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PA Pitchers in the World Tournament

Many Pa pitchers have participated in the annual NHPA World Horseshoe tournament over the history of the NHPA. Below, I’ve compiled a list of every PA pitchers who has competed in a championship class. (Championship Men, Women, Juniors, Elders, Seniors, Intermediates, etc.)

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Pa Pitchers who have competed in the Mens Championship Class

YEAR	NAME	WHERE FROM	WON	LOST				PLACE	%
1919	A.D. Morgan	Philadelphia	10	44				17^th	-----
1920w	W.J. Lee	Altoona	916 pts			284 ringers			14^th
1920s	F.W. Newcomer	Uniontown	1086 pts				356 ring’s		31^st
1922w	R.F. Richey	Erie	15		6			5^th	376 rin
1922w	T.C. Reed	McKeesport	8		13			15^th	324 rin
1923w	R.F. Richey	Erie	15		14			12^th	31.8%
1923w	T.C. Reed	McKeesport	10		19			20^th	27.1%
1924w	T.C. Reed	McKeesport	9		13			13^th	34.4%
1924s	T.C. Reed	McKeesport	11		12			12^th	40.7%
1929w	F.L. Antill	Washington	6		9			11^th	51.7%
1953	John Fulton	Carlisle	13		22			28^th	68.5%
1960	Jim Ohler	Scottsdale	23		12			11^th	77.9%
1960	John Fulton	Carlisle	13		22			25^th	70.0%
1961	Herb Pinch	Sharon	19		16			15^th	72.7%
1962	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	18		17			18^th	74.6%
1962	William Porter	Levittown	13		22			23^rd	72.4%
1962	Herb Pinch	Sharon	11		24			25^th	71.8%
1964	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	26		9			8^th	81.0%
1964	Herb Pinch	Sharon	17		18			19^th	73.8%
1964	Jim Solomon	Uniontown	16		19			20^th	78.4%
1965	Jim Solomon	Uniontown	27		8			7^th	83.7%
1965	Dan Kuchcinski	Erie	27		8			10^th	79.3%
1965	Sam Sutton	Washington	22		13			12^th	76.1%
1965	John Fulton	Carlisle	15		20			21^st	74.6%
1965	Herb Pinch	Sharon	12		23			26^th	66.6%
1965	Wes Kuchcinski	Erie	9		26			27^th	69.4%
1966	Dan Kuchcinski	Erie	13		4			2^nd	81.6%
1966	Jim Solomon	Uniontown	8		9			10^th	80.3%
1967	Dan Kuchcinski	Erie	34		1			W.C.!	84.4%
1967	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	22		13			12^th	74.6%
1967	Jim Solomon	Uniontown	19		16			15^th	74.0%
1967	Sam Sutton	Washington	10		25			28^th	70.2%
1968	Dan Kuchcinski	Erie	30		5			3^rd	82.3%
1968	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	22		13			11^th	77.5%
1968	Jim Solomon	Uniontown	17		18			17^th	77.3%
1968	Ron Kuchcinski	Erie	14		21			26^th	74.7%
1968	Wes Kuchcinski	Erie	6		29			33^rd	70.9%
1968	Clair Bruce	New Castle	4		31			35^th	70.1%
1969	Dan Kuchcinski	Erie	35		0			W.C.!	84.7%
1969	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	24		11			7^th	79.6%
1969	Clair Bruce	New Castle	23		12			10^th	78.9%
1969	Buck Engle	Pittsburgh	22		13			12^th	79.1%
1969	Clyde Martz	Pittsburgh	21		14			13^th	75.6%
1969	Jim Solomon	Uniontown	13		22			24^th	75.8%
1969	Ron Kuchcinski	Erie	8		27			32^nd	70.1%
1970	Dan Kuchcinski	Erie	34		1			W.C.!	84.9%
1970	Clyde Martz	Pittsburgh	23		12			10^th	78.4%
1971	Clyde Martz	Pittsburgh	27		8			5^th	80.0%
1971	Dan Kuchcinski	Erie	25		10			9^th	79.9%
1971	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	19		16			17^th	76.4%
1971	Clair Bruce	New Castle	16		19			20^th	73.1%
1971	Sam Sutton	Washington	13		22			24^th	73.8%
1971	Jim Solomon	Uniontown	10		25			29^th	67.4%
1971	Rich Maroni	Arnold	7		28			33^rd	69.5%
1972	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	20		15			13^th	77.3%
1972	Clair Bruce	New Castle	18		17			17^th	78.1%
1972	Jim Solomon	Uniontown	11		24			26^th	72.7%
1972	Rich Maroni	Arnold	3		32			36^th	63.0%
1974	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	24		11			11^th	77.2%
1974	Clyde Martz	Pittsburgh	14		21			23^rd	73.0%
1974	Jim Solomon	Uniontown	12		23			27^th	69.9%
1974	Clair Bruce	New Castle	8		27			31^st	70.3%
1974	Curt Over	Altoona	FOR		FEIT			AFTER	32 gms
1975	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	28		7			4^th	77.9%
1975	Jim Solomon	Uniontown	10		25			30^th	70.7%
1976	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	28		7			6^th	79.1%
1976	Jim Solomon	Uniontown	25		10			8^th	78.5%
1976	Harold Clippinger	Mt. Holly Springs	17		18			28^th	64.7%
1976	Curt Over	Altoona	16		19			30^th	69.0%
1976	Clair Bruce	New Castle	15		20			32^nd	67.4%
1976	Jack Rainbow	Monaca	14		21			35^th	68.6%
1976	Dan Beshore	New Cumberland	14		21			36^th	68.5%
1976	Ray Betchel	York	12		23			41^st	65.0%
1976	Bill Porter	Levittown	4		31			47^th	61.3%
1977	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	22		4			3^rd	83.0%
1977	Jim Solomon	Uniontown	17		9			7^th	79.5%
1977	Clyde Martz	Bridgeville	11		12			22^nd	76.4%
1978	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	29		6			4^th	76.3%
1978	Clyde Martz	Bridgeville	20		15			16^th	69.4%
1978	Dan Beshore	New Cumberland	9		26			31^st	63.8%
1979	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	22		9			8^th	77.8%
1979	Jim Solomon	Uniontown	14		17			19^th	73.3%
1979	Don Kuchcinski	Erie	0		31			FORFT	ILLNESS
1980	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	26		5			7^th	75.4%
1981	Clyde Martz	Bridgville	13		10			8^th	74.2%
1981	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	12		11			12^th	75.6%
1982	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	14		9			8^th	75.1%
1982	Clyde Martz	Bridgeville	9		14			19^th	69.6%
1983	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	18		5			5^th	75.0%
1983	Don Kuchcinski	Erie	12		11			12^th	71.0%
1984	Don Kuchcinski	Erie	11		12			13^th	71.9%
1984	Steve Kuchcinski	Erie	9		14			17^th	70.4%
1985	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	17		14			11^th	71.1%
1985	Clyde Martz	Bridgeville	14		17			22^nd	70.2%
1985	Dan Beshore	New Cumberland	7		24			30^th	63.6%
1986	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	13		18			20^th	68.5%
1986	Clyde Martz	Bridgeville	13		18			21^st	66.8%
1987	Al Zadroga	Elizabeth	10		21			25^th	67.7%
1987	Steve Kuchcinski	Erie	9		22			26^th	70.4%
1988	Steve Kuchcinski	Erie	25		6			4^th	77.0%
1988	Dan Beshore	New Cumberland	9		22			28^th	61.7%
1989	Steve Kuchcinski	Erie	20		11			10^th	69.1%
1990	Glenn Burris	Bellfonte	16		11			11^th	70.2%
1996	Steve Kuchcinski	Erie	3		12			14^th	70.27%
1997	Glenn Burris	Bellfonte	7		12			17^th	71.92%
1997	Steve Kuchcinski	Erie	4		15			19^th	68.37%
1998	Glenn Burris	Bellfonte	4		11			13^th	69.77%
1998	Kurt Von Kleist	Russell	1		14			16^th	66.33%
1999	Kurt Von Kleist	Russell	3		16			20^th	62.32%
2000	Kurt Von Kleist	Russell	8		7			8^th	68.58%

PA Pitchers who have competed in the Women’s Championship Class

YEAR	PITCHERS	WHERE FROM	WON	LOST	PLACED	%
1966	Opal Corbett	New Castle	0	7	8^th	33.5%
1980	Fran Carnahan	Shippendale	1	10	11^th	56.8%
1982	Fran Carnahan	Shippendale	6	5	7^th	71.7%
1983	Fran Carnahan	Shippendale	8	3	3^rd	76.5%
1984	Fran Carnahan	Shippendale	4	7	9^th	69.9%
1985	Fran Carnahan	Shippendale	7	4	4^th	79.0%
1986	Fran Carnahan	Shippendale	9	6	6^th	76.4%
1987	Fran Carnahan	Shippendale	7	8	9^th	69.2%
1988	Fran Carnahan	Shippendale	5	10	13^th	71.2%
1990	Fran Carnahan	Shippendale	9	6	6^th	74.1%

PA Pitchers who have competed in the Junior Boys Championship Class

YEAR	PITCHERS	WHERE FROM	WON	LOST	PLACED	%
1962	Dan Kuchcinski	Erie	4	3	2^nd	45.5%
1964	Dan Kuchcinski	Erie	5	2	4^th	61.3%
1965	Joe Kuchcinski Jr.	Erie	4	3	5^th	55.5%
1967	Ron Kuchcinski	Erie	4	3	3^rd	62.8%
1980	Jim Kuchcinski	Erie	1	10	12^th	62.1%
1997	Steve Morris	Darlington	3	2	3^rd	76.28%
1998	Steve Morris	Darlington	5	2	2^nd	75.49%
1999	Steve Morris	Darlington	2	5	7^th	60.44%

PA Pitchers who have competed in the Intermediate Mens Championship Class

YEAR	PITCHERS	WHERE FROM	WON	LOST	PLACED	%
1968	Frank Kilinsky	Pittsburgh	5	2	3rd	67.7%
1969	Frank Kilinsky	Pittsburgh	6	1	2nd	67.7%
1971	Frank Kilinksy	Pittsburgh	4	3	3rd	57.1%
1972	Frank Kilinsky	Pittsburgh	5	2	3rd	67.1%
1977	Rich Maroni	Arnold	4	3	4th	67.3%
1984	Dick Carnahan	Shippendale	8	3	3rd	57.6%
1985	Dick Carnahan	Shippendale	9	2	2nd	66.2%
1986	Dick Carnahan	Shippendale	8	3	3rd	62.9%
1986	Joe Pagnanelli	Bethel Park	3	8	9th	52.3%
1987	Dick Carnahan	Shippendale	7	4	4th	63.1%
1990	Alvin Long	York	3	8	10th	46.1%

PA Pitchers who have competed in the Senior Mens Championship Class

YEAR	PITCHERS	WHERE FROM	WON	LOST	PLACED	%
1974	Frank Kilinsky	Pittsburgh	1	6	8^th	56.2%
1976	Frank Kilinsky	Pittsburgh	1	6	8^th	52.6%
1985	Casey Danner	Newell	6	5	6^th	60.7%
1985	Francis White	Erie	1	10	12^th	54.4%
1986	Francis White	Erie	5	6	7^th	56.6%
1990	Dan Beshore	New Cumberland	6	5	5^th	60.3%
1990	Casey Danner	Newell	6	5	6^th	56.1%
1998	Clair Bruce	New Castle	6	5	4^th	61.01%
2000	Clair Bruce	New Castle	4	7	10^th	54.63%
2000	John Mathys	Bradford	2	9	12^th	56.56%

PA Pitchers who have competed in the 75+ Mens Championship Class

YEAR	PITCHER	WHERE FROM	WON	LOST	PLACED	%
1983	Frank Kilinsky	Pittsburgh	5	2	3^rd	58.7%

PA Pitchers who have competed in the Elders 40’ Championship Class

YEAR	PITCHERS	WHERE FROM	WON	LOST	PLACED	%
1988	Francis White	Erie	5	0	W.C.!	64.3%
1989	Francis White	Erie	3	2	3^rd	46.9%
1990	Francis White	Erie	3	2	3^rd	56.1%

PA Pitchers who have competed in the Elders 30’ Championship Class

YEAR	PITCHERS	WHERE FROM	WON	LOST	PLACED	%
1995	Frank Bohun	Erie	5	0	W.C.!	84.21%
1997	Frank Bohun	Erie	7	0	W.C.!	84.21%
1999	Frank Bohun	Erie	11	1	W.C.!	82.44%

Pa Pitchers who have competed in the Junior Girls Championship Class

YEAR	PITCHERS	WHERE FROM	WON	LOST	PLACED	%
1968	B. Sebring	Erie	0	5	6^th	18.0%
1999	Shalee Sebastian	Shinglehouse	5	0	W.C.!	63.16%
2000	Shalee Sebastian	Shinglehouse	5	0	W.C.!	68.32%

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w after a year = winter world tournament

s after a year = summer world tournament

W.C.! = World Champion!

Next, I took a look at the list of the longest games in the Men’s championship class at the world tournament to see if any PA pitchers made the list. I found three games that were long enough.

The first one I found was a game between Elmer Hohl and Dan Kuchcinski in the 1967 W.T. at Fargo, North Dakota. The game went 154 shoes with Hohl winning 50-47. Elmer hit 87.7% while Dan hit 87.0%. This is the 36th longest game in World tournament history.

The next one was a game between Floyd Toole and Jim Solomon in the 1964 W.T. at Greenville Ohio. It went 158 shoes with Toole winning 52-25. Floyd him 92.4% while Jim hit 87.8% and lost. This is the 30th longest game in W.T. history.

And finally, the longest game in the history of the W.T. with a PA pitcher in it was a game in the 1965 World Tournament in Keene, New Hampshire. It was between Dan Kuchcinski and Ray Martin. It went 160 shoes with Danny winning 51-47. Dan hit 85.0% and Ray hit 83.8%. This game is the 24th longest game in W.T. history.

The longest game in mens W.T. history by the way is a 194 shoe marathon between Glen Henton and Ray Martin at the 1965 W.T. Glen won 52-49 pitching 90.2% to Ray Martins 89.7%. What’s funny is the fact that Ray Martin is in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd longest games in history.

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Opal Corbett

1980

Fran Carnahan

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Fran Carnahan

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Fran Carnahan

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Fran Carnahan

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Fran Carnahan

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Fran Carnahan

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Fran Carnahan

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Fran Carnahan

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Fran Carnahan

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