Evening star., 1940-04-04
Entire Membership
OF 32-Team Sanico
League Enters
Lucy Rose Again Passes
Lorraine GuIIi With
Record Average

What may be a boon to the 3Oth
annual city tournament as we'll as
a break for late bowlers who missed
the deadline for entries last night
came today when Secretary Arville
Ebersole announced that the OPEN
Ing date Of the Washington City
Duckpin Association championships
at the Arcadia has been set back
two days to April 10.
In view Of the new starting date,
the deadline for entries has been
extended until next Wednesday. Eb-
ersole found 1t necessary to change
the opening date due to the War
Department League schedule rum
ming week longer than figured by
the tournament officials. The War
Department League has entered the
tournament In a body.
The biggest haul made by Ebersole
In the last few days was the entire
32-club Sanico League. At recent
meeting Of the league at Convention
Hall. newly-elected President Ed L.
Hazelton assured Ebersole the big
grocery loop would be on deck in a
body, April 20. Mel Tallant, one Of
the city's leading bowlers, has sue
ceeded E. g. Bittenbender, who was
scorer for the league from its birth
Il years ago.
Charley Gentle, the College Park
bowling impresario, has assured Eb-
ersole that the College Park League
Of II teams will be in solid.
Through the help Of Astor Clarke,
an executive Of the association, the
two Bureau Of Investigation leagues.
presenting 20 teams, will be In 100
per cent. The day loop Of eight
clubs. which rolls at the Recreation,
will have an afternoon session in
the tournament.
Lucy Rose Again Leads.
With set Of 401 rolled at CHEVY
Chase. Lucy Rose of Rosslyn in
creased her average to record
figure Of 1886 to forge ahead of
Lorraine GULL of Lucky Strike in
their see-saw battle for the Ladies'
District League championship. Mrs.
Rose shot games of 103, 16l and 1877
to manufacture lead Of a pins,
Miss GULL sliced six pins off her
average as she led Lucky Strikes
81 win from Red Circle last night
at the Lucky Strike with 345. Her
mark is 117-68 for 72 games. Helen
ODea Of the losers topped the
match with 132-355.
While Mrs. Rose carved her Sec
ond 400 in the last three sets she
watched her pace-setting Rosslyn
team drop a 81 decision to the
second-place Chevy Chase when
Jessie Sacrey shone with top count
OF .403. Her games were 1913, 100
and $50. The defeat cut Rosslyn's
lead to five games.
Ida Weinberg and Margaret Lynn
coupled respective games of l37 and
1875 to enable the third place Ar
cade-Pontiac OUTFIT to take the odd
one from Arcadia. Esther Burton's
124 was high for the losers.
Riggs Team Sets Record, -
Jimmy Bridges, With 1s9zz444, Nas
the top shooter as the Riggs team
posted an all-time Bankers League
record of 1850 at the Arcadia. Ar
thur Edwards of the Duds starred in
the Dynamite League with 152-
1888.
Season records of 151-356 in the
Eastern Star League were rolled bv
Martha kaufman, who cracked the
1880 mark held by Vera Low as
she featured Bethany's 81 victory
over Brookland. In a flra-place
battle at the Lucky Strike, the lead
ing Washington Centennial quint
took the odd game from the runner
up Unity team as Edna Johfson's
3l4 and Allie Browns 1T featured.
Ann Williams 1l9 was high for ths
losers.
Aided by handicap of 46 pins,
Doc Smith of Takoma Motors won
the Takoma Duckpin Associations
sweepstakes with 400. His prize
was $14. Johnny Burger of the
Takoma Funeral Home team finished
second with scratch set of 402 to
collect 50. Les Simmons of the
pennant-winning Dome OIL team,
won 81 with 16-397. Joe Kocsis
gained back his buck entry fee with
high game of 146.
Losing two games to Sunsweet
Prunes while the pacesetting Ward
man Park Market swept Bamby
Bread, the runnerup Cresse and
Blackwell quint let the front runners
slip to a commanding lead after
virtually catching them in the Dis
trict Grocery Stores League. Julie
Singers top 800 was the highlight
as the Wardman outfit counted GIT
-1,727. An Silverman and Chic
Hollis shot 381 each, but the for
mer's Worcester outfit gained 81
verdict over the latter's Maxwell
House combination.