Evening star., 1939-12-12
Clarke Out, Hack|ey
Looking at Prize
With 1888 Game
Astor Shoots 346 Set;
GozzoIo, With 444,
Hos High Gross
BY ROD THOMAS.


Astor Clarke, for the last four
years top-ranking duckpin bowler of
the country, today was among the
fallen in the 18th annual Evening
Star Yuletide tournament and an
obscure member of the Sanico
League, which rolls at Convention
Hall, stood as the outstanding per-
former of opening night in the big
gest tournament in the history of
the sport.
Shooting with Federal Bureau of
Investigation last night at the Ar
cadia in the Federal League, Clarke
rolled games of lis, 100 and 101 for
set of 346 Scratch man of the
tournament, conceding handicaps up
to 18 pins game, this definitely
eliminated him from the rolloff to
be held Christmas week in which
the bulk of a prize fund of nearly
81 900 will be distributed.
Rolls Whopper at Hall.
Startling many Convention Hall
patrons, including himself, Robert
Hackley of the Green Bag team of
the Sanico League, rolled a game
of 1873. one of the biggest in the
tournaments history, to put him in
fair way of winning a $40 prize
for top single in the qualification
round. Two mediocre strings with
this whopper gave him total Of
416, sure to gain him place among
the Is per cent who will qualify for
the Convention Hall rolloff.
Hackley's 416 was the highest
scratch set reported at any of the
20 alleys where the tournament is
being rolled. His handicap wasn't
registered but. with scratch at 1928
and two-thirds the difference be-
tween that and his average to be
allowed, he's bound to come up with
a score that may win him also $25
that goes with high gross set in
the preliminary.
Keeping Clarke company among
the crestfallen at the Arcadia was
Joe Harrison, also Federal Lacquer
who preceded Clarke by two years
as the No. ranker of the National
Duckpin Bowling Congress. Start
ing with game of 145, Harrison
wound up with 1863. An 18-pin hand
leap, which he accepted sheepishly,
made his gross score 381, which
may qualify him.
Eleven 400 Sets at Arcadia.
While Hackley was surprising
OF Conuo,,t;o, uolJ Jyi,,
cent Gozzolo of the Mascetti Shoe
Repairing team was cutting uneX-
pected capers in the Georgia Ave-
nue. Silver Spring League at Silver
Spring. With a high game of 149
and handicap of AZ Gozzolo rolled
the top gross set of the evening,
excepting possibly Hackley's, Of 444.
The pinfall was unusually heavy
at the Arcadia where no less than II
gross sets of better than 400 were
recorded. H. E. Staffel of the South
ern Railroad League had the best Of
these, with 34-434 Three members
of Unitod States Senate team of the
Federal League were among the
elite. Charley Stephenson shooting
1870, Paul Perkins, 1919 and
Capt. Andy Kramer, 34-405. In
this splurge, Senate hung up season
league records of 672 and 1887
Mark Raspberry. Federal scorer was
checking today to determine if the
1,187 wasn't an all-time league rec
ord. Raspberry, incidentally, assured
himself of a place in the rollof
with a score of 38-423.
Other high scorers at the Arcadia
were: Ralph Bucca, Navy Depart
ment League, 34-427; Oscar Kee,
Navy, 36-426; Virgil Howard, Navy,
50-402; J. M. Walker, Federal, 90
Alb, and G. I. Umali, Federal, 30
40l. Walker won The Star tourna-
ment of 1885.
Trailing Gozzolo at Silver Spring
were Lowell Hendrick, 46-426; Carl
Humphries, 36-417, and Marvin
L. Brown, 32-416, all members
of the Georgia Avenue Silver-Spring
League, which has a 110-limit on
averages.
GoOding's Ill Second High.
Second high game of the night was
Jack Gooding's I'll in the Graphic
Arts League at the Lucky Strike.
His set was 16-407. Wayne Ingra-
ham of the Procurement League
rolled 54-439 to lead the Lucky
Strike field. Other high scorers at
Bill Woods plant were: Gordon
Redmond. Electrical League. 81
408; Chief Lovett, Electrical, 36-4O5; !;
E. j. Payne, Electrical, 54-03:
Elvin Shank, Graphic Arts, 22-403
At Chevy Chase. Roy Sabean Of
the Chamber of Commerce League
shot 52-4l7 for the best score,
trailed by Edgar Kellogg, c. of c.,
34-407; Raymond Martin, Insurance
League, 50-401, and c.. ]. Harrell,
Association, 22-40O. Pricci is pres
Association, 22-00. Phicci is pres
ident of the all-star District League.
w. S. Warren of the Methodist
Church League, with the limit
handicap of 81, was tops at Brook
land, with 432, followed by A. F.
Nebel, Odd Fellows, 54-412, and
William H. Gruggs, Library of Con-
gress, 51-408.
Six topped 400 at the Georgetown
Recreation, all members of the
Georgetown Commercial League.
They were Frank Stump, 1886;
Maury Kreamer, 38-427; Douglas
George, 30419; Pinky Bradt, %
418; William Reed, 24-408, and
Eddie Payne, 22-407.
Harry Huber was high at Rosslyn.