It I CLASSY ENTRY LIST I IThe The Tho committee in itt charge is S authority fo for tho the statement that th the a I entry list is the classiest of any national national na na- horseshoe event cv ever r staged The national champion George Ma May Mayor v of or Akron Altron Ohio nearly neaIly al the tho na ex champions as well vell as a majority majority majority ma ma- of or the state title holders are en en The prize list is a 0 most at attractive at- at tr one recently it has ben been customary t to stage the national championship twice during the year In February southern c city usually u in Florida O es ei 11 naF has staged the e event while a north northern em ern city puts it over during the sum sum- mer Cleveland was the host last laz t summer George Georg Mo May present holder of ot the hi a title defends his honors May Is 15 one on 3 of the best horseshoe pitchers in the thi country r rarely rely finishing outside the tho mone money Perhaps the most Interesting figure In the barnyard golf golt sport Is Harold Falor year old boy wonder He lie a broke l Into to the tho limelight when he cap captured ap p- p the world title now held by May at the winter meet staged in in St. St Petersburg Petersburg Pe Pe- Fla last February Among the women enthusiasts Mrs John Francisco is to horseshoes what wha t. t Collet Conet or Alexa Stirling Is ti tithe to P lithe the feminine golfers I |