Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-06
By R. d. THOMAS.

r ED by the redoub. able John
Henry Hiser, foremost bowler
IL Of the District League, the
Bethesda Stars tonight, at
8 o'clock, will defend their title as
champion team of the National
Duckpin Bowling Congress, won
at Waterbury, Conn, last year.
Keeping them company on
drives Nos. 81 and 38, at Conven-
ton Hall, will be formidable ar
ray of Italian-Americans, cap
tanned by Ollie Pacini.
The attention Of the gallery, which is
expected to be large, will be divided be-
tween these two teams and group OF
Washington girl stars, who will shoot
doubles at o'clock.
Standing out in this squad Will be
Rena Levy, queen OF southpaWs, ana
Catherine Quigley, rated by some the
strongest girl duo In the city. They
will have highly respected rivals IN Q.
Federline and M. Morgan, Alice Burke
and G. Moriarity, Bertha Greevy an9
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Pauline Bradbu-n. =,
AT O'Clock all of these will roll
singles. and added to the squad will be
peerless Lorraine GULL and Billie Butler
Lorraine he's no serious rival, at least
not in this part Of the country, so far
as general averages go, but several
others have outShone her consistently
in national tournaments.
MRS. BUTLER has chance to beat
1vl the all-time record for league
averages, los, established several
years ago by Miss Gull, but Lorraine
figures herself Is give 1t substantial
tilt. at last accounts she had an aver
age of LOT in one league and was better
than 108 in another.
Heavy pinfall may be expected when
q squad of mems doubles swings into
action at 10 o'clock. Among the per-
formers will be Tony Santini and Ollie
Pacini, the strongest of Italian Ameri-
can pairs; Leo Rianaldi, bearcat when
in top trim, and Sam Del Vecchio,
youthful holder of the world record
game of 240; Charley Lindstrom and
Davidson Of Bethesda. They will roll
singles at IL O'Clock.
One of BaItimore's finest bowlers and
q former president of the National
Duckpin Bowling Congress, Ed L. Dun
mock, will pair with H. Buckingham at
o'clock.
THE Bethesda Stars winning total last
i year was l,805, figure which prob
ably would be good enough to lift
the title this year.
Those illustrious Connecticut Blue
Ribbons were dismal failures for the
most part In the national tournament,
but they probably win make a stir
before returning to New England. They
plan to stay over today and tomorrow
and shoot some special matches.
Only Jack White could get up steam
in the five-man team event, in which
he shot 1913, with high game Of 140.
Tronsky, Gacek, Frisk and Tato were
hot spasmodically and the quint had
o desultory total Of 1886.
: Sharing an unwelcome spotlight with
the Blue Ribbons we're our own King
Pins, champions Of the District League,
who finished first in the national four
years ago. The King Pins felled three
less sticks than the Connecticut team.
They, too, had one standout in Howard
Campbell, captain and anchor. Howard
shot 1913 and 1877, then dropped to ia,
but his set Of 384 was among the best
Of the night.
THE Hecht Co. No. team-L. Ri
Il naldi, Popkins, Houck, Sweeney
and Litchfeld-blew a golden on
portunity,- after hanging up scores Of
GIG and 604. Another sizeable count
probably would have achieved a cham
pionship, but the boys couldn't straddle
the final hurdle, and a wtnd-up Of 523