Evening star., 1940-01-05
Southeast Leaguers
To Meet bowIers
OF -Four Cities
Woodward & Lothrop
Back in Running for
Store Loop Pennont

Sponsoring five league duckpin
teams hasn't quite satisfied the ap-
parently large bowling appetite Of
Arthur (Dutch) Shaf1er, president
OF the Southeast League, so he's
taken a sixth under his wing
special match lineup composed Of
bowlers from his loop which in
cludes George Honey, Red Megaw,
Red King, Ollie Pacini, Harry
Brown, Ernie Hauser and the up
and-coming Ernest Burkhalter.
A few years back Dutch started
with team in the Rosslyn Inde-
pendent League. Now his teams
flourish also in the National Capt.
tai, Florist, Southeast and the La
dies Maryland-District Leagues.
Once he had a team in the Ladies'
District League, but the all-star
circuit was too strong for his rollers.
Handled Star Basket Team.
In bowling Dutch is as enthusiast
tic as he was over basket ball, when
he guided the destinies of the once
famous Congress Heights Yankee
quint composed Of Y. M. c. A. tai
ent. Among his players were Nate
Sauber, Johnny Goetz, Ray Catlin,
Harvey 1ngley and Teddy Heddins.
all Of whom helped make basket ball
history here
Bowling matches for his new out.
fit will be arranged with teams from
Baltimore, Richmond and Norfolk,
as we'll as Washington.
The two-time champion Wood.
ward & Lothrop team is back in the
thick of the Department Store
League pennant chase, sharing a tie
for second place with Kann's as q
result Of 80 win from the erstwhile
second-place Garfiinckels, which
slid to fourth. Goldenberg bowlers,
in ninth place, score a surprise 81
victory over the leading Raleigh
Haberdasher, while Guy -Curran, an
other second club, nicked
Kann's, 2-1. Tom Scrivener's 361
and Clarence MAYORS $50 led w. d
LIS winning attack. Hecht Co. held
fifth place with an odd-game win
from Jellef1's.
Featured by Buck Madigan's sea-
sons high game Of 159 and Russ
Raf1ertys 155, which also cracked
George Grimes former mark of 153,
the last-place Quentin Roosevelt
Post team, with top team game Of
$685. whipped the leading Lincoln
Post. 81, in the American Legion
League. An 18-pin handicap played
an important part in Sergt Jasper's
2-1 decision over third-place Bunker
Hill. Nash Post swept G. P. o. to
take the league lead on total pins as
Lem Walker and D. A. Right each
shot 36l. Clarence zimmer Of Lin
coin was tops with 370.
While Bill Nelson was shooting
143-403 to pace top team counts Of
64-1,838 that gave the leading
Shaf1er Flower Shop two Of three
games from Portners Grill, John
Chaney cut loose in the National
Capital League with 177-422. His
big poke gave Lucky Strike Taproom
its only win from Wayne Oil Burners
as Capt. Ed Lake shot 156 and Otto
Santini counted 374.
Goldberg's 160 and Abe Weinberg's
153-379 paved the way for Millions
Service to trip the strong Diamond
Cab outfit twice. Southpaw Bub
Guethler shot 1894 for the losers. Abe
Povich's 1888 gave Master Bar
bers a 2-1 edge over Red Circle
Food Shop, despite 1886 rolled
by Ray Parks.
Four Southeast Marks Fall.
One all-time league record was
included in four season marks es-
tablished in the Southeast League.
Bill Costigan cracked the former
all-time high with 436, and Is be-
lieved to have established a city
mark with 10 strikes in the three
game set. Away winging with a rec
ord 1853, Costigan set the stage for
the Brinkley's team to post a season
high team game of $50 and a 80
victory over A. B. Price, first shut
out of the season over the Prices.
Frank Mischou didn't let Costigan
enjoy his season record game Of
1853 very long. Before the evening
was over he banged out 1853, and
with 1893 led Shaffer Flower Shops
sweep over Peerless Bakers.
Second high season set Of 1865
was registered as Quality Shop
rolled games of 613, 626 and 626.
Marty Alexander's 1893 sparked
Quality Shop.