The Washington times., 1938-01-06
District
Pinn1en
Travel
ROLL IN u. S. TEST
Astor Clarke Defends
Title In Waterbury
On Saturday
BY GINo SINH

With the largest pot Of gold inI
the history of duckpin bowling
their appetites, II rank
ing D. c. bowlers have their grips
packed and their train ticketS
safely tucked away in their wallets,
and are set to entrain tomorrow
for Waterbury, Conn, where thel
United States Sweepstakes will bel
rolled Saturday.
The prospects are that $4,000
will be whacked up among thel
winners from a field of so of thel
country's first-flight maple wal
lopers.
The Capital contingent will be
headed by none other than Astor
Clarke, the nations No. l bowler
and defending U. S. Sweepstakes
champion.
DIXIE CHAMP CLOSE
Treading on his heels as strong
D. C. threat is Ollie Pacini, re-
Gently crowned Washington Times
Dixie Sweepstakes king. But these
two have only a nominal edge over
the other eight Washington en-
tries, Bill Krauss, Joe Harrison,
Ed Biakeney, Howard Parsons,
Perce Wolfe, Hokie Smith, Tony
Santini snd Jerry Cowden.
Last night Gene Horgett, a
Tru-Blu mate of Pacini, and Sec
ond to him in the Washington
Times Dixie, announced his inten-
ton of joining the expedition.
Each of these sterling per-
formers has wrapped eager fingers
around quite a sock of duckpin
sweepstakes greenbacks within the
city and far afield, including this
very same U. S. Sweepstakes, the
daddy of the duckpin calendar.
THREE IN MONEY
Last year when Clarke nosed out
Nick Tronsky, the Willimantic,
Conn. wizard by one pin Chat pin
made a difference Of 500 bucks tol
Hokie Smith cashed in on
third money, $3.50, and Ed Blak-
eney took away $137.50 by tieing
Joe La MaStra for. fourth money.
It was the second time Clarke had
copped the event, the Clarendon
flash having beaten the field home
in 1884.
There is a possibility that sew
eral more D. c. stars may hop the
rattler. Make Rosenberg, who is
experiencing something of come
back, has business to attend to in
New York over the week end and
may be able to get away for Satur.
days classic.
Joe Freschi, Jack Talbert
and Matt Jett are three other
prospects who may go to the sta.
ton to wish the boys god7speed
and luck and may find themselves
on the train.
The group leaves Union Station
tomorrow afternoon.
The u. s. will be bowled on the
M Mattatuck alleys, owned and
operated jointly by Bob White,
brother of the famed New Haven
Jack White, and Bernie
Mohill. Bob White has been rang
ing up and down the Atlantic
Coast all season, lining up entries.
NEWSWRITER TO BOWL
FIoa Fo,,,4I. oeto4o will ho,,a n
in Ken Black, of the
Gazette. Ken won the
title last year and
wants to prove to the world that
men can do more than
write about sports.
Already envelopes which are
plainly ent1 jss for the seventh an
nual Washington Times Ladies'
Dixie Sweepstakes are appearing |
n George L. Isemann'S mail but
George, with the y. S. Sweep
stakes on his hands, is showing |
hem aside until Monday.
The Ladies' Dixie will be rolled
n washington January Is, a week
from Saturday, opening at Ross
yn at noon, shifting to Convention |
Hall for the second block at 4 p.
n, and closing at Lucky Strike
1t 1880 p. m. Entry fee is $3.50,
including all expenses.
A half-dozen top-notch D. C.
oowlerS have already signed a
petition to Howard Campbell to
stage his annual D. c. classic
over one weekend instead Of three |
Saturdays as in past years.
Arville L. EberSole, Washington |
City Duckpin Association secre-
tary, has gone on record as favor
ing the change.
LEHIGH BEATEN
GETTYSBURG, Pa, Jan. 6.