Evening star., 1940-01-19
Intercity Tournament
Brings Out Duckpin
Experts Of Old
Washington and OrioIe
Vets to Roll Sunday;
Shoffers Set Marks

The Old Timers Tournament, to
be staged Sunday at Tad Howard's
Rendezvous here and Henry Miller's
Victoria in Baltimore, promises to
bring out many pioneer bowlers Of
both cities.
There will be two classes. Men
over so will roll in the Old Timers
class, while those 60 and up will
battle In the Ne Plus Ultra division.
Hugh Pop) Crawley. 74-year -old
Mount Rainier youngster, is the de-
Tending champion in the latter
class.
A number of Washington's lead
ing rollers OF nearly a quarter CEN
tury ago are expected to compete.
Even Tad may come out of re-
tirement If such former stalwartS
as Harry Krauss, Harry B. Pop)
HALEY, Ray Chaplin, Eddie Houser,
Skinny Carroll and Harry Armin-
ger, to name only few, show up.
Among the active veterans likely
to be on hand are Charley Phillips,
Ben Hare, Joe McGolrick, Lonnie
Krauss, Jack Mooney and Bus Pre-
vost.
Lee Siler, captain of the Palace
team of Martinsburg. w. Va, which
rolled here from 1910 to 1918 in
special. matches, has been extended
an invitation by the National Duck.
pin Bowling Congress, which spon.
sors the event.
Clarke to Roll in Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh, stronghold Of rubber.
banded duckpins, will see In action
Astor Clarke, No. hardwood bowl
er of the country. Arrangements for
a match are being made by George
L. Isemann, executive secretary Of
the National Duckpin Bowling Con-
greSS.
Four season records were posted
in the National Capital League last
night at the Lucky Strike, but only
three survived the evening. With
Roger (Red King the brightest star
with top set of 447, the leading
Shaffer Flower Shop cracked its own
mark with 1921. Red banged out
l65 for his high string to give the
pacesetters season record game
Of 665, but Lucky Strike Taproom
came through with third game Of
673. Ernest Burkhalter shot 402 for
Shaffer. John Chaney's 142 was
high string in the Taproom's record
game.
Sun Dial was FL victor over
Millions Service despite j. Himmel-
farb's 1880. Otto Santini fea-
tured Wayne Oil Burners 2-1 win
from the Benmacks with 1875.
Andy Gleeson's 376 gave Jalepes
Restaurant a 81 decision over Port
ner's Grill
Two District League matches to-
night will pit Columbia against
Brookland at Brookland, and Chevy
Chase Ice Palace against Rosslyn at
Chevy Chase
Russell Motors Sets Record.
Russell Motors climaxed double
header night at Mount Rainier with
an all-time league record game Of
684. The Russells dashed their old
mark into the discards as Billy La
Billie shot 1865; Hugh Crawley, 1872;
Ray Ward, 146; Mel Tallant, 10,
and Bill Ward, 131. Their 1889
team court swamped Kidwell's Auto.
Opening the twin-bill, Klein's Tav.
ern swept Saur's Super Service with
652-1,844 as Gardner's 403 and
Charlie Nicholson's 1886 led the
way.
Nash Post busted off Sergt. Jasper
to gain a commanding lead in the
American Legion League at the
Lucky Strike. The champion
Bunker Hill team moved to second
place with a 81 victory over the
erstwhile runner-up Lincoln quint.
George Grimes was tops for Nash
with 1888, while Tom Baisden
shared game honors as Roosevelt
took the odd one from Costello.
Comdr. Kirby's 378 gave Columbia
2-1 edge over National Cathedral
Kann's held its two-game lead In
the Department Store League as Vic
Riston paced 2-1 verdict over
Jelleff's with 150-393. Billy King.
solver's 387 was high when Lans-
burgh's tripped Raleigh Haber-
dasher, 81. Hecht Co. won two
from Goldenberg's despite Dan
Geary's 1913.
Featured by Arthur Nelson's 14s-
400, Shaffer Flower Shop, IN the
Southeast League, whipped Bantam
Press in two games with high counts
of 630-1.8 Everett Ballard's 1853
prevented a shutout. Ollie Pacini's
389 enabled Quality Shop to sweep
Red Men. The league leading Bacas
Cafe was 2-1 winner from Brink
ley's as Red Burdette shot 156-377.
and Glenn Smith 27o