Oscar Engle, 1970 New Castle Fall Ringer Roundup Champion

Ringer after ringer was made – 37 in a row were pitched by Oscar Engle of Pittsburgh to win first place in the Fall Ringer Roundup Horseshoe Tournament in new Castle, September 19-20 at the George Washington Courts. At the end of regular play Clair Bruce of New Castle and Engle were tied at six wins and one loss. Bruce had won the regular game against Engle 50-26 and in the playoff the score was just about reversed as Engle started the game with 37 straight ringers and finished with 97 ringers to Bruce’s 88 out of 108 shoes. In a previous game against Sam Sutton of Washington, Pa, Engle tossed 32 consecutive ringers, which was the most anyone around New Castle ever saw before. The sight of the flying horseshoes hypnotized the hundreds of people watching!

Clyde Martz of Pittsburgh who had just won the State Championship title took third place honors with a 5-2 record and 76.6%.

First place prize was $50 and a trophy. Second place received $20 and third was presented $10 and a merchandise gift. The lower classes also received cash prizes and merchandise gifts. The local banks and merchants were the sponsors. Opal Corbett was the tournament director ably assisted by Leslie and Wilma Long of Sterling Ill. Mrs. Bob Morris of New Castle also helped in the bookwork.

Class A

Oscar Engle	6	1	80.6
Clair Bruce	6	1	80.2
Clyde Martz	5	2	76.6
Sam Sutton	4	3	72.7
Dale Carson	3	4	70.0
Howard Shriver	2	5	67.7
Jim Solomon	1	6	67.4
Rich Maroni	1	6	67.1

Class B

Curt Over	5	0	74.2
Ansil Copeland	4	1	78.7
Ed Blum	3	2	60.9
Jack Rainbow	2	3	69.3
Joe Kuchcinski	1	4	62.9

Class C

Les Long	5	0	70.1
Frank Kilinsky	3	2	61.1
Harold Tuttle	3	2	56.4
Bob Morris	2	3	58.0
Clyde Falk	1	4	55.5
Merle Brightshoe	1	4	55.0

Class D

Pete Vlachos	4	1	54.6
Carl Elder	3	2	60.6
Gene Loblaugh	3	2	57.6
S. Davisdon	3	2	52.6
Bob Johnson	2	3	66.9
W. Richard	0	5	51.4

Class E

Jack Swyers	4	1	52.0
Frank Osbourne	4	1	54.0
Cyril Enders	3	2	52.4
Frank Ruskin	2	3	48.6
Opal Corbett	1	4	47.5
Paul Bussard	1	4	41.2

Class F

Vernon Brightshue	5	0	52.2
C. Forney	2	3	43.5
G. Kuhn	2	3	36.1
Ken Smith	2	3	35.1
B. Garbart	2	3	33.1
Jr. Fields	2	3	31.1

Class G

T. Terpt	5	0	47.6
Bob Smith	4	1	39.5
C. Shenton	2	3	36.4
J. Balough	2	3	36.6
George Combs	1	4	28.3
K. Atchinson	0	5	27.3

Class H

Joe Mancini	5	0	34.5
J. Wilson	4	1	31.1
L. Allen	3	2	27.2
C. Edwards	2	3	26.9
Ted Corbett	1	5	13.2