Evening star., 1941-01-15
seven al Davis Plant
Win Free Rides in
Booming Event
EI Gees Regain Lead
In Washington Loop;
Universities Score

League rollers ALREADY winners OF
free entries and a growing list OF
out-of- town sharpshooters number
ing more than so. Gait Davis. the
Rosslyn bowling impresario, today
was well on his way toward doubling
last years entry of 56 in the Vir-
ginia State Open when the sixth
annual event is staged at his plant
a week from Saturday.
Bill Havens. sr., who collected a
cash prize in the recent giant
Evening Star Yuletide tournament;
George Dice, Len Carrigan, Bill
Krauss, Lou jenkins, Ell Geib and
Davis. himself, are the Rosslyn free
riders" so far.
Two recent national record smash.
ers, Gordon McElwee of Winchester,
Va, who posted an average OF 123
for 100 games. and Joe Perry of
Richmond, whose 1859 cracked the
five-game mark by one pin, are
listed among the early contestants
Al Hosselton, winner of the inaug-
ural event in 1886 and former presi-
dent of the National Duckpin Bowl
ing Congress. is another who will
make up Richmond's big squad
which will include Ray Barnes, who
finished third in the United States
classici Pony Baugh, Otis Clark, Joe
Southwark, Bob Goodall, Bill Crow
der, Floyd Duke, Pete Smith, Blair
Creedle, Aubrey Calhoun and Mike
Walls.
The entire Franklin Bowling
Center team of Baltimore, including
Lee Seim, Earl Campbell, Ray
Fiorentino. Teddy Weinberger and
Wendell Miller, have entered along
with the Orioles Patterson Five of
Ray Won Dreele, Bob Fisher. Andy
Cook, John Bernard and Johnny
Miller.
Stars Meet in Doubles.
An all-star doubles attraction will
follow the Lafayette Convention
Hall District League match tonight
at Lafayette. Hokie Smith and Astor
Clarke will roll Ed Blakeney and
Tony Santini in three-game setto,
Blakeney and Santini were recent
winners at the Lucky Strike.
The pennant chase in the WASH
ington Ladies League tightened
when Garvin S Lucky Five. led by
Julia Young's top 346. moved to a
third-place tie with the champion
Shamrocks with 80 win from the
erstwhile pacesetting Del Rios, while
the Ell Gees. with 81 win from
Shaffer Flower Shop, regained the
league lead. The Shamrocks were
2-1 winners over Tiffany Shop as
Jennie Egan starred with 127-332
Marge Smiths 327 and Margaret
Lynn's 326 were high rs the Del
Rios were showed into the runner
up spot. Only one game separates
the leaders.
In the other matches Jacobsen's S
Flowers swept Perrusos Cafe as
Miss Huff turned in 116-329, the
Wee Bees routed the Cardinals as
Rachel Bowers rolled high with
107-3o4 and Edmonds took the
rubber game from Prencipe Beauty
Shop as Ava Lambert counted 326
and Anna Daut chalked up 125.
Kinnehan Rolls Over 400.
John Kinnehan grabbed the spot
light at the Brookland Recreation
when an even 400 capped by 156
single cracked the seasons set
record in the Letter Carriers League.
Main Office posted highs of 581-
1893. You Street pinmen MAIN
tanned their grip on the top rung
and Brightwood stayed right at
their heels with respective sweeps
over Brightwood No. 2 and the
Wildcats.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
junior teams were no match for two
Del Ray combinations, when Frank
Caterettes won 1885 to 1,478 over
the Bureaus B team, as E. Hinkle
shone with 1880 and the Del
Ray Juniors trimmed the Bureau s
c outfit, 1,542 to 1,348 as Thomson S
led the winners with 121-332. The
matches were rolled at the Del Ray
Recreation Center.
Catherine Mertz of the Pirates was
a standout in the Library of Con-
gress Mixed League at Brookland,
when she posted season records OF
1872 and 36l for the skirted rollers.
That Connolly of the Rams with 100
and Pat Noonan, a mate, with 342
paced the male rollers.
E. j. Payne. anchor man OF the
team bearing his name, and Acton
of May Hardware were the shining
lights in the Electrical League at
Takoma, with respective counts OF
l55 and 384. The E. j. Payne team,
paced by their boss top game, posted
a high of 6O2. Cameo Appliance
sets the pace, with holland and
Western Electric tied for second
place.
Catholic Girls Share Laurels.
st. Francis and Holy Trinity roll
ers shared scoring honors in the
Catholic Ladies' League at Lucky
Strike when Jennie Egan's 128
paced the formers 534 game, and
Margaret Smith led with 344 as the
latter quint posted 1,485.
Harry Cohen, with 131-363. was
the top shooter as the Milton Kror-
helm pinmen cracked the seasons
set record in the Distributors League
at the Lucky Strike with ,683, which
included a game count of GIT. Clar-
ence Taft turned in 123-35S for
Drug Exchange, while Johnny Car
ter's 129-351 gave the Retailers a
two-to-one edge over Marvin &
Snead.
Andy Zeller put on the hottest
hand in the Rhode Island Business
Mems League, banging out 1882
as United Market gained third place
by whitewashing the Happy Five
The leading Neslines registered a
high of 5e4 to win their lone deci-
sion from Northeast Electric. king
Pin alley representatives, led by
Manager Jimmy Moore's 370, copped
the odd game from Windsor Shop