Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16
$5,4OO IN PRIZES
TO Be SHOT FOR
Eighteen Five-Man Teams
and Four Doubles Outfits
on Initial Card.
~ONVENTION HALL, scene of
l the fourth annual United
~ States duckpin cham

II
~ States duckpin cham
pionships, which start to-
night at 8 o'clock, will be splotch-
ed with color as 10 f1ve-man
teams and four doubles combines
open the three-week bowling war
for slices of the $5,400 melon and
chunks of glory.
With many CT the 18 maple-spillins
quintets commercial creWs-so- called
booster teams-interest likely will be
centered on the pair of mixed doubles
duos, two colorful combines composed
of two Baltimore bowlers and two local
girls, Ray Won Dreele and Ed Rommell
and Loretto Leaman and Peggy Bah
cock.
Rommell, noted Philadelphia pitcher,
and Won Dreele. Nc. / ranking bowler
of the United States, constitute one of
the greatest two-man duckpin teams
t-day. Tonight they will oppose on
adjoining alleys, Rommell teamed up
with Loretto Leaman, Queen Pin
roller, and Won Dreele with Peggy Bah
cock, Columbian and Rendezvous pin
cite They roll on alleys 81 and 49,
When the Romell-Leaman and Won
Dreele- Babcock teams slide the first
balls down the Hall drives it will mark
the debut of mixed doubles in a ma
ticnal tournament.
CIRL doubles teams will make a start
" when Helena Kchler and Doris
Goodall of Washington and Caro-
Ign Hiser and Myrtle Barrett Of Hyatts-
vile attack the title now adjoining the
brows of Margaret Degnan and Mar
garet Hassell of Waterbury, Conn.
They roll at 10 o'cl-ck.
The 10 five-man teams to inaugurate
the 1881 national tournament maple
Spilling lend a blend of color to the
pioneering some 20 years ago The Eve
ming Star team, charter member of
the Commercial League, was rolling at
the old Palace alleys, E street between
Ninth and Tenth streets. Tonight the
colorful team. composed of such former
stars as AL Rodrick, Roy Whitford. Dave
McCarty Johnny Baum. Gene Farlee,
Pop Elicit and Guy Champion, will
duplicate, in presence If not in scores,
the old Palace days.
The youngest team-the National
Pale Dry Pee Wees-will provide an
other dab Of color.
CHAMPIONS and former champions,
~ "a all told, will gather to officially
open duckpins' show Of shows.
Fifteen will be on five-man teams; the
1929 and the 1880 Bethesda quint.
Red Morgan and George Friend.
champion duo of 1929; Marie Frere
Whalen and Marjorie Bradt Smith,
winning girls team of 1929; Joe Mulroe
end Paul Harrison, last years doubles
champions: Rommell and Won D-eele.
South Atlantic record holders CT doubles
until last Saturday, and Sam Benson.
1929 all-events winner. will blaze away
at the first pin set-ups.
NOR is the United States champion
IN ships, creation of Secretary
George l.. Isemann. the only gi-
gantic tournament Of the little pins to
begin tonight at Convention Hall.
Forty 5-man teams, 100 doubles teams
and 225 individual bowlers are entered
in the Masonic tournament, starting at
6 o'clock tonight
Five-man teams only will roll tonight.
Doubles will be started on February %
and singles on March 2.
Here's the nights program for the
national tournament:
TEAMS.
Bpm.
Alley. Team.
27-Building Contractors ID. CO..
28-Stanley Horner ID. c..
29-B. & o. Railroad Passenger De-
partment ID. c..
30-National Federal Post ONCE Clerks
ID. c..
31-A. Kahn. Inc. ID. CO.
32-Hotel Annapolis ID. c..
33-Occ' dental Restaurant ID. c..
34-William Hahn Il Sons ID. c..
35-Alexandria Health Center Girls.
36-Lustine- Nicholson Girls (Hyatts.)
SID Rommell-Loretto Lesman BAL
timore- Washington)
39-Ray Won Dreele-Peggy Babcock
Baltimore Washington.
39-National Pale Dry Pee Wees D.C).
40-R Harris & Co. Cd. c..
Archaeological League ID. c..
42-Rendezvous Fraternity League ID.
c..
43-Bakery League ID. c..
44-Evening Star Newspaper Co. ID.
c..
45-Sanitary League ID. c..
46-Saturday Night League ID. CO.
wOMEN'5 DOUBLES.
37-Helena Koh,e--Doris Goodall ID.
c..
&C. Hiser-Myrtle Barrett (HyattsJ