Evening star., 1932-02-04
CARL MAKES QUICK
SUCCESS ASP|L0T
Size of Plant and League,
Zooms-Reva Banks Sets
Two Season Marks.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

~ bagful of new ideas, an
Il up-to-date bowling plant
and a surprisingly success
full entry in the National Capital,
has eliminated in making Tako-
ma Park a veritable hotbed Of
duckpin boWling-all in the short
space Of less than two years.
A year and a half ago Charles
w. Carl, a former manager Of
tenpin establishment in New York,
threw open an eight-alley duckpin
establishment in Takoma Park.
and Takoma Park went" duck
pins.
Today Carl, VINO will end his sec
ond year as local operator next
Spring, has 14-alley plant which soon
will be enlarged to a 16-alley en-
porium; an up-and-at-'em entry In
the National Capital League; fran
chise in the Women's District League;
one Of the city's largest neighbornood
circuits, and one Of the most duckpin-
minded communities in this neck Of the
woods
Takona Park has a starless entry In
the National Capital League. In fact,
there is not one recognized star bowler
in Takoma Park, according to Carl.
But give EN- another year or so out
that way and Takoma Park won't have
to play second fiddle to any section,
AYERS Carl. There is likely flock Of
youngsters coming up.
FAILING in his attempt to obtain q,
i District League franchise, CAM
grabbed TIE vacant National Capt.
tai franchise of last years Parkway
Filling Station team and his ALTA
koma Park team-including Dutch
Fred Watson-has been battling with
the National Pale Drys for the leader.
ship in the National Capital League. At
the present time the Takoma pinners
are in third place, one game out Of the
runner-up position.
No one, not even Carl, knows how
the team has managed to top such out
fits as Northeast Temple. Lucky Strike
ct al, but the fact remains that Ta5,
koma Park Is up there.
TARL succeeded in obtaining fran
~ chise in the Women's District
L%dBuS, DuJ 80 ldle ulU lle IeCtlFc
it that he had no time to recruit some
he managed to scrapc together team
composed mainly Of Eastern Star
League girls. and while it is giving Rec
reation a battle for last place, 1t has
succeeded in interesting Takoma Parks
girls.
Takoma Parks first league, the Ia
korna Park DuCkpin Association. START
ed with 10 teams last year and now
has grown to an 19-team loop. A Ta-'
koma Woman's League Of teams and
Takona Church League also have
been organized since.
DEVA BANKS, star Of the George
N town Recreation team, and the
John Blick girls last night headed
a sensational scoring rampage in the
Women's District League by hanging
up two records
Miss Banks, who saw her previous
season high game mark of l43 beaten
last week by Gladys Mills of Takona
Park, yesterday led the Georgetown
Recreation team to a three-game VIC
tory on the Takoma Park drives by
smashing out game of 152, the high
est rolled this season in league CON-
petition by girl. Her set was 345
The three-game victory sent the
Georgetown outfit skipping over Con-
Woods and into second place.
The Blick girls shot 588, an all-time
local league mark, but despite this
shooting lost two games to Deal Service.
Georgetown was the only team to
sweep a set. King Pin upset Bill
Woods twice Rendezvous dropped one
to Meyer Davis; Convention Hall won
the odd game from Lucky Strike, and
Columbia was one better than Recrea-
ton.
A pair of near records also were
rolled. Ann Ford Of Deal Service shot
386 set while the King Pin girls
rolled a team game of $50. Other high
scores were Helena Kohler's lat and $50
set, Margaret Leaman's 345 and Lor-
raine Gulli's $50.
THE newly-organized Washington
L Bowling Operators Association was
to hold its first monthly meeting at
o'clock this afternoon at the Olmsted
Grill.
Several weeks ago while the alley
owners of the District and environs
were planning for the 1928 Evening
Star Tournament the association was
formed.
DAY HUFF'MAN'S 1914 game last Sat
N urday in the opening block of the
Suburban Sweepstakes won't go
down as a record hi gh string, but Ray
is believed to have rolled the highest
game ever recorded officially without
the aid of consecutive strikes.
Huffman opened with strike, fol-
lowed with six spares, another strike4
another spare and ended with q strike
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