Evening star., 1937-12-16

llminary set is being rolled reported
big gains in entries last night
Twenty girl rollers of the Commits
sioner and Miscellaneous League, most
OF them beginners, made brave at
tempts at the Lucky Strike to qualify
for the final. And like the girls of the
\ Chamber of Commerce League, who
experienced their first tournament
rolling last week, the Internal Revenue
maids came through with at least a
half dozen scores. assured of qualify
ing. Among the top scorers were Edna
Van Fossens 543, Bernice Sandine's
536 and Mary Hurneys 533.
-Four rollers of the record d-smashing
Social Security team, which won the
class c team championship in the
Washington Women's Duckpin Associ-
alton tournament last spring, most
likely passed the qualifying test at
Lucky Strike when Maude Fuschine
totaled 544. Marion Citizen 529, Mae
Woody 524 and La Vonne Taylor 5l6
MRS. CATHERINE oU1GLEY and
her son Bob, rolling on the same
alleys, both were assured of places
In the final when the former shot
54S-l7-565 and the latter, with a
70-pin handicap, totaled 639.
Vera Low, with 537-35-572; Edith
Biggs, with 520-42-562; Bessie Ger
vais, with 522-48-57O, and Lucy
Owen, with 526, topped a repre-
sentative entry from the Eastern Star
Lorraine GULL, the only girl in the
tournament shooting from scratch,
made the grade with 573.
Eddie Espey, assistant manager at
Convention Hall, reported a steady
flow of entries. Joe Freschi is top
ping the rollers at this giant plant
with 664.
The second highest total of the
preliminaries was chalked up at Ar
cadia by Harry G. Brumbaugh of
the Bureau Of Engineering League,
who registered 702 with a 6O-pin
handicap.
An OPPORTUNITY to get back
into the middle of the District
' League pennant chase is at hand for
the Heurich Brewers. who clash to-
night with the Tru-Blus of Takoma
Park at Columbia. With victories in a
row over the leading Occidentals and
Lucky Strike, Arcadia looms as a
tough nut for the second-place Con-
vention Hall team to crack at the
Arcadia
Lucky Strike and Georgetown Recre-
alton will have it out at Lucky Strike.
while the pace-setting Occidental
Restaurant team tackles Regal Neon
Sign at Convention Hall.
L. P. Steuart, by sweeping Capital
Cadillac, held its three-game lead in
the General Motors League, while
Emerson & Orme Service, the runner
up. failed to give an inch by shutting
out Stanley Horner. Al Donoghue,
with BAT, was Steuart's top shooter,
while Bob Thompson's 357 was high
for the Service quint Pohanka,
6tohlman and General Motors won
2-l decisions from Emerson & Orme
Sales, Barry Pate and Wolfe Motors,
respectively.
THE two leading teams of the East
ern Star loop suffered reverses
when Bethany, in first place, dropped
the odd game to Unity and Centen-
-nial was saved from a whitewashing
by Lucy Owens first effort of 122.
Vera Lows 1888 gave the cham
pion Mizpah team 2-1 edge over
Joseph H. Milans. Evelyn Wilson
shot 1888 for the losers. Bessie
Gervais, former captain of Petworth's
District League team, turned the tide
for Acacia in the deciding skirmish,
with 1l3. Her set was 309.
Lucky Strike is riding in second
place of the Ladies District League
today by virtue of smashing three
game victory over the erstwhile run
ner-up Rendezvous Club last night at
Lucky Strike. Duplicating her 1863
set OF last week, Lorraine GULL led the
Luckies' charge, while Catherine Fed
crimes 316 aided in the timely win.
Led by Evelyn Ellis top set of the
night, sparkling 359, and Blanche
Wootton's 348, the leading Rosslyn
team took 81 decision from North
east Temple, Arcadia swept 7-Up,
with Beth Minsons 1888 featur-
ing. Convention Hall whipped Swanee
for the odd one.
UNIVERSITY SHOP. Terry's Home
Appliance and Marlboro Hotel are
- o.,
Recreation League as a result of
matches in which the University BOYS
blanked Blanken's Restaurant with a
season team set record of 1876, in
which Irwin Simon's 410, Dave Groth's
397 and Jimmy Burns 374 featured.
The Terrys, paced by Fred Murphys
S69 and Charlie Nicholson's 366,
brought the strong Marlboro crew
down to earth by grabbing the odd
game. Bregman's Wildcats, led by
Sam Simon's sparkling 400 and Bucky
Harris 37l, swamped Cooke Press to
move within one game of the leaders.
Despite Ed Nash's 3S7, Blaydes Con-
tracing, paced by Andy Prices 375,
smothered Marvins.
Crushing Social Security No. 2 with
Maude Fuschine's 109-300 as tops,
Social Security No. moved to a prom
1nent position in the Ladies Lucky
Strike League flag chase. The 'front.'
running Buforcons held their winning
pace by sweeping Holmes, grabbing
one tilt on a roll-off.
Technical Staff No. l, defending
champion and current leader of the
Ladies Commissioner and Miscellan-
eous League, with Alberta Baudus
113-3o5 paving the way, hung up a
season team set record of 1898 in a
sweep over the third-place Accounts
and Collections. Mrs. Morris Nc
Callum's top game OF ia rescued
Alcohol Tax No. from being white
washed by General Counsel No. 3.
Bernice .Sandine's 105-285 were the
big items in Accounts and Collections
three wins from Social Security.