Evening star., 1940-01-29
Norfolk Star Primed
For Stern Defense
OF Championship
Hokie Smith Captures
Third Stokes Crown;
Shuffers Victors

Third Stakes Crown;
Shuffers Victors
When Lorraine GULL of Washing
ton and Ida Simmons Of Baltimore
carry their intensive battle for the
No. l woman duckpin title to Nor
folk, Va, next Saturday In the
Womens United States Sweepstakes,
q hometown star may steal the
spotlight from under their noses.
For Katherine Wick promises to
make 1t highly interesting for all
concerned when she defends her
championship in the ninth annual
event that will lure from the duck
pin empire this seasons biggest
field of woman sweepstakes rollers.
In 1892. when Ida was only q
budding star in Norfolk. Mrs. Wick
had won her spurs as the No. 7
ranking woman roller Of the country.
It wasn't until 1885, when Miss
Simmons wrested the No. / title
from Miss GULL after a 6-year reign,
that Mrs. Wick was forced to take
q back seat. Only once out Of the
first ranking 10 in the last eight
years, Mrs. Wick gained her highest
spot last season, when the National
Duckpin Bowling Congress named
her No. 8.
Mrs. Wick Returns to Saddle.
But with Ida q Baltimorean since
the start Of this season, Mrs. Wick
again has come into her own as
Norfolks top woman roller.
A half dozen years ago Mrs. Wick
shot . national 3-game record Of
434, and only once has her score been
topped. Miss Simmons shot 443 In
1885. With Caroline Hiser Of Hy-
attsville, Nd, she shares the ma
tional 1-game and 3-game double
marks Of 303 and 7Ss.
Winner Of the Old Dominion ut
Richmond in 1887 with . record
score Of ,280, the Norfolk ace copped
the United States Sweepstakes at
Baltimore last year with 1878. the
highest ever rolled in this standout
feminine event.
Her most recent splurge was nm
ishing second in the Women's Dixie
with 1,l38 to nose out Miss Sim
mons by two pins.
Bowling's contribution to The Eve
ming Star and N. B. G. Mile O.
Dimes will be boosted substantially
by patrons Of the Chevy Chase Ice
Palace. Henry Mosher, manager Of
the Connecticut Avenue maple plant,
has collected quite q string from his
leagues and more's to come tonight
and tomorrow evening.
Francis Furman, the Petworth
alley boss, turned over the entire
receipts from his second floor last
Saturday night.
With practically every alley in the
city doing its bit voluntarily, the
lump bowling sum may be surpris-
ingly large when the campaign ends.
Another Purse for Hokie.
Hokie Smith, by virtue OF his VIC
tory in the Kirkwood Sweepstakes
last night at Baltimore with q new
Central South Atlantic six game
score Of s46, today topped the coun-
try's money shooters with his third
triumph Of thL season.
The Columbia District League
team howitser not only equaled his
record Of last season with his three
wins, but established an unprece-
dented mark with six stakes cham
pionships to his credit in two sea-
sons. Last year he won the Pop
Wolfe, New Recreation and Dixie in
rapid succession. Besides the Kirk
wood his recent winning efforts have
been in the Frank Jett and Ray
Won Dreele.
Averaging 1924 with strings Of
1873, 139, 1852, 118, 1873 and ISL, Hokie
fairly sizzled on the Lafayette
drives to cop top prize of $125 from
a field Of SO.
An old-time Oriole roller, Len
Zarhusen all but had victory in his
hands until he cut four pins ON a
strike and counted only eight in
his final box. His 841 gave him
second place and $50. Walter OBrien
another Baltimorean, needed only
11S to snatch the victory from
Smith, but pulled up with q third
place score Of 838 worth $50.
Other prize winners were. Lee
Seim, $40 900; Everett Gardner.
825 ($10; Earl Campbell, s22 GID;
Nova Hamilton, $40 ($1O; Gus
Hran1cka, 818 go. Hank How
bray's $50 netted him IS.
Only flve other Washington bowl
ers competed with Joe Harrison and
Ed Blakeney out the money with
804 and 802.