Evening star., 1939-01-10
Record Field Seems
Certain for Event
On January
Will Be 1O-Gume Affair:
Wolfe Keeps Up 400
Set Pace With 424

Paul Jarman, for the last two
years ranked by the Washington
City Duckpin Association as one of
the city's 10 best bowlers, will be
the defending champion when Gait
Davis stages the fourth annual Vir-
ginia State Open Sweepstakes at
his Rosslyn maple plant Saturday,
January 81.
This rugged blond duckpin sharp
shooter who halls from Mclean,
Va, Is currently an important cog
in two potential pennant-winning
teams-Cuff and Santini of the Dis
trict League and American Window
Cleaning of the New Recreation
League.
Although he rarely fouls, Paul re-
sembles a toe dancer when he ap-
proaches the foul line At the end
of his slide he rises high on his
toes with both legs taut as fiddle
strings.
Former Member Of Nomads.
Paul came up to big-time bowling
via the same route taken by Joe
and Paul Harrison-the old Ath-
letic Club League. He was men,
ber of Earl Sizer's Nomads, which
numbered among its rollers Henry
Schroen and Eddie Pestell. Later
he was star in the c. & P. Tele-
phone loop and was coming rap
idly to the front when Davis first
organized the Rosslyn independent
circuit.
In 1885 he walked off with the
Class A singles championship in the
w. c. D. A. tournament at Colum-
bia with 1901, the second ever to
better the 1200-mark in the spring
classic. and came back the next
year at Arcadia to win the singles
with AIS.
A plugging type of bowler along
the lines of Joe Harrison, Jarman
is due to be around the top here
for some time to come.
He only has to repeat his 1852
which gained him the Virginia Open
title at Bill Haskins' Richmond
Health Center last season to have
a good chance to retain his laurels.
Davis, expecting record field for
the 1889 event, will stage the 10
game affair in two squads for each
f1ve-game block.
Wolfe Continues Great Work.
Perce Wolfe, whose five straight
400 or better sets in the Prince
Georges County League established
an all-time record for Metropolitan
Washington, had another string 60
ing by virtue of a 410 set in the
Northeast Temple League. Sunday
night he rolled 424 in the District
loop.
His Dixie Tavern team won two
games from the Senators despite
Joe Browns 170-382 and Francis
Robertson's 3e9 for the losers. Dick
Lees 155-389 was high in Five
Point -Tavern's top team counts of
659-1,837 which nicked Colonial
Restaurant twice.
Esther Boyer of Federal Lithog-
raphers shares high game of the
season in the Takoma Ladies
League as result of spilling 126
naples. With Marie Cunningham
posting a 315 set and Alice Meany
122. Ida Department Store cracked
the season record set with 1854,
downing Georgia Avenue Tavern
three times to gain the league lead
when Corr's Sport Shop lost a tilt.
Carl Rittenhouse was the star of
the Takoma Church League rolling
with 155-399 Catholic polished off
the Christians to take first place in
the pennant chase.
Reynolds Has AL Set.
Tony Reynolds featured the roll
Ing at the Arcadia when his 153-421
topped the Federal League matches.
Senate and G. P. o. tied for high
game of GIT and Interstate Com
merce Commission grabbed set
honors with 1,740.
photographic, winners of the first
half of the Navy Department
League, started the second series off
with a bang at the Arcadia by
sweeping Lithographers with high
team counts of 605-1,711. Dick
Porter, rolling high game of 143, was
the star of Signal Corps three wins
from s. &, A. Tom Galleher of
photographic was tops with a $50
set.
Jim Falck, season record holder
with game of 1874, led Ordnance to
sweep over Bureau of Engineering
with 1880 The fourth club to
clean up was Coast Guard over
A. & I.