The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-20

washington Times Dixie SWeC
Ray fell with thud in the
1888 edition of the Dixie last
Saturday, which drowned out
the noise of the pins. 1t wasn't
because he rolled an 1901 that
he toppled from his lofty throne
so much as the fact that things
are getting better since the New
Deal became an actuality-in
duckpins at least.
Don't get the idea that Barnes
is washed up" because of his
showing in the Dixie, as he's still
one of the premier pinspillers of
this section, which means, when
you take everything into consid-
Grafton, one of the outstanding
bowlers in the United States.
But an 1901 set, while it is a
creditable showing in almost any
company, will never come close
to taking home the bacon in the
annual Dixie classic, unless some
thing unforeseen happens.
Scores Mount
Scores in this sWeepstake have
been mounting with each per-
formance The first Dixie was
held in 1881, and when they paid
off first place money went to
Ollie Pacini, Washington's No. /
ranking bowler of the United
States. Ollie became the pride
of the South with his 1876 set.
Last year the crown went TO
Barnes, who is the country's
third king bowler. Ray
knocked 1928 pins from under
their props, which gave him an
advantage of 10 pins over Red
Megaw, of Washington.
And along comes another pin
spiller, Astor Clarke, who is some
thing of a dopespiller. While he
may not have been the favorite
with such men entered as Jack
White, of Willamette, Conn;
Megaw, Barnes, Pacini, Joe and
Paul Harrison, Brad Mandley, all
of Washington; Mike Bogino, of
Willamantic; Ed Blakeney, Make
Rosenberg, Red" Morgan and
Jack Talpert, of Washington, and
Temple Keene and Walter Miller
of Baltimore, to name the first
few who come to mind, it doesn't
require a lot of imagination to pic
ture him as the champion, as he
is the eight ranking bowler in
the United States.
300 Berries
But it does startle one to find
out that he rolled a 1908 set to
triumph over the 48 other entries,
the largest field yet entered in the
Dixie, which is the first major
event of the season. Clarke's
record 2,OO3 included sets of GIG,
$50 and 718, the latter being the
first TOO set ever rolled by local
bowler on home alleys. His days
work netted him $500 and a dia-
mond-studded medal to be pre-
sented By The Washington Times,
which sponsors the blue ribbon
classic.
Red" Morgan said his control
was better than ever but that
he wasn't getting any results,
and then stepped out on the New
Recreation Alley and shot a 1874
game which included a triple
header. AL Woods, pleasant young
fellow, rolling in his first major
event, looked like veteran with
a 1874 game, which topped the
ITS rolled by Jake Hanson, Of
Richmond.
Mandley Second
Seventy-eight pins behind Clarke
was the placid Brad Mandley,
whose host of well-wishers saw
him get second place and the
$3.50 that goes with it. The other
three places went to Bill Arnold,
of Annapolis, who shot a 1907;
fourth place to Doc Pickus, of
Baltimore; fifth to Gordon Cald-
we'll, of Richmond, and sixth to
Jake Hanson, also of Richmond
Clarke, as he received his $500
from George Isemann. secretary
of the National Duck Pin Bowling
Congress, who put in a great
deal of work as chairman of the
affair, looked forlorn and asked:
isn't there some way 1 can
get back the SLIGO 1 paid to
win my entry in the elimina-
lions at the Arcadia?"