Evening star., 1942-08-09
Lucy Rose Runnerup,
With Ida Simmons
Heading LIST
Washington Lands Four
Among Mems Big Ten;
Women Hold Own


for six consecutive years is another
Washingtonian, Lou Jenkins, whose
name stood at the head OF the list
of 1941-42 ratings announced last
night by Arville Ebersole, executive
secretary of the National Duckpin
Bowling Congress.
In the women's standing, Ida Sim
mons Of Norfolk replaced fellow
townswonan, Katherine Wick, at the
top.
Clarke, who's recently resigned as
manager of the Lafayette Bowling
Center for residence In Florida,
dropped to fourth and Mrs. Wick to
third.
Jenkins last week became priv
ate in the Army at Camp Lee. He
compiled his brilliant record while
rolling with half a dozen league
teams and in many special events.
For two years he has been ranked
No. locally.
Clarke's reign was by far the
longest in duckpin history for man
but Miss Simmons goes him one
better. After winning the No. l
spot for six consecutive years, she
abdicated in the 194041 season
through not rolling in league COM
petition.
Jack White Again Close.
For the second year in row and
the third time in the last four sea-
sons Jack White of New Haven,
Conn, is the runner-up in the mems
division. Despite his higher aver
age of 1926 for 428 games, the
colorful New Englander again failed
to gain the title through lack OF
games rolled in league and tourna-
ment play as compared with Jen-
kins' 1884 for 656 strings.
The National Duckpin Bowling
Congress allows two pins a game for
the difference in the number OF
games rolled for the men and three
pins a game in the women's division.
The difference of 228 games gave
Jenkins an advantage of 456 pins,
or a margin of 312 in the final tabu-
lation. Last season Clarke nosed
out White by II pins.
Back in league and tournament
eonpetition, Miss Simmons estab-
lished an all-time record average OF
121-341 for 373 games to cap the
efforts of Lucy Rose of Rosslyn,
who gained second place in the
women's division with a mark OF
,1o.,I1 for 304 pameS,
Washington Leads Country.
Washington placed four bowlers IN
the mems first 10, one more than
the season before, as Clarke landed
fourth with an average Of 127-21 Tor
388 games; Fred Murphy, fifth, with
12s-244 for 502 strings, and Cletus
Pannen, sixth, with 126-ls4 1or
45s. It was the first time thae
either Murphy or PanneA hao
gained the select circle.
The four places gave washington
an edge over other duckpin terri,
tories, as Connecticut, which had
rnonopolized last years rankings
with five bowlers, won only three
positions, while Baltimore placed
only two and Norfolk one.
Jimmy Wallace Of Norfolk fur-
nished one of the surprises by
gaining third place with an average
Of 127-21s for 352 games.
CAPITAL women held their own
with three places in the womens
division. with Mrs. Rose second
Lorraine GULL fourth and Lucille
Young ninth.
Mrs. Wick for third place averaged
i17-303 for 484 games.
Lose Ground to Baltimore.
In the supplementary second ana
third lists metropolitan Washington
placed only four in the mems class
and three in the women's. In this
respect they lost ground mainly to
Baltimore, which for several years
has ruled these divisions,
In making good a boast after he
had taken the No. l Washington
ranking title from Clarke two years
ago that he also would replace him
as the No. duckpinner OF the
United States, jenkins compiled one
OF the most brilliant records ever
achieved in the game.
In more than 80 special events
and tournaments he was out OF the
money only seven times. Winner OF
four major events, he started with
a bang last fall by winning the local
Howard Campbell tournament and
finished the season much in the
same way by winning the all-events
in the Cumberland Valley event fo1
the second year in row with q
record score of 1,243 which included
three 400-sets.
Miss Simmons Best Ever.
In reclaiming her crown Mis-
Simmons. who shares with MIS-
GULL and Clarke the distinction 0.
winning the No. ] spot six times n
row, topped her former mark O.
l21-135 by 2O6 pins and for tht
third time attained an average ovel
l21. AS the winner of the United
States Open here last January, thu
Norfolk blond bomber, to her many
national records added 702 set tt
be the first woman bowler to turr
In a TOO score for five games.
Flo Reynolds of Milford, Conn.
who jumped from 9th place las
year to sixth place, showed thu
greatest gain among the ranking
woman rollers while the sparkling
performance of Ingomar (Bing
Moen of Washington won her 17tf
place. 1t was the first time the Hi
Skor bowler had attained the rank