Evening star., 1940-04-28
Capital Pair in Front
In Mixed Doubles
OF Pin Tourney
ToIbert and Young Roll
S06 at New Haven; Wick
MonopoIizes LoureI
~ Special Correspondent Of The Star.

~ Special Correspondent Of The Star.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, April 81
At least one title loomed tonight fol
Washington bowlers as Jack Talbert
and Lucille Young spurted to the
front in the mixed doubles Of the
National Duckpin Bowling Congress
championships tonight with a score
of 806. Talbert paced the big count
with 434. They replaced Mamie
Mcdonnell and Joe Lovallo OF Con-
necticut.
With 1,675, the Rosslyn team,
champions Of the Ladies' District
League, shot into fifth place in the
women's team event. Climaxing q
brilliant day Of rolling with 38S
count for her team, Katherine Wick
of Norfolk gained the lead In the
women's all-events with 1,16l, eight
pins shy Of the tournament record
held by Lucille Young. Mrs. Wick
and Eva Andrus gained the lead in
doubles with 778, giving Mrs. Wick
a third top spot. Last night she
rolled SIG to lead the John Dennis
sweepstakes. In singles she posted
371 for eighth place. Her doubles
score was 402. She rolled with the
Boush Street team.
Ida Third in All-Events.
Ida Simmons, with 378 as her
team score, took over third place in
women's all-events with 1,12l. Irene
krasnak of Bridgeport, Conn, holds
the runner-up position with 1,124.
A disappointing afternoon for the
Capital contingent was frightened
by the brilliant singles rolling OF
Mrs. Catherine Quigley of the Lucky
Strike team and Leonard Smith, a
comparatively new star Of Brook
land Recreation's mems District
League team.
While Mabelle Herring, the Dis
trict's only defending champion, was
relinquishing her singles title with a
315 set and such notable rollers as
Lucy Rose mustered only BAT; Lucille
Young. 1888; Blanche Wootton, 301 !;
Mrs. Quigley posted 1886 to tie for
second place with Helen Spencer of
Baltimore. Her games were 145, 119
and 121. Lorraine GULL, her illus
trious teammate, moved into seventh
place. with 372.
Smith Consistently Keen.
Smith came through with a 404
doubles set and in singles rolled 444,
which includes games of 154, 1876 and
154, to tie for sixth place. Ell Geib
of Lucky Strike, with Alb, and Lind
sey Stott of Chevy Chase, with 4O2,
were the only other two Washing
ton male rollers to fire sets in the
400 class.
A big gallery was on hand to
watch Astor Clarke and Perce Wolfe
bid for the doubles title, but they
turned in a disappointing TAI and
Clarke followed up his 1863 with 1856
In the singles.
Billy La Billie and Mel Tallant Of
Mount Rainier were high In dou-
bles for the Washington contestants,
with 772.
Caroline Hiser of Hyattsville and
Ida Simmons of Baltimore placed
fourth in the women's doubles with
737. Miss Simmons rolled 377. Her
S66 singles effort place her twelfth.
Virginia Boys Triumph.
Lucille Young, the Chevy Chase
ace, and Jane Mackie of Hartford
were sixth in doubles with 713. Mar
garet Lynn and Evelyn Ellis moved
back of them with I'll. Ida Vein
berg and Thelma Robinson placed
ninth with 702, while Beth Minson
and Doris Goodau of the Washing
ton Arcadia team tied for thirteenth
In the women's doubles with sos.
A couple of Virginia youngsters
grabbed the spotlight when Leslie
Carper of Winchester won the
Junior national championship with
4l3, and AL Jennings of Petersburg,
who had shot 408 in the singles
championship division. fairly sizzled
to win the boys title with 415.
Washington scores: