Evening star., 1936-12-20
Five Here in Nations Big
Ten-LuciIe Young Gets
S. Meet Record.

few men who ever achieved stardom
on the mapleways who bowled. with a
right-foot delivery.
In 1881, Joe Overend Of the Recrea-
ton League, turned out game OF 2O3,
but it never was recognized as record
because the league at that time had no
foul line judge.
Clarke Gets Top Ranking.
A STOR CLARKE won the No. !
ranking of the National Duckpin
Bowling Congress with an average OF
1926 for 526 games, rolled with sew
eral teams and in variety of tourna-
ments. He was most closely identified
with the Occidental quint Of the Dis
trict League and Southern 1ntercity
League Due greatly to Clarkes l27
average the Occidentals won the South
ern intercity pennant.
Other Washington bowlers to make
the national big ten were Perce Wolfe,
in the fourth notch with 12l-405 for
500 games; Joe Freschi, fifth with 12l-
80 for STA; Joe Harrison, with 122-248
for 337 and Ed Blakeney, eighth with
l23-148 for $40.
Although Clarke was placed on top
by the National Duckpin Bowling Con-
gress he barely won the No. l rating
of his own city. The Washington City
Duckpin Association Ranking Commit
tee gave him only two points more than
voted to Perce Wolfe. resident OF
Hyattsville.
Brewers Get Big Title
THE most difficult of all bowling pen
nants to win, for Washington pin
men. went to the Heurich Brewers who
beat the Occidentals on the last night
of the season for the District League
championship. Ed Blakeney, Tony
Santini and Bill Clampitt were the
Heurich heavy guns, with Red MegaW
and Whip Litchfleld of little less
caliber. Had the Occidentals taken
single game of the final match they
would have retained the league title
on total pins. The Heurlchs scored a
clean sweep with ease.
With an average of l23-l1 for 70
games. Joe Freschi of the Grand Gen.
trail Wallets won the individual crown
of the all-star District League.
Ida Simmons of Norfolk clung to the
No. / spot in the National Duckpin
Bowling Congress ranking OF women,
but the next two places went to Wash
inrtonians. Lorraine GULL placed
second with an average of 1l5-3Oo Tor
35e strings and Lucille Young third
with 1929 for 342. Miss Simmons
shot 1928 for 379 games.
Rolls Record Score.
MRS. YOUNG rolled the highest
4'A nine game score ever achieved
hv a fair bowler to win the all-events
championship of the National Duck
pin Bowling Congress at Hartford in
April. Her total of 1,l69 topped by
20 sticks the previous record estao-
lished a few days before in the same
tournament by Miss Simmons. The
singles title also went to Mrs. Young
with a count of Alb She was men,
Der of the National Beer team.
Washington's leading women's team
In the national tournament was Lucky
Strike, which won the championship
with 1852. This was a remarkable
coincidence Two years prior the
same team SnOG CHe sdiIie Seoio w
win the same title.
The capitals male representation
in the Hartford tournament was quite
O bust. Chick Heimer's Progressive
Printing Co. team finished eighth
for the best showing among the
ouints. Ed Cleary of the Masonic
League got fourth in the all-events
for top honors among individuals.
Hts score was 1922.
Biakeney in High.
OTHERWISE. in out-of-town COM
petition, the Districts male pin
shooters generally Jared well. One of
the outstanding bowling performances
of all time was that of Ed Blakeney
In winning the Eastern Sweepstakes
ut willimantic, Conn. He rolled two
consecutive fve-team sets of 706 and
tackled on a SIS to win with 2,068.
Joe Freschi was second, with 2008.
Blakeney's prize of $500 was the rich
est won this year by a duckpinner.
The year 1885 goes into history with
q prominent place in the games ar
chives. It was started auspiciously by
Frank Xanten, who hung up two all
time Evening Star tournament rec
ords. His game Of 180 was tops and
his set of 694-from scratch-won the
first prize of $50. plus gold medal.
Evelyn Ream took first hoonrs in the
woman's division, with 593, including
q five-pin handicap. The male run
ners-up were Charley Guyther and
Bill Herbert, who tied with 6S5. Sec
ond coin Of $40 in the women's class
went to Lorraine Gulli. who rolled
S7s, and the third prize of $50 was
collected by Viola Bechtold, who shot
S7l.
HiIliard's Win Is Upset.
THE Capitals outstanding money
= tournament, the Howard Campbell
sweepstakes, produced an upset when
Harry Hillaird of Hyattsville tri-
umphed. Hilliards score Of 1872 for
is strings was a single stick short of
the tournament record marked up by
Sam Simon two years before. Astor
Clarke was second, "a pins behind,
ind Hekie Smith, in third place,
4railed Clarke by one.
Members Of the Connecticut Blue
Ribbon team cleaned up in the Ma
honal Duckpin Bowling Congress
Sweepstakes, held at Convention Hall,
with wally Pipp's 1888 as high score.
Hokie Smith of the Columbia alley
staff, fourth, with 1859, was the only
Washington man to share the prize
money.
& Rosslyn's team in the Ladies' Dis
kfict League helped bring the 1885
season to q snappy close by shooting
the highest league set in the history of
girls bowling here. .750-this In de-
fense of the league championship,
which they retained. A short time
later the Rosslyn captain, tiny Eve
lyn Ellis, with games Of 14l. 128 and
$50, tota1ed &l9 for another all-time
marx