Evening star., 1941-01-13
Average Of 13O-46 Hi
ByDistrict Pinman
For III Games
Women Rollers Are Led
By HyottsviIIe Ace,
Caroline Hiser

Caroline Hiser
Two metropolitan Washington
bowlers, Ed Blakeney of the Con-
vention Hall and Del Rio teams with
13046 for 1T games and Caroline
Hiser of Hyattsville with 120-18 for
73 games are setting the pace for
the country's man and woman duck
pinners rolling in sanctioned events
according to the averages released
today by Dave Burrows, statistican
of the National Duckpin Bowling
Congress.
Blakeney, who shot into the lead
by virtue Of his runnerup score OF
2.083 in the recent United States
Classic at Baltimore, is pressed
closely by two Orioles, Nick Paye
with 1880 for ITO games and
Wilmer Robey with 128-45 for 109
games and Astor Clarke of Wash
ington, who with 1928 for 1876
games, making strong bid to re-
tain his No. l national ranking title
for the sixth consecutive time.
Peters Is Connecticut's Best.
Billy Stalcup of Rosslyn, Va, has
top average of 134-17, but his 25
games do not qualify him as leader.
Other leading shooters in the
District area are Elvin Shanks with
1926 for 81 games, Al Wright
with 1926 for 80 games and
Ollie Pacini with 1910 for 70
strings. Hokie Smith and Tony
Santini, the No. 2 and No. 3 ma
tionally ranked duckpinners, are
not listed
Harry Peters, who gained the ma
tional spotlight by his sensational
victory in the United States Classic,
tops the Connecticut pirmen with
1910 for Al games, but gives way
to Mac Carboni and Jack White,
who have banged out respective
averages of 1927 for 73 games and
1921 for IA games. Nick Tronsky
is rolling at a 1852 pace for 10
games, while his two Blue Ribbon
teammates, Steve Dyak and Bill
Dente, trail with 1857 for 76 games
and 128-49 for IA games.
Johnny Miller of Baltimore has
shot for 130 in al games. Other
OrioIe leaders are Willie Stitz,
1892 for 70 games; Al Neubert,
1915 for 85 games; Winfield
1874 for 88 games, and
Never jacobson, 1881 for 81 games.
Gardner Bowls Most Games.
Jimmy Wallace of Norfolk has hit
for 1881 in 81 games, while Ray
Barnes is Richmond's leader with
125-77 in 144 strings.
Everett Gardner of Baltimore has
rolled the most games-160.
Miss Hiser, who was to start this
to give bowling instructions
from 9 to l at Bethesda and this
afternoon from 2 to at Boulevard
and continue the schedule through
out the week. spurted ahead OF her
national field by virtue of a 1,lO4
fourth-p place score rolled Saturday
in the Women's Dixie.
Gaining 40 pins on her mark Tor
the IS games rolled over the week
end, Lucy Rose of Rosslyn moved
21 pins back of Miss Hiser for the
runnerup spot with 1870 for 73
games. Mrs. Rose after moving one
pin back of Miss Hiser with her
second-place Dixie count OF 1,l2o
lost ground last night with her 700
score rolled in the Franklin Open.
Leader with 120-average for so
games, Edna Brockwen of Richmond
hit the chutes in the Dixie and
Franklin Open, shrinking her aver
age to 117-49 for IS games.
Woman Stars Skid.
Except for Miss Hiser and Mrs.
Rose. the week end was disastrous
for most of the woman rollers bid
ding for the throne abdicated by
Ida Simmons.
Catherine Wick, long Miss Sim
mons Norfolk bowling rival, started
the Dixie with an average of 122
for "a games, but dropped to 12o-41
with 1882 in the Dixie and SOL in
the Oriole test. Her lack of games
to date eliminates her present top
average.
Doris Smith, the pretty Norfolk
blond, who has rolled to a promi-
nent spot among the country's duck
pinners this season, pulled up with
1859 for IA games after having
1913 for her first SO games.
Rolling only for the coin involved,
Miss Simmons by winning the Dixie
with a record score of 1.181 and fin
ishing just out of the money in
Baltimore with 696 boosted her
average from 1874 to 120-28 for so
games. This mark, however, is ap-
proximately four points under her
previous stake average, when the
buxom Norfolk blond was shooting
for the No. l national spot, which
she won with ease six times In a
row.
Evelyn Brose Ahead.
Lorraine GULL and Lucille Young,
Washington's two other leading
candidates for the No. national
ranking title, lost ground From
1885 for 81 games, Miss Gulli
dropped to HIP for 10 games,
while Mrs. Young skidded from
117-12 to 116-28 in 70 games.
Betty James gave way to Evelyn
Brose as the Baltimore leader after
pacesetting with 118-48 for so games.
The latter set the pace for the
Orioles fair pin spillers with 1876
for "a games, with Audrey Null
laney having 11746 mark for "a
strings.
Mamie MacDonnell is the top Con-
necticut woman roller with lis.