Evening star., 1940-12-28
Little Ross|ynite Rolls
To Front in Quest
OF Three Prizes
Lucy Rose Sees Friend
Mark Up High Scratch,
Gross, Come Counts
BY ROD THOMAS.

brilliant national held With record
score of 1924; set a District record
for women with league set of 435:
whipped in special matches two of
her most formidable rivals for the
national No. l ranking and boosted
her league average to the highest
point ever achieved by a woman
bowler in the country at this stage
of campaign-123.
But Lucy was erased in the quail
fcation test of The Star tourna-
ment, in which approximately $4,000
men and women participated, with
quarter of them eligible for the
rolloff She was victim of gen.
erous handicaps and a quirk of for
tune.
Despite all her laurels, Mrs. Rose
was eager to win The Star tourna-
ment this year, perhaps because it
is the largest duckpin event on rec
ord, but in the preliminary, as luck
would have it, she rolled one of
her lowest sets of the season, and
on her home drives. A bowling in
structress at Rosslyn, there she failed
to qualify with score of 324.
Rosslyns Chronic Winners.
She is teammate of Evelyn Tay-
lor The Rosslyn quint, five times
in the last six years winner of the
championship of the starry District
Ladies League. is defending the fifth
Wistfully but admiringly and in
the spirit of comradeship Lucy Rose
regarded Evelyn Naylor at Rosslyn
last night as the mite shot high
gross set of the tournament so far,
26-417: top scratch set, 391, and
women's high game, 143, all to pay
we'll if they stand up through COM
petition to end January 3.
In the scramble for high gross
and high scratch set awards Mrs.
Naylor topped Gilmore Nugent of
the Arcadia, who rolled 352-46-398
and her 143 beat by seven sticks the
existing high game for women shot
by Corinne Hauser at Convention
Hall.
Shoulderine into the mems pic
ture last night was young Bucky
Buckingham of the Northeast Tenn
pie with 85-717, which placed him
fourth in the rolloff standing and
first among the male contestants at
the Temple. Others who moved into
the 700 circle were Robert ONeill,
ST.. of the King Pin with 64-708;
Cletus Pannell, Clarendon, 7-703;
Richard M. Gibson, Chevy Chase,
63-701, and E. F. Seay, Penn Recre-
alton, 700, handicap not reported.
Jack Shafferman of Brookland re-
manned on top with 40-739, trailed
by William Powell Bethesda, 84-733,
and Felix Piniero, New Recreation,
66-722
Roger (Red) King of Queen Pin,
with 34-7oS, was dropped to fifth
by Buckingham and Bill Havens, ST.,
Rosslyn, to seventh by O'Neill.
Two Women Splurge.
Mrs. Naylor and Teresa Valentine
Mount Rainier) were the only
women to crowd into the $50 set.
The Mount Rainier entry shot A.
385 to tie Agnes johnson, Lucky
Strike, for fourth. Esther Boyer,
Arcadia, remained third with A.
389; Vera Low, Lucky Strike, slipped
to sixth, with 34-381, and Charlotte
Trate, Clarendon, to seventh, with
46-380.
Nobody topped Shafferman's
scratch set of 69s nor Elvin Shank's s
game of 1856, rolled at King Pin.
When the smoke cleared last night
the following were found on top in
quest of trophies to be presented the
high gross scorers at the various
alleys:
Men-Arcadia, Lindsay Stott, 20
676: Arlington, Frank Fisher, 64-683;
Bethesda, William Powell, 84-73s;
Brookland, Jack Shafferman, 40-739;
Chevy Chase, Richard M. Gibson,
63-701; Clarendon, Cletus Pannell,
7-703; Convention Hall, Judson
George, 7O-66O; King Pin, Robert
ONeill, ST., 64-708; Lafayette, R. J..
Copeland. 70-688; Lucky Strike, Joe
B. Schlaifer, 77-703; Mount Rainier,
Dick Hall, 67-677; New Recreation,
Felix Piniera, 66-722; Penn Recrea-
ton. E. F. Seay, 700 (handicap not
reported; Petworth, N. P. Arey, Ct
67S; Queen Pin. Roger King, 34-708;
Rosslyn, Bill Havens, ST., 73-705;
Takoma, Jerry Alsop, 60-7O4; North
east Temple, Bucky Buckingham,
85-717
Women-Arcadia, Elinore Nugent,
46-398; Arlington, Catherine Rice,
52-371; Brookland, Mrs. D. A.
Bingham, 46-365; Chevy Chase,
Mrs. J. A. Miller, 54-356; Clarendon,
Charlotte Trate, 1880; Conven-
ton Hall, Loretta Taylor, 42-363;
King Pin, Fede Crovato, 40-336:
Lafayette, Margaret Lynn, 1870;
Lucky Strike, Agnes johnson, 48-
1856; Mount Rainier, Teresa Valen-
tine, 42-385; Rosslyn, Evelyn Nay
or. 26-417.
Tournament Sidelights.
Jack Hassett shot a ITS game at
Temple which may land him a
bit of spinach; Tony Santini, one OF
the best money shooters, fired 635
from scratch at Convention Hall
His handicap was Z. Bill Marvel
1889 winner of the American Legion
tournament, started at Takoma
with gme of 86 then crossed 60
681. The smoke-eaters of Engine
Company No. 20 are giving the bird
to Capt. D. j. Reilly for scorchine
the Arcadia drives: score, 662. Or
the same lanes, AL Wright, former
Star tournament runner-up, sho1
2O-646. Cletus Pannell, Clarendon
ruefully blew a one-pin break II
his last frame after making foul
in a row. The miss probably cos
him the scratch set lead. John H
Williams, Brookland, is believed tt
hold a Star tournament record O,
which he doesn't boast. Mr.
Williams has competed in all /:
of the Yuletide events without win.
ming a prize. Score this time, TO
627; next time, we hope: 761, from