Al Zadroga Wins 1966 Jefferson Open Undefeated
Al Zadroga of Elizabeth, Pa., won the fourth annual Jefferson Open Horseshoe tournament sponsored annually by the Jefferson firemen. Pitching a steady brand of horseshoes, Zadroga determinedly repelled attack after attack to go down to the wire undefeated; no stranger was he as Al won the first Jefferson championship in 1963 in a playoff with Buck Engle of Pittsburgh. Jimmy Solomon came in second place with his usual brilliant pitching with the highest percentage in the tournament, averaging 80.53% and losing only to Zadroga and Wohar. Howard Shriver, Wadestown, West Virginia sharpshooter, shaded defending champion Jim Ohler of Scottdale and Sam Sutton of Washington for third position, averaging 76.16%.
In
a round robin pitch-off, Clair Bruce of New Wilmington, Pa., won the Class B
championship from Pete Sowa, Versailles, Pa., Albert Booth of Washington and
Jack Rainbow of Monaca who finished in the order as above, Sowa being the
runnerup.
Class
C was strictly a West Virginia affair with Tom Husty of Rivesville downing
Russell Wade of Wadestown 50-13 in a play-off game as both went through their
class with identical 5-1 marks.
In
Class D Harry Johnson of Garards Fort, Pa., went undefeated to edge out Harley
Hennen of Burton, West Virginia; while in Lcasses E and F Wilbur Barnhart of
West Finley and Charles Sowa of Ardara were like bulls in a china shop to
demolish their helpless and hapless competition.
Al Zadroga
|
10 |
0 |
76.2 |
Jim Solomon |
8 |
2 |
80.5 |
Howard Shriver |
7 |
3 |
76.1 |
Jim Ohler |
4 |
3 |
74.2 |
Sam Sutton |
7 |
3 |
73.1 |
Joe Wohar |
4 |
6 |
67.0 |
Frank Kilinsky |
4 |
6 |
66.7 |
Voithofer |
3 |
7 |
65.7 |
Ponick |
3 |
7 |
61.0 |
Harold Tuttle |
2 |
8 |
66.2 |
Clyde Falk |
0 |
10 |
50.3 |
Oscar Engle |
0 |
10 |
Forf. |
Class B – Group 1
Clair Bruce
|
4 |
1 |
54.1 |
Al Booth |
4 |
1 |
50.6 |
Nagode |
4 |
1 |
44.3 |
Nick Wohar |
2 |
3 |
49.4 |
Cyril Enders |
1 |
4 |
48.4 |
Jim Funkhouser |
0 |
5 |
36.5 |
Class B – Group 2
Peter Sowa
|
4 |
1 |
54.6 |
Jack Rainbow |
4 |
1 |
50.3 |
Oliverio |
3 |
2 |
52.3 |
Jamison |
2 |
3 |
51.2 |
Muhar |
2 |
3 |
44.0 |
Clarence Black |
0 |
5 |
34.8 |
Class C
Husty
|
6 |
1 |
39.3 |
Wade |
5 |
2 |
48.6 |
Melega |
4 |
2 |
37.9 |
Combs |
3 |
3 |
39.4 |
Molitoris |
2 |
4 |
34.0 |
Ganocy |
2 |
4 |
33.2 |
Wright |
0 |
6 |
29.5 |
Class D
Johnson
|
5 |
0 |
38.7 |
Hennen |
4 |
1 |
38.2 |
Sprowls |
3 |
2 |
40.6 |
Schneider |
2 |
3 |
32.7 |
Wright |
1 |
4 |
28.6 |
Ealy |
0 |
5 |
26.3 |
Class E
Barnhart
|
5 |
0 |
45.7 |
Walters |
4 |
1 |
27.7 |
Allison |
3 |
2 |
31.0 |
Yokopovich |
2 |
3 |
28.1 |
Walker |
1 |
4 |
28.7 |
Wise |
0 |
5 |
16.4 |
Class F
Sowa
|
5 |
0 |
42.0 |
McConald
|
4 |
1 |
25.6 |
Ealy
|
3 |
2 |
32.2 |
Fields
|
1 |
4 |
25.0 |
Wright
|
1 |
4 |
24.1 |
Furman
|
1 |
4 |
14.4 |
©1999 by Steve Morris