Evening star., 1941-02-02
Will Roll 19Matches,
Cover 5000 Miles
On Florida Jaunt
Rose, Simmons, Wootton,
NuyIor, Herring Make
Up AlI-Stor Quint

With 10 matches to be rolled anC
more than 5000 miles to be covered
on the most extensive duckpin toul
ever undertaken, the crack RoSSlyr
Bowling Center woman'S team oi
Lucy Rose, Ida Simmons, Blanche
Wootton, Evelyn Naylor and Ma
belle Herring tomorrow will head
South on an annual jaunt.
The first engagement in an
itinerary mapped by Arville Eber-
sole, executive secretary of the Ma
,tional Duckpin Bowling Congress
who, with Gait Davis, sponsor of the
all-Star feminine combination, and
Bob Rose, will accompany the team
is slated tomorrow afternoon at
Charlottesville, Va, with the Vir-
ginia Public Service girls forming
the opposition at Dan Leeds new
l2-alley plant. Moving on to Dan
vile, Va tomorrow night, the Ross
lyn girls will encounter their first
male team, D. w. Ross Red Crown
Recreations.
On Tuesday an afternoon match
Is carded with a Greensboro, N. c.,
mems outfit at Bryan Haynes
Downtown Recreation Center. With
Nell Powell the Tar Heel States
leading woman roller at the helm,
Kenneth Reeds Recreation team
will oppose the Rosslyns at Kan
napolis, N. c., Tuesday night.
Blick Is Atlanta Greeter.
Clyde Storer, for years president
of the National Billiards Associa-
ton, will pit crack team of men
against the tourists at Spartansburg,
S c.. Wednesday afternoon. A
girls team will play host the same
night at Joe Bernie's Capital Bowl
ing Center at Columbia, S. c.
John S. Blick, who played no
little part in Washington's duckpin
boom in the late '20s as pilot of the
Convention Hall and Arcadia drives
will head the Welcoming Committee
when Atlanta, Ga, is reached
Thursday for afternoon and night
engagements with strong skirted
ouints at the Blick Bowling Center,
site OF the national tournament in
April
The Rosslyns will hit Columbus,
Ga, Friday night for a match with
Carlton Plants mems outfit. Sat-
urday afternoon they will oppose
one representing Harry J. Hicks
maple plant at ValdoSta, Ga, and
Saturday night will find them en-
battled with a select lineup at
Gainesville, Fla.
They will reach Tampa Sunday
night for a match against Ross
Peppers ambitious woman's quint
and the weary caravan will pull
into Miami Monday.
After a days rest the Rosslynites
will perform at Paddy Watkins
Palace Bowling Center against his
leading Florida women'S team,
which includes Ebbie Albury. 10
Rose and Hope Mann. Matches
against mems teams are on the
schedule for Wednesday at Fort
Lauderdale and Thursday at Del
Ray The girls will return to Miami
Friday for another engagement
with the Paddy Watkins quint.
Mrs. Rose will be the defending
champion in the women's division
when the Miami Open is staged at
the Palace alleys Saturday, Feb
ruarv IS.
After a week of Florida sun
bathing the tourists will head
north with a Sunday night match
scheduled at James N. Blows Or
lando Center. Monday it will be
Jacksonville and by Tuesday night
the travellers will be in Raleigh,
N. c.. for their final match.
With the exception of those at
Atlanta, Columbus, Miami and
Raleigh the bookings will be first
time stops in three years of trail
blazing.