Evening star., 1939-01-24
Big Duckpin Stakes
To Take Heavy Toll
OF Walkers Arm
G.P. O. Ace Will Defend
Bell Title Day After
Bowling in CompbeII

Milton y. (MOnk) walker, Eve
ming Star champion Of 1884 and G.
p. O.'s ace duckpinner, will have his
hands full In essaying the roles of
challenger and champion when the
time rolls around for the staging of
the Howard Campbell classic and
the second annual Charley Bell
Sweepstakes on two successive days,
Fabruary and 5.
First entrant In the Campbell by
virtue of winning recent prelimi-
nary held at the G. P. o. with a 696
score that included strings of 160
and 1874, Walker after this gruelling
l5-game test that winds up at Con-
vention Hall on a Saturday night
will be right back the next after
noon defending his Bell title which
he lifted last season with a 10-eame
score of 1919.
One of the most successful handi-
cap tournaments of last season when
IS bowlers. including many of the
city topnotchers. rolled, the forth
coming attraction named for Con-
vention Halls genial manager prom
ises to outstrip by far last years
entry.
Ionics Head Procurement,
1onics advanced to the top of the
hotly contested pennant chase in the
procurement League by shellacking
the Romans. Howder, posting TOP
scores OF the night at Lucky Strike,
with 152-38l, was the star in the
Colonials' climb to a tie for second
place with the Normans, who won
two games, and the Tuscans, who
were idle.
Jack Preller. a leftover from the
days when Gait g. Bros. team was a
perennial threat to win the pen
nant in the Commercial League, re-
Gently cut loose in the jewelers.
League with season record game
of l68 to top off two season team
records Of GIT and 1889 for his long
established Gait buddies.
Two records were established in
the Brookland Merchants League
when Peppers 164 featured Brook
land Garages shutout of Pioneer
Laundry. His 397 set also was a
hlghlight as the Garagemen swept
Sims Radio for a perfect night,
Home Construction came through
with the other season mark when a
632 count was instrumental in a
81 win from Brookland Hardware.
Feds Score Heavily.
Rolling at the Arcadia witnessed
the Senate rollers annexing top
scores when Andy Pryors 159 anu
Charley Stephenson's .375 led sea-
son second high team scores of 626
and 1,763 for the Federal League.
Naval Dispensers with SGT and S. e.
AS 1854 accounted for the high
counts in the Navy Department
League, with Andy Prices 1862 and
J. Shaw's 141 high.
Ed Walsh saved Columbia No. 2
from taking three-game drubbing
from Columbia No. / when he
cracked high game of the season in
the Odd Fellows League with 153 at
Brookland.
Jimmy Goode took the Joy out
Of bowling for Carl Rittenhouse last
night when he climaxed his rolling
In the Takoma Church League with
a season record game of 1863 after the
latter had rolled 1852 for hif first
string.
Evelyn Gay, posting a season rec
ord game Of 148 and set of 326 in the
Takoma Ladies' League, was the
star of Corr's Sports Shops 5-1 win
in double header match with Ida's
Department Store. Ruth Kings
126-323 paced Georgia Tavern's
sweep over Lithographers.
Seaton in Scoring Mood.
Pounding the naples for l73-408,
Don Seaton gained the limelight
at Silver Spring when he headlined
Silver Spring Cleaners and Dyers
81 win from Sanford Cleaners in
the Georgia Avenue League. Ken
Schroyer's 1898 was high for
the losers.
Jim Madden pounded out 140-387
as Smiths Tavern won the odd
game skirmich from Jimmy's Res
taurant in the Mount Rainier loop.
Rudy Bush's 145-353 failed to
stop Central Accounts from sweep
ing Pre-Audit to deadlock the pen
nant issue in the Accounts and De-
posits League at Columbia.
Chevy Chase Commercial League
pin smashing witnessed Ray Parks
of Covington Motors grabbing high
game with 148 and Russ Parks of
A. & P. Market high set with 388.