Evening star., 1933-10-15
56 ROLLING
FOR CHAIN STORES
A. and P. Is Latest in Field
With Is Quints-Liveiy
Gang Welcomed.

" chaps who rassle groceries
I \ in the chain stores Of
Washington and folks in
the bowling business hold it to be
the happiest occurrence of the new
season that these same lads sud-
denly have gone for the grand old
game, clock, stock and barrel"
When the Atlantic & Pacific Tea
Co. recently launched a league Of 16
teams the number of teams represent
ing grocery stores scared to Sc.
The Sanico League, made up OF
Sanitary Grocery Co., Inc, men (and
ops girD, has been in operation for
some years, but this season doubled its
membership. 1t has "a teams. One Of
its outstanding performers is Reva
Banks, the lone girl member.
district GROCERY STORES.
Inc, sponsors a league Of 10
teams and Nationwide Service
Grocers has one of 6. The grocers'
leagues are among the liveliest in the
city, as might well be expected, for
dead ones" don't last long in business
with such mercilesS competition.
with bang the other night at the
Lucky Strike, with S. w. link, director
of the Southern division of the company,
rolling the first ball. w. B. Totten is
the league president, with G. W.
Shipley, vice president; j. D. Vowel,
treasurer, and A. E. Abbott, scorer.
Each team had won a game and they
virtually were tied going into the last
frame of the final when Mount Pleasant
and Friendship Lodges of the Odd Fell
lows League had the issue settled with
touch of drama. r. johnson of
Friendship in that greatest Of all bowling
pinches-the tenth box-threw in q
healthy spare.
The Thomson Paint team, newcomer
to the Building Contractors League,
took whitewashing from another new
entry, Langdon Lumber.
KISS FUSCHINE, latest acquisition
V of the Commerce team In the
Ladies' Federal League, showed
she belonged by shooting the high
game of the evening, 131. Miss Federline
Of Treasury had top set of 353.
Gladys Engman's SO average tops the
Ladies Internal Revenue League.
The Douglas team, proud champeen
of the East Washington Sunday School
League, lowered its colors for the first
time of the season when Frank Homer
and Charley Hughes of Ninth No.
got hot. Ninth took two. Brock Bru-
ton OF Douglas, put up valiant scrap
with a set of 364 which included a
150game.
Any of you girls Of Montgomery
County who care to shoot in q league
may find places in the new Montgomery
County ladies' loop which rolls Friday
nights at Henry Hiser's Bethesda plant.
The teams are Leland, Kensington,
Silver Spring, Bethesda, Kenwood and
Edgemoor.
"A. z. A." is sweeping all before it
In the Hebrew Interclub League, Les
Amis being the last to feel its might.
On the last rolling night, a great con-
test for seasons high individual game
was staged by Friendman and Singer
with Friedman's 161 winning by q
stick.
EEEL1NG pretty much at home. the
Il Columbians are out front in the
washington Ladies League. To
SooJ IAACy 2CSCQIAy SACdilC0 up
the Wee Bees.
Bronson Quaites, with characteristic
fight, tossed in 129 to give the Beeques
the odd one from the Shamrocks.
The Nomads, newcomers to the old
est woman's league in town, are bear
ing up bravely in the face Of nine
straight losses. All Of their games
have been around the 500-mark and 1t
seems to be only a question Of time
and breaks before they start climbing.
Making up for a late start in the
District Ladies League, Pauline Ford
shot 366 and led the Arcadia team to
clean sweep over the Bill Woods
Convention Hall has signed q new
star in Mrs. Smith, hailing from
Bridgeport, Conn. In her debut, Mrs.
Smith rolled 329.
Marie Whalen, now q member Of tbs
Columbia team, served notice On all
and sundry that she will make Lon
Krauss' entry one to be feared when
she rolled 345 for the winning punch
against Recreation.