Evening star., 1933-01-03

I'M lake InelT tuIuS GOlAl6Aie
1 Y L at the Lucky Strike in the
roll-off of The Evening
Star tournament will have a score
of CAT to shoot at.
1t was made last night by w. K.
McNeill, who, along with Is others,
beat the gun on the regular
schedule.
Assisted by handicap of 48, Mcneil
qualified at the Lucky Strike with set
OF 602. He found the Bill Wood maple
ways even more to his liking in the
roll-off, and particularly in the final
string. IN which he shot 140.
Astor Clarke and Joe Harrison, mem
bers Of the Occidental Restaurant team
to meet the Connecticut Blue Ribbons
next Thursday at Convention Hall, were
the only recognized stars to roll last
night, both performing from scratch:
Clarke was his old consistent self and
totaled 625. Harrison couldn't get
started and turned in a weak 547.
TOE may have been too full Of trr-
key to do himself justice. Fred
Buchholz gave the Occidental
sharpshooters New Year feast yester-
day, and it was a rousing affair. among
the guests was Lou Gehrig, the Yankee
first-sacker, who will roll the first ball
of the big tntercity battle. Lou ana
Fred are cousins and pals.
Admitting his lineup may be open
to criticism-any all-star Washington
team would be-Buchholz announced
that Astor Clarke would shoot singles,
SNtIt1 Ia n;,1t Dad NEcCo the doll
bles.. and Clarke, MegaW, Pacini, Joe
Harrison and Earl McPhilomy the team
match against Connecticut. However,
Joe Pricci, Occidental captain, will
have several other aces to fall back on
In the event any of the regulars slip.
Connecticut again will have group
of famous bowlers-Carl Frisk, BIZ
Tato, Jack White, Nick Tronsky, Babe
Dugss Mike Bogino and Carl Summers.
Thursday night will be left open IN
the schedule of The Star tournament
to permit all to see the intercity match,
the outstanding event Of its kind this
season.
A COUPLE Of championship hopefuls
IA from the Arcadia fell by the way
side last night. M. Snellings. who
rolled 671 in the qualifying round, aided
by a 15-pin handicap, could get only
536 sticks in the roll-of and H. Miller,
who qualified with sos. including 40
sticks handicap. shot 606. Miller, how
ever, won single-game honors for the
evening with string of l43.
Two squads will shoot tonight, using
nearly all the drives on the second 1oor
of the Lucky Strike, the first going on
at o'clock and the second at s:4o,
perhaps a bit later.
H A final check revealed SIT men and
women qualified for the roll-off, and to
accommodate all an extra day has been
placed en- the schedule. The tourna-
ment will wind up Saturday instead
of Friday, as planned Bowlers whose
names did not appear in the original
schedule are urged to watch the daily
Program appearing in The Star. Many
names have been added to the Frloay
list. For instance, nearly all OF Pet
worth's and Georgetown's qualifiers
have been scheduled for that night. a
large part of Saturdays schedule is
given over to Hyattsville and Bethesda
STTHE tournament directors are sensible
of numerous and unavoidable con-
fiicts between the tournament ana
league schedules and will do all possible
to alleviate this condition. Any prac-
ticahle change of dates will be granted.
Members of the Convention Hall team
today rejoiced over a shutout victory
over their arch rivals, Red Megaw
Northeast Temple Stars, and at the
same time pointed to seasons record
of 1916, Whip Litchfeld, with ABB
and Charley WalSo, 423, were the big
guns. The Temples totaled 1,738 and
were beaten decisively in each game.
The Halls record set: