The Washington times., 1937-01-15
Classic Opens
At Columbia
At Noon
By GINO SIM

Among the 50-odd women who
will toe the firing line in the
Washington Times Ladies Dixie
Duckpin Sweepstakes when the
sixth renewal of the event gets
under way at Columbia Alleys 10
morrow at IL noon, will be two
grandmothers, possibly three.
The two sure grandmothers are
Marie Brown, of the Twentieth
Century Alleys, Baltimore, and
Catherine Quigley, for the past de-
cade the Capitals leading example
Of sportSmanship on the drives.
The third possibility is Ethel
CraWley, of Mt. Rainier, wife and
mother of a family of top-notch
bowlerS.
/. Mrs. Brown is the youngest Of
the grandmothers, being only 38,
and has Observation-Disclosures, one
~ months old and the other II
months old.
" BaItimOre'S Entries
Baltimore will be as strongly
represented as ever in the Ladies
Dixie tomorrow, for Mrs. Brown
heads contingent which includes
Audrey Mullaney, the Monumental
City top performer last year, and
winner of the Old Dominion
Sweepstakes this year. Sue Miller,
No. 10 nationally; Lotta Janowitz,
winner of the Ladies Dixie in 1888;
Ethel Brewer, second in the Old
Dominion Sweepstakes; Lillian
Miller, third in the U. S. Ladies
Sweepstakes; Frances Krieg, Ma
omi Zimmerman, Mary AkerS,
Electa Armiger, Alice Lucas, Eve
lyn Conroy. Alice Shaw. Evelyn
Brose, Helen Bekowitz and Lillian
Bauernfind. All these young ladies
have achieved wide notice for per-
formances on the duckpin drives
and rate among potential winners.
Mrs. Olive johnson will be the
feature attraction from Connecti-
cut, for last week, while getting
in practice licks for the Ladies
Dixie at New Haven through the
medium of mixed doubles match,
she rolled 1913, one pin over Ida
Simmons worlds record. The
mark was unofficial, however, as
no foul line was officiating.
The New Haven star had a
mark in every box and spared on
q tenth box strike. She had
three spares, q strike, spared in
her fifth, sixth and seventh
box, struck in the eighth, spared
in the ninth and ended with d
tenth box strike with q spare
count. Mrs. johnson and her
partner, Charley Clare, easily won
the match, 318 to 253, from Burt
ReSnick and Ed Lynch.
MarOney Heroine
Hartford, Conn, will bank
heavily on last years standout
performer, Frances Maroney, and
Rose Simmons, winner of the
Olive johnson Sweepstakes and
the Southeastern Sweepstakes at
Charlotte, N. C.
Blond Alice D'Lugo, twice No.
! U. S. Honorary bowler; Chris
tine Kirk, who also once held
that honor, and Florence La.
Barr will see that Bridgeport is
very much in the running.
Bill Haskins, Richmond Health
Center impresario, will have a
potent quartette in Helen Rand
lett, Dorothy Lawson, Phyllis
Wills and Laura Mulcare. Ann
Grubbs and Daisy Kuhn are ex-
pected from the John Marshall
plant.
The second block of the Dixie
will be rolled at the Lucky Strike
alleys starting at $3.50 p. m.
with the final block at RoSSlyn
alleys, at 7:3O p. m.
Entry fee is $3.50 including
price of games.
One of the grandmother entries
In the Ladies' Dixie Stakes won
herself a free entry in the event
last night at the Arcadia.
Catherine Quigley easily topped
q field of seven with a 355 set,
finishing with a 122 to cop the
prize. Scores:
Name. /. 2. 3. Tot.