Evening star., 1938-03-14


fifth annual St, patrick's Day mixed
doubles . more than 40 teams in
cludlng the strongest man and woman
combinations in the South will COM
pete at Silver Spring next Saturday
in the popular event originated by
Manager Earl Stocking. who for a
quarter century has been prominent
in building the duckpin game
Hugh Arbaugh. Silver Spring pro-
prietor, has guaranteed $500 prize
list. with sl00 for first place
trophy and individual plaques also will
be awarded the winning pair.
Evelyn Ellis and Howard Parsons
are the defending champions. . The
event. first bowled at Norfolk when
Stocking was manager of the Health
Center there. was won by Helen Rand
lett and Sam Baker of Richmond :.
Billie Butler and Ed Blakeney paired
to win the following year The
first affair staged at Silver Spring
was won by Ida Simmons and Ray
Won Dreele. The tournament will
be rolled in two shifts. the first squad
To start action at pm. with the
final getting underway at 7:3O.
Entry fee, $40
Parsons on Bowling Spree
Burt Parsons. who was dubbed long
ago the bowling fool" rolled con-
tinuously for 10 hours at the Arcadia
Yesterday -. He wore out more than
a dozen opponents . . Mike Vitale
was one .. Maude F'uschine. scorer
for the Lucky Strike Ladies' League.
had $50 taken from her pocketbook
while at work :. Pop Crauley, Mount
Rainiers venerable bowler. retires
from the Washington Gas Light Co.
tomorrow -. An appropriate cele-
bration will be held at the George
town branch =. Bernie Frye is back
in town for visit :. the former star
of the Union Printers and Lucky
Strike teams has been In Akron Ohio,
for the last six years.
Caroline Hiser has reeained the top
spot in the Ladies Suburban League
with an even 108 average Ruth
Rotheeb is running second with
l07-26 :. Shooting $50. the R. E. A.
Cleaners. holding down second place,
cracked their own season record team
game :. A 1904 count gave them the
team set mark :. Mrs Norman AL
monys National Ale five is the pace
setter :. Georgia Hays. The Evening
Star Tournament champion. is the
strike leader with 30.
The veteran King David crew has
slight lead over st. Johns in the
Masonic League flag chase Bar
rister and Lebanon No. l are potent
pennant rivals.
With Rosslyn practically having the
pennant clinched for the fourth
straight time, Rendezvous and Lucky
Strike are likely to finish in the order
named in the Ladies District League
Ella MAJ Limerick's Swanee
team surprised by deadlocking fourth
place with Arcadia.
Marines and G.. P. o. share first
place in the Ladies' Federal League
Irene Scott of the Marines is top
shooter with 105-62 EVELYN El-
lis of Treasury is the runner-up, 81
sticks back The Figs are two
games in the van Of the four-tea
Vets Ladies' loop Brown of the
leaders tops with an IS average.
Shellbacks to the Front.
Sweeping the Barnacles. their chief
rivals, the Shellbacks went two games
in front in the Bureau of Engineer
ing League 1t. Comdr. Sullivan.
Mike Sheppard and Bill Koons. roll
ing $40, shared the weekly high set
honors Plant Industry looks the
pennant winner in the Agricultural
Interurban League Only four
games separate the first six teams in
the Hebrew League :. Milton's Serv-
ice and the Owls are deadlocked for
the lead Goodman's 37l was
weekly top set.
Bowlers of the Patent Ofiice League
are requested to attend en- important
meeting next Thursday at O'Clock
DeForest and Remsen, sweep
ing their matches, are holding first
and second places. respectively. in the
flag scramble that finds Mccormick
two games back in third place.
Bob Dunigan is moppine up in the
Nativity League. with high average
Of llo, high game, 1888. and hishA set