Evening star., 1939-11-20
Triumph Would Give
Him Top Place as
Money Winner
Parsons Bows in Final
Of OrioIe Tournament;
Ida Simmons Victor

A chance to become the country's
biggest duckpin money winner and
also gain flying start for the No l
United States ranking will be Hokie
Smiths when the Columbia sharp
shooter defends his Dixie Sweep
stakes title here Saturday Top prize
is $500 in the $1,500 attraction, to be
rolled at Columbia, Lucky Strike
and Convention Hall in 5-game
blocks.
Pacing the mems District League
with an average of 1874, the country's
10th ranking duckpinner zoomed
prominently into the national
bowling picture by winning a spec
tacular victory in the Frank Jet
Sweepstakes at Richmond Saturday.
With a top prize of $3.50 and a
major championship at stake, Hokie
ripped off two spares in his final
two frames to win by margin of
five sticks over Jimmie Wallace of
Norfolk with 10-game score Of
1854. He needed % sticks to win
and got "a.
Nova Hamilton and Ace Hide
brand of Baltimore won both ends
of an intercity doubles match from
Hokie Smith and Ed Blakeney yes
terday at Columbia as they counted
1910 for their final 5-game block
The District stars rolled duplicate
sets of 604.
Julian Easterday of Annapolis was
the winner of the Monumental City
elimination tournament staged at
the new Highland Alleys, Baltimore,
last night as he banged out five
game set of 672 to eliminate How
ard Parsons of Washington in the
dnal round.
In the semifinals Easterday de-
feated Art Felter of Baltimore, 634
to COL, and Parsons triumphed over
Perce Wolfe, the College Park
howitzer, 672 to SIT yesterdays
prize was $100. Parsons pocketed
S35.
Winner of the Southern Tourna-
ment at Blick's Bowling Center in
Atlanta, Ga, Saturday, Ida SIM
mons literally stepped out of the
air yesterday in Baltimore to win
the Chesa peake Sweepstakes for the
fifth consecutive time from a field
of 80 other leading girl boWlers of
the East and South who constituted
the largest enUy ever to roll in
a sweepstakes of national i'm
portance.
Accompanying the No. l roller
of the country on her plane dash
back to the Oriole City was Helen
Randlett of Richmond, who relin-
pushed her Southern title as Miss
Simmons banged the naples for a
10-game score of 1,2l1 and top
prize of $50. Mrs. Randlett finished
third. The No. 5 roller failed to
place among 26 winners in the Oriole
classic.
Five D. c. Rollers Collect.
Letting neither time nor space
deter her in her efforts for more
fame and fortune, the former Nor
folk duckpin marvel shot 632 for her
first set in the Chesapeake event.
Ethel Brewer of Baltimore was the
leader at the halfway mark with
634. Victory, 500 and the Mayor
jackson trophy, was hers when she
rolled Gil in the second block for a
score of 1,243. Her record for the
10game event is 1852
Five Washington girl rollers won
$3.50 of the record prize fund of
S555 as Caroline Hiser landed fourth
with 607-6O9-1,216 $3.50; Lucy
Rose, Rosslyn, sixth, 573-595 (s3O);
Lorraine GULL, twelfth, 563-586-
1,149 $50; Evelyn Ream Windsor.
nineteenth, 604-525-1,129 $50, and
Mary Esten, $3.50 for high consola-
ton set-second block.
Other winners were: Freda Griggs,
Hartford, second, 630-598-1, ,228
(s75); Catherine Wick, Norfolk,
third 538-689-1,227 $500; Jean
White, Baltimore, fifth, 1,188 (s4O);
Gertrude Vitkoski, Baltimore, 1,l63;
Kate Utara, Baltimore, eighth l,l63
($20; Lillian Miller, Baltimore,
1,157 (S15); Doris Smith, Ports
mouth, Va, LISP (S12); Evelyn
Brose, Baltimore, 1852 ($12); Ethel
Brewer, Baltimore, 1,148 $40;
Naomi Zimmerman, Baltimore, 1,147
$50; Dorothy Lawson, Richmond,
1,146 $50; Mamie Mcdonnell, Con-
necticut, 1,143 (S8; Minerva Lin
thicum, Baltimore, 1,142 (s8; Alice
DLugo, Connecticut, 1,135 (S8);
Ruth zentz, Baltimore, 1,122 (SO;
Mary Hayman, Norfolk, 1,121 SD;
Nav RofSkY. Baltimore 1112 ($7l