Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-21
BIC NIGHT ON TAP
FOR CASEY P|NMEN
BoWIerS From New England
and Dixie Also Shoot
in National Event.
TINE snappiest day and night OF
competition so far in the Ma
tional Duckpin Bowling Congress

TINE snappiest day and night OF
competition so far in the Ma
tional Duckpin Bowling Congress
championships at Convention
Hail got under way this afternoon when
sons and daughters of Dixie and New
England mingled in a doubles and sim
giles session.
Tonight the tournament will be
monopolized by Knights of Columbus
Twelve teams, representing the entire
membership of the Washington knights
of Columbus League, and four teams
of Caseys from Baltimore will perform
but no less an attra ction will be the
sweepstakes for members Of the order
More than 100 are lined up for this
event, with DR.. w. S. Sullivan in charge.
Charles F. O'Connell, president of
the Knights of Columbus League, Is
general chairman of the nights pro-
gram and that it will be a feature Of
the entire tournament is due largely to
his effort.
The league turned $3.50 into the
sweepstakes prize fund. which will be
augmented by entry fees.
NEW marks are looked for in the
IN womens' division. On tonight's
schedule are the Huntington Girls
Club of Boston, Norfolk Health Center,
Mitchell Dairy Girls of Bridgeport,
Conn, the Convention Hall maids and
the Atlanta Girls. The out-of-towners
are shooting doubles and singles this
afternoon.
The first stable score Of the tour
nament was turned in by Ed Rommel
a ntI aIa 81 TaI
they gathered 704 sticks in doubles.
Knoche shot 355 and Rommel 349.
Rommels team, the Regent Try Me.
gained first place with a total of
1885. Knoche leading with SAB, trailed
by Holman with BAT.
None of the existing high marks in
either mems or womens events is likely
to win prize. So far only booster
teams have rolled and there have been
few f1rst-class performers listed in
doubles and singles.
Charley Phillips, holder of the Dis
trict record for a league set with 458,
and the man he topped for the record,
Harry Dixon, whose mark was AS,
paired last night and neither was in
fettle. 664-total resulting
before repairing to Convention Hall
~ tonight many bowling fans are ex-
pected to take in the doubles con-
test at the Columbia between Jack
Whalen and Bradley Mandley of Wash
ington and Ray van Dreele and Andy
Zeiler, Baltimore aces, starting at 1880
o'clock
While they are rolling the opening
block Of a home-and-home series, Red
Megaw and Bernie Frye will be in
Baltimore for a similar engagement
with George Lang and Ed Blakeney at
the Bowling Center.
Whiting Lodge is the new Masonic
tournament champion. The last team
to shoot, it totaled 1,779 to b at by %
sticks the previous high set rolled by
Washington Centennial. Cleary was
high with 376. Bean contributed 357
10 the winning total and Stocks, 345.
King David was third with 1.7l8;
Stansbury fourth, 1903, and Joppa
fifth, 1,70l.
The Masons now will turn their at
tention to doubles and singles.
Howard Bailey, president of the
Washington Suburban Duckpin Associa-
ton, requests that every league in near
by Virginia and Maryland have a
representative present at a meeting
tonight at o'clock in room 204, The
Star Building. The principal business
will be plans for the annual suburban
sweepstakes.