Zadroga In High Percentage To Win Washington, Pennsylvania April Open
Al Zadroga of Elizabeth was just too much for everyone in one of the toughest fought tournaments Washington has ever seen. Al blazed through the event with an overall 7 game average of 85.0% - 83.6% in the 5 man round robin, and 86.1% in the final playoffs. This represented a new high for Al. What a way to break out of his slight slump of last year!
However,
even with this tremendous performance, Al did not go unscathed. Howard Shriver of West Virginia nanaged to
put his best game (84%) against Al’s poorest (80%) and defeated Al in what
appeared at that time the most exciting game of the tournament. But wait, don’t go away! Up stepped Happy-go-lucky Buck Engle in the
final game of the playoff. Both
pitchers appeared to be tired and seemed to want to get the tournament over as
soon as possible. (Buck was out of the
running, and a win over Al would only throw it into a tie with either Martz of
Shriver, depending on who won on the next court). The thought that the last
game might be a quick one was quickly evaporated. At the end of 100 shoes with the score only 29 to 24 in favor of
Al, we all realized that the boys meant business. The game finally ended after
152 shoes with Al ahead and throwing 88.2% and Buck 82.9%. Al missed only 18 out of 152!!!!!
Oscar Engle
|
4 |
0 |
80.5 |
|
Clyde Martz |
3 |
1 |
76.3 |
|
Frank Kilinksy |
2 |
2 |
69.3 |
|
John Ruskin |
1 |
3 |
62.4 |
|
Clair Bruce |
0 |
4 |
57.9 |
Class A-2
Al Zadroga
|
3 |
1 |
83.6 |
|
Howard Shriver |
3 |
1 |
75.9 |
|
Sam Sutton |
3 |
1 |
74.5 |
|
Rich Maroni |
1 |
3 |
71.0 |
|
Pete Sowa |
0 |
4 |
65.4 |
Class A Playoffs
Al Zadroga
|
3 |
0 |
86.1 |
|
Howard Shriver |
1 |
2 |
73.8 |
|
Clyde Martz |
1 |
2 |
73.8 |
|
Oscar Engle |
0 |
3 |
78.2 |
Class B
Clyde Sprowls
|
4 |
0 |
58.9 |
|
Vince Sedlacek |
2 |
2 |
54.1 |
|
Vernon Wellington |
2 |
2 |
53.2 |
|
Charles Semans |
1 |
3 |
55.6 |
|
Charles Sowa |
0 |
4 |
34.2 |
©1999 by Steve Morris