Evening star., 1932-02-19
RANEY GOES AFFAIR
FOR STAKE STARS
D. c., Baltimore, Connecticut
Leaders Vie Tomorrow in
15-Game Event.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

AJENO 1OWN, SIIOIlSIlOlQ VI
n rubber banded pins, to-
/ i morrow will have, for a
day, the spotlight focused
upon it by the Nations hardwood
duckpin enthusiasts, when the
Maryland town plays host to the
leading experts of Washington,
Baltimore and Connecticut, who
will compete, on historic set of
alleys, in the first running of the
annual Cumberland Valley Sweep
stakes.
Through the earnest efforts of Gene
Raney, proprietor of the HagerStoWn
Coliseum, who is attempting to convert
the township from rubber-band bowlerS
to hardwood duckpinners, and George l..
Isemann Of the National Duckpin Con-
gress, an array of stars comparable to
that which annuity completes in such
established events as the United States
and Eastern Stakes will toe the line to-
morrow morning for the first block of a
15-game grind.
Raney. who bought and tranSplanted
the aged but finely conditioned alleys
of the late Harry Carrolls Coliseum
here, is hopeful that the exhibition
staged by those standout stars tomorrow
will be helpful in creating interest in
hardwood ducks, a game demanding
more skill than rubber bands.
A T least 10 Washingtonians are ex-
II pected to be in the field tomorrow.
as we'll as Nick TronSky and Bill
Tato of Connecticut and dozen or so
Baltimore experts
Patterned after the Dixie. National
ana Eastern Stakes, the Cumberland
Valley Sweepstakes will be composed CT
three blocks of five games each. to be
rolled in the morning, afternoon and
evening
Like other major stakes which attract
a national field. Raney's Cumberland
Valley event is likely to have a bearing
on the United States rankings. The
1872 rankings promise to be one of
the hardest tasks ever undertaken by
the National Duckpin Congress Selec-
ton Committee, and the Cumberland
Valley Stakes might we'll add or detract
from the difficulty.
Tonight in the HagerStoWn Coliseum
several special exhibitions, involving
several of the boWlers to see action to-
morrow, will be staged as preliminary
to the stakes.
TOMORROW also will mark the
i opening of another stakes, the
Times Southpaw Sweepstakes, at
Northeast Temple at 8 o'clock.
Minus the defending champion, Harry
Aiken, who is recuperating from a re-
cent appendicitis operation, field OF
25 or 80 left-handers is expected. Five
games will be rolled at Temple tomor-
row and five more next Friday at
Georgetown Recreation.
DECORDS by the wholesale were set
II up last night in the War Depart
ment League. Four season marks
were broken by two individuals and two
teams.
Gale Feaster started things with his
$50 string Bill Penfold followed
Feasters cue with a 4O2 set. Statistics
rolled SOB for a team game mark and
photographic ended the nights activ-
tiles by shooting 1,726 for a high team
set.
photographic is six games in front.
while three clubs. Finance, Statistics
and Engineers. are deadlocked for the
runner-up berth.
nATENTS No. 2, leading the Depart
L ment of Commerce League, tomor-
row will invade Hanover, Pa. for a
pair Of pin battles with two local teams.
In the first clash. slated for the after
noon. the Washington team will be re-
turning the visit paid by the Moose
Stars of Hanover. Patents will have a
lead Of POI sticks. the result of the first
block here at the Rendezvous
The Capital teams second opponent
will be the strong McClarin's five which
Is highly regarded in Southern Penn
sylvanias bowling circles This team
won the York County championship
last year and represented Hanover In
the National Duckpin Congress tourney
here last Spring. This match is slated
for n m