Evening star., 1940-01-14
GuIi Beats National
Record 10 Capture
Dixie Pin Stakes
Wick and Simmons Troll
As D. c. Ace Also Sets
Tournament Mark

Lorraine GULL, Washington's pre-
mier woman bowler, bagged covey
of fat birds with one blast last night
when, with a national record, she
won the classic Dixie Women's
Sweepstakes from a record field OF
60, gained on Ida Simmons of Balti-
more in tight struggle for the No.
l United States ranking and set
three-game mark for the tourna-
ment.
For nine games, rolled in three
game blocks on the Arcadia, Lucky
Strike and Rosslyn lanes, Miss GULL
totaled Ito, an average of 100, to
beat the national nine-game record
by one pin.
In the midle set at the Lucky
Strike. she shot 423 for an all-time
high for the event. Her prizes were
slOO in cash and large trophy.
Katherine Wick Second.
Into second place and a $50 award
rolled Katherine Wick of Norfolk,
with 1,138, trailed by Miss SIM
mons, the Nations top-ranker for
the last five years, who totaled 1,l36
for $40.
Lucille Young of Washington, who
watched Miss GULL crack her for
mer mark of 1859, which won
her the national all-events title at
Hartford in 1886, finished fourth,
with 1,O85, to collect s35.
Audrey Mullaney of Baltimore
moved into fifth place, with 1,07l, to
win $50. Caroline Hiser, a team
mate of Miss GULL on the champion
Luck Strike team of the Ladies' Dis
tr1ct League, was sixth, with 1,O66.
Her prize was $25
Ida Makes Flashy Start.
Baltimore placed its third and
fourth rollers in the money as Alice
Lucas won seventh place and $40
with her 1,060, and Ethel Brewer
shared the final money place of $3.50
with 1,029. A Connecticut star, Irene
Krasnak of Bridgeport, finished
eighth, with 1,045, to give New Eng
land its only prize winner. Her
award was SIS.
1t looked to be the same old story.
another overwhelming victory for
Miss Simmons, when she fired a
set OF 4l6 at the Arcadia to get away
Wlnglng. In second place, with 391,
was Mrs. Katherine Wick, her former
Norfolk arch rival and the No. 3
ranking woman roller of the coun-
try. Mabelle Herring, Washington's
national singles champion, was
third, with 387. In fourth place was
La GULL, with games of lat. 125, 112
for 384 set. Evelyn Ellis, the
Rosslyn team captain, was fifth.
Mrs. Wick Rolls Record 168.
On her home drives at the Lucky
Strike for the second block Miss
GULL made a spectacular bid for
her fourth victory in the Dixie. With
first game of 1873 she forged to
the front, but lost the lead tenn.
porarily to Mrs. Wick, when the Nor
folk star shot 168 for her second
string and a tournament record.
The second round battle at the
Lucky Strike ended with Miss GULL
in front with 6-game count of 807
by virtue of her record 423 set in
which her games were 13S, 14O and
145. Mrs. Wick with 408 held second
place with 799
1t was almost breeze for Miss
GULL in the final block at Rosslyn
where she collected 1863 sticks.
Close all the way, Miss Simmons
seemed to lack the drive that had
won for her four sweepstakes this
season.
Consolation prizes of IS each Cor
high game and high set each block
went to Mabelle Herring, 387; Sue
Whitener, 1886; Lola Shanahan, 374;
Margaret Lynn, 139; Mildred Gin
gell, 154, and Jean Aiello, 139.