Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-29
BL|CK STAKE EVENT
WILL OPEN TONIGHT
Hundred Entries Expected at
ArCadia-185 Game Wins
Many Prizes.
BY r. d. THOMAS.
v WHILE most of Washing
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wv banging away in the ma
tional tournament at
Waterbury tonight a small army
of the buffers will be shooting at
the Arcadia in the opening Skin
mish of the John S. Blick Sweep
stakes.
This event Is for bowlers with league
averages of less than 100 and Is the
only big money tournament in which
women vie on equal terms with men.
Last year first place was worth 500 and
there were one $50, two $40 and two
$40 prizes.
Another fat prize fund is assured.
There were 88 who paid $3.50 apiece to
play a year ago, but there are likely
to be more than 100 ION the line" to-
night. Five games will be rolled at the
Arcadia and five more next Saturday
night at Convention Hall. Entries will
be accepted until shortly before action
starts at 7:30. Arville Ebersole, Secre-
tary of the w. c. D. A., will be in
charge.
W. Gooding, who won last year, Is
not eligible this time. He has improved
too much. C. w. Wheeler finished sec
ond to Gooding, r. Frye and L. n.
Ruche tied for third. P. A. Aronld was
fifth and r. Norris sixth.
That 1876 game rolled by W. J. Brown
of the Baird team, in the Contractors
League, the other night at the Arcadia.
was worth around 500 in special prizes.
Among the awards of the Arcadia and
various business concerns were ton
of coal, suit of clothes, silk shirt
| and a dozen fried oysters. If Browns
score remains high for the season he
| will receive also a diamond.
Ben Keyes holds the all-tin1e Arcadia
record with a score of 1875 made last
season. Brown had an opportunity 70
| beat not only this but the District
record for league game, 100, when he
blew a spare in the third box. This
and the first were his only nat frames.
Until Brown got hot Eddie ESpey led
| for the seasons honors with game OF
| 1s1.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
| bowlers will shoot a sweepstakes To-
night at the Arcadia.
Frank Stanley, manager of Blick's es-
| Enlistment in Atlanta, visited friends
here early this week. With no previous
experience as a bowling manager Stan
ley. according to Blick, has more than
made good, but apparently the job
hasn't agreed with his health. Frank
has dropped 90 pounds since the big
plant was opened. early this season.
He was ordered by Blick to take
rest and to forget about the alley.
Mag Wood of the Parkway Filling
| Station team, has pulled up among the
| National Capital League high average
| ing from ISL to $50, have boosted his
average from ITO to 116. He's just
about caught his distinguished team
! mate Carroll DAILY.
Bill Sisler, IA, with count of l4S, is
leading in the competition for weekly
high score at the Arcadia among boys
IA years old and under.
In special at the King Pin No.
the American Business Club Of Wash
ington defeated the A. B. C. of Atlanta,
and Carr of Washington trimmed
Thomas and Johnson, COL to 538.
Schweinhaut, Washington anchor, led
both teams with a set of 334. He was
the only player to beat 800.
Some bowlers were skeptical today of
the 240-game rolled by Sam Del Vec-
chic, 16-year-old patron of the Queen
Pin, but there really was nothing
phony about it. Sam. struck in each
of the first seven boxes, spared in the
eighth and counted only two, flatted
the ninth and spared and counted nine
in the tenth.
He rolled the game against ]. G.
Groves, Ernest Burkhalter, F. M. Sho-
walter and H. H. Penn, with Charlie
Bing Provost keeping score.
Beyond doubt the youngsters score
Is the highest ever made in hardwood
duckpinS and his string of strikes I'M
queStionably is a record. too.
The previous high game for Wash
ington was 208, rolled by Al Work at
the Recreation five or six years ago.
In a match between 72-year- olds,
John Joy of HyattSville defeated Hank
M. Allen of Bethesda, 500 to 499, on the
Takoma Park drives. They will meet
again next week at Hyattsville.
Frank r. and Wallace Burton are
out front in the father and son tour
nament at Mount Rainier with a score
of ITO. H. A. and E. j. Dean of Alex
andria are second with 500. brother
and sister tournament will be held at
Mount Rainier starting April z.