Evening star., 1939-10-18
King Of Duckpinners
Performs Tonight
Al Mount Rainier
Johnny Berger Shoots
AIS for Weeks Top
Score at RossIyn

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Score at RossIyn
Astor Clarke will be shooting for
his seventh 400-set of the season
tonight when the crack Rosslyn
team tangles with Hugh Crawley's
new Mount Rainier entry as the Dis
trict Duckpin League is introduced
to Mount Rainier.
The king of the duckpin shooters
brought his total to six last night
when he banged out 442, his third
consecutive set over 400 in the Ross
lyn Independent League. One of
his 3game totals was a season re-
cord of 456.
Not in the four years the Rosslyn
wizard has held the No. l title has
his early season rolling been marked
with such brilliance. Two of his
400's have been shot in the Federal
League at the Arcadia. His average
in the big Government loop is only
a few sticks shy of 100.
His other 400 came last week as
he opened fire in defense of his Dis
trict League championship at Ross
lyn with 4O1.
While Clarke last night was hiking
his Rosslyn average to 1866 to lead
Clarendon Decorators to a sweep over
War College, Johnny Berger of Dia-
mond Cab was stealing some of his
thunder by pounding out the weeks
top set at Rosslyn of 425 as his team
swamped Sterrett Operating.
Gieb Enters 400 Glass.
Ell Geib swung into the 4O0-class
with a 400 that paved the way for
Mario Kidwell's Senators to rout
Cooke Press despite Brad Mandley's
$50. Francis Robertson and Frank
Mischou shot Identical sets of 383
but the formers Quality Shop quint
eked out 81 win over the latters
Skaters Flower shop crew.
Columbia's strong lineup of Ed
Blakeney, Tony Santini, Hokie
Smith, Harry Aiken and Lou Pan
tos invades Georgetown for an en-
gagement with Ed Schlegels West
Enders.
Ann Ford has supplanted Marga-
ret Smith as top roller in the Ladies
Catholic League with an average of
103. A 312 set last night at the
Lucky Strike turned the trick, Mrs.
Ford's 100 gave Holy Comforter c
team top game of 52l and it's lone
win from St. Anthony's. Margaret
Arendes 3O4 featured for the win
ners. Helen Mayhem shone when
her top counts of 129-343 led st.
Francis sweep over Miss Smiths
fourth-place Holy Trinity team.
Richard Bischoff's 135 gave the
leading Accounts 81 edge over
Management in the U. S. Housing
Authority League. Construction
moved to second place when Henri
de Sibour banged out 357 in a 80
victory over Legal.
Ell Gees Score Only Sweep.
Lorraine Gulli's Ell Gees were the
only team to score a shutout in the
Washington Ladies League matches
at the Recreation when Ingomar
Moen with 123-344 led the attack
against Bureau of Engraving. Hazel
Funkhouser's 341 was high as Ed
mons nicked the Wee Bees twice.
Jennie Egan's 127 bagged Sham
rocks the odd one from Tiffany
Shop. Virginia Marks 1874 gave the
Jay Birds its only win from Pin
Points.
Rolling a season record set of 1923,
Jennie Malcolm played the leading
role as Fir blanked Birch in the Agri-
culture Forest Service Mixed League.
Pinkard was tops for the male shoot
ers as he led the Elms to a win from
Orange.
Buck Jones, with top counts of
149-379, was the big noise as the
pace-setting Progressive Printing
took the odd game from National
Litho in the Graphic Arts League.
The champion Judd e. Detweiler
moved closer as top team scores of
608-1,74O swept Standard Engrav-
ing. With Harold Hodges 358 paw
ing the way, Nave Composition
blanked Supplymen to run its win
ming streak to six games. Ray Burke's
359 aided Standard Press to over
whelm Stanford Paper.
Women's Race Deadlocked.
The MarYland-District Ladies
League pennant chase went into a
two-way tie when Gifford's Ice
Cream bumped Shepherd Wine &
Liquor twice and Adell Beauty Shop
took 81 decision from Shaffer's
Flower Shop. The four teams were
deadlocked before the matches last
night at Silver Spring
Alma Schulte's 1888 was high
as the Gifford's counted an even
/ 900 set. Caroline Hiser garnered
set honors with 1862, but her r. E. A.
Cleaners could win only one game
from National Ale.
Anna Poor of Keller is q season
recordholder in the Ladies' Luthe-
ran League by virtue of a 345-set
rolled at the Arcadia. Margaret
Miller of Trinity No. and Leona
Schwierow of Mount Rainier tied
for high game with 131. Kronen-
better of Takoma, with 140, and
Helm of st. Paul No. /, with 389,
were tops in the Mems Lutheran
League. A 126-329 count gave
Martha Biggs the laurel in the Rail-
road Retirement Board League.
Willis Builders Climb.
Faced by LeMat's top single of 142,
which climaxed a 387 set, and L.