Evening star., 1939-11-26
Santini Sets National
Record 10 Capture
Dixie Pin Stakes
Rolls 2,l06 for $500;
Kruuss, With 4 Marks,
Finishes Second

Shooting in q field of so of the
finest duckpin performers in the
country, handsome Bill Krauss of
the Ice Palace team, baby of the
famous Washington bowling clan,
blasted four tournament records in
the ninth annual Dixie sweep
stakes held here yesterday and last
night, but wiry Tony Santini. who
rolls with an arm extended like an
airplane wing, took off with top
money of $500, trophy and a ma
tional record.
For the Is games, five each rolled
at the Columbia, Lucky Strike and
Convention Hall, Santini, member
of the Columbia team, totaled 2,106,
which topped by five pins the mark
hung up by Nick Tronsky of Con-
necticut in the United States Sweep
stakes of 1888, performance that
electrified the bowling world.
Krause Rolls 203 Game.
In the second game of the second
block. at the Lucky Strike. Krauss
shot 203 for the biggest string in
the tournaments history and an
all-time record for Southern sweep
stakes competition. Also tournament
marks were his | ,423 for 10 games,
FIVE sticks under Tronsky's national
record and 742 for single set, shot
at the Lucky Strike, and his second
place grand total of 2,086 beat the
previous tournament standard hung
up by Astor Clarke in 1888.
Five of the six slices of the STATS
purse went to Washington bowlers.
They were: Santini, $500; Krauss,
$3.50; Perce Wolfe, third, with 2,006,
$3.50; Hokie Smith, with 1894, fourth,
500, and Ollie Pacini, sixth, with
1878, $75. Bill Tato, Connecticut
midget. rolled 1876 for fifth place
and $50.
Other major prize winners were:
Tony Carpenter, Woonsocket, R. l.,
seventh, 1872, SOS; Buck Shane, Bal
timore, eighth, 1867, $50, and Char
ley Bauer, Baltimore, ninth, 1865,
$40.
Krauss mixed four strikes and five
spares to amaSS his 203 score.
Santini's Pet Alley.
Santini finished with q singular
flourish. He needed a spare in the
final frame at Convention Hall to
beat Tronsky's record He got it
with single pin break Needing
2-pin count to top the mark he
spilled six. On the same Convention
Hall drive and shooting at the same
stick-No. 4-Santini spared in the
last box and counted nine to beat
Ed Blakeney by one pin for
the Howard Campbell Sweepstakes
championship in 1882.
The crux of the f1rst-place strug-
gle came in the first five frames of
the final game. Entering this Krauss
held a l2-pin lead over Santini
While Krauss was splitting. Santini
reeled of four straight marks to
win a commanding lead.
Wallace Early Leader.
On top at the end of the initial
block at Columbia was Jimmy Wal
lace of Norfolk, with 722; Santini
holding second place, with 7l3.
Krauss was ahead at the end of the
second with 1923, with Santini still
second, 81 pins behind.
Tony's sets we're 713, 679 and TIA
and Krauss', 68l. 742 and 663.
Perce Wolfe, member of the Ross
lyn District League team, also beat
the old tournament record with zoos
and Hokie Smith. defending cham
pion, topped his winning mark of
last year with 1894.
Consolation winners of $25 each
were:
High Set:-First block, Jim Wal
lace, 722 second block, Lee Seim,
683; third block, Nova Hamilton,
709.
High me:-First block. Ben
Kosky, 174; second block, Bill Their
rien, IT'S; third block, Steve Witkow-
ski, 181.