Evening star., 1933-01-21
CAMPBELL STAKES
IS PUNCHY EVENT
Six Years History Packed
With Drama-GirIS Roll
for Dixie Title.
BY r. d. THOMAS.

w bowling tournament, the
Y HOW ard Campbell
Sweepstakes, will open
tonight at the Lucky Strike at
7:30 o'clock. Next Saturday the
show will shift to the Columbia
and a week later to Convention
Hall for the third and final Skirm-
ish.
In the meantime, the girl experts
have important business afoot. The
Dixie Sweepstakes, sponsored by the
Times, was to open this afternoon at
the Lucky Strike at 1870, continue at
the Columbia at S and finish at the
Rendezvous at o'clock, q total of nine
games to be rolled.
Lorraine GULL, defending champion
in the Dixie Sweepstakes, modeStly re-
fused an invitation to compete in the
Campbell event. Several alley man
ayers were willing to pay her entry fee
OF $28, but this she would not permit.
''TT very likely would be a waste of
i money" said she. Il know my
limitations as bowler. The
Campbell Sweepstakes is lot too hot
for me-"
It's worth wager, though, that her
average in the Dixie tournament is
higher than many in the Campbell
scramble.
Entries for the mems event will be
accepted up to starting time by Arville
Ebersole, secretary of the Washington
City DCckpin Association, and Howard
Campbell, jointly in charge.
Tony Santini, who won last year by
one-pin margin over Ed Blakeney,
will defend the title. Among prospec-
tive participants are Ben Hare, Whip
Litchfeld, George Honey, Joe Pricci,
Earl Magruder, Coat Lovett, Hugh
Crawley, Perce Wolfe, Louie Pantos,
Oscar Swain, Bradley Mandlry, Hokie
Smith, REQ Megaw, Ollie Pacini, Ed
Blakeney, Earl McPhilomy, Glen Weld
man, Henry Hiser, Max Rosenberg,
Astor Clarke, Dutch Newman, Joe Har-
rison, Ed Espey, Paul Harrison, Charley
Watson, George L. Isemann, Chester
Bid, Red Morgan, AL Work, Bill Krauss,
Ray Won Dreele, Jack Talbert, Johnny
Anderson, Arlie Webb, Percy Lawhorne,
Buck Miller, AL Woods, Bin Clampitt,
SIM Corcoran and Campbell himself.
ONLY Campbell and Isemann have
~ rolled all the games of all the
Campbell tournaments. Max Ro-
senberg and Henry Hiser have started
all, but in one tournament Max
scratched after IA strings and Hiser. due
to an accident, gave way to a substitute
In one.
Each Of the six Campbell sweepstakes
has produced q duckpin drama. Last
year Santini made a 1s-pin spare in
the last box of the final game to tri-
umph By single sticl:. In 1881 Astor
Clarke announced he'd win the tourna-
ment and did-with a record score
of 1878.
In 1880. Max Rosenberg and George
Friend. pals en- the Northeast Temple
team, ran ore-two, Rosenberg winning
In spite of sprained knee, or was it
foot?
In 1929 Bradley Mandley proved his
right beyond question to the throne of
Washington bowlers by winning the
Campbell classic. He already was a
District League champion.
IN 1928 Campbell made a brave at
1 tempt to win the tournament that
bears his name. He came from far
behind to finish second. Red Megaw
was the winner. He was so far in front
at the end of the second set as to
all sorts of tough luck in the final block
and struggled painfully to get home
winner.
The first sweepstakes, held in 1927,
resulted in a never-to-be-forgotten
victory for Glenn Wolstenholme, who
charged" in the last set to beat out
Glenn Weidman. A double heat der strike |
at the psychological moment put VOL
stenholme over
Miss GULL goes to post a pronounced
1avorite in the Dixie sweepstakes but |
With several dangerous rivals Alice |
DLugo, Anna Cassazza and Florence
La Barr of Connecticut; Polly Dozier |
OF Richmond. Ira Simmons, Katherine !
Wall Bick and Dorothy Keel OBrien |
of Norfolk. are the most formidable |
out-of-town entrants All of these have |
won important tournaments or hung
up records. Mrs. Bick shot 424 in |
league set last season for a national |
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