Evening star., 1939-12-13
BY ROD THOMAS.


Young Julius Singer of Conven-
ton Hall Is over the first hurdle in
his way to becoming the first man
to repeat as a champion in the 12-
year-old Evening Star Yuletide
bowling tournament.
Shooting with the Sports Shop
team of the Hebrew League last
night at the Hall, Singer tbtaled
420 with a handicap of IA to assure
him place in the final round to
be rolled during Christmas week,
with most of purse of nearly 81 900
at stake therein.
Singer seemed a goner when he
marked up los for his first game,
but snapped back with 148 and 153
for 406 and one of the best scratch
sets of the tournament, which enters
its third night tonight with several
thousand bowlers having shot in the
qualification test.
On the spot tonight will be Lor-
raine GULL, who three times has
finished on top in the women's Sec
ton and nine times has been in the
payoff. She will roll with the Lucky
Strike team in the Ladies' District
League against Red Circle Food
Shop at the Lucky Strike, the match
starting at 8 o'clock.
Lorraine Faces Heavy Odds.
The odds against her winning this
time are tremendous, for handicaps
for women have been hiked from a
limit of - pins a game to 18. and
Miss GULL will bowl virtually at
scratch. With scratch at 1l8, she
will receive two sticks. An average
OF III in the Ladies' District League
gives her the top spot among the
city's fair bowlers.
Miss Gulli's principal rival in the
qualification round at present is Mrs.
Margaret O'Brien Of the leading st.
Francis Xavier team of the Ladies'
Catholic League, rolling at the
Lucky Strike. Mrs. O'Brien last
night took the lead with 1888, includ-
ing AZ franked pins. Most of the
top flight fair bowlers have yet to
roll.
Three sticks behind Mrs. OBrien
was Dot March of the Women's
Country Club League, who shot 54-
1886 at Silver Spring. Other fancy
scores marked up in this circuit
were Gladys Lynn, 32-379; Viola
Bechtold, 28-375, and Dot Craw-
ford, 24-371.
In the Catholic League. M. Volk-
art was second to Mrs. O'Brien with
1886, certain to qualify her.
The pinfall was heavy also In the
Post Office Women's League at the
Recreation, with the following as
high scorers: L. M Loring, 5O-372;
Mary E. Bauer. 54-363; Ann Smith,
34-362; Gertrude Rasch, 34-362: T.
V. johnson. 48-357, and Helen Haw-
thorne, 54-352.
c. of c. Girls Bang Headpin.
Among the fair rollers who prob
ably made the grade to the rolloff at
Chevy Chase in the Chamber OF
Commerce League were Regina
Jones, 44-327; Clara Yates, 54-32e;
Connie Harlow, 54-323; Pauline
Myers, 54-317; Florence Thompson,
54-3l6. and Helen Kellogg, 54-315.
In the General Accounting Office
Mixed League at Convention Hall
Margaret Wilson rolled 1880. but
surrendered the spotlight to Rod
man Coad, whose 4S-453 was the
highest gross set yet reported in
the tournament.
Another hot shot at the hall was
c. H. Creamer Of the Financial
League with 51-407.
An aviator flew into a cospicuous
spot in the tournament last night,
Harold S. Ronning Of the Soil Con-
servation League, whose hobby is
flying, rolled the evenings high
single Of 167. He cinched a place
In the Lucky Strike roll-of with a
set OF 50-408. Ronning, by the way,
is the fellow who shot it out with
Clayton (Boo) Henson in the final
of the 1889 Metropolitan Washing
ton horseshoe tournament sponsored
by The Star. He lost.
At the Lucky Strike.
Best performers at the Lucky
Strike besides Ronning were: Dis
tributors League-Elliott Jackerson.
46-4l5; E. Martin, 42-4O6; Ladies'
Farm Credit Administration-M
L. Walton, 54-331; Grace Walker,
54-350.
Income Tax League-J. F. Strobel,
42-4l3; Clarence T. Milne, 28-4O9;.
Soil Conservation-G George Caspar.
40-407.
Times-Herald Afternoon - Tom
Kinny, 52-411; L. Heath, 36-404.
Washington Post-Warren, 54-39s;
Ellis, 42-395.
U. S. Housing-Richard Bischoff,
34-397; James Whittimore, 54-378.
Forest Service-Men: Ager, 54-
1886; Kelly, 54-382; women: Mrs. L.
Brannan, 54-369; Miss Joerns, 81
1863.
A battle among newspa permen en-
livened competition at Brookland. l..
E. Weidman of The Star League
came out on top with 33-417, trailed
by Freddie Waple Of the Times
Herald Evening League, with 39-413.
Waple had the best game of 1854.
Heinie Lang of the Times Herald
banged out 1884 and Bubbles Ca
hoon of the same crew shot 39-391.
Bubbles, years ago was the official
bowling champion among news
papermen.
Trailing Weidman in The Star
League were Robert A. Courbat with
1896, and Ernie Jackson, 1896.
Five sets of better than 400 were
recorded in the National Letter Car
riers' League at Brookland. They
were rolled by Gesham Fanshaw,
45-414; Joseph Kicks, 42-406; A. M.
Fredericks, 54-403; ]. M. Van Sick
Ter, 51-401, and William J. Hughes,
42-401.
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