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James Knisley – February Red Mill Open Champion

 

          James Knisley of Bremen, Oh defeated Clyde Martz of Pittsburgh in a sudden death playoff to capture the second 1968 Red Mill winter horseshoe tournament.  Jim had an excellent tournament, averaging an 80.6% and having only one game under the 80% mark – a 78.3%.

          The Sowa brothers then ganged up on the Class B and C pitchers, with Pete winning B and Charles Winning C – both of them going undefeated.

 

Class A-1

Clyde Martz

4

0

76.1

Oscar Engle

3

1

76.8

Rich Maroni

2

2

69.9

Howard Shriver

1

3

69.9

Vince Sedlacek

0

4

61.1

 

Class A-2

James Knisley

4

0

80.6

Sam Sutton

2

2

76.9

James Solomon

2

2

69.8

Frank Peluso

2

2

65.3

Al Booth

0

4

60.1

 

Class B

Pete Sowa

4

0

66.7

John Ruskin

3

1

61.1

Clyde Sprowls

2

2

52.0

Vernon Wellington

1

3

64.8

Charles Sowa

0

4

35.2

 

Class C

Charles Sowa

4

0

51.2

Robert Lehman

3

1

45.6

Dean Mayes

2

2

48.8

Nelson Ealy

1

3

35.0

Robert Werner

0

4

32.7

 

 

©1999 by Steve Morris