Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21
Mark in Final Frame
Wins Duckpin King
Purse Of $3.50
jenkins Takes Second
Coin in Levy Tourney;
DC. Women Troll

Conquest of three major bowling
tournaments in less than a month
a feat never before achieved by
cluckpin shooter. today was the aim
Of Aston Clarke. boss of the Lafayette
maple lanes. as he eyed with new
eagerness the championship of
Washington's 18th annual Howard
Campbell classic to be rolled next
Sunday in 5-game blocks at Chevy
Chase. Lucky Strike and Convention
Hall.
Away winging in quest of his sixth
straight No. l national ranking,
Clarke in the wee hours OF yesterday
morning came from behind to cop
the third annual Norman Levy An
niversarv event at Norfolk from a
record field Of l2l other leading
Southern boWlerS with score OF
1887. His prize was $3.50.
On his first visit to Norfolk two
weeks ago Clarke got the Jump on
the country's money shooters by
winning top prize of 500 in the
Jimmy Wallace open with 1928.
Where he had triumphed easily
in his first victory, Clarke was forced
to the last box to annex the Levy
championship. With Steve Linda
mood of Roanoke, Va, leading with
1881 for his 10 games, Aston came
to the last three frames needing a
mark to win. In the eighth box he
picked the 6-lO break and then
missed No. pin for spare in the
ninth. But after perfect shot at
No 5 in the last box he charged to
victory with rousing strike count.
Lou Jenkins Is Second.
ClarkeS games were 1873, l42. l35,
lit and 100 for the first block and
1913, Isl, 1913. 1876 and 1873.
Lou Jenkins. Washington's lanky
star, made a great bid for the cham
pionship. Splits in his final three
boxes probably cost him first place.
A count of eight pins in the last box
gave him second place and prize of
$780,
Lindamood. the early leader.
finished third to collect SIS. Fourth
money of $50 went TO Jimmy Wal
lace of Norfolk with 1918.
The other prize winners were:
Jimmy Wallace, Norfolk. 1918 $500:
Nova Hamilton, Baltimore. 1877
$3.50: D. F. Thore. Greensboro,
N. c.. 1879 $40: Tick Thumm,
Norfolk, 1877 1851; Ed Blakeney,
Washington, 1877 $500; George
Demeres. Fredericksburg. Va. 1277
1875 (S20; Blair Creole. Rich
mond, 1874 (Sl5); Lester Mincey,
Raleigh, N. c.. 1865 Cs125O>; Ever
EFT Gardner, Baltimore, 1854 $50.
Washington Women Trail.
Only two of Washington % con-
testants finished in the money as
Audrey Mullaney of Baltimore won
the inaugural of the Forest Park
Womens tournament last night at
the new Forest Park alleys in Balti-
more with score of l,25l. Her
prize was 500.
Mabelle Herring of Penn Recrea-
ton was the District of Columbia
major prize winner. coping SIS for
her Its score. Marge Smith of
Arcadia with lusty TIA string, won
a consolation prize of $3.50.
Other winners were: Naomi Zim-
norman, Baltimore, 1910 $500;
Ruth Zentz. Baltimore, 1909 $40;
Edna Brockwell, Richmond. 1907
Cs25D; Helen Randlett, Richmond,
liza $40; Lola Shannahan, Balti-
more, LII $3.50.
Ida Simmons. the No l nation
ally ranked woman roller, of Nor
folk, was out of the money with
1853. Lorraine GULL, Lucy Rose
and Caroline Hiser, three of WASH
ngton's leading rollers, turned in
scores of 1,168. 1109 and 1,l41, re-
spectively. The event attracted a
field of 81.