The Washington times., 1933-03-22
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By GINO SINH


A terrific battle is waging for
strike and spare honors among
the city's first rank duckpinners,
and all previous records have al
ready been eclipsed though the
season had yet a month to go.
Ollie Pacini is leading in the
race for the spare laurels and
seems to be well on his way to
a record, having clipped off 264
two-ballers over a distance of 72
games with Rinaldi Tailors in
the Temple Major League. This
Is an average Of 3.48 spares per
game.
Astor Clarke, who last year set
an all-time high for the black
marks, rolling in the National
Capital League when he chalked
up 264 of them in 81 games, has
the third best spare average,
3.37, again in the National Capital
League with King Pin. Dutch"
Newman, of Kings Palace, is
crowding Clarke in this league
with a 3.34 pace to date.
Earl McPhilomy's spare record
Substantiates his powerful Dis
trict League average. He has
been clearing the drives with his
second ball at a 3.38 clip, the
second highest in the District.
Pacini has a slight edge over Jack
Talbert for runner-up honors in
the city's major circuit, 3.14 to
$40.
Leads In Numbers
Paul Harrison enjoys an extra
ordinary distinction in this battle
of marks. He claims both the
highest number of strikes and
spares registered by any individ-
ual so far this year, with SO
strikes and 276 spares for "a
games in the Columbia Heights
League, and this puts him way
up among the leaders in both
catagories, with a 3.24 average
in spares and 1921 in strikes, the
highest in the city for one ball
shots.
whip" Litchfield, Howard
Campbell Sweepstakes champion,
and Harrison's teammate with
the District League leaders, Con-
vention Hall, has IS strikes in
81 games, one percentage point
behind Paulie with 800.
The strike leadership is concen-
trated upon one team, for Eddie
Espey has the third best "whanl"
record, with 81 in IS games in
the National Capital League. Sam
Simon also has the knack for
registering energy savers. having
collected So in "a games in the
Columbia Heights League.
It was in the mark department
that the effect of the change
from the old "ten-pin" type of
gutter to the duckpin style can
be most easily followed. Statistics
show that the change is not par
ticularly startling, though for
mer records have been bettered.
Spare Record Hiked
The spare record has shown
the greatest improvement. George
Friend led the District League
with an even three spares per
game average for ST games in
1929, Jack Wolstenholme missed
by two spares repeating this feat
over 81 games the next year and
Paulie Harrison got $50 in 81
games in 1930-31, and Ed Blake
ney brought the mark up to 257
last year.
In the National Capital League
Joe McGolrick chalked up to 249
spares three years ago. and no
one came close to it until Astor
Clarke topped it the past season
with 264, the highest on record
UP to this year. for 81 games.
Brad Mandley's 64 strikes for
81 games in the District League
five years ago was equalled by
Hokie Smith last year in the
same league and surpassed by
Iitchfield last week. Three sea-
sons ago Howard Campbell
rolled IS strikes for 81 games
when he held his sensational 1872
average in the National Capital
League. That has survived until
this year.
Paul Harrison, of course, bet
tered all previous strike marks
in compiling his current SO TO-
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