Evening star., 1938-12-26
Belle Heywood's 586
Top Score Made by
Fair QuaIifiers
Lorkin With IS Handicap
Records 678 to Leud
268 Men Enrolled

one OF the most pleasant surprises
for The Evening Star Yuletids
Tournament Committee came from
Columbia today when Proprietor
Beryl English turned in the scores
OF 352 bowlers, an all-time record
entry from the upper Fourteenth
alley for the handicap event.
But English took little Of the credit
for the biggest entry ever to COM
pete in the qualification round at his
maple plant. Gene Archer and
Hokie Smith, my two assistants,
were the boys who put the most
effort back of getting Columbia
bowlers into the tournament"
English admitted.
English set next Friday as the date
for the roll-of at Columbia. Bowlers
are to report at o'clock for alley
assignments.
Women Score Heavily.
Topping the "a women in the
qualifying round was Belle Haywood,
a 94-average bowler in the H. o. l..
c. League who rolled 541-45-586.
The runner-up was Grace Patton,
also of H. o. L. c., with 527-7-574.
In order were Linda Shanahan of
the Treasury League, 525-48-573;
Margaret Williams, H. o. L. c., SOL
67-569; Hoke Wilkinson, Golf
League, 507-60-567 L. Stambaugh,
Silver Spring Ladies, 515-5O-565
Seventh to qualify was Alma Co.
lomboski, among the leading bowlers
of the Ladies Bureau of Engraving
League with 515-48-563. Miss Co.
lomboski had the distinction Of be-
ing the only newcomer to roll in
the recent Meyer Davis Sweepstakes
held at Lucky Strike.
Heading the list Of the 268 men
who turned in qualifying scores at
Columbia was J. E. Larkin of the
Farm Credit Administration who
received the full handicap of IS
pins. The 95-average bowler cut
loose with SOB for his five strings
for a gross score of 678.
Strickler Rolls 639.
Harry Strickler, who shared the
1885 w. c. D. A. tournament Glass A
doubles championship with Lee
Rothgeb, was the runnerup with
639-33-672. Ted Sheckels of H. o.
L. c. turned in the third highest
score. 637-32-669 Next was P. E.
McQuillin of the Southeast Business
Mems League with 599-70-669.
Ed Blakeney, the Cuff and Santini
team star, is among the qualifiers
with 623-12-635 Joe Mulroe, one
of the city's brightest stars when
such bowlers as AL Work. Max Ros-
enberg, George Friend, Howard
Campbell and Glenn Wolstenholme
were the big noises in bowling here,
gets in the finals with 582-37-6l9.
Smith, Columbia's assistant man.
ager, who collected So in last years
tournament and currently is the
city's leading duckpinner, gets an
other crack at the coveted cham
pionship by virtue of his 609-7-616.
Gentry Next to Top.
Fulton Gentry drew the tourna-
ment spotlight at Chevy Chase when
he posted TIC. the second highest
qualifying score rolled in the giant
holiday pin classic. To 654 scratch
score he added 81 pins handicap.
Almost equaling his efforts was a
fellow member of the Hot Shoppes
League, Milburn P. Ponder, rolling
on the same alleys with Gentry.
Ponder with so franked sticks to-
tailed 698 for his five games.
Johnny Micro with 30-722, rolled
at Brookland, is distinguished as the
holder Of the highest score in the
current tournament.
Lucky Strike, promising again to
top every single establishment in
total entries, will stage its roll-offs
for men Wednesday night and for
women Thursday. Starting time
will be 730 both nights. Bill
Wood, the Lucky Strike boss, today
announced that his plant was sure
to hit the 500 mark.
Dates Set for Roll-offs.
Arcadia will hold its roll-offs
Wednesday and Thursday nights at
7 o'clock, instead of only on We'd
nesday as originally planned
Roll-of dates at other alleys an
nounced so far:
Bethesda, 7:3O tonight.
Silver Spring, Thursday, 7:30 pm,
and Saturday afternoon.
Recreation, Wednesday, 7:30 pm.
Mount Rainier, Wednesday, 7:30
pm.
Brookland, Thursday, 7:3O pm.
Rosslyn, Thursday, 7:30 pm.