Horseshoe club hosts doubles state tourney

The Beloit Horseshoe Club held the Wisconsin Club Team Tournament this past Saturday and followed that with a state doubles tournament this past Sunday.

Three classes competed in the club tourney. The Goldendale I team from Germantown, Wis., won the Class A title and the Goldendale II team took the Class C crown. The Windy Hill Club of Wausau claimed the Class B title.

A Class Goldendale

Lorraine Sternberg 70.40%

Ralph Maylahn 64%

Tony Scrima 48.80%

Ken Heinritz 50.00%

B Class Windy Hill

Gus Schram 56.00%

Rick Poppe 49.60%

Ken Kosky 23.60%

Ed Hack 42.00%

C Class Goldendale-2

Tom Costa 41.20%

Jim Haupt 43.60%

Terry Sternberg 36.00%

Ken Davison 33.20%

Sunday, the championship was won by

Tony Scrima 41.67% of Waukesha and Ralph Maylahn 66.25% of Genessee Depot

Second went to Clayton Gage 70.42% of Milltown, Wis., and Gus Schram 45.42% of Ringle, Wis.

A Class Rueben Eckhardt 36.67% and Pat Spahn 50.42%

B Class Glen Bogenschneider 46.30% and Lloyd Johnson 40.74%

C Class Richard Mullenbach 25.93% and Ray Billens 27.04%

D Class George Kuffer 18.33% and Duane Grosen 30.42%

The Club will host the Beloit Encore Tournament, with 130 pitchers entered, on Saturday and Sunday.

The Team World competition will be held May 15-17 at the Telfer Sports and Activity Center. The finals are at 2 p.m. on the 17th.

Twenty teams are entered from the United States and Canada. Minnesota is the defending champion and boasts current women's world champion Bev Nathe and three-time men's champion Dale Lipovsky.

Current world men's champion Allan Francis of Ohio is also entered.