The Washington times., 1936-11-10
HOYAS, TERPS AND CARDS in MAJOR TILTS SATURDAY
Numerous
FauOrites
In Dixie
BY GINO SINH

With only five days left before
the foul umpire's whistle sends a
half hundred of the country's I'm
est duckpin wallopers on their way
in the sixth annual washington
Times Mems Dixie Sweepstakes 1t
Is time to take stock Of who is VINO
among the entrants.
So, hauling out the old cope
bucket and stirring 1t deeply ana
vigorously, let's see what comes 10
the top in the way OF tavorltes'
AS Washingtonians have come
off victorious three times, ONE
pacini winning in 1881. Astor
Clarke in 1888, and Joe Freschl IN
1895, with Ray Barnes taking the
crown to Baltimore in 1882 and
Bill Arnold traipSing with 1t 10
ANNAPOLIS in 1884. we are honor
bound to take the hometown lad
dies under consideration first.
On form and averages turned IN
locally THIS season, it seems that
those keen rivals Of the past five
years. Ollie Pacini and Astor
Clarke. rate the top spots here.
One-TwO-ing
Pacini and Clarke have been
"one-two-ing" it in the District
League and the Washington Brew
ery flash is the pace-setter for the
D. C. entries in the Baltimore
Washington Major League.
However, league averages and
form mean exactly nil in an event
like the Dixie, so while we can say
that 1t wouldn't be a surprise II
either Pacini or Clarke, incident
ally both former winners, should
repeat, the law of average and
past performances distinctly
doesn't figure such an eventual1ty.
Howard Parsons didn't have to
look far for q backer. In fact. he
didn't have to look at all, for
Tucker Lawrence Harvey, watch
ing him bang out powerful scores
in open matches, at Northeast
Temple one day last week, sided
up to Ollie Pacini, the manager,
and handed him $25, explaining:
81 am backing Parsons in the
Dixie. See that the money goes
to the right party"
Less known than Parsons, but a
dangerous contender ne'er the less
Is Russ Spillman from over by
RoSslyn.
Three Marks For Tie
Spillman served notice that he
is a sweepstakes bowler of parts at
Richmond Saturday night, when
he finished with three marks to
tie Astor Clarks for the Virginia
North Carolina Sweepstakes cham
pionship. A deuce count in the
final box robbed him Of undis-
puted leadership.
Then there is Joe FreSchi, the
defending champion. Joe is batter
ing the naples for fat averages
and has added much needed eXpe-
rience.
And you just can't leave Perce
Wolfe, Joe Harrison, Ed Blakeney
in the background. They are hold
ing UP their end of all assign
mentS and then some. Just behind
this group are Eddie Espey,
Johnny Anderson, Red Megaw,
Jack Talbert, Paul Jarman, Sam
Simon, all tough when the breaks
come their way and that is the
only way sweepstakes are won.
There's hardly anybody in Balti-
more who rates with youthful
Meyer Jacobson, who incidentally,
is the out-and-out all-around AL
favorite for the Dixie. The lanky
Jewish boy has been smacking
the naples superbly on every ap-
pearance everywhere and only two
weeks ago scored a sensational
and lopsided singles victory over
AStor Clarke.
Would Leave Them Behind
However, Jake" will have sew
eral toWnsmen trailing along with
him in the Dixie that he would
rather leave at home. Prominent
among these is Johnny Miller, of
the Patterson alleys. Paul Lohr.
the merry bald-headed mate of
Miller, is another.
Then there are two of Meyers
teammates, Eli DOC" Pickus and
Andy zeiler. John Lauer and Will
mer Robey and Ray Won Dreele
and also Ray Barnes, heading up
the comeback trail, are other
tough Orioles.
Bill Arnold is still the big boy
from Annapolis and "Hobnail"
Francis, AL Hesselton and Lee
Crowder, of John Marshall Alleys,
will carry Richmond'S standard
high and Norfolk will have Buck"
Crowder, Sugar" Kane and Billy
Gauer, who have carved potent
names in duckpin circles.
There are plenty more to be dis
cussed from farther away and
we'll take them up at later meet
ing.