Evening star., 1938-12-02
More Than 50 10 Roll
Pre|im Thursday on
Recreation Drives
Wright, Freschi Assured
Places in Final at
Lucky Strike

Lucky Strike
Taking the lead which many
other leagues are likely to follow,
Department Store bowlers will roll
as body in the 18th annual Eve
ming Star Yuletide handicap tourna-
ment next Thursday night at Bob
McKeever's new Recreation.
More than SO rollers in the 10
club loop will compete, according to
Irwin Simon, who for the last sew
eral years has turned in swell Job
as scorer and publicity man for the
league.
Simon, who also holds down the
same two jobs in the Recreation
League, will put his shoulder to the
wheel as aide to Astor Clarke, Rec
reation League president, who aims
to sign this crack circuit 100 per
cent.
Al Wright, the National Capital
League sharpshooter who in 1884
lost out in The Star tournament
final by margin of one pin to Jack
Whalen, when the former Conven-
ton Hall star shot 679 assured him.
self place in this years final by
shooting a qualifying score of 663
at the Lucky Strike last night.
Wright rolled 645 for his five strings |
His handicap was 18 pins.
Joe Freschi, teammate of Wright |
on the Washington Beef e. Pro-
vision quint, also will be shooting in
the final at the Lucky Strike by
virtue Of his 641-8-649. Lloyd |
Farmer, with 595-25-62O; Engene
Barrows, with 593 from scratch, and |
Joe Weakley, with 550-33-583, were |
others who rolled in the tournament |
last night at the Lucky Strike and |
likely will be on deck for the finals |
starting December 26.
Butchers Score Double Sweep.
Wright, with sets of 383 and $50 |
and Joe Freschi with 399 starred |
when Washington Beef scored a |
slx-game sweep over the champion |
Benmacks, which included a season |
record set of 1901 Dome Oil dead |
locked the pennant issue with Daily |
News by sweeping Tribbys Real |
Estate with C. c. Cyrs $50 leading
the charge. Wayne Oil nicked Red |
Circle Food Shop for two games with |
Lindsey Stott's 359 the winning
punch.
While Mary Balaguer was moving
the naples at the Lucky Strike for
q season record set of 338 with 1875
her high single effort to star in
General Counsel No. Is sweep over
Personnel pinettes of General Coun-
sci No. team also were doing some
fancy shootin' in the Commissioner
and Miscellaneous Ladies League.
They handed the pace-setting Tech
nlcal Staff a three-game drubbing,
quite an achievement in view of the
fact that the front-runners at one
stage on the pennant chase had won
20 games in row. With Morris
McCollum rolling 104-3o1, Alcohol
Tax No. ! tripped Miscellaneous
twice.
George Honey, long identified with
East Washington bowling who in
April of 1886 made duckpin history
at Northeast Temple by rolling 1879,
at the time the highest game ever
shot In league competition, has been |
reappointed manager of the Queen
Pin.
Helen Suess Is Star.
Helen Suess, with 318, the weeks |
high set, led the Empires to a season |
record score of LAS in the Ladies
procurement League. With 489 as
high game, the Empires swamped
the Larks. Gladys Thompson, roll
Ing high string of 113, was instru-
mental in the Comets polishing off /
the Krazy Kats. /
st. Elizabeth No. pinmen hiked |
their lead to seven games in the
American Federation of Government
Employees League with Strothers
set OF 349 featuring a sweep over
Veterans Administration. War De-
partment and Public Health No.
remained in a second-place dead
lock when the former nicked st. |
Elizabeth for two and the latter
took the odd one from Weather Bu-
feau.
Led by Ann Smiths 126-3O8.
Commerce swept Navy to climb back
into first place in the Lucky Strike |
Ladies League while the erstwhile
leading Social Security No. 2 team
dropped into tie for second with
M. I. N. when Holmes Bakery
smeared the former and the Faaz- |
cites scored 81 win over the lat
ter.
Don SeatOn Cracks Record.
The season record set was cracked /
In the Silver Spring Georgia Ave-
hue League when Don Seaton, top
average shooter, blazed away for 1856 |
to feature Silver Spring Dyers and
Cleaners 81 win from Grotto Grill.
Bobby De Mast aided the winners |
with 365 while Omar Spiker's 15O-
S74 was high for the losers. A Sec
.ond season record was established
when PetWorth Pharmacy totaled
$62l in its lone win from Senate |
Lunch.
Monument Electric forged three
games ahead in the pennant chase
when Jack Kozee's 351 topped off a
2-1 win from Parker's Shoe Store.
Rolling 133-354. Bill Parsons en-
apled Grand Palace Valet to win
the odd one from Cornelius Printing.
Coiesvllle Service Station, with DR..
Hobbs l29-356 leading, defeated
}Sanford's in the odd game.
While American Window Clean
ing was taking first place in the
Recreation League by virtue of a
Setx-game win from Bell Clothes