Evening star., 1940-12-10
Doris RothweN, WaNy
Donaldson Lead on
Opening Night
Snowden at HyuttsvilIe
Rolls Best Game and
Set From Scratch
By ROD THOMAS.

it appeared today.
Miss GULL, shooting last night
VIVA the El Gee team in the WASH
ington Ladies League at the new
Lafayette. chalked up from scratch
a score of 1884, which gave her slight
chance of qualifying for the roll-off
of the biggest duckpin event in the
games history. More than $4,000
men and women, constituting the
membership of metropolitan Wash
ington's bowling leagues, are firing
the qualifying round this week con-
currently with their league matches.
Three times Miss GULL has won
the women's championship of the
tournament. For an opportunity to
triumph again. her 334 must place
among the high tallies at the La
fayette. twenty-five per cent of
the participants at each establish
ment within the jurisdiction of the
Washington City Duckpin Associa-
ton will qualify for the roll-off and
Miss Gulli's 334 likely will be beaten
many times at the Lafayette. pre-
sided over by Astor Clarke, king of
the countrys duckspinners, who
never has won The Star tourna-
ment. Essentially, it's a buffers
affair, with some Sl,100 at stake
and most of it going to low-average
bowlers with fat handicaps.
Perce Wolfe Muffs, Too.
Keeping Miss GULL company last
night among the doleful was Perce
Wolfe. winner in the mems division
in 1887. who virtually was eliminated
from the roll-off when he marked
up 1926, with a l0-pin handicap. at
Oscar Hiser's new Hyattsville plant.
The night before. Wolfe, member
of the Del Rio team, won the Mary
land open championship. Also the
night prior Miss GULL scored over a
brilliant field in the Meyer Davis
Sweepstakes.
Warned by the apparent failure of
Miss GULL and Wolfe is Hokie Smith
assistant manager of the Lucky
Strike, who will defend the mems
title in the tournament. Smith shot
$50 from scratch for an all-time rec
ord in the event. Hokie will take
his qualification turn tomorrow
night with the Lucky Strike team in
the District League when it opposes
Hyattsville on the latter's drives.
It's an odd tournament Julie
Singer, assistant manager of Con-
Ho11
and finished second last season, to-
night will roll the preliminary set on
the Penn Recreation drives as a
member of the Hebrew League. Due
to the uniformity of Washington s
bowling equipment, scores in The
Star tournament count alike no mat
ter where rolled.
Snowden Shows En-.
Hyattsville was the hottest spot
last night. There Horace Snowden
of the Prince Georges County
League rolled the top scratch set of
432 and the highest game of the
opening night, 1874. With handicap
of 10 he crossed 442. Another Hy-
attsville patron. Len Smith of the
P G. loop, shot 445 with 16 franked
sticks to tie for the second high
gross set. His top single was 172.
Tom Galleher at the Arcadia shared
gross honors with 34-445. Galleher
by the way, three years ago rolled a
game at the Arcadia of 210, which
set an all-time city record for league
n lot oI I>1- Dill
of the Sanico League, Convention
Hall.
Also at Hyattsville were registered
the following scores: Charles Muir
ray, 28-439; Harry Hilliard. $40;
Judson Guide, 30-430; Espey Brown
ing, 32-418; Henry Wynn, 34-419
High gross set of the evening was
rolled at the Brookland Recreation
by Wally Donaldson of the Amity
No. | team of the Odd Fellows
League. member of bowling clan.
With a handicap of 80 he marked
up 454. His games were 128, 1T
and 119.
Doris ROthwell Splurges.
While Miss GULL was struggling
at the Lafayette, Doris Rothwell, OBJ
scure bowler at the Columbia,
carved the high gross set among the
skirted contestants of 48-416. Hum
bling Lorraine at the Lafayette was
Julia Young, fellow member of the
Washington Ladies League, who
rolled the best scratch total of 307.
A 22-pin handicap gave her the Sec
ond high gross of 400. Other fair
stars at the Lafayette were Jessie
Sacrey, 30-384; Hazel Glover As
379: Marge Smith, 48-371; Florence
Sabean. 22-37O, and Allyn Clarke,
daughter of illustrious Astor, 44-366.
Tops at Columbia among the men
were A. J. Tate. 46-422; Arthur
Black, 40-416; Thomas Potter, AZ
406
High at Silver Spring: Ken Schro-
yer. 34-419; Norman Wootton, %
Ais; Charles Mehler, 26-407; George
Berger, 4S-407; Bill Thompson, 46-
403
The Rosslyn leaders: Charley
Guyther. 42-40S; Emil Bigor, 54-
405: AL Terry, 32-405.
Hugh Crawley. sr.. who recently
celebrated his 74th birthday ami
versary, rolled 335 from scratch, with
a high game of 1876, at Mount Raj
nier. Mr.. Crawley is one of the
wonders of the sport. His average
in the Mount Rainier League is a
few pins short of 109.
At Petworth Jooseph Barr rolled
5A4O9, with a game of Isl; Vernon
Bushman, 42-388, to set the pace.
Tops on Other Drives.
Other leading scores were: King
Pin men), Daniel King, 54-403; Ho-
race Tucker, 14-403; Bill Pignone,
54-3e5; (women), Kathleen Rhodes,
54-368; Annie Cole, 54-340; Doris
Scott, 54-325; Marie Delisi, 54-357;
Margaret Rohrbaugh, 52-355; Fede
Crovato, 40-354; Jean Torboss, 54-
1926.
Clarendon-(M Mem, Charles Dey,
30-416: Frank Dore, 42-409; Boots
Huff, 36-402; B. Kimisky, 48-409.
Takoma-Al Stewart, 52,397; Les
ter Dement,, 50-380 John Smith, AZ