Evening star., 1940-05-07
co|umbis Girls III Pin Tourney Opener May Get Title
Mems S Team Of Same
Name Is Only Third
In Their Test
RossIyn Pinnettes Fail;
Counts High in Lower
CIussificotions

Leading with a potential title
winning score of lit. Columbia s
newly acquired girls team today had
more to show for their tournament
rolling efforts than the Columbia
male District League team, which
had only gained third place in the
Washington City Duckpin Associa-
tion championships with a lusty
1899.
While Beryl English's S mems repre-
sentatives last night at the Arcadia
were unsuccessful in their bid for
the city's Glass A team title, his fair
rollers came through with a some
what belated seasons punch to grab
the spotlight from the Ladies Dis
trict League champion Rosslyn
quint as the 10Th annual Washing
ton Women's Duckpin Association
tournament opened at the Lucky
Strike.
Mildred Miskelly Rolls 364.
Paced by Mildred Miskelly's 1854
the top count of the evening. the
Columbia combination, which also
includes Annetta Behan, Ida Wein-
berg, Mabelle Herring and Margaret
Lynn. came through with games Of
588, SAB and 586 to assume first
place in Glass A. Just back from a
months honeymoon in Florida, Mrs
Behan contributed $50.
Rosslyn. away winging with 588,
slowed down to $50 and 476 for a
count of 1913. Blanche Wootton's S
1892 was high.
Banging out 147. the highest game
of the evening, Ora Emge OF the
Womens Country Club spurted to
the front in Glass C as her 1853
topped the efforts of 40 contestants
in various classes.
Petite Peggy Sullivan of the Agri-
culture and What's In a Name
League shot into first place in Glass
A with 1888. A $40 gave Dorothy
Workman of the Mount Rainier
Ladies League the top perch in
Glass B.
Two Treasury Recreational Asso-
citation League Rollers, Catherine
Caviness and Lillian Simpson, with
respective. scores of 1923 and 80, top
D and E classes.
Glass C Doubles High.
Edith Meredith and Dorothy Wells
Of the Lucky Strike Ladies produced
the top score in the doubles to take
over the lead in Glass c with $50. A
stick less gave Betty Wager and
Maurine Morrison first place in Glass
D. Another Ladies Independent
duo to forge to the front was Leila
Tamey and Mary Esten with GA in
Glass B.
Jane Maltby's last-game wallop of
1874 gave her and Mary E. James of
the Agriculture Ladies League the
lead in Glass E doubles with 628.
Paced by Florence Sabean's 1853,
the champion Shamrocks of the
Washington Ladies League grabbed
first place in the Glass B team COM
petition. Louise Battaglia's Little
Tavern team turned in 1,545 to as
sumo first place in Glass c. Ida's
Department Store quint leads Class
D with 1853.
Lone New Mems Leader.
Jimmy Glascoe, rolling 373 in
Glass D singles, was the only new
leader in the mems city classic. With
games of 1872, 95 and 146 he moved
ahead of A. D. Sartwell and Joe
Dweyer. who were tied for the top
position with 37l.
The Bethesda Business Mems
twosome of John Ressa and Sam
Allen supplied the fireworks in the
doubles with second-place class
B count of 773, one pin more than
was gathered by Tony Santini and
Lou Pantos in class A.
Allen climaxing his 166 middle
game with a triple-header strike
provided the punch that gave him
and Ressa a 300-game count to tie
with the class A record-smashing
team Of Harry Hilliard and Karl
Gochenour for the highest COM
bined doubles game score rolled in
the tournament.
Stars Are Not So Hot.
Ed Blakeney and Hokie Smith
warmed up with respective singles
sets of 402 and 1872 before turning
in 388 and 375 with the Columbia
team. But they fizzled out in the
doubles with 681. Blakeney holds
fifth place in singles.
Earl Donaldson and Joe Briles of
the Rosslyn Independent League
gathered in 749 to move into fifth
place in class B doubles. Wally
Powell and Ben Hare landed seventh
in the same division with 745.
Tonights rolling will mostly be
taken over by teams of the Odd
Fellows League.