Evening star., 1941-02-26
Shoots at Pace OF 126
For Fifth Place in
Crack League
Hokie Smith Still Tops
Astor Clarke With on
Average Of l30-PIus

Fifth in the Mems District League
with an average of 1868 for sc
games, Ellsworth Geib's rise to rank
as one of the city's top bowlers is
a big reason why the surprising
Lucky Strike team tonight enters
the final series with a 4-game lead
over the runnerup Arcadia quint
and six over third place Convention
Hall
A release today of the latest
statistics on the Capitals fastest
duckpin circuit also gave Geib, who
holds down the scoring job, top set
of 456 and third high spares of 239.
With Hokie Smith setting the
pace with top average of 130-18 for
IS games, the Lucky Strikes in their
impressive championship drive, lead
with team average Of 620-34. Con-
+ributing to the teams success is
Frank Guethler with 124-65, Dave
Burrows with 120-13 and Harry
Aiken with 1913.
Enjoying his most brilliant season
of long career on the maple paths,
Burrows tops the loop with 81 strikes
with George (Pinky) Bradt of
Georgetown Recreation second with
65 and the famed Smith third with
So Smith. also is second in spares
with 241. trailing Paul Jarman, the
leader, by five marks.
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Convention Halls TIA is a season
record with Hyattsville 713 second
The Marylanders with 1920 are the
only rollers to hit a 2,000-score for
the season.
Although lit pins behind Smith
in their title battle, Astor Clarke,
defending champion, in the runner
up spot leads his fifth place La
fayette club with 1888. Ernie
Hauser trails with 125-45 with Paul
Fitzgerald and Abe Povich tied at
121-2.
The third high with 127-62. Tony
Santini tops Ed Blakeney. his il
lustrious Convention Hall mate. by
25 pins. Julie Singer is the third
ranking Hall man with 125-10.
Fred Murphy with sixth high
league average of 1861 sets the pace
on the Arcadia team with Ollie
Pacini second with 1878 while
Eddie Keith and George Demeres
almost are tied with respective
marks OF 120-30 and 1922
Seventh in the league with 125-46,
Cletus Panneu is top shooter on
the fourth-place Clarendon quint
while Gene Targets 122-42 and
Joe Freschi's 121-12 are next.
Georgetown Recreations leading
pin mauler, Milton Monk Walker
is eighth in the loop with 125-46.
Dick Lee is the only other West
Ender over 120 with 121-30.
The once champion Bill Krauss
IS showing the way on the sixth
place Rosslyn team with 1886.
which gives him 18th place in the
league standing.
Miciotto at New Peak.
Bob Miciotto, sporting the top av-
erage of his career, leads the King
Pin team with 1852. He is trailed
by Bill Miller with 1928 and Lind
sev Stott with 1908.
Harry Hilliard with 124-51 is pins
ahead of Perce Wolfe on the Hy-
attsville Recreation Club. Harry
Wolfe with 120-40 and Irvine Bill
himer with 120-20 are helping to
maintain a team average of 6O3.
Tenth with 125-42, Paul Jarman
heads the Chevy Chase Ice Palace
outfit. Ed Nash is second with 123-
46 and Jack Talbert third with
1922 Bob Temples 42-game mark
of 1926 tops the Brookland Rec
reatjons with Leonard Smiths 49,
IS second.
The diminutive Siggy Solem is
high for Penn Recreation with 123-
Is. and Ralph Goldberg, who has
rolled 12O-31 for 38 games, is 3
pins ahead of Rex Stewart.
Tonight's schedule: Lucky Strike
VS.. Lafayette, Ice Palace VS.. Arcadia,
Convention Hall VS. Hyattsville,
Brookland VS.. Rosslyn, Georgetown
VS.. Penn and Clarendon VS.. King
Pin. First-named teams are the
hosts. All matches begin at 7::30.
With ITO, Jimmy Moore, King Pin
manager, boasts the season record
game in the Rhode Island Avenue
Businessmen's League. His record
made with six spares and two strikes
was the heaviest wallop, as the King
Primers routed Mullins Cafe with
top count of 1853. Elvin Shank
came through with top set of 401
and 157 to lead Stanley 5 & los
sweep over Franklin Market. Hal
Shepperd, King Pin junior. banged
out 382 as Brincefleld Plumbers
nicked Dechter's twice. Happy Five
trimmed the leading Nesline's, 81.