The Washington times., 1938-03-31
Lucy Rose Thredtens
GULL for D. G. Pin Title
Gains Sixty-Pin
Lead In Ladies
League

BY q margin OF 80 pins, Lucy
Rose today holds the lead Of the
Ladies District League, while Lor-
raine GULL, for the first time in
her career, is threatened with the
loss of her first league champion
ship.
Rolling $40 at Rosslyn last
night, Mrs. Rose rocketed her
average to 111.25 for IS games,
while her team was clinching the
pennant in the all-star girls cir
cult for the fourth consecutive
season by sweeping Convention
Hall. Against this brilliant maple
splitting for the coveted honors,
Miss GULL turned in 319 at the
Arcadia, shrinking her average to
110-40.
With only six more games to
roll, Miss GULL must bowl at a
pace of 10 pins game more than
the RoSSlyn ace. Although waging
a losing battle with Mrs. Rose,
the Lucky Strike captain watched
her team win three games from
Arcadia to gain on the second
place Rendezvous club which
dropped the odd-game decision to
Shaffer Flower Shop. Catherine
Quigley's 122-348 we're high for
the LuckieS. Betty Dugan's 1873
1913 were tops for Shaffer. North
east Temple swept Swanee and
Georgetown Recreation took two
from 7-Up.
Georgetown Recreation tonight
will be the scene Of some stirring
bowling when AStor Clarke and
his two Occidental Restaurant
teammates, Perez Wolfe and Joe
FreSchi, continue their bids for
the championship Of the District
League. Ed Blakeney rolling at
the Lucky Strike with the Heurich
Brewers also is in the hectic four
man battle. Clarke with 1880
is 10 pins out in front with Wolfe
second with 123-41. Blakeney
with 1886 is "a sticks back with
Freschi running fourth with
1926. p,
While Government bowlers to-
day are celebrating their pennant
victory in the C. & P. Telephone
League following their 81 win last
night at the Lucky Strike over
A. T. & T., John Perry, the teams
ace shooter, boasts an all-time rec
ord game Of 1877 which he shot
early in the season. His 412 also
is a season mark. Construction
No. after a strong bid finished
second, one game back by sweep
ing the final match with Dial
Office. Southern and Cleveland
rollers climaxed the season with
sweeps over Construction No. 2
and Georgia, respectively. Kline,
OF Southern, was tops with 365 for
the evening.
The high-average battle between
Joe Harrison and Perez Wolfe, in
the Recreation League, sizzled to-
day, while the former held only a
three-pin lead over the latter with
an average of 1928. Wolfe, shoot
ing 3S5, picked up one pin.
University Shop assumed the
league leadership by taking the
odd skirmiSh from Allied Roofing
with Gene Targets 379, the keav-
lest wallop, although Ed Edinger's
1874 topped the match for the los
'erS.
Bregman'S Wildcats moved to
second place in the pennant chase
by sweeping the erstwhile runner
UP, Terry's Appliance. John Cha
ney with 401 and Arthur Crowns
1913 featured.
With Harry DawSon'S high set
of the evening, 422, and Harrison
shooting 384, Marlboro Hotel
bagged two from Cooke Press.
Fred Dieterich's 1894 was tops in
Blaydes Contracting Shutout of
Blanken'S Restaurant.
Steve Witkowski and his Capt.
tol Five Of Middletown, Conn, to-
day are on their way to Rich
mond, scene of the National Duck
pin Bowling Congress tournament.