Evening star., 1938-12-06
Girls Loop Musters
Heavy Enrolment
AT Lucky Strike
Silver Spring Leagues
Scoring High-Mooney
v. F. W. Circuit Star

There's added hustle at Lucky
Strike these days and nights. The
annual drive to bring bowlers into
the 18th annual Evening Star Yule-
tide tournament is on in full force.
Ever since The Star inaugurated
It's holiday maple party back in
1928 more boWlers have rolled each
year at Lucky Strike than at any
other bowling establishment. But
Bill Wood, the enterprising super
intendent there, knows that to keep
this record safe, fast stepping must
be done between now and Christmas
Day, the deadline for rolling in the
preliminaries.
With j. William and his aides
making personal canvasses of more
than 30 leagues. Lucky Strike ap-
pears likely to break even its own
high mark for entries. More than
500 rolled last year.
Out to lend a helping hand at
Lucky Strike is Gladys Thompson.
an officer of the Ladies' Procurement
League. II think the girls in our
league, although many are new at
the game, will get a kick out of
rolling in the tournament" said this
bowling enthusiast who this season
aided in increasing her loop from
10 to IA teams.
Condors Lead Despite Loss.
Bombay rollers, with A. Konouch's
l28-346 high, put the skids under
the leading Condors twice at Lucky
Strike last night, but it didn't pre-
vent the pacesetters from gaining
a three-game lead in the A. & P.
League, when the second-place Sui
tanas were soundly thrashed by the
3 Oclocks. Atlantics got tie for
the runner-up spot by annexing two
from. Sparkle, while Self-Service
moved up the ladder by sweeping
the third-place Office quint. Jim
Holland of Sultana picked up four
sticks on his 113 top average with
343.
I. Colonials gained undisputed pos
session of first place in the Pro-
kurement League by taking 81
decision from the Orientals. while
Tuscans and Romans dropped into
a second-place tie as they were on
the short ends of 2-1 wins by Ionics
and the champion 1mperials. In
graham of the Ionics copped weekly
individual honors with 142-358.
Speed at Silver Spring.
Paced by Louise Battaglia's 118-
343, Silver Spring Motor Sales trip
ped Shepherd Park Restaurant
twice to maintain its one-game lead
in the Silver Spring Ladies League.
Alma Schulte's 1886 was high
for the losers.
Ruth Rothgeb, fitting her top aver
age to 105-23 with a 327 set,
watched her Congress Wall Paper
team lose two games to the runner
up Hendricks Service. Mrs. Roth
geb also is the season record holder
with a game of lat and set of 1863
and the maker of the most spares
with Ct.
Thelma Robinson, rolling 113-
800, aided Coffman Realty to climb
into third place with sweep over
ROYAL Crown. With Capt. Eliza
beth Harris 97-292, Edmons Op-
ticians took the odd from Southern
Oxygen.
Tying the season record game with
152 and registering top weekly set of
371, Marcus jain featured Mrs. KS
Toll House Tavern's sweep over the
Mascettis in the Silver Spring In
dependent League. Lou Malitz shot
136-343 for the vanquished.
Bill Ingrams 120-355 was high
as Southern Oxygen nicked Georgia
Tavern twice to gain second place.
Bert Drott, the loops high average
roller, pounded out 128-345 as the
league leading Post Office Reds won
the odd-game skirmish from Phi
Lambda Epsilon. Coupling sets of
355 and $40, respectively, Red Pear
son and Jerry Sager enabled Tastee
Diner to sweep Sherer's Mems Shop.
Douglas Clings to Top.
Staging a hectic pennant chase
at Recreation, with six teams poten-
tial pennant winners, Douglas roll
ers shot 1850 to sweep First Breth-
rem and hold its one-game lead over
United Brethren, who whitewashed
Vaughn Glass. Leo Lamps 1862
paced a 81 win for Centennial over
PetWorth.
Clint Burgess, who pounded out
1922, was the star as Mechan-
ical Department routed Southeast
tern to climb within a game of the
front-running General Office pin
men, who lost ground by losing a
tilt to Georgetown in the Capital
Transit League. Registering weekly
high counts of 6O0-1,677 Northern
Bus took the odd one from Bright
wood. Navy Yard pinmen with two
strikes and three spares marked out
in their last frame to nick Western
twice and move out of the cellar.
Fireman Jack Mooney, some 70
years young, was top shooter with
341 as the leading Department team
took two games from the runner-up
Front Liners in the Veterans of
Foreign Wars League. However, the
losers chalked up season record
game of 6O2 to gain its lone decision
Cortez PAGES Knights.
Cortez is setting the pace in the
Knights of Columbus League with
Trinidad and Balboa deadlocked in