Evening star., 1939-12-15
Louise Miller Trails
With 399;; Ace E|kins
In Spot 10 Repeat
Former Champion Rolls
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the Georgetown Recreation. Today
she's in front with many pins to
spare in the qualification round of
the womens division of the annual
Evening Star yuletide tournament,
with score of 405, achieved with
The aid of a 42-pin handicap. If 1t
Is unbeaten she will have $25 more
than she counted on to pay for
Christmas presents.
he qualification test will be over
Sunday and only few top-notch
woman boWlers are yet to roll. That
405 is odds-on to win the prize for
high gross set of the preliminary.
Pushing the Georgetown entry
was Mrs. Louise Miller of the Tasty
Diner team of the Montgomery
County League. who rolled 40-399.
This relegated Mabelle Herring, lead
er OF the women's field at the Ar
cadia, to third place. Miss Herring
the night before chalked up 20-396
to win a temporary lead Lorraine
Gulli's 383, rolled at the Lucky
Strike, stood up as high from
scratch and figures to put $25 in her
purse.
At Silver Spring.
Although they won't figure in the
payorf, the following scores shot last
night assured their owners places
in the rolloff, to be held Christmas
week, in which most of the $1,000
purse will be split: Silver Spring
(women), Evelyn Sebast.on, 44-379;
Frances Cooper, 54-37i; Helen
Guthridge, 44-367; Alma Mehler,
30-362. Chevy Chase, where the
management reports that 300 will
qualify, N. Task. 46-37l; J. Militzer,
44-357: Mitchell, 54-351; C. Rol-
Inns, 54-345 Logan, 54-345 I. Nc
Intosh, 54-344; A. Hammack, 54-
34l; R. Darnell, 54-332; E. Elliott,
50-329; Beckert, 46-325; R. Locke,
54-3l8; Counselman, 54-305; M.
Thomas, 54-3O4: M. Forsythe, 54-
304; J. Anderson, 5+3O2, and H.
Gerrets. 54-30l. The Blue Jay
team of the Connecticut Avenue
Ladies League probably qualified in
toto with Isabel Hammack, 54-338;
Mrs. Theresa Mcintosh, 54-3OS;
Lillian Fay, 54-306; Mrs. Ellen
Knight, 54-304, and Aleane Harri-
son, 54-302,
At the Columbia Jane Linthicum
rolled 48-386: Harriet Buck 48-
375; Grace Patton, 36-37O, all
clinching places in the rolloff.
At the Recreation: Grace Rich
ardson, 50-366; Alvera Green, 44-
1856, and Muffy Barrick, 54-353.
Former Champion Qualities.
Ace Elkins of the H. o. L. c.
League. former winner of The Star
tournament, shot 38-414 at the Co.
lumbia. Other high scorers there
were Charles Shirley, 1886; an
old magician Of the mapleways, Mag
Wood, 36-37i; Leon Fields, 54-4l5,
and C. L. Porter. 54-375.
Hot at Bethesda were Sam Parks,
1886; Jack Perrell, 26-383 S. B.
Fuller, 36-38l; Ray BirgesS, 54-
1888. and Lawrence Pugh, 1884
Mount Rainier stars were E. w.
Price, 38-413; Don Edwards. 54-
409; George Hoffman, 38-07, and
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For change, there was no 400
at the Recreation. Bob Wallach
rolled 24-39O; Et, Smith, 5O-379:
Oscar Lohr, 56-37C; E. A. Moore,
54-383; Frank CARRIER, 54-378;
Wilson Earnshaw, 54-371, and Gene
Simms, 54-36l.
At the Northeast Temple Henry
Schroen rolled 1886, J. Casper
1886, and j. L. McGarvey,
46-393.
Five members of the Intercolle-
giate Alumni League at Rendezvous
topped 400. They were Bill Rhees,
52-443; c. Given, 44-4l8; Phil
King, 32-408; Trittpoe, 52-406, and
Bud Haig, 46-404.
At Silver Spring the top perform
ers were w. E. Sullivan, 1888;
Fonger, 50-390, and Horn, $3.50.
With a small field at Convention
Hall in the women's division Doro-
thy Broadhurst, with 52-319, and
Anne Hickman, 54-3O6, probably
qualified. The best among the men
at the Hall we're Charley Watson,
30-407; Patrick Smythe, 42-392
John Sullivan, 32-376; E. H. Paul,
52-36l, and Charley Payne, 50-350.
The pinfall at Brookland contin-
ued heavy, as witness: Clarence F.
Mersch, 44-415; r. Lawhorn, a.
414; Vernon I. Hixson, 46-411; Joe
Callan, 30-4ll; J. G. Smith, 54-
40l, and James L. Murray, 54-397.
Marien Staples High.
The Lucky Strike news: Women,
Marien A. Staples, 52-383; Mrs.
Somervile, 54-374; Claudia Lodge,
54-373; Rena Dunnavant, 48-366;
Ruth I. Riggs, 48-350; Miss Boeh-
lert, 54-327; Maxine Shelton, 54-
BAL; Iva B. Hess, 54-331. Men,
Arthur Kane, $3.50; Af1akson,
SAB; Bob Kleisath, 42-4ll; John
Fish, 36-4o9; L. P. Disney, 5o-4o2; /;
M. Hauser, 54-396; L. w. Landrum,
1884; Dodd, 54-391; John S.
Burroughs, $500, and H. E. Red
ding, 52-388.
Ralph Little and DR.. Tom Webb
were best in Henry Rodier's Thurs
day Night League at the Lucky
Strike. Ralph rolled 54-392 and
DR.. Tom, 36-388.
At Rosslyn: Lee Rose, 38-414;
Herbert Block, 38-413; H. M. Cross
white, 54-397; j. K Ableiter, So
1882, and Ray Harris, 44-381.
At Georgetown Recreation: Bill
Cox, 54-00, and Andy Wallace,
$3.50, and the following members
Of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
League: Frank Benedetto, 44-398;
Danny Forna, 42-398, and Bill Bur-
nett, 1892.
Paul Kirchner led at Takoma with
$3.50, followed by Neil Burgess
48-404, and Frank Rogers, 54-394
At the Queenpin in the Washing
ton Catholic. League, Section E.
Tom Murtaugh, Sail; Joe Healey
. 3O-4O5: Francis Robertson. 54-4O4