Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17
GENERAL AVERAGE
IS HIGHEST IN CITY
Near 119 Pace for 241
Games, With "Big Four"
Trailing.
BY r. d. THOMAS.

THREE weeks ago it was holly
debated whether Henry
HiSer, Astor Clarke, Jack
Whalen or Bradley Mandley
be given the No. 1 spot in the
rankings of the Washington City
Duckpin Association. So warm
was the argument that 20game
series was arranged to help settle
it. The big -Four" finished last
night.
Hiser won with 1898. Whalen
was second with 2,375, Mandley
third with 2,301 and Clarke fourth
with 2,247.
But yesterday, Leonard w. Collins,
author Of book on duckpins, to make
its appearance shortly, presented some
figures that may Sidetrack all four.
AS the result of a painStaking capitu-
lation of the season by Collins. the
name of Ollie Pacini may head the
select list. He outaveraged every BOWL
er in Washington and its vicinity.
BY request, Collins turned over his
figures to the associations Ranking
Committee and some of its members
were taken aback. Pacini had been
almost entirely overlooked as a candi-
date for the top spot.
Hiser's principal achievement was an
average of 121, with the Hyattsville
team, which established an all-time
record for the famous District League.
Clarke about equaled this pace in the
Washington Gas Light League, but his
games were rolled on one set of drives,
whereas Hiser made the circuit of the
leading establishments of the metro
politan district.
A RECORD average in the District
"A League heretofore has been suff1-
Gent to clinch the No. l ranking
but Hiser's claim is weakened by the
fact that he rolled only a little more
than two-thirds of the schedule-54
games However. he shot enough to
qualify for the league title.
Another big factor in the ratings
has been the Howard Campbell Sweep
stakes. Clarke won this with a record
score of 1873 for Is strings.
Ordinarily this triumph, plus his
121 average in the Gas loop, which ap
proximated the all-time league mark
hung up last season by Howard Camp
bell in the National Capital League,
would have won the honors. But Hiser.
Whalen and Mandley achieved rival
feats. Whalen defeated the finest duck
pin bowlers not only of Washington but
OF the country in the biggest money
event the game has known-the first
annual National Duckpin Bowling Con-
gress Sweepstakes-and followed with
a triumph in the singles Of the same
organization all-events tournament,
hanging up a record of ABS.
Mandley was second to Whalen in the
national sweepstakes and but for a bit
Of tough luck in his final frame, when
he hit squarely for a spare that didn't
drop, would have won. He was first in
the John Blick 100-game tournament,
was a sensation in number of other
events and had a high league average.
nACINI won no major event, but he
L was a strong contender in all He
was one of the few who partic-
ipated in every worthwhile tournament
Of the experts. He proved his mettle
time and again. In tournaments and
leagues he rolled 241 games and his
average was 1925, just Is pins short
of an average of 119.
In general competition Hiser, the
District League pacemaker, was about
3 points behind him. Whalen and
Clarke were considerably shy, as was
Mandley. Here's the lineup, excluding
the series Of the big Four" concluded
last NIGHT.