Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-12
ELEVEN OF FIELD
OF 81 BETTER 500
Leader Opens With 1863
Game. NeWman's CAT Sec
ond. Prize Money, ST, 425.
BY r. ID. THOMAS.

Stanford Paper Co. team
shot to the front Of field of
81 last night in the opening
set of the Howard Campbell
sweepstakes at the Coliseum with
a five-game score of 653.
Tt was a night of sensations.
The entry list itself was amazing
to all concerned, the most optl-
mistic expecting not more than
40 participants. 400
Of the 81 who posted $28 to
compete. II beat 600, thus Great
ing an all-time record for Wash
ington tournaments. The prize
fund amounted to SLABS, with
S6O0 and a diamond medal worth
Sl7l to go to the winner, $3.50 10
the runner up, $3.50 to third place
winner. $3.50 for fourth and $40
for fifth. ,,,.
Dutch Newman of the Cornells
lunch team was second with 64t
and Oscar HiSer of HyattSvllle
and Leo Rinaldi of Grand Palace
Valet were tied for fourth With
$50. .ho
paul Harrison, brilliant star OF the
~oc.nt Connecticut Grand Palace Valet
match was fifth, with $40. Traillng
hin, hv two pins was Harold Hodges,
star Of several leagues, closely pressed
bv Carroll DAILY Of the Convention nan
and Parkway Filling Station Teams
who had els.
Weidman Does Well.
o,,tob weidman. the King Primer,
Who twice has shared Campbell sweep
.tates nurses. and C. A. Lindstrom OF
Trattsyille. each rolled Gil. The de-
{enriino champion. Bradley Manoiey,
had SOC and Phil Goodall. who SHINES
consistently in tournament play snoV
603. Lot soo
Few of the city's leading stars may De
counted definitely out of the 15-game
rsce which will be continued at Con-
vention Hall next Saturday night ana
concluded at the big King PIN on the
following Saturday.
A crowd estimated at 500 damned the
Coliseum. No vantage spot was over
booked. 80. 4,
.he history of the tournament. which
4; in its fourth year. His opening score
was lisa. which he started with three
snares and a strike, and ended the same
NAV shooting a smokey straight cross
alley ball, he was accurate all the way
and his skill at times was razor snaip T.
once he plucked deuce from the mo a.
dle and managed to get spare out OF
~ rnsss on another occasion he hit
two pins and slid one to topple TWO
others for a mark Once he SLID NO.
10 GET No. 10. Three times ne CUT
deucss nm marks. and but for this woulo
have beaten the record set OF 6O0 roneo
in the first sweepstakes by johnny
Welsh.
RinaIdi Triples :.
Leo Rinaldi the Grand Palace yaieV
cantain. almost kept pace WIN bn
heirner in the opening game. Ha,
cot a trinle- header strike in mlogame
80 wound up with a score Of ISIS. But
|or tough luck in the final string MS
total would have been much mgneI'
rIs encountered eight splits In the nIth
Harry Hilliard was the strongest nm
isher with a game of l56 that poosteo
his total to SCI. He ended tne gam
with a double-header. Cnarne Ein na+
strom, WHO totaled GIL, starteo iii' ~
with a double-header. ...r
Charlie LYONS, the young Aggls star,
made eight consecutive spares In nus
last game for a score OF 154: he galn-
ered Sf15 NAPLES in his last four games.
But for a poor start, 80. ne would nay
bsen among the leaders. AS II was he
l
oscar Hiser Shines.
oscar Hiser, brother Of the better
known Henry, rolled $50, despite a
count of "a in the final. Last year oscar
subbed in the last two sets for Henry;
when the latter was injured. and dld
so we'll on that occasion he decioeo 10
try this time for himself. He topped
ali the suburbanites. Brotner Henry
hardly held his average with SCI.
George Friend. who shone against
the Connecticut All-Stars. struggled 70
get SOL after opening with a score OF
100. His playmate, Max Rosenberg
kept in the race with 598.
Howard Campbell. originator OF the
sweepstakes, shot 585. Red Megaw.
winner two years ago. was sadly on
form and his SAB was the poorest score
ever rolled by him in bigtime competl-
ton. Eddie Espey, II, youngest entrant'
totaled SGT.
MI