Evening star., 1933-04-23
OCC|DENTALS SHOW
WHAT CAN Be DONE.
285 Teams to Shoot in City
Event Opening Tomorrow
at Lucky Strike.
BY r. ID. THOMAS.


~ ESPERATE effort failed to
produce a record field for
J the Washington City Duck
pin Association champion
ships, opening tomorrow night,
but Uncle Willie Wood, head man
at the Lucky Strike, is willing to
stake the premises that all other
marks in the 22-year-old archives
of the association go Humpty
Dumpty.
This, too, in the face of singular
admonition from the association against
sticking his mapleways.
I'm not boasting, understand" Bill
boasted last night, "but I believe every
record in every class of the tournament
will be busted"
CTILL excited over the truly amazing
- performance of the Occidental
Restaurant team. which "a hours
before made national records With
game of 1856 and set of 2065 in Dis
trict League match, Boss Bill may nave
been unduly sanguine. but probably not.
The greatest pinfall in the history OF
the game has been recorded this season
at the Lucky Strike, and there is no
reason why it shouldn't continue on
through the city tournament.
Ordinarily, in preparing for the city
championships an establishment dresses
its mapleways to icy speed. This time,
by request of the association, the drives
will be maintained at normal sickness.
In most tournaments of the past"
Secretary Ebersole explained last night,
"the alleys have been as fast as light
ming for the first several nights, and
then slowed down so that bowlerS tax
ing their turns toward the end OF the
schedule have rolled on drives not a
little different from those available 10
the early shooters"
ct GUESS our fellows got those Lucky
/ Strike drives plenty warmed up
for the tournament" baSSoed big
Fred Buchholz, who grieved all day
Yesterday over his absence from the
record -shattering performance. me
Occioentals are on the fag-end OF the
tournament schedule.
For 10 years Max Rosenberg has
rated with the best duckpln boWlers Ill
the country. and records have come
to mean little to him, as rule, but
those two Occidental marks were eN-
ceptions. Max reliShed 'em TO the
marrow.
They refuted a season-l ng depre-
citation of Rosenbergs ability. some
of the best authorities have held that
rounded cutters and faster drives mill
tated against Max style. Others be-
lieved he was as hot ss ever, but for
mer interiors had caught up.
Recently Max added speed to MS oe-
liverv and went out to recapture some
of the lost prestige.
He silenced all critics with one ire.
mendcus effort--his contribution OF 400
sticks to the Occidental set.
Tough luck probably thwarted Rosen-
berg of record. To quote a team
mate. Dutch Newman: Max deserves
a set of 500. He didn't miss thmg
and he hit at least four times for spares
that didn't 60"
Max shared honors with Joe Harrison
in the 736-game in which Joe made
triple- e-header strike and MaX double
to keep the team keyed high.
1EWMAN'S average in the National
IN CAPITAL League-12730 for 80
pames-is another indication OF
vhopping scores In the city tournament.
All games cf this league are rolled at
the Lucky Strike.
To assure himself of the National
Capital championship. Newman finished
his schedule with double-header sets
of 429 and 394. with King Palace. HIS
chief rival. Astor Clarke OF King Pm
r-lled ON the same night, but only one
set. When the evening opened New
man led Clarke by a single pin. At the
conclusion. he was so far in frcnt the
title was all but sewed up. Clarke
rolled only 1863, and now to catch New
men must shoot AGO in his final set
Clarke has made great attempt to
retain the championship he won last
season with a record average OF l23 III
the National Capital loop.
To return to the city Tournament. 1t
was announced last night by Secretary
Ebersole that 285 teams ere in llne.
along with nearly 800 doubles and 500
singles: which. in these times is quite
a bowling entry.