Evening star., 1939-01-09
Three Maple Plants
Backgrounds Of
Classic Tourney
Clarke Gets Even for
Lopsided WoIIoping
DeoIt by Tronsky

OeoIt by IronSky
Leading girl bowlers of the East
will take up where the country's
foremost male shooters left of last
Saturday to give Washington more
of the best to be had in the way
of duckpin spilling when the Times
Dixie Sweepstakes for women is
staged here next Saturday.
However, Capital fans will have to
do a lot more Logging than they
did to view the mems United States
classic which was staged exclusively
at Convention Hall. The eighth
annual Dixie, 9-game affair starts
at Silver Spring, moves to Arcadia
for the second round and winds up
at RoSslyn.
Defending Champion Ida Simmons
of Norfolk, already in the city, be-
ing engaged this week as an in
structor for women bowlers at Chevy
Chase, will be shooting for her
fourth sweepstakes victory of the
season. Already she has won the
Southeastern, Mary Akers Oriole
and Chesapeake, retaining the title
in each event.
To win the Dixie a year ago the
No. girl bowler of the country es-
tablished two records for the event,
with two consecutive 400 sets-410
and 411-and a winning score of
1,151 that cracked her former rec
ord for the tournament by 80 pins.
Janowitz Breaks Monopoly.
Since its creation in 1892, Lorraine
GULL and Miss Simmons have domi-
mated the tournament except in 1888
when Lotta JanoWitz of Baltimore
was the victor. Washington's bowl
ing queen won the inaugural and
came back in 1884 to take the title
from the Oriole maid. Ida won in
1885 and the Capital ace stepped
in to annex the laurels in 1886. For
the last two years the platinum
haired Norfolk marvel has had
things pretty much her own way.
THAT guy can't beat me so pins
in one game and get away with it"
Astor Clarke said with spirit at the
Lucky Strike yesterday after Nick
Tronsky shot 168 to Astors 118 in
the first game of the five-game
doubles match that started the clash
between the Connecticut Blue Rib
bons and Max Rosenberg's Regal
Neon Sign rollers.
And Nick didn't. For as matters
turned out in special attraction,
Clarke and Ed Blakeney came from
behind to win the doubles, 1890 to
1921.
The Connecticut duo appeared
certain winners when they piled up
76-pin lead in the first tilt, 306 to
230. but Clarke and Blakeney kept
pecking away, cutting their oppo-
nents lead to So pins after the Sec
ond game. 7 pins after the third
game, 5 pins after the fourth game
and put the finishing touches on
their 59-pin victory when Clarke
cut loose with 164 and Blakeney
turned in 1873. Clarke topped the
match with 642, with Blakeney tack
ing on 63S. Tronsky counted 623
While Boglno gave up after three
games with 1863 and Bill Tato, taking
his place, rolled 235 for two strings.
The New Englanders evened mat
tiers when Tronsky handily defeated
Joe Harrison in singles, 633 to 579.
1t just wasn't Joe's day. For one
time Max picked a cold" bowler.
However, it was Joe's first loss this
season in singles and Max still is
in front backing this usually bril-
liant maple mauler.
Hang Up Two Records.
Boosting Is straight 60O-games,
Marlboro Hotel bowlers have estab-
lished an all-time record for the
District League. The former mark
for consecutive 600games belonged
to the famous Occidentals, who
chalked up IA in a row to start last
season.
George Perrys Marlboros, making
a strong bid for the coveted cham
pionship, also established an all
time record for the all-star circuit
when they counted their third 1900
set in row with games of 633, 644
and $50. at Chevy Chase. Conven-
ton Hall was smothered when Perce
Wolfe counted 161-424, Jack Tai
bert clipped off 160-418 and Joe
Harrison added 154-403 in the ,957-
team total. Julius Singers 37l was
high for the Hallmen.
Cuff and Santini pinmen, lead
ing by four games, swept Dia-
mond Cab to ward off the on
rushing Marlboros. Leading the VIC
tory at Columbia were Ed Blakeney
and Paul Jarman with 800.
Fred urphy, with $50; was the
top shooter AS Arcadia nicked
Georgetown Recreation twice on the
latter's home drives.
Probably the most disastrous blow
struck was the 3-game lacing Lucky
Strike delivered at Takoma against
the third-place Tru-Blus. AL
Wright's 1877, climaxed by a
last-frame strike, was the telling
wallop in first-game win that was
decided by one pin. From here
out the Luckies had rather easy SAIL
ing, with Billy Stalcup's 142 and 379
tops. But the result might have
been different had what seemed a
perfectly hit spare break been made
by Anchnrnaan Ollie Pacini in the