Evening star., 1941-07-28
District Ace 0utbowIs
Connecticuf's White
By 23 Pins for Lead
Nine Here in First 80
Ranked; Caroline Hiser
Women's No. z Roller

For the sixth consecutive year,
Aster Clarke of Washington and
Arlington sits the throne of Ameri-
cas- duckpin bowlers, an achieve
ment outstanding in the Nations
realm of sport, but to climb back he
vas forced to set a world record in
his final tournament of the 1940-41
season. He topped the great Jack
White of Connecticut by % pins and
White was only a few sticks ahead
Of Mac Carboni, a fellow Nutmegger
who landed third in the rankings of
the National DuCkpin Bowling Con-
eress. announced last night by EX-
ecutive Secretary Arville Ebersole.
For 4O4 games, Clarke, manager
of the Lafayette maple plant and
member of its team, averaged
fraction over 129, point better than
his figure Of the season before.
Of the 80 places in the rankings.
Metropolitan Washington boWlers
won nine Hokie Smith of the Lucky
Strike, who nosed out Clarke for the
coveted District League champion
ships. was rated fifth; Lou jenkins,
Clarendon star, 10th; Ed Blakeney,
Convention Hall, 14th; Tony San
TIM, Convention Hall, 18th; Perce
Wolfe. Hyattsville. 2lst, Cletus Pan
nell. Clarendon. 22d; Ed Nash, Ice
Palace 25th. and Ollie Paclni, North
east Temple manager, 30th.
Caroline Hiser Next TO Top.
Caroline Hiser of Eyattsville
moved into second position in the
vomen's rankings behind Katherine
Wick of Norfolk. who succeeded Ida
Simmons of the same city, who
voluntarily stepped down after six
wears as the queen of maple
shooters. Miss Simmons did not
roll enough league games to be
ranked.
At a time when 1t was thought
White virtually had lock on the
top spot. Clarke established ma
tional five-game record of 782 and
ran up the sensational total of ,426
for 10 games in winning the Vlr-
ginia Carolina Sweepstakes at Rich
mond on April 5. Even with this 1t
was reckoned White needed only to
sit tight to triumph. Sportsman that
he is, the Connecticut Blue Ribbon
ace, to accommodate friends ir the
bowling business, shot in two late
tournaments in which he lost l82
pins on his average.
A born competitor, Clarke through
out the campaign shot for every
stick and. as Ebersole pointed out
last night: IF he had been careless
enough in "a of his 404 games to
lose a stick unnecessarily in each,
White would have topped him
Years Big Money Winner.
Clarke also was the big money
winner of the year. He was victori-
Gus in half a dozen sweepstakes and
shared first place in another, the
Halloween at the Queen Pin, in
which he became the only bowler to
win q second time. He paired with
Naomi Zimmerman, He won the
jimmy Wallace and Norman Levy
events at Norfolk, the jefferson Rec
reatlon at Portsmouth, the Megaw
and the Carolina Richmond, He fin
ished we'll into the money of several
other tournaments.
Mrs. Vick's triumph with an aver
age of 118-plus was less than a
point ahead of Miss Hiser, and
Lucy Rose of Rosslyn. ranked third,
and Lorraine GULL, Lucky Striker
who ruled the roost before Miss
Simmons took over, ranked fourth
this time, crowded Miss Hiser.
Lucille Young of the Chevy Chase
Ice Palace, 11th; Mabelle Herring.
Penn Recreation, oath, and Margaret
Lynn. Rendezvous, 2Sth, were other
Washington bowlers ranked. max
ing six in all Miss Hiser rolled in
two leagues at Hyattsville, but made
her best showing in the Baltimore
Major League, in which she aver
aged ll8.