The Washington times., 1933-01-20
BARBER,LUR|X
ENTER STAR
BOWLERS
BY GINO SINH

premiere women duckpinners, hail.
ing from as far away as Connecrt-
cut, will take the Lucky Strike
drives tomorrow at 1880 p. m. IN
quest Of The Washington Times
ladies' Dixie sweepstakes crown.
The entry Of five of Connectl-
kilograms from Frank Barber ana
Frank Lurix today. Barber's trio
will include Alice Dlugo, Of Bride
port, No. honorary bowler Of the
United States; Anna CasaZza, OF
Danbury, Barber'S home town,
and Florence LaBarr. also OF
Bridgeport. All are members Of
the famous Mitchell Dairy girls
team.
Lurix has entered two Morgan
Recreation stars, Frances Mooney
and Ermer Graucard, both OF
Hartford. Is
Miss Dlugo last Saturday added
the Connecticut State sweepstakes
diadem to her collection when she
pounded the naples for an even
TOO for the six games, a record
for the event. She had 366 for
her final set.
Miss Casazza is the present all
events and singles titleholder Of
Connecticut. She handed in a
393 set, New England record,
to gain the singles laurels and
had 1,048 for her all-eventS.
Miss LaBarr finished third to
Miss Dlugo last Saturday. She
did this in spite of the handicap
of two 80 games. She is the
former holder of the New Eng
land high set mark, 374.
Twelve From Baltimore
Between 10 and IL contest
ants will be down from Balti-
more. The latest to submit a
paid-up entry is Shirley Wigley.
She is the ace of the Regent ALI
stars, setting the pace for them
in special matches with a nifty
106 average.
Other Oriole misses who have
declared their intentions are Lotta
Janowitz, former national singles
queen; Kay Heinzenberger, Eve
ming Sun champion; Viola Ray.
cob, third in last years Dixie,
Maude Lutz, Margaret Holiday,
Emma Ritter, Sue Miller, second
in the John Blick'S 25-game mar
athon; Evelyn Meier, Alice Lucas,
Helen Spencer, Mary Galloway,
Frances Krieg, Mary AkerS and
Naomi Zimmerman. present ma
tional allevent title holder.
Elva McCurdy and Polly Dozier,
national doubles champions, will
be prominent in the Richmond
delegation.
Record Breaker
Miss Dozier needs no introduc-
ton in bowling circles, due to her
sensational work last year, when
she repeatedly broke several
marks. Right now she holds the
five-game worlds record, 621, and
the 15-game world mark, 1,713.
Both were rolled in different
matches. Miss McCurdy carries
the highest league average in
Richmond, 107, in the Northside
Ladies League. Recently she cap
tured the Merchants Tournament
with an 1887 total for 10 games,
only two pins below the record.
Ida Simmons, Norfolk's plati-
mum blonde of the maple ways,
will be one of three from the
Virginia seaport. only last
Saturday she won the Virginia
State all.events and was mem
ber Of the victorious doubles
team.
OBrien, Wick Known
Dot Keel O'Brien and Rather
inc Wall Wick, the other two start
ers from down in old Virginny,
are both widely known Mrs.
Wick boasts the worlds high set
record, 424, and Mrs. O'Brien has
been in the duckpin glare for
several years. She garnered the
Virginia singles crown last week.
nosing out Ida Simmons by one
pin.
John S. Blick. former Wash
ington bowling impresario, in
formed George L. ISemann, chair
man of the Sweepstakes commit
tee, that he might be able to
send one or two last-minute en-
tries from Atlanta.
Hokie Smith got out of a sick
bed to win himself an entry in
the Howard Sampled Sweep
stakes at the Recreation last
night with a 393 set, stringing
together games Of 1877, 1875 and
100.