Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-29
Lucy Rose Hits Tough
Spot in Campaign
For No. | Rating
Great Field Will Shoot
For Record Purse in
Richmond Tourney

Holding slim lead In a sensa-
tional drive to succeed Ida Simmons
of Norfolk as the No. woman duck
pinner of the country, Lucy Rose OF
Rosslyn will tackle a herculean as
signment tomorrow night when she
shoots against record field in quest
of second triumph in the women's
United States classic, to be held on
the John Marshall drives, in Rich
moud. The top prize of 5000 is the
highest ever offered fair duckpin
rollers.
Topping the East with league
average only few pins under the
1913 mark, Mrs. Rose likely will sue
coed Caroline Hiser of Hyattsville
as the leading performer in ma
tionally sanctioned stake events.
Herself among the favoriteS to cop
the United States, Miss Hiser with
an average of l20-18 is 81 pins ahead
of the Rosslyn star.
Record Already Beaten.
With last years record field Of
81 already topped, Arville Ebersole,
executive secretary of the National
Duckpin Bowling Congress, an
nounced today that the entry may
hit the 80 mark.
Clinton Ford, manager Of the
John Marshall, has assured him
Richmond will have more than IS
contestants. including Edna Brock
will, the Virginia capitals leading
candidate for the No l honors.
From the Far South will come
Val Painter, representing the John
Blick pin plant, site of the forth
coming national tournament in
April. Nell Powell will be the Char
lotte, N c., standard bearer, while
Betty Brown will shoot for Bur-
lington, N. C.
The entire SpillWay team of Nor
folk, Va, including Doris Smith,
who won the Chesapeake at Balti-
more with a record 1907 and the
highest l0-game mark of the sea-
son; Eva Andrus and Katherine
Wick. the Women's national dou-
bles team; Youthful Ann Levy, and
Ida Caderet will roll.
Audrey Mullaney Double Winner.
Baltimore, primed to carry off top
honors, will send Audrey Mullaney
of the Wilma drives, who. as winner
Of the Forest Hills and Franklin
Open, is the only one to win two
stake events this season. FLYING the
Franklin Bowling Center colors will
be Naomi Zimmerman. Ruth Zentz,
Ethel Brewer Lola Shanahan. Pau
line Mott and Ruth Hampel, the
national singles champion.
Heading the Oriole cast from the
Recreation Center will be Sue Mil
Ter Evelyn Brose. Ida Stallings,
Alice Lucas, Gertrude Witkoski.
Marian Lanahan. Ethel Barger,
Gebe Aeio and Lolita Janowitz.
Winner of the first event in 1882
Lorraine GULL of King Pin. will be
among the favorites from the Dis
trlct, whose entry also will include
Lucille Young of Chevy Chase Ice
Palace, Mabel Herring. Marie Spates
and Eleanor Bark of Penn Recrea-
ton.
Featured by H. Cleary's $50 and
391, Atlantic Electric, with top set
of 1,746, swept Southern Supply as a
high light in the Electrical League
rolling at Takoma Redman and
Brown was high with 613. Cameo
Appliance and Fluorescent Lighting
rollers, respectively, cleaned up Gray
bar and May Hardware.
Tops in the Chevy Chase Com
mercial loop with 1916, Rawlings also
paced the Royal Tavern's high of
l,759. The pennant-contending Co.
lumbia Specially quint led with s13.
Ice Palace, Hot Shoppes and Up
town Liquors scored sweeps.