Evening star., 1941-01-17
Chilly Barnard Event
Holds Pin Spotlight
Here Tomorrow
Clarke and Wolfe Head
D. c. Group Firing in
Portsmouth Stake

While the third annual Chilly
Barnard Handicap Open will be the
big attraction for most of the Capt.
tails leading duckpinners tomorrow.
Astor Clarke and Perce Wolfe, seek
ing their third major stake victories
of the season, will head a fair sized
squad of the city's topnotchers to
Portsmouth, Va, for the fourth an
nual Badly Berger Recreation Open.
Both of Clarke's triumphs came
early IN the season at Norfolk as
the winner of the Jimmy Wallace
and Norman Levy Anniversary
events. More recently he collected
fifth money in the Maple Lane at
Norfolk and in a special match that
followed, with Wolfe as his partner,
defeated Blair Creedle, tomorroWs
defending champion. and Pony
Baugh of Richmond for some heavy
dough. The next day, Wolfe, win
ner of the Howard Campbell, added
the Maryland Open title.
Gait Davis, who will hold the Vir-
ginia Open classic next Saturday
at his Rosslyn Bowling Center, will
send several stellar pinbusters after
the Sl00 top prize at Portsmouth,
including George Clark, a member
OF RoSSlyn's District League team
and standout shooter this season
in the Georgetown Commercial
League. The delegation also will
include El Geib and Dave Burrows
of Lucky Strike while Al Wright
and Cletus Pannell are expected to
represent the Arlington Bowling
Center and Joe Freschi may be the
bowler picked by Eddie Goldberg to
represent the Clarendon Bowling
Center.
Paul Fitzgerald a Threat.
Paul Fitzgerald, the Lafayette
Bowling Center star. also looms as
a threat in the Virginia 1O-game
event which will be staged under
the direction of Arville Ebersole,
executive secretary of the National
Duckpin Bowling Congress.
Yet to win a major event this
season Ed Blakeney, the hottest
bowler hereabout at present. is ex-
pected to compete along with Tony
Santini, his Convention Hall side
kick in the Barnard siX-game affair,
which starts at noon and runs until
midnight. Hokie Smith Of Lucky
Strike. District League top-average
shooter with 1895. like the two
Convention Hall howitzers. will be
among those rolling from scratch.
Probably by way of showing Gait
Davis he hadn't made mistake in
selecting her a substitute for his
oace-setting team of the Ladies'
District League, Hilda Sprinkle Of
GoSs Realty cut loose last night for
a season record of 395 in the Rosslyn
Ladies League. Her games of 13O,
129 and 1856 showed under the
former high of 1863 rolled by Irene
Gocnenour. The last-place Public
Small Loan pinmen shared the spot
light with surprising 80 victory
over the leading A O. E quint in
the Arlington County League. The
rout dropped the losers into a triple
tie for first place, with Goss Realty
and Floyd Decorators. Sher &c
Cohen, defending champions. led by
Earl Donaldson's 391, took the rub
Der game from Ballston to move
game back Of the leaders.
/ Prexy George Harbin Afire.
/ Sharing top honors of 357 in Sec
Z fInH1 II nf +hn TathA1,a
Queen Pin with Frank Ford was
George Harbin, president and MAIN
| spring in the formation of the
largest league of its kind in the
country. Jimmy Pepper with top
| string Of l56 paced ST. Francs
Xavier's highs of 900 and 1852. St.
Peters No. l is the section leader
with 24-18 standing.
Led by Winnie Wingate's i3o.
Local No. As won the odd game
from Local No. 16 The victors
! were tops with 623-1613. Russ
I Kidwell of Local No. II was high
with 1868.
Manhattan pinmen gained a tie
for first place with Elite No. in
the Laundrymen's League when
Bill Rothgebs top. 1854, paced
g 81 win from the CAROLS, willis
Sterling posted highs Of 540-1,546
at the Lucky Strike to trim Elite
No. l.