Evening star., 1933-05-07

w YHAT promises to be the
M heaviest barrage in the
Y Y Washington City Duck
pin Association cham
pionships at the Lucky Strike will
be laid down tomorrow night when
members of the all-star District
League take their turns on the
cleaning Lucky Strike drives.
This weeks bowling will finish the
associations twenty-third annual tour
nament, which has been in progress
two weeks.
Most Of the action tomorrow night
will be along the Glass A front where
present leaders for the most part are
strongly intrenched.
4 N all-time record will be necessary
"A to dislodge the team leader, Colonial
Ice Cream, which rolled 1889 to
surpass by So sticks the previous tourna-
ment high mark, made by the King
Pins in 1929.
The w. Cox-Beatty combination will
take a lot of beating in doubles with
773. Joe Freschis 408 in singles Is
rated an even chance to survive, like
wise Astor Clarke's 1,l2l in all-events.
Arville Ebersole, w. c. D. A. secre-
tary, announced last night that any
team or individual with a postponed
set could roll it any night during the
week, a skeletoniZed schedule having
been drawn to care for such contingen-
cies.
HUGH WAI.DROP and Perce Wolfe.
/ who pair frequently in doubles,
each thought to do the other a
friendly turn the other night by split
ting the combination. Neither had
done well in the team set, with the
Dixie Pigs, and each felt his pal would
be better off with another partner in
the two-man event.
So Perce rolled with his brother,
Harry, and Hugh with W. Huddleston.
Neither makeshift combination got
anywhere
But had Wolfe and Waldrop main
tanned their partnership and rolled as
well as they did, they would have es-
tablished an all-time record of 827.
Hugh shot AIT and Perce, 410.
Which all goes to show, etc.
ONE Of the largest crowds of the
~ tournament is expected tomorrow
night and one that will stay late.
The last squad, of doubles, will go on
at 10 O'Clock. Singles at tbs will open
the program and every squad will pack
big punch.
The famous doubles team of Earl
McPhilomy and Carroll Daily in singles
barely beat 325 apiece. Tomorrow they
perform as twoSome
They had rom, ~, -, ~.
singles. Among the stars to fail abjectly
were Bill Cox. Perce Elicit, Howard
Campbell. Dave Crockett, Bradley Man.
dley, Freddie Moore and Joe McGolrick.
All rolled in the same squad.
Although Astor Clarke failed to
equal his National Capital League aver
age. ne went to the front in Glass A
all-events. In the league he averaged
l26 and in the nine games of the tour
nament, a bit over 124. This is the
f1rst time in the history of the WASH
ngton City Duckpin Association that
a bowler has stood so high in the tour
nament without holding his league pace.
7 ORRAINE GUILLI'S final average
~ OF 1852 for SO games in the Dis
trict Ladies' League is one of the
most remarkable records in sport. She
Is one OF the few girls who could get
by in serious competition with men
without asking quarter Any time she
started IN a contest with any male
star, the duckpin queen would be close
to $3.50 shot to win.
Nearly dozen q 900" sets were rolled
IN the National Capital League and
several in the District, according to
Scorer Ben McAlwee, but only one
set approaching this speed has been
marked up in the city tournament. this
! being the Colonials.
Where are all those records Uncle
Willie Wood predicted?