Evening star., 1938-12-20
Uptown Drives Likely
To Send Above 300
Girls 10 Meet
Qualifying Scores High
As Big Squads Roll
At All Alleys

Beryl English's Columbia alleys
may set record for fair entries in
The Evening Star Yuletide handicap
bowling tournament. This was the
cheerful prospect today according
to Hokie Smith, the city's leading
sweepstakes roller of the season and
aide at Columbia, who has an in
iectlous smile that wins the files of
the skirted maple spillers at the
upper Fourteenth street establish
ment.
UNLESS I miss my guess, we'll
have nearly as many women as men
In the tournament and we're shoot
Ing for more than 300 in both divi-
sions.
THE Bureau of Engraving League
girls were very enthusiastic over the
tournament and gave us flock of
entries and if the several other
women's leagues including Interior,
Census Bureau, c. & P. Telephone
and Treasury Department come
through with the fine support I'm
anticipating We'll likely set a new
mark for any single alley entry"
Hokie said.
Larkin Is Columbia Leader.
Thlrty-eight pinmen in the 10
club Heurich Employees League
rolled last week and Hokie expects
to have a flock of men from Home
Owners Loan, Farm Security, Gen.
sus Bureau and Accounts and De-
posts loops shooting their qualify
Ing sets before the week is out.
One bowler who did himself proud
at Columbia last night was jerry
Iarkln of Farm Credit League. This
9l-aVerage pinman shot a scratch
flve-game set of 603. With 75-
pin handicap his 67S gross score
may be tops at Columbia for the
preliminaries.
BoWlers are reminded that only
Six more days remain for them to
turn in their qualifying scores. The
deadline is midnight Christmas Day.
Singer Crosses 700.
Julie Singer, Convention Halls
assistant manager, who is playing
no little part in the Halls big entry
that is mounting toward the 500
mark, has distinguished himself
with the highest score turned in at
the Hall so far. He's in the run
ming for the IS award for high
scratch set in the preliminaries with
a stout 673 and his even 700 gross
also is the first to be heard of.
Trailing him for top honors at
the clty's mammoth maple plant is
Frank Orletsky of the Sanico
League with 643-40-6o3. A few of
the Masonic League bowlers sure to
roll in the finals next week are
Konrad johnson with 623-5O-673.
Paul Schlosser. 608-23-63l: Ed
Connick. 57S-55-633, and w. G..
Sllcox. 599-42-641.
E. B. Warren. president of the
Electrical League, is sure qualifier
with 588-60-64S. Another league
officer to place him among the
Convention Hall qualifiers will be
John Ellis of the American Fedora
ton of Federal Employees League,
who rolled 589-45-634. Adrian
Dreis, an officer in the Merchants
League, turned in 572-32-617.
Merchants Hit High.
K. T. Duke Ellington. whose 1876
Is a season record for the Merchants
loop. turned in 596-42-636 and is
likely to have as an alley partner in
the finals Albert G. (Ace) Elkins, the
1886 Star champion, who will get an
other crack at regaining his title by
virtue of 601-42-643.
You may also count in the roll
offs several Bakers League bowlers,
including President Karl Heinzman
and Earl Mundey. The former
counted 573-52-625 and the latter
560-75-635.
Preston Bean of Social Security
Tax League hit for 581-47-628, and
Convention Halls District League
anchorman, Abe Weinberg, counted
621-32-653.