Evening star., 1941-01-16
Lucky Strike Whacks
Hall Lead, BIakeney
Gains on Smith
Second Straight 400
Puts Ed Three Pins .
Behind Pace Setter

Behind Poce Setter
While Lucky Strike today had
fired ner interest in the Mems Dis
trict League nag chase by moving
within q game Of the pace-setting
Convention Hall team, Ed Blakeney.
the Hallmen's great anchor shooter,
with q second straight 400 set. was
only three pins behind Hokie Smith
in . red-hot battle for the individual
championship Of the all-star circuit
with 1922 against the Lucky Strike
aces 1896.
Blakeney picked up So pins on
Smith with = AZ count against 35s.
Convention Halls eight-week
winning streak. which had carried
it virtually from the bottom to the
top, was snapped last night when
Lafayette Bowling Center turned in
a surprising 81 win, led by Astor
Clarke's 145-401 and Abe Povich's
154-394. The Lafayettes nipped the
invaders, $50 to 5S3, in the opening
skirmish: dropped the middle tilt.
$40 to 633, and won the final, $50
to 624.
With Ell Geib firing 157-427 and
Bub Guethler backing it up with
394, the invading Lucky Strikes
Swamped Georgetown with top score
of 1892, which included games of
$40, 636 and $50. Monk Walkers
375 was high for the losers.
Arcadians Beat Champs.
The third-place Arcadia outfit, led
by Rex Stewards 1884, took the
odd game from the champion Ross
lyn team with highs of 641-1.88S
Bill Krauss was best for the losers
with 163-400. 1t was Rosslyn's sec
ond defeat Of the week. the suburb
antics having lost postponed
match to King Pin. al, as John
Chaney and Bob Miciotto featured
with respective counts of l50-383
and 150-377. Krauss rolled 393 for
Rosslyn.
Paul Jarman's 168-3s7 and Jack
Talbert's 3s9 featured as Chevy
Chase Ice Palace trimmed Brook
land Recreation, al. Paul Perkins
was high for the losers with 153-
393.
Clarendon maintained It's grip on
fourth place with q al decision
over Penn Recreation as Gene Har-
gett hit for 16l-3e9. The Penn
rollers grabbed the middle game
ST. to 66S. Douglas Georges 900
was high for Penn.
Trimming Red Circle Food Shop
2-1, despite Helen ODeas TOP
shooting Of 1888, the pacesettine
Rosslyn quint increased its lead to
two games in the Ladies' District
League when the runnerup King
Pin dropped the rubber game to
Chevy Chase Ice Palace on a last
game rollon. Doris Leizear lee
Chevy Chase to victory with 127-
$40, while Catherine Quigley, who
seemed inspired after her brilliant
rolling In the Women's Dixie last
Saturday, came through with 141
to give the K. P's their lone win
Tickets for the second annual
Children's Hospital Blood Banl
Fund match at Convention Hall
February 8, were placed on sale at al
bowling alleys today. The six-tean
fraternal championship will pit
leading bowlers of the Elks, Masonic
Odd Fellows, Knights Of Columbus
Royal Arcanum and Almas Temple
Leagues.
Angela McMemanin, Josie &
Emma Lees Beauty Salon, was tn,
leading performer In the Clarendon
Ladies' League, rolling a 1853 season
high game and 365 set. Miss Nc
Memanin's team, due to her highs
set records for game and set with
557-1, 400. c. IL P. No. 2 took Ber-
wyn's Dress Shop, 80. and Glebe
Court Beauty Salon did the same
to Dorothy's Beauty girls. Josie q
Emma Lee lead the league, with
Berwyn's and Retort's Flowers tiec
for second.
The A. z. A. battling at Penn Rec
reation was placed by Bookof1
Ghouls and Freedenberg, Conscripts
who rolled high game and set Of 13.
and 335, respectively. The Ghoul
had high game of 1856 and top set o
$50 among the three-man teams.
John Compton, National Capita
Parks, was the big shot of the In.
terror League at Penn Recreation
His $50 game and second high sci
for the season Of 405 led his team
to high counts of 629 and 1,74S
Wildhfe and Reclamation No. tool
all three from Engineers and In.
dians, respectively. National Capita
Parks leads with Survey one game
In the rear.
The Convention Hall League was
paced by Dick Curtain, Cassard's
who had high game of 147 and
Mike vitale, Modern Way Cleaners
who totaled 37s. Harry Blanchard
Tru Blu, had a near high game oi
l43 that helped his team score highs
Of 596-1,715. Joe Watkins, also OF
Tru Blu, had top set for his roller
Of 376.
Tommy Buckingham, VOLTS Mar.
ket, was the big bad wolf in the
Temple Minor League at Temple
winning game and set honors with
14s-40S and also taking a free
entry in the Chilly Barnard Classic
Saturday. Cliff Garrison's 356 also
won free ride for him in this
popular tournament.
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