Evening star., 1939-10-08
South's S Star Pinmen
Battle for Cash in
Wolfe Memorial
Prizes to Totol $500;
Sanitary Office Five
Sets Foncy Poce

Most OF the South's leading
duckpinners will hit the trail to
Silver Spring and Rosslyn today to
roll in the Pop Wolfe Memorial
Sweepstakes, first of the money
tournaments to be staged here this
season.
Approximately $500 in cash awards
is expected to lure a galaxy of star
pinmen from Metropolitan Wash
ington. Baltimore, Richmond and
Norfolk.
With the odds heavily against
him, Hokie Smith will strive to re-
tain his championship from field
that will include Chubby McNew Of
Richmond and Armisted Carter of
Norfolk, winner and runner-up in
the Jimmy Wallace event held re-
Gently at Norfolk.
Astor Clarke, the country's No. /
shooter, who failed to finish in the
money at Norfolk, will be out to
redeem himself. If Clarke can
match his 1877 Federal League av-
erage, no doubt his will be the vic
tory.
BoWlers in squads of four will
swing into action at Silver Spring
at pm and switch to Rosslyn at 6.
The entrance fee is $3.50. The win
ner will receive 500.
Sanitary Office Team Leads.
Sanitary Office. with only one loss
in IL games rolled. holds first place
| in the Sanico League. Equipment,
Sanitary Franks and Bakery are
| deadlocked in the runner-up spot.
w. c. Gartrell of Sanitary Meats is
the season record-holder with q set
of All. Mel Tallant's 165 also is
tops.
Dutch Lewis gave the rollers of
the Acacia League an eyeful of how
to spill the elusive naples when he
chalked up an all-time league rec
ord set of AIS at the Arcadia. His
top string of 157 was the poke that
gave the Heitmullers 2-1 victory
over the Nichols outfit which dead
locked the two clubs in first place.
The Hutchinson's lead the girls
section with six wins in row.
/ Helen Pawl is seasons high mark
roller in the P. w. R. A. Ladies
League with a string of 100. Her set
of 3O9, tops for the week, paved the
way for Engineering to trip Accounts
twice. A sweep over Administrative
gave Connie Gordon's Legal team
first place with 10. victories out of
IL games.
Beavers Whanging Headpin.
With an average of 125 for II
games, Abe Beavers of Tool Shop
No. l tops the 28-club Navy Yard
League. A season record went by the
! boards when F. e. A. No. swept
Foundry with 1.740. Charley Nichol-
son tied Beavers weekly high set of
373 to lead the charge.
F. g. A. No. held its grip on the
top rung with ILL by swamping its
fellow workers. F. & A. No. 2. Ray
! McConnells 355 aided the winners
with Jerry Connors' 327 high for the
losers. MileWski shot top string of
l46 to feature West No. Is 80 win
from Inspection. Joe Goods 370 and
Tom Nolan's 356 were the high spots
as Progress whitewashed Sight No. Q
Capital No. l grabbed first place
in the Country Club League with a
surprise sweep over the erstwhile
leading Kenwood No. 2 team. The
champion Manor No. outfit also
was knocked of the top perch when
Charley Sutphin's 361 was instru-
mental in Argyle No. is rolling to a
81 win with top counts of GIG and
1889 While Harry Bachman was
putting over the telling punches with
376 in Indian Spring No. Is odd
game decision over Beaver Dam No
2, two fellow club members, Russell
Anderson of team No. and Phil
Berman OF team No. l, were chalkinv I
up the weeks high set of 1856 and
high game Of IA. T. Brewer of Capt.