Evening star., 1940-04-03
Record Crowd Seen
For FraterndIisfs'
Bowling Show
Masonic, Odd Fellow, Elk
And Shrine Teums to
Bottle Next Sunday

Bottle Next Sunday
With two-bit tickets selling like
hot cakes an attendance record for
Washington bowling attractions
looms Sunday at Convention Hall
when the Shriners, Odd Fellows,
Elks and Masons stage their 4-league
team matches for the benefit of the
Children's Hospital blood bank fund
Leonard Pearce, Elks' League
chairman, said today many Of the
400 members Of the leagues engaged
already had sold their quotas of
tickets.
While final averages have not
been submitted to compare the
strength of the teams, the league
chairmen, including Harry j. Seeley
Of the Shrine League: Perce Elicit
and Thurmond Cordell of the Odd
Fellows; Arville Ebersole of the
Masonic and Harry Leer of the
Elks, will attempt to pair them in
such manner as to bring together
in the final the two strongest.
Likely the opening engagements
will find the Odd Fellows rolling the
Masonic Leaguers and the Elks mix
ing 1t with the Shriners.
From 6 TOT pm, prior to the start
Of the matches, the crack Elks' Boys
Band will play.
Hold Doubles Tournament.
Financial League pinmen will
stage a doubles tournament Satur-
day at $3.50 pm. at the Brookland
Recreation. The affair will be held
under the direction of Eddie Schultz,
chairman, and M. F. HANNA, jr.,
secretary OF the eight-club loop.
A close pennant chase finds the
Auchincloss, Parker and Redpath
team shading r. C. Jones g. Co. and
w. B. Hibbs.
Caroline Hiser's top average of ll2-
So for "a games has gained the r.
E. A. Cleaners their two-game lead
in the Prince Georges County
Ladies League. The Cherie ouint
is four games back of the runnerup
Spillers.
Everett Gardner. Baltimore star.
wants to shoot a 20-game marathon
match with some Capital roller.
Recently Gardner trimmed Walter
O'Brien, another Oriole star, in
25-game fracas by 86 pins On five
different drives, with the windup at
the New Highland, Gardner shot an
average Of 124-11. On April % they
meet again in a 50-game continuous
match.
st. Gabriers Reaches for Flag.
St. Gabriel's about clinched the
Catholic Ladies League champion
ship last night at the Lucky Strike
with sweep over All Saints. The
victory moved the pace-setters three
games in the lead as the runnerup
st. Francis Xavier dropped tilt
to HOLY Comforter B, In the wind
up next week If St. Gabriels should
lose three games, st. Francis only
chance to cop the pennant would
be on total pins. Jennie Egan's top
string of 1873 gave the third place
st. Anthony's 2-1 edge over Holy
Comforter A.
With a 81 win from Stover, the
champion B'nai Birth gained one
game lead in the Distributors League
as Friendship dropped the odd one
to International to break a first
place tie Stanley Weiners 142-
1863 was high as B'nai Birth count
ed 1853. Stover pinmen posted 595
for high game. and Meyer Weinberg
of Friendship top set of 365.
E. F. Gustavson's la was the big
wallop as Office Service chalked up a
season record of 603 in the United
States Housing Authority League.
His set of 361 also was high.
Pete Diener of Tru-Blu was en-
riched $34 by winning the Conven-
ton Hall Saturday Night League
Sweepstakes. Other winners were :
Earl DAILY, Wolfe g. Son, SIT; Hop
kins, Corsairs, $40; Jim Duvall, Su-
per Harboard, IS: Lee Shapiro,
Katz. 50. The c. H Wolfe e. Son
team nosed out the Maurice H.
KatZ pinmen for the league title by
one-game margin. Perruso Cafe
was third.
Howg Wins Patent Tourney.
Lyle Howg of the Eastman team
with 32-391 at the Rendezvous, was
winner of the Patent Office Handi-
cap Sweepstakes. Johnny johnson
of Fulton finished second with "a
$50. Two rollers of the champion
Howe team tied for third place in
Mike Donaldson shot 24-379 and
Johnny Weber 2S-379. Ed Murray
of Remsen won the high-game prize
with 157 The annual event attract
ed a field of As.
Averaging 100 for five strings, Ar
thur Ford of the Nativity League
copped the annual Rendezvous tour
nament with 1866. Charley Given
of the intercollegiate League was
second with $3.50.
Ed Blakeney banged out 4O2 from
scratch to- cop the singles in the
Elks' intercity tournament at An
napolis Harry Leer with 366 finished
third. They were the only District
winners. Hagerstown with 1902 Won
the team event. Annapolis No. 3 with
1,79l and Annapolis No. l with
1,778 trailed the victors.