Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
.RATING COMMITTEE
. UP AGAINST PUZZLE
Showing in City Tournament
May Decide Issue Among
Record Breakers.
BY r. d. THOMAS.

fTHREE notable achievements
by different men, will make
more difficult than ever the
task of the Washington
City Duckpin Associations rank
ing committee
1t is assured that the No.
spot will go to Henry Hiser, AStor
Clarke or Jack Whalen, but the
choice might tax Solomon, par
ticularly If it were to be made
right now.
Heretofore the top rank. has gone to
the bowler who most distinguished him
self in the District League or the
Campbell Sweepstakes, or both.
Hiser has established record for
average In the District League and As
tor Clarke one in the Campbell classic,
each of which in former seasons would
have been a clincher in the argument
over rank. But new factor compli-
Gates matters.
Jack Whalen's triumph over the class
of the country in the first annual ma
tional sweepstakes must be taken into
account, backed up with the record set
Of 435 he shot to win the National
Duckpin Bowling Congress singles
crown, and his splendid bowling to help
put the Rendezvous team in the fight
for the District League pennant.
TLARKE's victory in the Campbell
~ Sweepstakes, in which he shot
1873 to beat the previous record by
"a pins and in which he became the
first to top eco for all three 5-game sets,
made him the most-talked-of duckpin
shooter in the land.
But this surprising young man, I'M
known to stardom until this season, can
point to another worthwhile achieve
ment He is finishing the campaign in
the Washington Gas Light League, with
an average Of 121, which approximates
that of Howard Campbell in the Ma
tional Capital League last year, which
established an all-time mark for aver
age made on the drives of a single pin
plant.
Hiser has accomplished little in
tournament play, but has the highest
average ever achieved on circuit OF
mapleways. For 81 games in the Dis
trict loop his mark is an even 121 and
it may remain there. Hiser has been
III and with his team out Of the pen
nart race may. pass up the three
matches left on Hyattsville's schedule.
He has rolled enough to qualify Tor the
championship.
Hiser,s showing has been far more
CONNIE nGable than Whalen's or Clarke'S
regarded from one angle, but an angle
the committee wculd be unwise to con-
slider he has been under an almost
constant physical handicap, the result
of injuries received two years ago in an
auto nnishap. A less determined man
might have given up the game.
ONE more major event remains in
~ this greatest of all bowling seasons
and en- outstanding performance
by one of the three rivals would be well
coined by the committee. 1t would help
sclve its problem If Whalen. Clarke or
Hiser went wild" in the Washington
City Duckpin Associations champion
ships next month at the Lucky Strike.
Incidentally, this promises to be
whale of a tournament. Entries will
close next Saturday midnight and indi-
cations are that last years record field
Of 377 teams will be beaten.
The single pin tournament conducted
by Gino SINH of the Times has brought
cut the fact that pins No. 5, 6 and 7
are the toughest to hit. Anyhow, they
were missed most often by the squad of
% that opened the first round, at the
Rendezvous.
Competition will be continued tomor-
row. Late entrants may shoot at 100
sticks tomorrow afternoon or night,
with the final hundred to come Tues
day right at the Northeast Temple. The
entry fee Is So, which includes cost Of
bowling
Astcr Clarke leads with 81, Max Ros-
enherg IS second with 36, ice Harrison
third, 55 and Ed Espey fourth, with 80.
Harrison has the high run of the
first round SO far with %. with Rosen-
berg and Ollie Pacini each l short Of
that.