- Athletic Betty Jo becomes the first-ever female entrant in the Shady Rest's Annual Horseshoe Tournament, but she experiences conflicting emotions when she finds herself with an opportunity to defeat the legendary Pixley Fats.
- The annual Shady Rest horseshoe pitching tournament is coming up, it being one of the busiest times for the hotel with all the out-of-town competitors requiring accommodations. The perpetual winner of the tournament is Pixley Fats, who seems poised to win again this year and whose entire life revolves around pitching horseshoes. However, a new and slightly unconventional potential entry this year may give Pixley Fats a run for his money: Betty Jo. Betty Jo has long known that she has a talent for the sport, but always thought the tournament was only for men. Although there are no rules against female participants, female pitchers are uncustomary. Kate enters Betty Jo against Uncle Joe's wishes as he feels it will insult every man entered to play against a female, a teenager no less. Regardless, he can't stop Betty Jo, who he is sure will lose anyway. Uncle Joe changes his mind when he sees how talented Betty Jo is, she who makes it into the finals against Pixley Fats. So the final ends up being a contest between experience and youth, with perhaps a little compassion thrown in.—Huggo
- The hotel is packed for the big horseshoe tournament, and no one has yet to beat the reigning champion-until Kate signs up her tomboy daughter Betty Joe. Now the pressure is on- who will win- Betty Joe or the returning champ?!
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