Evening star., 1942-04-13
Magnetic and Megaw
In Mixed Doubles
Lone Leaders
Libertini's Greet ToIIy
In AiI-Events Stands
Out in Bold Relief
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, April 13.-With Bal
timore man and woman bowlers to-
night launching the biggest week
day scheduled ever carded In the
history of the National Duckpin
Bowling Congress championships
and the bulk of the East's finest
duckpinners still to fire, only the
mems all-events score Of 1882, post
ed by Jimmy Libertini, . hometown
sharpshooter, Is believed to have the
ghost Of q chance to survive the
terrific pin pounding expected In
the next two weeks.
Libertini was by far the standout
as the first big week end Of the
tournament ended last night at the
Recreation Center. Besides his lusty
all-events count, which Is only one
pin shy Of Nick Tronskys all-time
tournament mark, the star Oriole
pinman tops the mems singles with
~ and shares first place in the
teams and doubles. After aiding the
Eastern Welding team of Baltimore
to gain first place In the champion
ship class with score Of 1878, to
which he contributed . 3S1 set, he
cut loose with Ray Haines In the
doubles to forge to the front with
S44. His individual count Of 457 Is
the highest three-game score rolled
% far In the tournament.
D. C. Ahead in One Event.
The first contingent Of Washing
ton bowlers emerged from the first
four days Of the tournament the
leader In only one event with Mary
Magnetic and Red Megaw front
runners in the mixed doubles with
a tally Of 697. Dot Prodoehl and
Wilmer Robey Of Baltimore are the
runners-up with 67s.
A host Of Capital teams fred In
the booster class with Riggs Ma
tional Bank chalking UP q second
place count Of 1,764, while yellow
Cab holds third place with 1873
and Library Of Congress is fourth
with 1,735.
Despite the lusty efforts Of sew
eral man and woman teams from
Connecticut, Baltimore rollers DOM
mated the week end rolling to gain
the top spots in practically every
championship and booster class.
Louise Thalberg OF Derby, Conn,
holds first place in the women's
booster singles with 1853 and Al
Fowler, also Of Derby, leads the
mems booster singles with 392.
Tillman Second In Singles.
Running second in the mems
singles to Libertini Is Chester TILL
man Of Baltimore with 430. Back
OF Libertini and Haines in the mems
doubles are Tom Hanley and Clay
ton Boeckman Of Derby, Conn,
with 1856.
Three Oriole teams top the mems
championship class with Eastern
Weddings 1878 leading National
Bohemian Beer with 1855 and Bel
air Auto Parts, third, with 1881.
Pete Motyl of Derby. Conn, Is
second in the mems aIl-events with
1.188, trailing Libertini by nearly
100 pins.
Bob Davidson's spillways Of Bal
timore lead the women's champion
ship team division with Ito, while
his Walbrook quint is second with
1854, and Southway, another Bal
timore drive managed by Davidson,
Is third with 1915.
Audrey Arnold Of Baltimore Is the
women's singles leader with 3T.
while Charlotte Schlectweg Of Glen
brook, Conn, Is second with 371.
A Frederick, Md, roller, Marian
Shipley, is third with 367.
Connecticut Women Lead.
Two Glenbrook, Conn, twosomes
are out in front in the women's
doubles with Alice Packonas and
Anne Casserly first with 724 and
Charlotte Schlectweg and Ann Wiss-
man second with 702.
Ruth Blumenthal of Baltimore Is
the all-events leader with 1880.
The Eastways Of Baltimore last
night spurted to the front in. the
women's booster division with 1,546
while Gene Raney's Hagerstown
Coliseum quint moved into second
place with 1887. These scores
dropped the Happy Five Of Balti-
more to third place with 1903.
In the associated events being
rolled at the Imperial Alleys Wilmer
Robey with a five-game score Of
TOO tops the John Dennis tourna-
ment and running second to the
star Oriole pinman Is Jack Kamer-