The Washington times., 1929-01-21

The RiaItos tut quite q figure
! last season as independent match
shooters. They won all their bat
ties, which included two with the
Hyattsville Ali Stars and one with
the champion team of the District
League. Convention Hall.
It was almost ludicrous when the
famous Hall stars took it on the
chin from the hitherto unexpected
Rialtos The latter won by more
than 100 pins.
It's cinch the Italians will grab
the Jewish challenge and that an
Interesting affair will result.
Two Italians are making an un-
expected surge in the Howard
Campbell Sweepstakes, which will
be concluded next Saturday at the
Coliseum. Tony Santini is third
and Ollie Pacini fourth.
Pacini caused lot of excitement
in the second set, at the King Pin,
when he got off to a $50 start.
Santini was the sensation of the
opener at Convention Hall, with a
GA set. He will be a closely
watched bowler at the Coliseum
which is his bowling home.
Many 4 ducIxpin fan will be
at the Coliseum roofing for
Happy Burtner. The C0nven-
tiOn Hall captain, disappointed
III the showing Of his highly
ROMted mates, Glenn WOisten-
hOlne, Jack Whalen and Al
Work, all Of whom are virtually
out Of the running, Is uphOlding
m b measure the prestige Of his
crack team.
Butler leads the pack with an
average Of 1922 for 10 games, and
Il % pins ahead of his nearest
rival, Brad Mandley.
Happy rolled GA in the first set
and sos in the second, giving rise
~ the comment: 1t isn't in the
deck that sweepstakes bowler
rolls three 500 sets in q row.
None has ever accomplished this
feat and this is the third running
81 the classic tournament. Re.t
Megaw last years winner, beat 600
II the first two sets, but took 4
fearsome flop In the third. lie was
forced To struggle for victory
though he entered the stretch with
an apparently safe margin.
Conditions were the reverse when
Glenn Wolstenholme won the first
event two years ago. lie was Wen
down the list after the opening five
games. improved his position IN the
second skirnlish and became q
mighty man IN the final
And now BURNER has a chance
10 score a third type Of sweep
stakes victory, to wit, roll three
big sets.
Hap was d last minute entry, by
the way. He had decided not to
play when friends took him In hand
and literally showed him aboard
the stars band wagon.
The Odd Fellows Of Wash
ingt0n and Baltimore will have
4 big time at the Lucky Strike
tomorrow night. Three teams
from each city will shoot the
first set OF hOme.and.Il0me
series. starting at s o'clock.
Perce Elicit has been assigned
the job of naming the Washington
lineups. He will select from the
following bowlers who are the high
average men of the Odd Fellows
League:
Logan. HarviIle, G. #. Croft. C.
III. Croft. r. Elicit. ]. Ellert. Hornig,
Ehlers, Cones, Williams. + Donald
son, q. Donaldson, J. Rodgers.
Cordell. Elias, Mccarthy Tobey,
Pumphrey, Young, Claggett, Clio
vanini, Lucas, Barrett, Enrich. and
Folger.
A new feminine bowling star in
the person of Mrs. Alice McQuinn
of the Agriculture team of the
Ladies Federal League. Is rising
Her latest achievement was d game
OF 1853 against the General Account
ing team. which enabled her team
to gain it's only win, of the set
With a score of "a in the seventh
box, she spared IN the eighth and
then registered triple-header strike.
by striking in the ninth and tenth
boxes. striking again on the first
OF the two balls to which she way
entitled and then recording nine
with the last bali ssFhe result was
that she made m pins In the last
three frames. five more than she
had In ths previous seven. Her
performance set a new league sea.
son record for individual high game
for the Ladies' Federal League.