Evening star., 1940-03-06
Pace-Setting Clarke
and Wolfe Battle
Invading krauss

Vireiniuns Boost Team
Average Of 636, Well
Above National Mark
Featuring the city's three highest
average bowlers of the season, sem
sational duckpin scattering is prom.
ised tonight at Rosslyn when the
leading Rosslyn and the third-place
Chevy Chase Ice Palace teams clash
in an important District League
match at pm.
Astor Clarke has maintained a
little short of phenomenal average
of 1911 for 48 games. The Ross
lyn captain few weeks back shot a
puny 1856, but came back with four
big sets, one 425 count, to sustain
the highest mark ever recorded by a
Washington bowler over a season.
This enabled him not only to retain
his league championship laurels, but
to enhance his chances of winning
the No. national ranking for the
fifth consecutive time.
Clarkes chief rival for the league
leadership is Perce Wolfe, his pal
and Rosslyn teammate. The College
Park, Md, howitzer in 81 games has
spilled the naples for 1926.
Lately Bill Krauss, the Chevy
Chase captain, has been splurging
Passing such renowned shooters as
Hokie Smith and Tony Santini of
Columbia, who sport 127 marks, the
former District League champion,
with four 4O0s in his last six sets,
has zoomed to third place in the
title chase with 1878 for 57/games.
Against the superscoring Rosslyn
combination, which includes Karl
Gouchenour, Sizzy Solem and Harry
Hilliard, the invaders will pit 621
team average against the Virginians'
636, which is 10 points higher than
the national record.
Has Season Record Set.
Paul Jarman's strike on last-box
spare was the big wallop as A. &
w. Hot Shoppes posted season
record set of 1853 to sweep Presi-
dent Valet in the Chevy Chase
Commercial League. With Jimmy
(Shoes) Boteler, he shared high set
Of Ais.
Dick Freer and Dick Meyers tied
for top game of ISL as Dupont
Circle swamped Goodrich. Meyers
finished with 414 AL Wright came
through with 418 to grab top set
laurels as Cherner Motors white
washed Daily News.
Walt Humphrey with 402 and
Wally Donaldson with 400 hit the
high spots in the Odd Fellows
League Columbia No. dealt the
pace-setting Golden Rule a blow.
slicing its lead to game with a
80 victory.
The pennant scramble in the
Rosslyn Independent League tight
ened as Banton's Market took 2-1
decision from the leading Allied
Roofing and the runner-up Ciar-
endon Decorators moved within a
game of the top by taking the odd
from War College. Karl Gochen-
ours 425 and Bill Rhees' 1876 paced
the Banton victory.
Earl Donaldson's 1856 was high as
Sherman's Clothiers tripped Y. M.
c. A. in the odd game and Otey
Browns 384 was the punch as Sport
Center eked out a 81 win from
Arlington Trust. Blanche Wooton
had 1863 for the losers.
st. Gabriels Keeps Lead.
In a flrst-place battle, the 'front.'
running st. Gabriel's gained a 81
victory over the runner-up St.
Francis Xavier to move two games
in the van of the Catholic Ladies
League. Ida Fitzgibbon shone with
147-346, but watched her st.
Josephs quint drop two games to
Holy Comforter B team, as Ethel
Neff, loop scorer, rolled a timely 1876
string.
Margaret Smith, who had starred
the night before with 1883 as the
Cardinals trimmed the Lucky Strike,
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match, came through with 329 to
feature Holy Trinity's rout of the
All Saints A team. Jennie Egan, with
117-333, supplied the deciding
counts as the third-place st.
Anthony's A crew nicked St.
Anthony's B Club, 2-1.
A triple-header strike helped
Meyer Weinberg bang out season
record game of ITO in the Distribu-
tors League. With a 391 set, the
new recordholder featured Friend
ships 80 win from Slower. The
leading B'nai Birth swept Kron-
helm as Lou Robbins hit for
130-363.
With Earl Milkwick's S 352 tops, the
leading Legal team swamped Office
Service in the United States Housing
Authority League. Larry Cox Of
Projects garnered high game of 1888.