Evening star., 1939-03-14
Masonic No. | Quint
Looms as Threat in
n. D. B. T.. Event
Ernie Huuser Stondout
In Temple Major
With 43o Set

In Temple Major
With 439 Set
The difference of one pin today
had given Wally Powell the call
over Harry Dixon and Sam Del
Vecchio as the fifth member of
the No. l Masonic League team
which will roll in the National
Duckpin Bowling Congress cham
pionships at the Lucky Strike.
Powell decided the issue when he
shot a 375 set as Hope cracked down
on PetWorth in a league match in
which Leo Emmons' 379 also was a
factor.
Winners of sixth place in last
years tournament at Richmond, the
No. l team again looms as a threat
with such other sterling rollers as
Ed Cleary of Whiting, Charley Phil
lips Of King David, Tom Courtney
of Hiram and Irvine Billhimer of
Joppa. This crew, with the eXcep-
ton of Sam Simon, comprise the
leagues highest average rollers.
Whiting regained the Masonic
League lead over Hiram by white
washing Stansbury while Hiram,
pacesetter for two weeks, dropped
to second place when Gompers swept
the match. st. Johns moved to
third place by 81 win from
Pentalpha.
, Ernie Hauser was the standout
shooter in the Temple Major League
with a season record set of 439. His
games Of 155. 154 and 100 that
cracked Frances Robertsons mark
by two pins led the leading Queen
Pins to lopsided victory over the
Senators. Segreti Bros swept Five
Point Tavern with second high sea-
son game of 668 and 1928 set.
Harry Wolfe, with 173, missed
George Honey's seasons record
game by one stick. His set was
400. Rolling with Dixie Tavern
Wolfe went down swinging against
Takoma Billiards as Red Megaw's
156-4O1 led 2-1 win.
Beatty Has Hot Hand.
With Bill Beatty in the star role
as he tied Earl McPhilomys season
record game of ITO, the champion
Judd g. DetWeiler team swept Big
Print Shop to move within two
games of the leading Progressive
Printing in the Graphic Arts League
pennant chase. Beatty's 385 was
also tops in high team counts of
6l7-1,726 at the Lucky Strike.
Astor Clark fattened his top 125
average in the Federal League with
1888 to save F.. B. I. from shutout
when Mark Raspberry, the loops
scorer, came through with the weeks
top string of $50 to lead National
Capital Parks 81 win. The win
ners posted top team totals OF
612-1,746.
Bill Lanahan's 1893 was the heavi-
est wallop as the leading Substation
swept Accounting with season rec
ord team set of 1,744 in the Kilowatt
League. Perry Nutwell cleaning off
$50 naples at the Lucky Strike
supplied the top string as Transit
registered high game OF SOB to dust
off Sales.
While Secretaries was posting GOT
-1,749 for the weeks top team
scores in the Navy Department
League, Ken Wright Of Lards and
Docks chalked up 1872 and Ed Nc
Larney lat as high individual counts.
Banging out a season record set
Of 423 for the Silver Spring Georgia
Avenue League, John Parsons fea-
tured Grand Palace Wallets 81 win
from the Sanfords. Doc Hobbs rip
ped of 3S9 as Colesville Service Sta
ton goose-egged Cornelius Printing.
Frank Donaldson's 361 and Earl
Steele's 145 were tops at Brookland
as the three pennant-contending
teams-Columbia No. l, the leader,
Brightwood and Eastern won 2-1
decisions.
Rattling the naples at the Lucky
Strike for 146-388, F.. Robbins
watched his Moors team dropped
two games to the Orientals as the
1onics maintained its grip on first
place by a 81 win from the Etrus-
cans in the Procurement League.
The Tudors, runners-up, were nicked
twice by the Adobes. Georgians
tripped the third-place Normans
twice with top game of 568.