American Agriculturist, September 27, 1924 
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Horseshoe Pitching Is On the Map 
County and State Fair Tournaments Have Given New Start to an Old Game 
C ONSIDERING everything I was surprised 
at the enthusiasm shown by the players 
and the interest shown by the onlookers 
as they watched the games. It looks as 
though American Agriculturist has put horse¬ 
shoes on the map as a sport that in a few years 
will be among the leaders in New York State. 
Here are the team winners in the American Agriculturist Horseshoe Ritcning contest 
held at the New York State Fair. Left to right they are Alton Coy and his lather, 
Herbert Coy of Norwich, third; R. J. Clark and Alden Ball, both of Hammondsport, 
first; and J. P. Moran of Elmira and John Monks of Pine City, second. 
There were twenty-three teams from the farm 
bureaus of the different counties who came to the 
State Fair at Syracuse, N. Y., that were qualified 
under the conditions to enter the first State 
tournament held by the American Agricul¬ 
turist. These teams were certified by the farm 
bureau agents in their respective counties as 
having stood first or second in the county horse¬ 
shoe-pitching tournaments. 
Because of the rain, Tuesday, September 9, the 
day it was planned to play the tournament, it was 
not possible to start pitching until afternoon. As 
the time was limited in which to finish, it was 
By D. D. COTTRELL 
Statistician, National Horseshoe Pitchers' Association. 
Chief Score Keeper, American Agriculturist-Farm Bureau 
Horseshoe Pitching Contest, New Yorh State Fair. 
In the second group Chenango won the most 
games and was put into the finals. In the third > 
group Chemung tied 
with Cayuga, 10 games 
won and 5 lost, but as 
Chemung had the most 
points they were placed 
in the finals. Table A 
gives a record of all the 
games played by all the 
teams that completed 
the three group series. 
After the preliminary 
series it was agreed that 
the three winning teams 
should each play each 
other three 21-point 
games to decide the 
position of each in receiv¬ 
ing the prizes. These 
games were played in the 
Coliseum. 
Table B shows the 
result of this series of 
games. 
of Tioga County were entered but did not play 
any games. 
It is worthy of note that Clark and Ball, the 
TABLE B 
County and 
<j[Prize 
r Name and Address 
w 
L 
Pts. 
R 
D.R. 
S.P. 
Steuben 
Alden Ball, South Poultney 
4 
2 
61 
15 
2 
184 
$100 
Roy Clark, South Poultney 
58 
18 
3 
Chemung 
John Monks, Pine City 
3 
3 
26 
1 
0 
244 
$50 
J. P. Moran, Elmira 
78 
29 
2 
Chenango 
Herbert Coy, Norwich 
2 
4 
39 
10 
1 
228 
$25 
Alton Coy, Norwich 
56 
17 
0 
Totals 
9 
9 
318 
90 
8 
656 
Pet. 
.179 
.123 
.118 
.137 
Steuben County team, that won the first prize, 
also had the highest percentage of ringers to the 
shoes pitched, or 20.3 per cent. This percentage's 
always found by dividing the number of ringers 
made by the number of shoes pitched. 
The shortest game played was when Blaine and 
TABLE C 
Place 
w 
L 
Pts. 
R. 
D.R. 
S.P. 
Pcf 
1 . 
Roy Clark, Steuben County 
4 
1 
97 
28 
5 
170 
.165 
2. 
Herbert Coy, Chenango County 
3 
2 
87 
23 
3 
154 
.149 
3. 
J. P. Moran, Chemung County 
3 
2 
83 
26 
3 
120 .217 
4. 
Alton Coy, Chenango County 
3 
2 
80 
19 
1 
192 
.099 
5. 
John Monks, Chemung County 
1 
4 
59 
5 
0 
190 
025 
6. 
Alden Ball, Steuben County 
1 
4 
55 
16 
0 
190 .084 
Totals 
15 
IS 
461 
117 
12 
1016 
.115 
Kinne of Seneca County took the measure of 
Brown and Thomas of Allegany County. In this 
game Brown got 2 points and Thomas none, 
while Blaine made a double ringer the first pitch 
followed by a single ringer and 4 points the second 
pitch and the next pitch made another double 
ringer, or 5 ringers and 16 points in pitching 6 
shoes. Kinne, Blaine’s partner, who had pre- 
TABLE D ‘ - 
TABLE A 
County 
Allegany 
Broome 
Cayuga 
Chemung 
Chenango 
Cortland 
Delaware 
Genesee 
Lewis 
Name and Address W 
Robert Brown, Almond . 
E. S. Thomas, Almond 
Harry D. Woodward, Union 
Ralph Young, Union 
H. A. Sexton, Locke 
L. W. Kenyon, Venice Center 
John Monks, Pine City ,g e 
J. P. Moran, Elmira 
Herbert Coy, Norwich 5 j 
Alton Coy, Norwich 
W. H. Albro, Cuyler ? 13 
Frank Tabor, DeRuyter 
Geo. Tweedle, Walton 1 n g 
William Miller, Walton 
Henry Barry, Batavia 7 o 
R. Merrill Call, Stafford 
Geo. Higby, Turin j g 
Solon Gordon, Lowville 
3 3 
Oneida 
L. R. Rice, Vernon Center 
Perry Smith, Paris Station 
Schoharie 
'Grover C. Guernsey, East 
Cobleskill 
Geo. Turner, East Cobleskill 
Seneca 
Don Blaine, Ovid 
C. H. Kinne, Ovid 
Steuben 
Tompkins 
Alden Ball, South Poultney 
Roy Clark, South Poultney 
Harvey Blauvelt, Truraansburg 
Fred J. Beardsley, Truraans¬ 
burg 
Ulster 
James Hunter 
Calvin Staples 
Totals 
99 
Key W Games Won; L, Games Lost; Pts., Points Made; R, Ringers; D.R., 
Doable Ringers; S.P., Number of Shoes Pitched; Pet., Percent, of Rmgers. 
Pts. 
R D.R. 
S.P. 
Pet. 
120 
51 
33 
7 
0 
0 
416 
096 
107 
110 
12 
8 
0 
0 
558 
.036 
123 
155 
20 
36 
0 
1 
568 
.098 
62 
214 
3 
44 
0 
5 
550 
.080 
59 
60 
10 
11 
1 . 
0 
242 
.087 
117 
76 
18 
11 
0 
0 
566 
.051 
148 
93 
22 
10 
0 
0 
588 
.054 
131 
140 
19 
17 
1 
0 
610 
.059 
37 
49 
4 
6 
0 
0 
228 
.039 
53 
61 
5 
7 
0 
0 
270 
.044 
120 
105 
7 
4 
0 
0 
630 
.018 
187 
135 
S3 
27 
6 
3 
414 
.194 
162 
162 
40 
52 
3 
2 
454 
.203 
110 
154 
17 
11 
1 
0 
506 
.055 
110 
137 
22 
20 
0 
0 
496 
.085 
3328 
552 
23 
7096 
.077 
County 
w 
L 
Pts. 
R. 
R.D. 
S.P. Pet. 
Delaware 
Fred Gray, Walton 
o 
12 
57 
3 
0 
432 .016 
Harry Constable, Walton 
76 
4 
0 
Fulton 
Clark Bennett, Gloversville 
2 
1 
37 
11 
2 
100 .160 
Floyd Fishe, Gloversville 
28 
5 
1 
Madison 
Geo. Philpot, Munnsville 
6 
3 
71 
2 
0 
416 .019 
Arthur Trew, Munnsville 
98 
6 
0 
Madison 
Earl Judd, Nelson 
3 
9 
99 
7 
0 
436 039 
Seymour Judd, Nelson 
97 
10 
0 
Otsego 
Howard Brown, Oneonta 
1 
2 
20 
0 
0 
190 .012 
Clyde Wright, Oneonta 
19 
2 
0 
Seneca 
W. A. Culver, Savannah 
2 
4 
62 
10 
0 
160 .093 
J. Morrison, Seneca Falls 
46 
5 
0 
Suffolk 
J. J. Malone, Southampton 
6 
3 
87 
11 
0 
314 .070 
Frank Dull, Southampton 
85 
11 
0 
Totals 
20 
34 
882 
87 
3 
2018 .042 
R. J. Clark of Hammondsport (left) and Henry Morgenthau, 
Jr., publisher of American Agriculturist, holding the silver 
cup won by Mr. Clark and donated by Mr. Morgenthau to 
the champion horseshoe pitcher of the contest. 
Because the other 
games had taken so much 
time and it was getting 
late the six men in the 
three winning teams then 
agreed to each play each 
other only one 21-point 
game to decide who 
should win the grand 
championship cup. 
Table C gives the re¬ 
sult of these games. 
Mr. Monks was the 
to beat Mr. 
viously made a ringer and 3 points, tossed another 
ringer and ended the game. In this game Blaine 
pitched 83.3 per cent, ringers. In this series of 
three games Blaine and Kinne of Seneca made. 65 
points, 15 ringers, 4 double ringers, in pitching 
42 shoes, or an average of 36.7 per cent, ringers, 
while Brown and Thomas of Allegany made 16 
points, 3 ringers, and no double ringers. 
(Continued on page 221 ) 
decided by the committee to divide the twenty- 
three teams as nearly as possible into three equal only one - 7 
groups. Each team in each group played every Clark in the Champion- 
other team in the same group three 21-point ship Cup Contest.. Mr. 
games. A number of the teams quit playing be- Monks made 21 points, 3 
fore the series of each group was completed. The ringers, no doubles; Alden 
games of all who did not finish were taken out. Ball, 13 points, 1 ringer, 
The rain continued so that the preliminary series no doubles, in 46 shoes 
of games were not completed until early Wednes- pitched by each., 
day afternoon. In the first group Seneca and Table D is a list of the 
Steuben Counties tied on 12 games won and 3 lost, teams that started and 
but as it had been agreed that in case of a tie the played a few games but 
highest number of points, counting 21 points to did not finish in the pre- 
the game, should control, Steuben having the liminary contest. Frank 
most points won a place in the finals. Forbes and Fred Seager 
Even Senator Royal S. Copeland (right) and Lieutenant-Governor George K. Lunn qett; 
could not pass the American Agriculturist-Farm Bureau Barnyard Golf Tournament at 
the State Fair without trying their hand at the game with Henry Morgenthau, Jr. 
(center), publisher of American Agriculturist. {Photo by Post Standard) 
