Red Mill February Open Winners Named

 

    Sam Sutton of Washington won the Class A division of the Red Mill February Open Tournament held February 18th and 19th with a ringer percentage of 81.4.  Sutton had to beat Howard Shriver of Wadestown West Virginia in a playoff game to win.  Sutton accumulated 99 ringers out of 120 shoes and Shriver tossed 95 out of the 120 shoes.  Howard finished second with an 80.4 ringer percentage.

    Class B winner was Pete Sowa with a percentage of 72.3.  Runner-up was John Ruskin with 64.8%.  Carl Nagode took the Class C honors winning four straight games and compiling a ringer percentage of 63.2.  Nagode’s roughest game was with Clyde Falk who pitched a 55.4% average.  Bob Bird clinched the Class D spot by pitching a 52.1%.  Charles Sowa of Ardara was runner-up.  Class E winner was Clyde Sprowls with John Barnhardt as runner-up.  Nelson Ealy won the Class F division and runner-up was John Wagner.

 

Class A

Sam Sutton

4

1

81.4

Howard Shriver

3

2

80.4

Clyde Martz

2

2

73.5

Jim Solomon

1

3

75.3

Frank Kilinsky

1

3

71.6

 

Class B

Pete Sowa

4

0

72.3

John Ruskin

3

1

64.8

V. Wellington

2

2

60.3

Al Booth

1

3

56.2

R. Werner

0

4

42.1

 

Class C

C. Nagode

4

0

63.2

D. Mayes

2

2

55.4

A. Ponick

2

2

48.7

Clyde Falk

1

3

49.6

J. Chernay

1

3

42.4

 

Class D

Bob Bird

3

0

52.1

C. Sowa

2

1

49.2

George Combs

0

3

48.6

Nick Wohar

0

3

45.0

 

Class E

Clyde Sprowls

4

1

44.7

J. Barnhardt

2

2

45.9

R. Lehman

2

2

35.5

M. Edmiston

0

3

40.5

 

Class F

N. Ealy

3

0

45.9

John Wagner

2

1

33.8

C. Ealy

1

2

23.6

C. Wright

0

3

23.3

 

 

©1999 by Steve Morris