Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-23
HURD SETS RECORD
IN STAR TOURNEY
Shoots 704 From Scratch
at Lucky-PinfaII Is
Heavy at Arcadia.
nv RON THOMAS.

BY kOD THOMAS.
Ode HARD, patron Of the
- Lucy Strike, figured himself
five bucks richer today as the
- result of a record set fired last
night in the qualifying round Of The
Star tournament. Hurd, who rolled
last season in the National Capital
League. but has given up regular COM
petition, rolled 704 from scratch and,
with a 28-pin handicap. totaled 1872.
High set from scratch in the pre-
liminaries calls for prize of IS, and
Eddie's 704 looks to be ready cash.
Scores of that caliber come only a few
times in a season and nearly all of
the city's bowlers capable Of beating
it have rolled their preliminary sets.
Hurds strings were 100, 1877, 1877,
sticks he will be strong candidate
for top money in the roll-off, which
will get under way next Monday
night.
Go Strong at Arcadia.
THE Arcadia, which has produced
many money winners in the giant
tournament, which apparently will
top 1000 this time in entries, is hope
full Of producing either the man or
woman champion or both. The pins
are falling in great hocks these days
at Monk Fraser's plant.
At least one former winner in the
mems division hailing from the
Arcadia has a chance to repeat.
Carroll Daily, who triumphed in 1881
with 679, the record score up to that
time, made the qualifying grade at
the Arcadia with 664, which included
handicap, based on his Federal
League average, of % pins.
But Pete Metrakos of the Columbia
Heights League is leading the big
field at the Arcadia. Pete put to-
gether strings of 1913, 100, l04, 152
and 157 for 666 and with a handicap
of SO totaled 704. Days high game
Of 165 is tops so far at the Arcadia.
Collins Hot by Spells.
CARLTON COLLINS of the Fed
eral League, but for two weeks
games might have been high from
scratch in the entire tournament,
which is being rolled at all the duck
pin plants in the metropolitan area.
Collins gathered 142 sticks in his
first game, slumped to 106 and l09,
then got hot again, to produce counts
Of 145 and l25 to finish with 50-677
Another Arcadian to put on a pow
erful wind-up was A. j. Seal of the
Columbia Heights League. Seal
rolled 1864 with strings of LOT, ITO,
1875. 1874 and 1874.
Virgil Howard of the Navy Depart
ment League opened with 152 and
maintained fairly high standard to
total 55-663. Still another high
scorer at the Arcadia was L. j. Falk
Of the Navy Department. with 1873,
127. 13l. 81. 140-3-658.
V1vien Burns, a former Star tourna-
ment winner, rolled 525, including
handicap. at the Arcadia, where the
high count for girls Is Margaret
Lynn's 602. Mrs. Lynn chalked up
1913, 116, Ito, SO, 134E23-602. Mamie
Payne. with Is franked NAPLES. rolled
500 to trail Mrs. Lynn.
Sorry il 1t Offended, Charley.
WE GIVE you verbatim note that
came this morning from Charley
Nicholson. who starred when the Co.
lumbia Lodge 174, /. A. M. League
shot its qualifying round at the Lucky
Strike:
Dear Sir:
Thanks old man for the write up
Saturday, but I am quite confused as
to whether was complemented or
ridiculed, you see was referred to as
duffer, SO / asked my old frien
Hugh Crawley what q duffer was, He
replied that you were one so I felt
complemented as was introduced
to you by my buddy Bill Coyle OF
WNdAL and you impressed me as hell
of q good fellow.
1.-THE only thing that worries me
is, that being as am from Texas I
thought perhaps my sins had found
me out. Webster's dictionary defines
a duffer-A cattle stealer-A dull
witted or clumsy person, who dis
charges his duties in an incompetent,
perfunctory or inefficient manner. So
if q duffer is one who averages 40 or
better as I did in qualifying. thanks
for the plug and the drinks are on me.
but if you had Webster in mind, well
look out because Buck Benney rides
again. Yours in sport,
"CHAS. w. NICHOLSON"