The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-11-01
Twenty-One D. C. Pinmen
Average Over 12Oin League
Stars Point
For Dixie
Stakes
HARRISON ON TOP
BY GINO SINH

Crash! Bang! Ker-plunkety!
That may not be an exact repro
duction of the sound Of flying
duckpinS, but it will do for the
purpose at hand. If you can do
any better, please let us know.
The duckpins are falling hard
and fast in all sections Of the city
and suburbs as the star bowlers
work themselves into top condition
for the seventh annual Washing
ton Times Mems Dixie Sweep
stakes on Saturday, November Is.
Just how well they are doing is
demonstrated by averages in the
Mems District League. Twenty
one bowlerS, count 'em, are wallop-
ing the dininutive wooden bottles
at 100 or better.
PHENOMENAL SCORES
To the majority of run-of-the-
mine duckpin spillers, who toast
themselves with an extra stein of
beer when they hit one game of
100 in an evening, that is phe-
nomenal.
However, figures don't lie. At
least, not bowling figures.
Each one Of these red hot pin
peppers is capable of winning the
Dixie Sweepstakes. Each has the
control and the stuff" and if fate
is kindly disposed, the breaks"
will come for without breaks"
the finest maple-Smasher is a
"chump."
Cool, plugging Joe Harrison is
the pace-setter for the Bambinos
with 100. Joe has the calmest
temperament on the duckpin
drives. Nothing perturbs him. He
takes splits in the same stride he
does strikes, although, of course,
he'd rather have strike than a
split.
RUNNER-UP HONORS
Two former winners of the
Dixie, Joe Freschi and Aston
Clarke, are battling for runner-up
honorS with 1877 and 1875 respec-
lively. Howard Parsons, rated as
tough a money" bowler as the
city boasts, also has 1877. Eddie
Espey, Howard Campbell cham
pion two years ago, has 1876, as has
Gene Hargett. Ollie Pacini, first
winner of the Dixie Sweepstakes,
is clocking the naples at a 124
clip.
All five regulars on the Occi-
dental Restaurant team are aver
aging over 1913. Freschi is tops
with 1877, Clarke, 1876, and Bill
Krauss, Dutch Newman and Perez
Wolfe, 1913 each.
FOUR 12O MEN
The Tru-Blue outfit has four 100
men, Hargett, 1876; Pacini, 124,
and Red Megaw and Frank Mis-
chou, 122 each.
Supporting Joe Harrison's 100
in the Regal Neon Sign lineup are
! Gait Davis and Harry Aiken with
100 each.
Heinrich Brewers have Ed Blake
ney with 1913 and Paul Jarman
with 100, while Convention Hall is
made dangerous by Espey'S 1875
and Tony Santini's 1875. Norman
Lilley's 121 helps Parsons 127 no
end for Lucky Strike, and Ed
Nash's 121 and Jack Talbert's 120
are Georgetown Recreation's chief
threats to opponents. Karl Goche-
nour is Arcadia'S big gun with
1875.
WON SWEEPSTAKES
Though all these top-flight bowl
ers will not roll in the Dixie, they
all should. AL but half dozen
have won sweepstakes in the past
and most of them didn't sport
averages then to compare to their
present ones.
The Dixie is a 15-game affair
to be rolled in three five-game
blocks. The first block is at the
J Arcadia at II a. m. with the Sec
ond at Lucky Strike at 3 p. m.
and the third at Convention Hall
at 7:30 p. m. The entry fee is $25
including price of games.
George L. Isemann, National
Duck Pin Bowling Congress Secre-
tary, is executive chairman in
charge of the event and is receiv-
ing entries at Room ZIG Maryland