Martz Winner Of Van Buren Open At Vanport Pennsylvania
The 1971 Van Buren Open Horseshoe Tournament, held at the Van Buren Park courts in Vanport, Pa saw 59 men and 4 women from five different states compete for prize money and trophies in the various classes.
Clyde
Martz of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania successfully defended his men’s tournament
championship in Class A by going undefeated in seven games. Oscar Engle of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
finished second with Sam Sutton of Washington, Pa placing third.
Class
A was televised on the local television station WCBL-TV of Rochester on cable
TV. Featured was the game between Martz
and Engle, which ultimately decided the men’s championship.
The
Ladies tournament was won by Opal Corbett of New Castle, Pa who unseated
defending ladies champ Edith Werth of Buffalo, NY.
|
Clyde Martz |
7 |
0 |
79.8 |
|
Oscar Engle |
5 |
2 |
75.4 |
|
Sam Sutton |
5 |
2 |
72.0 |
|
Clair Bruce |
4 |
3 |
70.7 |
|
Ansil Copeland |
3 |
4 |
71.8 |
|
Jack Rainbow |
3 |
4 |
66.6 |
|
Richard Maroni |
1 |
6 |
64.8 |
|
Dale Carson |
0 |
7 |
56.0 |
Class B
|
Harold Clippinger |
7 |
1 |
67.9 |
|
Jim Solomon |
7 |
2 |
66.2 |
|
Jack Rainbow |
6 |
2 |
66.4 |
|
Vince Sedlacek |
3 |
4 |
56.8 |
|
Joe Wohar |
3 |
4 |
56.4 |
|
Frank Kilinski |
3 |
4 |
55.2 |
|
Chuck Semans |
1 |
6 |
51.9 |
|
John Fulton |
FO |
RF |
EIT |
Class C
|
Joe Sis |
4 |
1 |
62.9 |
|
Jake Fiore |
3 |
2 |
58.5 |
|
Clyde Falk |
3 |
2 |
48.2 |
|
Ed Blum |
2 |
3 |
53.7 |
|
Carl Elder |
2 |
3 |
52.8 |
|
Jack Swyers |
1 |
4 |
49.3 |
Class D
|
Cyril Enders |
6 |
0 |
51.2 |
|
Pete Vlachos |
5 |
1 |
58.0 |
|
Melvin Burkett |
4 |
2 |
52.0 |
|
Gene Lobaugh |
3 |
3 |
44.4 |
|
Pete Shalonis |
2 |
4 |
54.4 |
|
Homer Lewis |
1 |
5 |
44.7 |
|
Scott Davidson |
0 |
6 |
46.3 |
Class E
|
Ray Slocum |
5 |
0 |
53.2 |
|
Earl Wright |
4 |
1 |
49.3 |
|
Bill Meador |
3 |
2 |
49.4 |
|
Clyde Nesselroad |
2 |
3 |
41.3 |
|
Ray Henry |
1 |
4 |
34.0 |
|
Tom Board |
1 |
4 |
33.9 |
Class F
|
Bill Triplett |
5 |
1 |
49.2 |
|
Ken Smith |
4 |
2 |
43.1 |
|
Fred White |
3 |
2 |
43.4 |
|
Nick Wohar |
3 |
2 |
334. |
|
George Rhea |
1 |
4 |
36.2 |
|
Joe Mancini |
0 |
5 |
32.2 |
Class G
|
John Bunce |
4 |
1 |
43.2 |
|
George Wintemute |
3 |
2 |
42.0 |
|
Earl Winsper |
3 |
2 |
38.4 |
|
Ray Brandon |
2 |
3 |
32.1 |
|
Clarence Shenton |
2 |
3 |
31.2 |
|
Mike Churley |
1 |
4 |
39.8 |
Class H
|
John Whittington |
4 |
1 |
36.4 |
|
John Schoullis |
3 |
2 |
37.7 |
|
Don Atchison |
3 |
2 |
31.5 |
|
George Combs |
3 |
2 |
30.9 |
|
Wayne Starr |
1 |
4 |
25.3 |
|
Lowell Allen |
1 |
4 |
24.6 |
Class I
|
Fred Reese |
5 |
0 |
28.4 |
|
John Howell |
4 |
1 |
25.2 |
|
Everett Werth |
3 |
2 |
17.6 |
|
Ted Corbett |
2 |
3 |