Evening star., 1939-09-10
Duckpin Association
Elects Officers al
Meeting Today
Sanitary Grocery Loop
Opens Tomorrow With
81 Teams in Line

With election of officers and other
important business on tap, the
Washington City Duckpin Associa-
ton will hold its annual meeting
today at 3 pm. at the Raleigh
Hotel. Every male league In the
city is requested to send represent
atives.
Several issues likely will be brought
before the meeting.
Mack L. Langford, president of the
Sanitary Grocery Co., will fire
the first ball when the Sanicos open
their 14th campaign tomorrow night
at Convention Hall. Organized In
1925 with eight teams by D. N. Pratt,
now its honorary president, the league
moves into this season with 80
teams, the largest lineup of any
commercial duckpin circuit in the
city. The officers are: Henry Smith,
president; Jump Hazleton, vice pres
ident: M. Tallant, treasurer, and E.
G. Bittenbender, scorer.
The teams and their captains:
Sanitary Cakes, j. r. Ragan; Sani-
tary Fryers, H. A. Smith; S. E. A.,
S. P. Cahill; Sanitary Office, M. Tai
liant; Land OLakes Butter, E. A.
Polling; Bakery, r. P. Hazelton; Air
way Coffee, Lawrence Pneiger; San
itary Franks, E. w. Young; Julia
Lee Wright Bread, ]. w. Brockwell;
Sanitary Peanut Butter, L. Hen
bricks; Green Bag Coffee, S. E. Up
perman; Sanitary Meats, William
H. Rehmann; Stokely, John Wiley;
Jumbo Bread, P. Douglas; Jumbo
Butter, A. c. Thomas; Sanitary Rye
Bread, Paul Gray; Produce Ware
house, H. Frownfelter; Sanitary
Doughnuts. w. H. Conklin; Sanl-
tary Coffee, D. Shumate; Hunts
Fruits, G. S. Haines; Signs, Burt
Warner; Canterbury Tea, r. j.
Short; Engineers, Frank Sparshott;
Sanitary Sausage, R. L. Risdon; Red
Jacket, c. w. Redd; Grocery Ware
house, Ed Hazelton; Family Circle,
T. E. Grant; Kitchen Craft Flour,
F. L. Wood; Green Links, J. Keat-
ing; Equipment, c. E. Rabbit;
Sanitary Hams, E. G. Davis; Ed
wards Coffee, J. A. Long.
Action in the East Washington
Church League will open Tuesday
at Mount Rainier, with Douglas as
the defending champion. The fol-
lowing officers have been elected:
George Boyd, president; James
Compton. vice president, and Brock
Burton, secretary-treasurer
Moore Looking for Teams.
Jimmy Moore of the Lucky Strike
is rounding up teams for the Ma
tional Capital League, operating on
handicap basis with minimum
team average of $50 and maximum
of $40. Teams desiring franchises
should phone Moore at the Lucky
Strike.
Teams averaging not more than
$50 are eligible for the Recreation
Businessmen's League, which en-
ploys a handicap system. A meet
ing will be held at the New Recrea-
ton Tuesday at $50 pm.
The Ladies' Federal League will
begin firing next Thursday night at
the Arcadia. Mrs. Margaret Lynn
remains as president and Mrs. Es-
ther Burton as secretary-sc scorer.
Mabel Williams is the treasurer.
Sixteen teams will compete.
Ready at Silver Spring.
They're all set for another big
season at Silver Spring, with the
following leagues to shoot: Georgia
Avenue, Terminal Ice Co. and Pres
byterian on Mondays; American
and Maryland-D. C. Ladies on Tues
days; Friendship and new Pepco on
Wednesdays; Silver Spring Ladies
and Bureau of Engineering Navy
Department. on Thursdays; 1nde-
pendent and Silver Spring National
on Fridays. Saturdays and Sundays
will be reserved for the public.
All of the Silver Spring leagues
are filled with the exception OF the
American, a 555-sverage handicap
circuit with a top individual aver
age of los. Teams desiring fran
chises in this should phone Earle
Stocking at the Silver Spring plant.