Evening star., 1940-12-22
Hot Competition Due
On Two Fronts in
Events Today
QuoIifiers for AII-City
Tournament to Sturt
Shooting Thursday

crack bowlers who qualified for the
roll-on of The Star Yuletide Handi-
cap, to start the day after Christmas,
will shoot 1t out today in one Of
the biggest money tournaments Of
the season. meaning the first annual
King Pin Handicap Open organized
by the King Pin pilot, Jimmy Moore.
, 1t will start at 2 pm. and in that
first squad will be a bevy of the best
duckpin shooters in the country.
They are members of Herb Sachs
Del Rio team and the Chevy Chase
Ice Palace All-Stars, who, after
taking their turns in the King Pin
tournament, will shoot special
match at the Ice Palace which has
all the marks of one of the best
bowling shows of the season. 1t
will begin at 7:30 pm.
Expecting a field of 100 or more
bowlers Of all classes, Manager
Moore last night issued an urgent
request that all members of the 2
o'clock squad report early.
Among the list of II contestants
who won free rides" in the in
augural of the seven-game event
will be Elvin Shank, Brookland
Recreation's horseshoe pitching
bowler who proved a sensation in
the recent $1,000 Dixie classic by
finishing only five pins back Of the
winning Hokie Smith.
Charley Ray Early Bird.
! Charles Ray of the Interdepart-
mental League is among the early
entrants who have planked down
the $3.50 entrance fee.
Overwhelming victors in their
Christmas charity match with the
Shaffer Flower Shop All-Stars. the
Del Rios face sitter competition in
the Chevy Chase outfit Jack Tai
bert, Ice Palace captain, has i'm
ported Cletus Pannell and Joe
Freschi from the Clarendon Bowling
Center team, Bill Krauss from the
champion Rosslyn team and Ollie
Pacini from Northeast Temple. Paul
Jarman of the Ice Palace District
League team will be the fifth man
For the Del Rios it will be Astor
Clarke, Harry Hilliard, Hokie Smith,
Tony Santini, Ed. Blakeney and
Perce Wolfe.
With roll-off dates left to the
managers Of the Is maple plants
represented in the tournament, COM
petition for approximately sl,10o
and a beyy of trophies will begin
Thursday among Star tournament
qualiflers. January 3 is the dead
line set for rolling the final. in
which men will shoot five games
and women three.
Trophies Given First Time.
An innovation in the prize list
are the trophies to be presented the
high rollers, including handicaps
at all the establishments engaged
The trophies will be small but COW
eted A detailed prize list is being
prepared and will be announced in
day or two.
A wholesale raid was made on
season records In the A. g. P. League,
when Bokar pinmen accounted for
three Of them as N. Thompson, with
a new high of 4o4. paced team
counts of GA and 1,746 to smother
the leading Sunnyfields After post
ing a new high of 164. Thompson
moment later watched diminutive
Mike Mullican rise in giant fashion
to crack his season mark with 166.
Other high scores of the evening
at Penn Recreation were: C. Stew
art, 1864; Rich Kaiser, 145-378;
Ben Douglas, 138-367: F. Saunders
1885, and c. Domdera, 139-364.
Although trimmed 81 by the tall
end Franklin team, the Marconi
pinmen won the first series in the
Patent Once League by a six-game
margin over the Wright and Remsen
outfits. which deadlocked for the
runner-up spot Strizak, with a
near-record 1892, was tops in the
midseason windup, enabling the
fourth-place Howe quint to sweep
Eastman with team highs of STA
1903. Season records to date are:
Fulton, 500; Marconi 1861: Dono-
hue Of Remsen. 159: Grimes of
Whitney with 385. Grimes also sets
the pace with an 112-16 average,
7 pins ahead of Strizak.
Maritime Teams in Triple Tie.
In three-way tie, the Mariners,
Eagles and Regulations quints are
staging a merry scramble for the
United States Maritime Commission
League bunting. Burch, with 1853,
and Tibbott, with 388, are season
record holders. Ingling, with 1874
is top shooter.