Evening star., 1940-11-12
Phillips Sets Hot Masonic Pin Pace
King David Spearhead
Tops Povich in Race
For Bowling Lead
Averages l24-20 for II
Comes; Boyer Storing
For Manor Club Team

VI sNtAsSs ~saS WIFI
Thirteen years after electrifying
an astonished gallery at Convention
Hall with an all-time city record set
of 45s, Charley Phillips today was
bent on winning for the fourth time
the championship of the Masonic
League with a record average that
will far outstrip the efforts Of any
previous titleholder.
Potent contender for top honors in
the venerable fraternal loop for more
than two decades, the Spearhead OF
the leading King David team which
he helped to win its first title in
1918, Phillips in 1923 followed such
illustrious bowlers as Harry (Pop)
HALEY, Nick Chaconas. Harry
Krauss, Glenn Wolstenholme, Arthur
Urban and Hap Burtner to annex
the championship for the first time
with an everage of lib. Four years
later he again triumphed with an
average of lis and retained his
laurels with 1l4-60 the following
season.
In probably the hottest scrap of
his career, Charley with his latest
set of 388 has forged ahead of Abe
Povich of Gompers of three pins
with 124-20 for 81 games.
Harry Dixon, long a sidekick of
Phillips on the King David team
also is having a great season with
third high average of 100
Albert Pike, three games back of
King David, is the runnerup with
West Gate, B. 3. French and Leb-
anon trailing closely.
Hyattsville Church Upset.
Banging out -56-409 at Brookland,
Charles Deily of Trinity posted sea-
son records for the Methodist
Church League. While Anacostia
was chalking up highs of 580-l ,63s,
the 10th place North Carolina Ave-
nue. No. l outfit charged over a sur
prised second-place Hyattsville team
three times.
Distinguished last season as the
city's high-set shooter with 487,
George Boyer Of Manor No, 2 team
hit high spot in the Country Club
League by rolling set Of 363. Earl
McPhilomy's $50 game was tops as
Manor No. | posted high score of
58l. The latter club was replaced
as the pace setter when Congress
sional moved to first place by rout-
ing Capital No. q
Sweeping its opposition, Radio and
Progress for the fourth week main
tanned a deadlock in hectic Lucky
Strike Navy Yard League flag chase.
Mike Vitales 1894 and Tom Nolans
388 were the big counts for their re-
spective teams. The champion
Breech Mechanism quint smothered
West Gun Shop when Fred Sarver's
402 and Red Burdettes 4O1 paced
season record set of 1896, which in
cluded games of 637, 6l9 and $40.
Bob FeSSenden of Wayne Oil was
standout at Columbia when he cut
loose wit ha season record game of
172 and set Of 420 that was only
three sticks shy Of the seasons
mark in the Petroleum League. His
walloping featured tea mhighs of
5o1-1,7o7.
Tie in Gas League.
While the House of Rouse was
sweeping Atlas to take over the
leadership of Convention Halls
Merchants League, Frenchy Smith
and Bob Wallach had a merry time
tieing for high game of $50 to top
Washington Gas Lights high scores
of 621-1788. Bill Gingell of VAL
ley Forge posted 1856 for high set.
Jean Shaffer with 104-262 was
tops In the newly organized Tako-
ma-Petworth League. Margaret
Bramhill's 103 also was a highlight.
Shining in Eldbrooke's season rec
ord of 1852 and a game of 631 in
the Friendship Church League at
Chevy Chase was Bogley, with top
scores of 151-388 The record
smashers sWamped Eldbrooke Glass
to regain first place.
Golden Rule increased its lead to
three games in the Odd Fellows
League by 2-l win over the
second-place Covenant crew at
Brookland with the weeks high
scores of 586-1673 Individual
honors went to Adolph Nebel of
Columbia No with 145 and Frank
Burgess of Columbia No l with 376
Meyers and Holt, Catholic No.
team, split top honors in the Ia
koma Church League with lat and
351, respectively. Baptist carried
off the team highs with 6l1-1,65S
With TT standing, Catholic No
is three games ahead of Catholic
No. 2, with Presbyterian No. 2 a
game behind the runnerup.