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 Jefferson, tucked away in the hills of Greene county in southwestern Pennsylvania, but a Mecca for horseshoe pitchers, was conducted on September 19th and 20th 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 Solomon 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.

 

Class A

Jim Solomon

11

0

76.7

Al Zadroga

9

2

74.8

G. Mehallic

9

2

73.6

Oscar Engle

6

5

70.0

Jim Ohler

6

5

68.4

Howard Shriver

6

5

66.8

John Clingan

5

6

61.6

Dale Carson

4

7

65.4

Sam Sutton

4

7

64.0

Frank Kilinsky

4

7

63.9

Herman Boyer

2

9

61.1

 

Class B

Group One

Matt Voithofer

5

0

62.5

Tom Board

4

1

57.7

J. Wilcoxen

3

2

54.8

Al Booth

2

3

47.4

Clyde Falk

1

4

43.7

Red Wellington

0

5

30.7

 

Group 2

Joe Wohar

5

0

59.9

Bob Bird

3

2

54.5

Clair Bruce

3

2

58.8

Charles Cooley

3

2

53.6

Jim Prosba

1

4

46.9

Jim Funkhouser

0

5

48.7

 

Class C

Norm Barrett

5

0

43.6

Walt Schirosky

3

2

41.3

Clarence Black

3

2

40.9

Peter Sowa

2

3

37.7

Pete Vlachos

2

3

37.0

F. Bruce

0

5

24.0

 

Class D

Russell Wade

4

1

42.4

Phil Lovetere

4

1

43.4

Hennen

3

2

41.8

Nick Wohar

2

3

34.1

Wright

1

4

33.5

Mike Cherup

1

4

30.0

 

Class E

Frank Oliverio

4

1

44.2

Marsland Comstock

4

1

34.2

Ralph Walters

3

2

31.7

Gene Ealy

2

3

28.0

Carl Ealy

1

4

31.7

John Barnhart

1

4

27.2

 

Class F

Ball

4

1

42.1

Michaels

4

1

34.4

Cramer

4

1

38.0

Phillips

2

3

30.4

McDonald

1

4

21.4

Sprowls

0

5

21.4

 

 

 

©1999 by Steve Morris