Evening star., 1931-12-30
.QUADRUPLE STRIKE
STARTS DUB'S SET
King Out of Pay-0ff Despite
Record 1872 Game in The
Star Tourney.
BY FRANCIS Z. STAN.

BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
A COL score won't even be in
n the money when the smoke
4 4 blows away on the widest
pin-spi'!ing orgy Washing
ton has ever known-the current
Star tournament-but Allan King,
who shoots at regular rate Of
about SO pins per game in the
King Pin Business Mems League,
rolled a 601 set last night that
contained two feats that won't
quickly be forgotten as will his
COL.
Already this fourth annual Star
tourney has been productive OF more
bowling rarities and oddities, ranging
from record entries to both extremeties
of pinfall, but thanks to Allan King,
the Stars event has also produced the
first bowler to open a local tournament
with a quadruple strike and the new
high game Star record-holder.
King never may roll COL again, Is less
likely to shoot another 1872 game and
is far less likely to make four strikes
in row, but he at least had the salts
faction of knowing that he forced
Make Rosenberg and Ollie Pacini, the
two leaders with 677 and 676, respec-
lively, TO take the proverbial back
seat
Kings quadruple strike not only was
the first ever to start off a bowlers
string in local tournament, but was
one Of the few ever made In Champion
ship play, individual or league.
In any Of the three previous Star
tournaments last nights competition
might have been regarded as extraor-
dinary, for it saw 626, 614, Gil, $40
and two other 900" sets rolled but
only the 626 is fairly sure to be prize
winner.
A L FISCHER, who has been q con-
n sistent prize winner in tournament
play generally, but particularly
successful in The Stars event, topped
the nights field with his 626. Al was
fifth last year with SIT and fourth the
year before with 623 His score last
night looks good for a prize but in this
high-scoring affair only small one.
Al is satisfied, though. He beat by q
single stick a score he predicted for
himself in laying a small wager.
EARL M'PHILOMY opened his per-
- formance with six consecutive
marks and then missed single
pin break Thereafter he failed to
mark for IL boxes, in only one of which
he had a break With a l53 start for
Earl, Rosenbergs SIT appeared within
comfortable reach but after game No.
1t was struggle most of the way.
The Lucky Strike ace missed only two
breaks and picked couple. His set
was 610.
NORMAN SCHROTH, with abomin-
~ able luck, totaled 594, which won't
put him in the money, but Norm
won himself ham by beating Ollie
Clark, who had 573. Schroth is in the
pork business and is sure of at least
one sale today at prodigious profit.
John J. Moore, editor of the Duckpin,
rolled GA for his best score in tourna-
ment competition. John had only one
strike and missed next to nothing.
The lone strike started his second game
and he tackled on six consecutive spares
for 152.
r. Williams of the Bureau of Engray-
ing and Printing League, is only fair
bowler, but he fairly scorched the shell
lac for three games He cooled off In
the last two to total SGT.
W. seltzer dropped in a l61 string
in the fourth to land him in the 600
class with II pins to spare.
1t was dull night for the girls, NJ.
Gerant's 314 being high.
One poor game, 90, ruined an excel
lent set for Mike Vitale, who crossed
595
TACK WHALEN, National Sweep
stakes champion never got into high
gear and shot SIT. Brad Mandley,
who trailed him in the United States
Stakes last year by three sticks, got
an even 500. A 81 game killed off
Brad.
It's good thing The Star tourney
isn't 10-gare test, else B. Weakley,
at his pace last night, would have shot
a score OF in his tenth string. Weak
ley started with IS, then rolled 85,
IS, IS and SIS for a 375 total.
But low scores are no disgrace in The
merely to gain tournament experience,
and they have g. lot of fun in the
process.
nPPOSTTE the name of J. G. Howard
~ is score OF 537, but don't give
Tad" proprietor of the Rendez-
vous alleys, too much credit. Tad" Is
packing little too much avoidupots
nowadays to roll as he once did, back
in the days when he and Johnny Vaeth
staged memorable pin battles.
Tad rolled two games, 81 and 90,
and then called upon Charlie Young,
who rolled Monday night, to finish his
string. So 1t was Charlie who account
ed for the l16, 106 and l2l strings in
"Tads" set.
Tonight will close competition until
Saturday, when the event will wind up.
Tomorrow will be an off day, as will
Friday. BY Saturday night the bowlers
should have plenty of time to recover
from whatever the New Year may bring.
We predicted that neither Paul Har-
rison's 646 nor Margaret Brunelle's 355
would stand up as the winning scores.
Rosenberg, Pacini and Morgan vindt-
Gated our judgment in the mems diyi-
sion, but as yet no one has approached
Mrs Brunelle's 355. We still stick to
our prediction, however.
BowlerS of The Evening Star League
will share the spotlight tonight with
Gene Rainey's bunch from Kensington.
Leading The Star family into action
will be John C. Gordon, who has made
a habit of leading this season. The
league prexy's powerful bowling has put
his team on top and the boys are look
ing to him to set an example by which
they will bring right back home some of
the laurel in a tournament in which
they have a peculiar interest
Ellsworth Vines, national tennis
champion. has Quit the Southern Cali
fornia basket ball team.