The Washington times., 1936-02-11
Dixie Pigs Rest
InCe|Iar,First
Time In Years
BY SID KATZNELL

Armed with a sharp pencil ana
note book, your reporter braved
the bowling front and obtained
first hand news on the current
campaign the other night. Here
'tis:
For the first time in ten years
Of league competition Dixie Pigs
find themselves in the cellar. They
are unhappy possessors Of last
place in the Temple Major League
:. On paper the Pigs have the
best team in the league what with
q star-studded lineup Of .Perce
Wolfe, Harry Wolfe, Kenny Keeier.
Hugh Waldrop, Tom Huddleston
and Bob Mccall :. Last year the
Pigs finished second.
Huck Stahl, considered one Of
the finest shortStops on the local
sandlots, never misses an import
ant bowling match :. Incident.
ally, he is not a bad duckptnner
himself . He bowls with Senate
Beer in the Georgetown CONNER.
cial League Huck likes to keep
the score.
AL Lansdale rolling with Regula-
ton No. / team in the Shipping
Board League, shattered an all
time league record by rolling q
434 set the other day-his games
were 149, 143 and 142 his
powerful bowling enables his team
to chalk up a 1874 set and oust
Secretary out Of second place.
In fact Regulation is only two
games out Of first place and fire
works should explode when these
aggregationS come to grips Thurs.
day night at "Y" Alleys.
Bowling dignitaries will be on
hand tomorrow night when the
Holy Name Society Bowling League
will hold its eighth annual Smok-
er at the st. Mary's Parish Hall
The league Is the largest in
the city and one Of the largest in
the United States.
Eddie Espey Of the Convention
Hall Espeys, likes basketball al
most as much as he likes bowling
I-he attends the Heurich court
games every Sunday.
Didn't I tell you that I
have one of the best junior
teams around this sectiOn?"
Those were the words Of Oscar
Hiser, manager of the HyattSville
Juniors, after they defeated the
Arcadia Juniors, 1855 to 1887, On
the HyattSville Alleys last night,
Hershey Leads Attack
Paul Hershey, no kin to the
Chocolate King, led the attack
for the winners with 392 set
featuring a ia0 game. His other
games were 100 and 103. Jimmy
Simmons came through with fly
ing colorS for the losers with q
BAT set in the match and 351
set to defeat Bobb Of HyattSville
by 20 pins in the special singles
contest.
/ 4AC oPGC1d4 UOuU4CS IAdOCAA @4SO
went to the Hyattsville boys as
Ritchie and Hershey totaled 705
to Nocera'S and Sisters 693.
A return match between Arcadia
and Hyattsville will be rolled Mon
day night at 10 O'Clock at Arcadia.
Maintain Lead
Although defeated twice by the
Bureau of Investigation, I. B. e. w.
managed to retain the leadership
Of the Federal Bowling League by
a slim one-half-game margin over
their conquerorS.
Rolling high scores at inoppor.
tune moments caused the defeat
Of the leaders. 7. B. E. W. lost
despite a CAT game and a 1,758 set.
which were high team efforts for
the night.
Investigation advanced to the
runner-up position when G. P. o.
downed National Capital Parks
twice.
Ruche, of Veterans Administers
ton, made an auspicious debut in
the league last night by rolling q
423 set. This powerful maple spill
ing helped his team to down @. p.
o. Union Printers two games.