The Washington times., 1938-03-18
F our BOWLERS
FIGHT FOR LEAD.
IN D. C. | 0 0 P.

line for the coveted championship
of the District League loomed to.
day with Perce wolfe, Ed Blak-
eney, Astor Clarke and Joe
Freschi, the principals involved.
Ed Blakeney, the redoubtable
Heurich Brewers maple spiller, ad.
vanced to the runner-up spot last
night when he shot 395 at Arcadia
to hike his average to 1888 for
SO games while Perce Wolfe. the
leader, shooting a comparative
puny 335 at the Lucky Strike
Shrunk his average to 1885. one
pin under the 124 mark.
With Blakeney picking UP go
pins on Wolfe, his two Occidental
pals, Clarke and Freschi, also took
advantage of his low count when
the former shot 371 to tilt his
average to 1890 for a two-pin
gain. Freschi, dropping from sec
ond place to fourth, gained 80 pins
on Wolfe, although he nicked four
sticks off his own average with a
365 total. The 1886 champions
average is 1917. /
The pennant chase witnessed
the leading Occidentals maintain
ing it's five-game lead over Heu-
rich Brewers by sweeping Lucky
Strike when Captain Dutch New
mans $50 featured. /
With Bill Clampitt and Sam
Simon shooting 398 and 397, re-
Spect!yely. the second-place Heu-
richs held it's winning pace by
swamping Arcadia with an 1871,
high team set of the night.
Fred Murphy's 150-3S1 was
tops for Arcadia.
Georgetown Recreation, shoot
ing 1855 for the set, outrolled
Convention Hall for a 81 decision.
Double-header strikes by Ed Nash
and Jack Talbert climaxed the
Westenders' first-game win, aided
by Toady Saylor's 154. The Hall
men grabbed the middle tilt when
Lindsay Stott shot 1853, high single
in his top weekly set OF 421. Mike
Shugrue helped to put on the
finishing touches for the George
towners with high set Of 1896.
Saylor counted 391. The True
Blu.Regal Neon Sign match was
postponed.
A Department Store League
pennant victory was in sight for
Woodward and Lothrop bowlers
today as a result of their smash
ing three-game win from the Sec
ond-place Hecht Company last
night at the Recreation maple
plant. The sweep gave the pace
settlers a six-game lead. Bill Cling
slover's 1858 and George Lindsay's
354 aided the win.
Ralph Scott, shooting high set
of 382 for the evening, watched
his Raleigh Haberdasher team go
down twice before Hahn'S Shoes.
Lansburgh's assumed third place
by banking Credit Bureau when
AL McDonald'S 373 gave them the
edge.
Although losing two games to
Red Circle Food Shop, the Ben
mackS maintained its three-game
lead in the National Capital
League when the runnerup, Daily
News, was tripped for the odd
game win by Jalepes Restaurant.
John CLANCY was top in the
match, rolling 1880 for the
losing News outfit.
AL Wright zoomed his top aver
age to 1896 when he starred in
Washington Beef and Provisions
81 win from Tribby'S Real Estate
with 1884, high weekly indi-
vidual counts. Washington Canoe
nicked Naval Medical Center for
the odd one with Bill Havens'
146-361, the telling wallops.
The American Legion flag race
at the Lucky Strike finds Nash
holding a slim one-game lead over
Bunker Hill and Lincoln following
last nights matches when G. o. P.
polished off the frontrunnerS in
the odd-game skirmish.. Bunker
Hill, winning 2-1 from Sergeant
Jasper, was tied for second by
Lincoln through Treasury's for
felt.
Wakeman Shoot