James Solomon Wins Eastern National Horseshoe Crown

Jimmy Solomon, the Pennsylvania State Champion, became the 1965 Eastern National Champion by going undefeated in the round robin competition. Jimmy appeared to be in serious trouble only once. That was when he was nudged by George Mahalic of West Virginia 50-47, with both pitchers throwing a relatively low 64.9%. Even with this low game, Jimmy managed to compile a phenomenal average of 81.0%. Jimmy’s best game of the tournament was with Al Zadroga when Jimmy threw 89.0% winning 51-21. The highest percentage game of the Clas A competition cam when Zadroga defeated Ted Allen 51-20 while throwing 89.4%.

Class B honors went to Glenn Riffle who also had the distinction of throwing the highest percentage game of the entire tournament, a 93.3% against Robert Bird. In this game, Glenn only missed two shoes.

Class A

James Solomon	15	0	81.0
Elmer Hohl	13	2	79.8
Al Zadroga	13	2	78.3
Dan Kuchcinski	10	5	72.3
Oscar Engle	9	6	75.1
George Mahalic	8	7	70.6
Wes Kuchcinski	8	7	66.7
Sam Sutton	7	8	73.5
Dale Carson	7	8	70.3
Ted Allen	6	9	72.6
Frank Kilinsky	6	9	63.4
John Fulton	5	10	67.1
Howard Schriver		11	66.8
William Riley	4	11	66.8
Clyde Martz	4	11	63.5
Carl Metzler	0	15	Forf.

Class B Group 1

Clair Bruce	6	1	64.6
Joe Whaor	5	2	68.7
Relman Wilson	5	2	66.9
Jim Knisley	3	4	61.0
Ed Roberts	3	4	58.9
Jim Wilcoxin	3	4	54.2
Blair Shever	2	5	63.0
John Clingan	1	6	58.9

Class B Group 2

Glenn Riffle	7	0	74.1
Harold Tuttle	5	2	65.8
Jack Potter	4	3	64.9
Herman Boyer	3	4	57.2
Glenn Brown	3	4	56.9
Joe Kuchcinski Jr.	3	4	56.1
Robert Werner	2	5	54.2
Robert Bird	1	6	44.9

Class C

Jack Rainbow	5	0	56.4
Joe Kuchcinski Sr.	4	1	59.5
Burrell Brobeck	3	2	56.1
David Marsh	2	3	43.1
Thomas Board	1	4	50.6
Vernon Wellington	0	5	41.3

Class D

Arner Lindquist	5	0	61.1
Andrew Ponick	3	2	55.4
Clyde Gilmore	3	2	54.7
Fred Lutter	2	3	48.3
Al Booth	1	4	47.5
Lester Lindley	1	4	44.3