Evening star., 1940-07-28
Capital Becomes Firs1
City 10 Snare Top ;
Spots in Big Ten
Smith and Suntini Hot
On Astor's Heels; Six
D. {. Sturs in List

II any doubt existed that AStor
Clarke of Clarendon was the great
est duckpin bowler of all time it was
dispelled last night with the an
nouncement by Arville Ebersole,
new secretary of the National Duck
pin Bowling Congress, that Clarke
for the fifth consecutive year had
won the No. spot in national rank
ings for l939-4O.
OF almost equal noteworthiness
was Washington's unique distinc-
ton of landing the top three places
in the first 10. Trailing Clarke by
skimpy margins were Hokie Smith
and TonE Santini.
With Ed Blakeney tied for sixth;
Perce Wolfe, seventh, and Joe Har-
rison, 10th, Metropolitan Washing
ton tied its record of 1881 when 1t
placed six men among the Big Ten.
The Capitals high rankers in 81
were Henry HiSer. Ollie Pacini.
Clarke, Smith, Red Morgan and
Paul Harrison.
So close were the final averages on
the first 10 this year it was neces-
Sary to include u bowlerS in the list
with Mac Carboni of New Haven,
Conn, tying with Blakeney for sixth
and Winfield Guerke and Nova
Hamilton of Baltimore tying for
eighth.
TrOnsky and White Stick.
Still holding their own were Nick
Tronsky and Jack White of Con-
necticH, selected fourth and fifth.
Tronsky in 285 games averaged 128-
80, while White shot an average of
l26-334 in 453 games.
The only newcomer to the top 10
was Ray Fiorentino of Baltimore.
who was awarded ninth place with
an average of l26-l2l for 346 games.
In the second and third los Met
ropolitan Washington placed four.
Harry Hilliard of Hyattsville gained
18th place; Lou Jenkins, 22d; Paul
Jarman, 28th, and Howard Parsons.
29th. Bill Krauss made the honor
roll for rollers with high averages
but not enough games to qualify for
rankings.
In a stirring season. long struggle
Clarke, by the grace of more games
rolled, successfully defended his No.
l laurels against Smith and San
TIM. Both far surpassed Clarke in
sweepstakes rolling. Santini was the
biggest sweepstakes money winner.
He started off with a bang by an
nexlng the Howard Campbell, then
came back TO triumph in the $500
Dixie with a national record of 2,1O6
Tor 10 games. He ran up his win
nlngs TO more than $1,000 before the
season ended. He was the runner
up in the, District League with an
average of 1875.
Hokie Gets Big Start.
Smith, off to a sensational season
with a victory in the Frank Jett at
Richmond, copped three more
sweepstakes. His two standout feats
came in the st. Patrick's mixed
doubles at Silver Spring, in which
ne smashed the national 10-game
record with 1,434, and The Evening
star 4uletlde tournament. in which
he set record with 760. rolled from
scratch at the Lucky Strike. Last
year Smith was ranked No. 10. with
Santini just getting under the wire
in the No. 80 spot.
But against Santinis combined
average of l28-160 for 309 games and
Smiths l28-ll7 for $40 games.
Clarke, with only fair sweepstakes
performance, came through with
three all-time league marks. In the
District League he cracked his own
record of 1850 with 13l and in the
Rosslyn Independent loop walked off
with the championship with an
average OF 1913 and a fraction for ia
games. In the Federal League, as
its perennial champion, he hit a new
high with 127. His combined aver
age was 1888 for SOL games. He
was granted two pins for each game
he rolled more than Smith or San
tint
Joe Harrison dropped in the ma
tlonal rankings from 4th to 10th
place, while on the other hand the
steady and lusty rolling of Perce
Wolfe and Ed Blakeney gained for
them places among the elite after a
years absence.
The rankings.