KY. STATE 1923 The State Tournament was scheduled for August 31-Sept. 1 with an entry fee of 75 cents. Games were scheduled to be played to 50 points. The tourney was played at the State Fairgrounds and won by J.W. Netherton. Champion- J. W. Netherton 32% Runner-Up- Willam B. Kuper Netherton pitched 134 single ringers and 16 double ringers in 11 games. Noted participants: Edward Decker, W. H. Baurer, J. G. Boes, L. E. Miller, W. S. Driven & Paul Fried.. The tournament was conducted by E. M. Merchant & the Dixie Flyers Horseshoe Club. Source articles: Louisville Courier Journal: August 5, 1923, Sept. 9, 1923, Sept. 18, 1923 & June 22, 1924. October 11, 1937. KY. STATE 1924 There are many articles an sources found that state L.P."Leonard" Soete as the 1924 Champion. The tournament was held in Iroquois Park in Louisville, September 8-13, 1924. L. P. Soete 1st Place Sam Mattingly 3rd Place E. M. Norton 4th Place L. P. Soete lost only one game, that being to Mr. Norton. Sam Mattingly won a leather carrying case for winning 3rd. Other listed competitors: E. M. Merchant, Driver, Boes, Sam Mattingly, Tinker, Leonard Miller, Ellwanger, Wetter, R. A. Willett, C. R. Winter, Hamilton, Kupper, T. P. Storey, George Noland. Source articles: Louisville Courier Journal: August 17, 1924, Sept. 7, 1924, Nov. 23, 1924, August 24, 1927, August 6, 1937, Middlesboro Daily News August 23, 1924, December Issue Of Horseshoe World,The Lexington Leader: Sept. 21, 1924 KY. STATE 1925 The State Tournament was held in Iroquois Park, August 17-23 under the direction of secretary E. M. Merchant. C. L. Sengal, President, will give instructions to the players and start the tourney, pitching the first shoe. Leonard Miller 1st Place Bryan Wigginton 2nd Place Dr. E. M. Norton 5th Place J. P. Hamilton 6th Place Other listed participants: E. M. Merchant, R. A. Willett, J. W. Netherton. Source articles: Louisville Courier Journal: August 9, 1925, August 26, 1925, Sept. 13, 1925. KENTUCKY STATE TOURNAMENT 1926 Louisville, Ky. Ed Beckman of Louisville won the horseshoe championship of Kentucky yesterday afternoon in the Kentucky State finals pitched at Third and Guthrie streets. The Tournament was held on September 4th at Speed Auto Park. (Excerpt from the Louisville Courier Journal, September 5th, 1926) 1926 Championship Ed Beckman 4-1 Sam Mattingly 4-1 H. Kruss 2-3 L. Miller 2-3 L. Garrett 2-3 L. S. Soete 1-4 Playoff Ed Beckman defeated Sam Mattingly in the playoff, 50-39 and 50-40 in two straight games. Beckman averaged 36% to Mattingly's 31%. The first game was a 68 shoe contest and the second lasted 66 shoes. Class B Playoffs Henry Kroll conquered Charles Steier 50-31 and 50-17 For the Class B Championship Class B Prelims Henry Kroll 9-1 28.3% Charles Steier 8-2 18.9% A. Fruechtenicht 6-4 24.8% L.P. Soete 6-4 22.5% J.A. Bennett 6-4 21.8% P.M. O'Bryan Jr. 5-5 15.0% C.R. Bremer 4-6 16.4% C.R. Sengel 3-7 19.9% E.J. Young 3-7 19.4% B. Wigginton 3-7 19.1% E. Boelkner 2-8 14.0% . Class C Prelims T.P. Storey 4-1 20.6% W. Recktenwald 3-2 18.3% T. Shields 3-2 09.3% E. A. Buckle 2-3 15.9% W. Jones 2-3 14.6% P. Soete 1-4 13.0% T.P Storey as set to pitch off against W. Recktenwald For the Class C Championship on Sept. 12, 1926. E. M. Merchant notes in "Horseshoe World" that Storey was the winner. KENTUCKY STATE TOURNAMENT 1927 Louisville, Ky. "MATTINGLY CAPTURES STATE SHOE HONORS". Sam Mattingly won the Kentucky State horseshoe pitching championship with a record of 14 games won and 2 lost, and a ringer average of 38%. Beckman and Hagan tied for second place in the championship division and Hagan won in the playoff. The tournament was held at Shawnee Park in Louisville. (Excerpt from Louisville Courier Journal, Sept. 4th, 1927) (Pitched in Shawnee Park) Class A Men (Davis Group) Sam Mattingly 14-2 38.0% Lloyd Hagan 13-3 38.0% Edward Beckman 13-3 37.0% John Boehlein 11-5 35.0% Riley Bowles 11-5 30.0% William Gregory 10-6 34.0% Luther Garrett 9-7 34.0% John Shaw 9-7 32.0% Walter Hess 8-8 33.0% Fred Borcherding 8-8 27.0% O. L. Daily 7-9 28.5% Carl Jordan 6-10 27.0% Harvey Garrett 6-10 24.0% S. Morris 5-11 28.0% T. P. Storey 3-13 19.5% Joe Strotman 2-14 21.0% J. Bell 1-15 20.0% (Pitched in Iroquois Park) Class B Men (Jackson Group) M. H. Jones 11-1 37.5% C. Steier 10-2 23.0% E. Fife 9-3 26.5% J. Bennett 8-4 27.5% Edward Young 8-4 20.0% C. Winter 7-5 25.0% R. Frazier 5-7 26.5% L. J. Gagner 5-7 22.0% C. Pigg 5-7 16.5% R. Happel 4-8 20.0% L. Sletner 4-8 19.0% T. Denham 1-11 16.0% R. Whitee 1-11 16.0% (Pitched in Central Park) Class C Men (Mossman Group) C. R. Sengal 12-2 20.0% J. P. Hamilton 12-2 20.5% C. L. Sengal 12.2 22.2% Roy Hornback 9-5 16.5% William Reynolds 9-5 13.5% L. Soete 8-4 19.7% R. Black 8-6 16.2% J. Heouren 8-6 13.0% J. Obermiller 7-7 16.5% E McQuillen 6-8 11.7% G. Linton 5-9 10.2% William June 5-9 05.0% W. E. Anderson 2-12 06.2% C. Feldhouse 2-12 20.2% R. Holmes 0-14 06.5% KENTUCKY STATE TOURNAMENT 1928 Louisville, Ky. "BECKMAN NABS STATE RINGER CHAMPIONSHIP" Edwin Beckman regained the Kentucky horseshoe pitching championship in the state tournament at Shawnee Park Sunday afternoon by defeating nine seasoned followers of the ancient pastime and suffering not one defeat. Sam Mattingly, defending titlist, who wrested the crown from Beckman in the 1927 tourney, recently changed his style of pitching from a three-quarters turn to a one and a quarter and could climb no higher than third. (Excerpt from the Louisville Courier Journal. Sept 25th 1928) 1928 Championship Ed Beckman 9-0 48.9% Lee Akers 7-2 Unk. John Morris 6-3 Unk. Sam Mattingly 6-3 Unk. J. D. Southworth 5-4 Unk. O. L. Daily 4-5 Unk. William Nuttall 3-6 Unk. E. H. Fife 3-6 Unk. J. L. Harris 2-7 Unk. Dick Akers 0-9 Unk. Beckman's Scorecard Of 28 Round Opponent Score R SP Per. Game 1 Lee Akers 50-37 31 80 38.8% Game 2 J. L. Harris 53-14 23 46 50.0% Game 3 Dick Akers 50-24 24 54 44.4% Game 4 J. D. Southworth 50-27 34 58 58.6% Game 5 John Morris 50-26 28 58 48.3% Game 6 E. H. Fife 55-31 25 54 46.3% Game 7 O. L. Daily 51-19 22 52 42.3% Game 8 Sam Mattingly 55-20 25 50 50.0% Game 9 William Nuttall 55-40 29 66 43.9% *NOTE: The ringers versus shoes pitched do not exactly match the tournament total of the listed 48.9. There is possibly an error in the reporting of the box score but it is unclear where. Class B W. J. Rainey 4-2 Herbert Grant 4-2 Lorenz 3-3 Zanone 3-3 W. Hill 3-3 Dukan 2-4 Lammers 2-4 Rainey over Grant 50-31 in the playoff. Class C E. N. Beckman 7-0 E. M. Zaepfel 6-1 Pultz 5-2 Reynolds 4-3 Phipps 3-4 Anderson 2-5 Al Hill 1-6 Feldhouse 0-7 E.N. Beckman was the 19 yr. old son of Edwin Beckman. KENTUCKY STATE TOURNAMENT 1929 Held 9/9-14/29 in Louisville, Ky. 1929 Class A Men's Championship Lee Akers 14-1 H. K. Moore 13-2 J. Boehnlein 11-4 William Gregory 10-5 E. H. Fife 10-5 William Gruner 10-5 J. Tarter 10-5 John Morris 9-6 Sam Mattingly 8-7 L. P. Soete 6-9 W. Hess 5-10 W. K. Jones 5-10 William Nuttall 4-11 O. L. Daily 0-15 Class B Men F.E Kappesser 14-4 Leo Hartledge 13-5 John Hooper 13-5 (1st thru 3rd listed) 1929 Class A Women Mary Elizabeth Petry- 1st Place Eleanora Dye- 2nd Place Margaret Watkins- 3rd Place Laura Flanigan- 4th Place