Evening star., 1931-12-17
SEVEN HIGH MARKS
FOR SEASON MADE
Davis, Nuber and Miss Banks
Shine-YuIetide Entries
Close Tomorrow.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

THAT city-wide uprising last
night against season bowl
L Ing records may have been
just a coincidence, but 1t
also may have represented the
hnal efforts of Washington's bowl
ers to put on steam prior to the
opening of The Stars fourth an
nual Yuletide singles tournament,
to start Monday at the Lucky
Strike.
Never before this season. or
probably any other season. were
so many league records sent into
discard as last night. Seven new
season marks were established and
another was tied.
Entries for The Stars event will close
tomorrow night, when the schedule for
the nrst several nights will be made up
under the direction of Lonnie Krauss.
Inc schedule for Monday, Tuesday and
wednesday will be published Sunday.
Applications may be turned in to anv
bowling plant There is no entry fee
CIem Weldman. mems champion of
the tournament last year, won't be able
TO defend his title Clem underwent
an appendicitis operation yesterday,
his condition today was reported ex-
cellent.
MAKING her first appearance in the
~ Women's District League after an
enforced lay-off of a month due
to illness, Reva Banks of the George
town Recreation League tied the high
game record held by Lucy Owen when
she rolled l43 to lead the Recteationers
10 tWo-game victory over Never Davis,
Two duckpins which wabbled but re-
fused to fall on the count total of a
tenth-box spare robbed Miss Banks of
the mark. In shooting the ca-record,
she made three strikes, two I'M success
sion, and three spares.
DAVIs, rolling for the Battle Axe
u team in the Dynamite League con-
trlouted two Of the new records
when he rolled game of 1855 and q
set of 401.
Another pair Of marks we're set I'D
In the Georgetown Church League by
the Mount Vernon quint, which rolled
game of SOB and a set Of 1856.
7 Up at the Columbia alleys Bill Nuber
~ of Washington Canoe. No, l,
accounted for still another record
when he shot 1862. Nuber helped to
compile a team game of sos for the
second new Nautical League record.
The seventh was made by the Pan
American team of the Capital City
Tennis League when l,627 team set
was carved. -
TWO weeks ago it appeared that Tad
L Howard's Rendezvous girls were
going to breeze right through in
the Women's District League but today
they hold only two-game lead as q
result Of the two-ganIe; trimming ad-
last night BY the Bill Woods,
.he runners-up
King Pin. surprised by Lucky Strike
in two Tits was lied for th'r1 rlace
oy Cecrgotcwh Recreation, whi~h won
4 pair from Meyer Davis. Esther Bur-
TONS 342-set aided the Lucky Strike
girls.
URLS will compete on an even
~ basis with men in John S. Blick's
Dub Sweepstakes, for bowlers with
averages under 100 opening Monday,
December %, at the Arcadia.
The event stacks up as one of the
most interesting of the year. Three
games will be rolled on December 28
1T the Arcadia, three more at the Co
umbia on the following night and the
final three at Convention Hall We'd
nesday, December 80. Only bowlers
who have less than a 100 average and
who have rolled at least nine league
games are eligible.
The entrance fee is $3.50 plus the
cost of games. Those who roll at night
viii have to paw S430 for the entire
tournament, while the afternoon bowl
ers pay only $685.