Evening star., 1931-12-26
FIVE HERETOFORE
UNKNOWN SPARKLE
BrunelIe, Hiser, Ellis Among
Girls; Woods, Gleason of
Men Surprise.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,

r. affords, because of its brew
IL ity, even the veriest duffer
a chance to sparkle for a
night and put the bee" on the
games foremost experts, The
Stars fourth annual Yuletide
singles tournament, which will
be resumed tonight at the Lucky
Strike, nevertheless has produced
in its first three days of lite at
least five heretofore unknown
boWlerS who may be heard from
later.
Four Of the five are running at least
second best as far as high scores go
and the fifth, Margaret Brunelle. may
and may not remain high, but they
have, nevertheless, displayed enough
potentialities to warrant bit of future
attention.
Granting that they got the breaks"
on which others with possible equal
promise also would have capitalized
Margaret Brunelle, Carolyn Hiser and
Evelyn Ellis and Alvin Woods and Al
Gleason thus far have been the finds
Of The Stars tourney.
THE three girls, particularly Margaret
l. Brunelle and Carolyn Hiser have
been not totally unheard Of this
season, but 1t was not until last We'd
nesday, when the former rolled 355 to
take the lead among the girls, and the
latter 335 to assume second place. that
the average duckpin follower became
aware that these girls are due tc
arrive" soon. Evelyn Ellis, an un-
known, rolled what is regarded as only
a fair set-303-but this was in the
face Of many tough breaks. Her de-
livery, according to Howard Campbell,
whose own is regarded by many as the
most perfect of any bowler, is one of
the best possessed by any girl pinner.
AL Gleason of the Southern Railway
Clerks League rolled 500 on the opening
night to surprise. He and Alvin Woods.
who rolled 62l, proba bly, have been the
biggest surprises Of the tourney. Woods,
youngster Just out of his teens, has
been carrying Ill average in the
B. Y P, U. League and that is better
than many a pinmsn in the faster
loops has But Woods prowess, until
he shot his 62l, was not generally
known until he smacked out his power
full set.
Alvin displayed remarkable coolness
for youngster shooting in his first
tournament His was a well-earned
score Only once did he strike, but so
keen was his eye that his second shot
invariably was good for spare when
the breaks came.
You will find, since way back in the
infancy of duckpins, until last year,
when an unknown named Astor Clarke
won the Howard Campbell Sweepstakes,
that nearly every individual tourna-
mcnt has been productive OF
ccmer. But it generally isn't in
bcwlers first, or even second, tourna-
m-nt that he gains recognition.
h1OW that Santa Claus has come and
~ gone many of Washington'S duck
pin colony will revert their atten-
ton to The stars tourney tonight. An
other small army of shooters will in
wade the Lucky Strike tonight to give
all they've got in hopes that some part
of the $500 in cash given by The Star
will be gained.
Among the field which will roll to-
night at 7:30 o'clock will be Bess Ack-
man, for two years the girl champion.
Several other feminine stars will keep
Mrs. Ackman company.
At 2:3o o'clock today a siZable
group Of bowlers were to whale away.
This squad and the one at 7;30 will be
the only groups to shoot tonight.
Bert He'll and Leslie Malcolm will
have something in common when they
shoot tonight. On a nearby alley their
wives, Frances He'll and Jennis Nal
colin, will be doing their best to beat
out hubby" in addition to winning the
title
And they might at that, judging from
their work this season with the George
town Recreation team in the Womens
District League.
THUS far The Star tourney has had
l. most things to itself. but starting
Monday, when John Blick presents
his annual Dub sweepstakes for boWlers
with averages Under 100, it will get
some competition. Among other attrac-
tive events will be the annual visit of
the Connecticut Blue Ribbons, the roll
ing of several other special team
matches and the second annual United
Ctntac Sueepsta akes ar ppltinoore