Evening star., 1940-12-31
Tying Stick Wabb|e,
As DR.. Hobbs Rolls
Score Of N.738
Deprives Alley Owner
Of Trophy; 4th Spot
To Marie Sputes
BY ROD THOMAS.


Dentist E. E. Hobbs, bowler, fired
ball straight into the pocket"
He looked for a strike, but two pins
remained up. Had one of the pair
fallen he would have tied for the
top spot in the biggest duckpin tour
nament on record. the 18th annual
Evening Star Yuletide Handicap.
DR.. Hobbs rolled at Silver Spring.
He spared in the final frame of his
five-game set. He needed nine sticks
on one shot to equal the score Of
739, rolled with a handicap of 40
pins, by Jack Shafferman at Brook
land, which stands to win $100 and
gold medal, plus trophy.
Dr. Hobbs recalcitrant mar,es
were Nos. and T., No. did :. Jig,
accompanied by DR.. Hobbs.
A bowling rival of Hugh Arbaugh,
proprietor of the Silver Spring plant,
DR.. Hobbs. besides second place in
the tournament, gained the salts
faction of depriving Arbaugh of
trophy One goes to the high gross
scorer of each sex at each establish
ment represented in the tourna-
ment Arbaugh held first place at
Silver Spring with 50-699. His en-
emy also franked so sticks. DR.
Hobbs scores were 148, 112, 1872, $50
and l46. If his gross count Is un-
beaten-the tournament will end
January 3-he will collect. besides
the Silver Spring trophy, so berries
in cash.
Tournament Slows Tonight.
This will be a light night in the
giant event, with finalists to shoot
at Del Raw Northeast Temple and
Silver Spring.
7:30. including men and women at
Del Ray and Silver Spring.
One of last nights hot shots was
Ed Mahoney. who marked up To-
708 at the Columbia He tied for
seventh place with Roger King of
the Queen Pin and Robert ONeill,
sr, of the King Pin.
L. Z. Donaldson of Brookland,
with 80-697, took over twenty-first
place; Kenny Beck, Georgetown
Recreation. 5O-6S9, and B. Moriarty,
Del Ray, 9o-689, deadlocked Ar
baugh for the nineteenth notch: Al
Tennebaum of Penn Recreation,
with 5O-683, tied Frank Fisher of
Arlington and George Milbrook of
University for thirty eighth; Ted
Scheckels counted 60-68l at Arcadia
to finish just out of the potential
pavof trailed by Oliver zoerner, Ar
cadia, by one stick.
Rolling at the Penn Recreation,
Marie Spates was the ace woman
roller of the evening with a tally
of 1882, which placed her fourth,
Just ahead of Winnie Hiser of
Hyattsville, who rolled 44-391.
Into eighth place moved Elizabeth
Via of the New Recreation with 54-
363.
Pauline Ford Still a Star.
A familiar name emerged from the
pack when Pauline Ford, national
all-events champion in 1888. shot
30-374 at Chevy Chase Ice Palace
for the eighteenth spot, one stick
ahead of Mrs. Henry B. Steers of
the same plant whose handicap was
50. Also into the potential pay-off
rolled Sally Lackey. Lucky Strike,
with 54-368. and Margaret Nc
Donald, Arcadia, with the same
score.
At Del Ray. B. Moriarty gained the
trophy lead with 90-683 Ditto
Linda Dove at University with
48-366.
Arthur Crown of the Merchants
League was one of the high scratch
performers of the evening with 66l
at Convention Hall. but his handi-
cap of II wasn't sufficient to put
him in the potential pay line. Mel
Tallant, scorer of the big Sanitary
Grocery League tried valiantlv to
beat Albert Tucci's high count of
60-662 at the Hall
Mary Blanz set a standard for the
skirted rollers at Chevy Chase Ice
Palace with 48-379.
Look EN- Over.
Following are the standings. in
Guiding gross scores. subject to audit:
Men,