Evening star., 1939-11-27
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Columbia Star Defeats
Record Field to Swap
Crowns With Suntini

While Hokie Smith as new cham
pion of the Ray Won Dreele Sweep
stakes sported his second major
duckpin title won within eight days,
Washington's bowling howitzers to-
day had mopped up approximately
S3,774 out of an estimated total prize
fund of $4,636 in winning their sixth
straight national money event.
Winner over field of 100 other
leading Southern sharpshooters in
the Frank Jett attraction at Rich
mond Saturday week ago, the Co.
lumbia District League team star
again turned on the heat last night
at the Patterson alleys in Baltimore
to triumph in the sixth annual
seven-game Won Dreele classic over
140 of the East's and South's most
notable duckpinners who constituted
the biggest entry ever to roll in a ma
tlonal sweepstakes. The Jack White
tournament in New Haven, Conn.,,
held the former mark with no.
Characteristic of his Jett victory,
Hokle again came through with two
last-frame spares to nose out Ev
Gardner, New Highland roller of
Baltimore by three sticks, to win the
sixth annual Oriole classic with a
seven-game score of 985. His games
were 146, 153, 1913, 154, 1873, 145 and
126. His conquest was worth $3.50
and a large trophy. Gardner shot
1853, 12l, 168, 127, l25, 142 and 131.
His prize was s1OO.
Trades Titles With Santini.
Oddly enough, he swapped cham
pionships with Tony Santini, his
Columbia teammate, who rolled a
national record score of 2,1O6 to win
the Dixie here Saturday night. In
defense of their laurels Hokie fin
ished fourth in the Dixie, while
Tonys $50 last night gave him l4th
place. However, Tony had a big
edge financially, adding SIS to his
$500 top Dixie prize with Hokie's
total, $3.50, for the two events. His
$3.50 Jett prize gave him a total of
s4OO.
Santini's total winnings for the
season are S799, he having collected
In every affair in which he has
rolled Perce Wolfe is the runner-up
with S495. A victory in the Norman
Levy netted him $500.
After the Capital failed to place
money winner in the Jimmy Wal
lace at Norfolk, the starting point
OF the seasons long and winding
money trail, Karl Gochenour crashed
through as its first victor by annex
Ing the Pop Wolfe. rolled at Silver
Spring and Rosslyn. Then in sue
cession Wolfe copped the Norman
Levy at Norfolk and Santini the
Howard Campbell at Convention
Hall.
Three Other ID. c. Men Collect.
Gochenour and Joe Harrison and
Hugh CraWley were the only other
District shooters to draw down some
OF the S772 Won Dreele coin. A score
OF 948 gave Gochenour sixth place
and $40, and Harrisons eighth place
count OF 944 won him $50. Crawlev
with 166 tied for a consolation S.
which netted MIN $3.50.
Other prize winners were Jimmy
Wallace. Norfolk, 968 (s75); Joe
White, Baltimore, e54 $500: Hank
Mowbray, Baltimore, e51 $3.50; Win
Guerke, Baltimore, 947 $3.50: Bob
Fisher, Baltimore (S25); Bill Their
rlen, Connecticut, $40 (s2O); Raw
Florentino, Baltimore, 939 (s18):
Tom Civitate, Connecticut, 934 ts1D:
Jack White, Connecticut, 931 (s16)
Andy Blomhein, Baltimore, 929
ts14; Bill Stitz, Baltimore. s27
(s13): Chubby McNew, Richmond
924 (S12); Buck Harvey, Baltimore,
923 SID; John Hammond. Roa-
noke, 914 $3.50; Herman Fleming.
Norfolk, 9l4 $3.50; Joe Rimbach,
jr., Baltimore. 913 go; Andy Au-
guste, Baltimore. 912 (S4).
Won Dreele. the popular Oriole
veteran star, for whom the tourna-
ment is named, was pleased doubly.
first over the giant entry and sec
ondly over a IS consolation prize
he won with top game of the event
of l81.
Smiths victory was the fourth in
the Won Dreele for Washington
bowlers. Santini triumphed last
year, Perce Wolfe in 1885 and Ollie
Pacini in 1887.
Sidelights on the Dixie.
Johnny Hammond, the big boy
from Roanoke, missed the pay-off
by one stick. Charlie Bauer, the
former national all-events cham
pion of Baltimore, nipped him at
the wire with 702-set to take the
last money place with 1865. Bill
Brozey, the 20-year-old Recreation
representative from Baltimore, turned
in a swell exhibition at Columbia
with 703 for his first set. He was
fifth at the end of the second block
and finished with 1926 in a tie with
Jimmy Wallace of Norfolk, who had
led the first 5-game block with 722.
He came over as a spectator, but
filled in for Bill Guerke when the
No. 5 duckpinner of the country
developed stiff neck en- route.
The great Astor Clarke finished
strong with $50 to land 18th place
with 1855. Nova Hamilton, the
Nations No. 3 duckpin knocker-
over, came through with 7O9 for his
last set to finish two pins back of
Clarke. Paul Jarman, the Chevy
Chase Ice Palace lead-off roller,
watched his lusty 1947 go for
naught.
Seven sets of 700 or better and q
sets over 1000 established marks for
Southern Sweepstakes rolling. Tony
Carpenter of Appanaug, R. l., who
landed seventh money of $65, is the
bowler who defeated Astor Clarke in
a singles match at Woonsocket, r. L.,
several years ago. 1t so happened
it was the only match the Fred
Buchholz Occidentals dropped on
their New England tour that in
cluded matches in Boston and Hart
ford. The next day Clarke estab-
lished a New England 5-game record