Evening star., 1932-01-04

YlTH the Natlonal STAKES
M and The Evening Star
Tournament now rele-
gated to the pages of
history, the center of bowling at
tention will be shifted to the an
nuaI Howard Campbell Sweep
stakes, Washington'S own and the
most important duckpin event Of
the year for star bowlerS. Plans
announced today call for the
event to open Saturday, January
16, continue the following Satur-
day, January %, and wind up jan
uary 80.
The annual classic, inaugurated in
1927 by Howard Campbell, will, as usual,
be rolled on three sets Of alleys, present
plans calling for the Lucky Strike,
Rendezvous and either the Arcadia or
Convention Hall drives to be the sites.
The draw for the order in which the
various alleys will be used will be made
early this week.
Second to few other bowling events
in color and to none in the quality
of pin-spilling, the Campbell Stakes
drew its largest field in $780, when 81
took part, but this year at least go are
expected. The opener, in 1927, drew %,
Glenn Wolstenholme winning with a
total Of 1874. In 1923 % participated,
Red Megaw triumphing with 1928.
DRADLEY MANDLEY won over a
ID field Of % in 1929 with a score of
Tyl1iln Ir loan 40 pncpn-
berg grabbed the big portion of the
cash with a score Of 1884. The last
Campbell Sweepstakes made" AStor
Clarke, now a recognized star, when he,
as an unknown, entered and won with
the record breaking score of 1878 over
Al pinmen. Clarke was the only bowler
to shoot all three of its sets over 600.
A continuation Of the last years
popular feature Of awarding $25 on
each Of the three nights bowling to the
pinman shooting the high game and
high set is sure to aid in swelling the
entry list. BY this means a bowler
sets and finish high to get at least his
entry fee back, but may put on the
hot hand" for string or set to earn
a prize. No bowler finishing in the
money will be eligible for one of these
special prizes, nor will one who already
has won one be permitted to accept
another.
The entry fee OF $25 per bowler, plus
the cost of the Is games, makes this
event the richest Of the year in Wash
ington. Should go compete, the prize
fund would be $1,5O0.
GO far this season Ollie Pacini of
~ Washington and Ray Barnes of
Baltimore have provided the out
standing tournament bowlers of the
South Atlantic section. Ollie beat cut
Barnes in the Dixie Sweepstakes, the
Oriole star finishing second by a scant
margin. But Ray got back at Pacini
last Saturday by winning the United
States Sweepstakes in Baltimore. the
WaShingtorian running second. This
makes them all even.
MO bowler in that National Sweep
stakes was the object of so much
early attention as Nick Tronsky of
New Britain, Conn, and his flop Che
nnished In a tie for twentieth place
with Lad, was a puzzle to many
duckpin followers.
However, many of those Washing
tonlans who watched and competed
against Tronsky both here in the Blue
Rlooon-Pale Dry match and in Balti-
more Saturday advanced a logical rea-
son Tor his failure in the tourney. Iron
SKY was, they say, burned out BY his
proolglous activities in special matches
prior 10 the United States stakes,
Ihls reason sounds even more logical
IN view OF the fact that the highest
new Englander in the u, S. Stakes was
Bill Tato, who finished fifteenth. JACK
White, Carl Frisk and Mike Bopino
also finished way down the list
NEARLY every one expected gen.
~ orally high scores in The Star
tournament, which wound IN Sat.
urday. at the Lucky Strike, but few
expected the sensational pinfalI that
developed -''''
To illustrate the way the scores ran
George Stevens and Bill Howder. ac2
cording to the prize winning list sJh-
Ject TO audit tied for twentieth nIaca
with 629. And that same total wonId
nave placed second in any of the three
previous Journeys. Two bowlers Red
Morgan and H. L. McQuinn. rolled 658
which would easily have won anv of
the previous Star Journeys, vet in the
fifth place. Ava
1t was almost as spectacular in the
womens division. Helen Sullivan with
a score OF 1886, would have tied for the
Top IN last years tournament She
placed fourth. The 325s shot bv Elsie
Romero and Irene Scott would have
peen good for high prize in anv of
the other tourneyS. They +ieJ +o-.