Evening star., 1939-11-29
Will Shoot
In Jefferson Stake
Next Saturday
Branch W. Stonebroker,
Hero Against Royals,
Still in Action

An old bowling trail which links
Washington and Roanoke will be
Travelled by a new generation of
maplespillers Saturday when a half
dozen of the Capitals leading rollers
trek to the Virginia city Saturday to
compete in the second annual JEFF
ferson Recreation Sweepstakes.
And most likely in the greeting
line will be Branch w. Stonebraker
once one of Roanoke's leading
bowlers who in 1882 was chosen the
sixth president of the National
Duckpin Bowling Congress.
To Stoney the visiting pinmen will
bring back the memorable inter-city
matches between the Washington
Royals and the Roanoke All-Stars
in which he played leading part.
These battles were no tame af-
fairs and Stoney delights in telling
the countless yarns that involved
the two teams and reminisce about
the days when Roanoke was the
center of Virginias duckpin rolling
long before Norfolk and Richmond
grabbed the spotlight.
Bick's Efforts Fail.
In 1923 John S. Blick took over a
bowling establishment in the little
town that nestles in the foothills of
the Blue Ridge. But the old guard
was gone and the interest he hoped
to revive failed to materialiZe. But
Bhck didn't give up without trying.
He sent his Convention Hall team
down for a match.
1t was about this time that a
young giant, Fred Butterworth,
loomed as Roanoke's coming star,
but instead of this 7-foot 8-inch
youngSter reaching down and lit
orally sweeping off the pins with his
hands it remained for Stonebraker,
long past his heydey, to give Roam
oke its margin of victory with his
tantalizing curve ball. So tall was
ButterWorth that he seemed a
giraffe standing beside a scoreboard.
He was the target of many gibes
despite that he delivered the ball
with surprising smoothness.
Joe Harrison, then one of WASH
ington's rising stars, was member
of the Hall outfit, which included Al
Work, Carroll DAILY, Red Morgan
and AL Fischer, captain, who could
walk under Butterworth' out
stretched arm.
The former Washington bowling
magnate turned the alleys over to
AL Gardner, his Hall manager. and
Hap BURNER, who incidentally, is
the present boss at the Zeppelin
hangar-like pin plant here. Gardner
and Burtner soon gave up the ven-
ture
Roanoke Makes Comeback.
With general duckpin boom in
the South Roanoke again is coming
to the front. Besides keeping the
Jefferson Recreation humming, j.
w. Callahan. as manager, is helping
to promote the game nationally.
Several of his bowlers have come
to the fore lately. Only last week
end it was Roanoke's John Ham,
mond who was shy only one pin of
landing among the Dixie Sweep
stakes prize winners. His 914 won
him $3.50 in the Won Dreele at Bal
timore. Steve Lindamood collects
regularly in the major tourna-
ments Bill Powell gave Roanoke
its first national title by winning
the singles championship at Nor
folk in 1887. Hoyt Baldwin is an
other of Roanoke's leading pinmen
who takes in the Southern events.
Saturday Perce Wolfe of the Ross
lyn District League team will be
shooting for his second sweepstakes
victory of the season and success
would give him the runner-up spot
back of Tony Santini, the seasons
top money winner.
Howard Parsons and Andy Glee-
son are among the Washington
bowlers who will be lured by the
$125 top prize in the 10-game event.
Mabelle Herring, national singles
champion, is scheduled to roll at
Lynchburg, Va, Friday night and
Saturday afternoon at Roanoke,
opposing Mary Sechrist, ace Norfolk
e. Western team roller, in the latter
match.
Chevy Chase Records Fall.
Two records went by the boards
in the Chevy Chase Commercial
League as Ed Lambert churned out
a 167-game and his Cherner Mo-
tors hit a new high with $50. Dick
Meyers AIT was tops in an 1924
team count to give the motors outfit
a 81 win from Equitable Life.
With Dick Hausman's 800 tops,
Office Service swept Management to
slip back into the lead of the United
States Housing Authority League. J.
L. Jenkins 142 gave the second
place Accounts a 2-1 edge over
Projects.
Jennie Malcolm not only was the
high woman roller in the agricul-
ture Forest Service Mixed League
with 315, but her set topped all the
male teammates as her team
swamped Spruce. Redwoods were
81 victors over Birch with McBain's
138-368 high.
st. Francis Xavier held its 1-game
lead in the Catholic Ladies League
as Noami Farrall shone in an odd
game win from All Saints B with
333.
P,ynna,