Evening star., 1939-09-21
bortnick and Bookoff
Split Honors Among
D. 6. ). Rollers
lemerise High With 4l0
At Chevy Chase; Temple
Minor Loop Opens

Sammy Bortnick, who barely
missed bowling fame as a member
of the original Washington Juniors
OF 10 years ago, one of the city's
greatest all-time duckpin aggrega-
tions. shared the spotlight with AL
Bookoff In the D. G. S. League
opener last night at the Lucky Strike.
Bookoff grabbed high game honors
with a 164 that enabled Maxwell
House Coffee to sweep wilkins Coffee,
while Bortnick climaxed a AIT top
set with 158 to lead in Dawes Mar
ket's 81 win from Washington Paper
with high team counts Of 596-1,7 ,721.
Brownie Lemerise's 40 and AL
Bichell's 157 were tops as the Chevy
Chase Business Mems League got
under way at the Ice Palace, while a
gang OF old timers, Lonnie Krauss,
Carroll DAILY, Dutch Imirie, Pete Nc
Cambridge and Oscar Keyes, rolling
as the Royal Tavern team, marked
up counts of 644-1,740.
Temple League Opens.
James Rogers, president Of the
Northeast Business Mems Associa-
ton, and Capt. Dick Mansfield Of
the ninth precinct were on hand to
roll the first balls as the Temple
Minor League swung into action.
Frank Greiners 379 featured as
the champion Franks Tavern team
shut out Benning Power Plant. Buck
Schreider's l57 was tops in the Amer
lean Ice Co. win, while team laurels
went to Eastern Pharmacy with
1,704 in a 80 victory over Camden
Tavern and Loggia Roma pinmen,
who won their only game from
Mckee Pontiac with 500.
Right of the bat the Blowhards
cracked two all-time records in the
Dynamite League starter at Arcadia
with 589-1,652 Ed Wilcox was the
star In the record smashing with top
counts of 133-348. Julian Simpson
of the Sleuths shared high-game
honors.
Jim Bridges, co-publisher Of the
Bowling Star, new paper which
made its first appearance in the alleys
this week, garnered high set of 1854
in the Bankers League to top of
Riggs 1872.
With Worthy Grand Matron Mrs.
Ruth Cromelin and Worthy Grand
Patron Richard Titlew in attend
ance, the Eastern Star Ladies'
League opened at the Lucky Strike.
Vera Low shone with 143-329 as
Mizpah swept Mount Pleasant with
l,467 and Washington Centennial
marked up SIG for high team game.
Fair Pinshooters Start.
Also prominent among the woman
league openings were the Commis-
sioner and Miscellaneous at the
Lucky Strike and c. 81 P. Telephone
at Arcadia. Pauline Garabedian's S
BIT was tops in the former and Jes-
sic Keith's 329 in the latter. Viola
Bechtold, president of the c. &. P.
loop, shared high game of 119 with
Mrs. Keith.
Miller's 138-364 featured the Lii
brary of Congress Mixed League
opening at Brookland and aided
Jupiter to blank Arcturus in the
loops only shutout match.
After several years absence. Ma
tion-wide Service bowlers will be
back in action tonight with an eight
club loop at the Recreation. Gene
M. Sims is director.
Other league openers will find the
14-club Coast and Geodetic Survey
getting away at the Lucky Strike and
the Treasury Ladies with % teams
opening fire at Columbia. Both are
twilight loops. Census Bureau
Leagues of both sexes also are slated
to start at Columbia.
Several franchises remain open in
the Ice Palace Saturday Night
League which is being formed by
Manager Bell. Teams interested are
invited to meeting next Tuesday
at $50 pm.