Evening star., 1940-12-11
BY ROD THOMAS.

sports competitors tonight will take
the preliminary step toward what
he regards as the most difficult
victory he could achieve Ranked
for five years the ace of duckpin
shooters, Astor Clarke, manager of
the Lafayette Bowling Center, will
roll his qualification set in the 18th
annual Evening Star Yuletide Hand
leap when his Lafayette team meets
the Chevy Chase Ice Palace quint at
the Lafayette in a District League
match.
Largest Of duckpin tournaments,
The Stars Is one of the few of
Importance Clarke never has won.
Due to generous handicaps given the
rank and file of bowlers, Clarke only
a few times has qualified for the
roll-off of the event which this
year finds some $4,000 men and
women engaged A fourth of the
contestants will survive for the roll
off. in which approximately S1,100
will be sliced into cash prizes.
With a grin, Clarke today ac-
cepted a tiny handicap. 1t is the
first time in sensational bowling
career he hasn't started from
scratch His District League aver
age Is 127. Scratch for the tourna-
ment is 128 for men; for women,
116, with a two-thirds difference
between scratch and average con-
stituting a handicap.
Other Stars on Spot.
Striving along with Clarke for
places in the roll-off will be many
other members Of the District
League, possibly the strongest duck
pin circuit in the country In case
you care to see some top-hole maple
banging tonight. here's the District
League schedule:
Rosslyn VS.. Georgetown Recrea-
ton, at Rosslyn; Convention Hall
VS.. Penn Recreation, at Convention
Hall: Lafayette VS.. Chevy Chase Ice
Palace, at Lafayette; HyattSville VS..
Lucky Strike, at HyattSville: Arcadia
VS.. King Pin, at Arcadia; Clarendon
VS.. Brookland, at Clarendon; all
matches starting at 7:30 o'clock.
Exceptional scores last night were
few, but Eddie Winslow, rapidly
earning his spurs as bowling
promoter, claimed an au-time Star
tournament record when 445 men
and women rolled at the Lucky
Strike, where he is next in line to
Supt. J. w. Wood. "On a single
night" Winslow pointed out, "180
women and 265 men rolled at our
place In The Star tournament"
The high scores of opening night.
Monday, were unbeaten. These
were: Men, gross set, Wally Donald
son, Odd Fellow League, Brookland,
30-454; high scratch set, Horace
Snowden, Prince Georges County
League, Hyattsville, 432; high game,
Snowden, 1874; women, high gross
set, Doris Rothwell, Bureau of
Mines Ladies League, Columbia,
48-416; high scratch set, Julia
Young, Washington Ladies League,
Lafayette, 3S7.
Lawrence Pugh High Man.
Best performer last night was
Lawrence Pugh of the Bethesda
League, who shot 424 from scratch
and moved into third place in the
gross standing with 22-446, stick
behind George Tucker of the East
Washington Church League, Mount
Rainier, who rolled 40-447 for the
top gross of the evening Other hot
shots at Mount Rainier were: E. B
Smith. 52-443 and R. E. Smith
32-436.
A sure qualif1er for the roll-of
at the University alleys, College
Park. Joe Muller of the Greenbelt
League, is satisfied whether he COL
lects any of the cash. In his first
game he set a league record with a
fiat game of 81 and in his third
marked up another with 165, includ-
Ing . tripleheader strike. Other
highs at University were: Irish
OFlaherty, 54-412; George Mil
brook, 38-408, and Ed Timmons
46-394.
Tying for fourth high gross of the
tournament was Joe Kilroy Of the
Kilowatt League, Penn Recreation
who for the first time beat 400 from
scratch with 38-445. Other Penn
hot-shots were: Charles B. Meredith
54E19; Julie Singer, PAL. Singer
won the tournament two years
ago and was runner-up in 1899
Meredith's final game of I'll was
one Of the best Of the 1910 competi-
ton 50 far.
Dorothy Masse in Front.
Best among the woman rollers last
night dncluding handicap was
Dorothy Masse, with 54-388. At the
Arcadia, consistent producer of Stal
tournament winners, Dorothy, with
an average Of 90, whipped her stand.
ard three times in a row with SO
103 and 1873.
At the King Pin Fred Murphy SCI
q season record for the Rhode Islane
Business Mems League of III ant
cfnched a place in the roll-off with
14-432. The crack horseshoe pitcher
Elvin Shank, on the same drives
registered 19-413; Earl Colley
36-4O6; Pie Juliano, 48-405; Ear
Radtke, 44E390; Ed Blakeney, usual
" one Of the greatest bowlers in thu
country, 1854, and the leading
fair bowler Of the establishment wa
Loretta Taylor with 50-337.
At Brookland (men) Richmoat
Rely was tops with 26-436 traile'
by Howard v. Russell, 46-426; Ere
Watson, 38-417; William F. Fyoci
SALT; Howard Skipper, 46-412
Lewis D. Buckingham, 54-416: LIE
Rothgeb, 46-421: Elmer Wesley
34-403; Ell Weber, 5+408: Joh
Z. Frank, 36-403; p. Gerard
s4-40l: George Duckett, 36-4O4
Arlington Custer. 34-405; Herber
M. Lewis. 54-401; E. Connoll,
N-4O8 (women): Mrs. Bernadin
Peal, 64-363; Eva M. Muldowne!
bl-354.
While Dorothy Masse was settin
the pace at the Arcadia the follow
Sn0 uerenY missing much. Mel