Evening star., 1942-04-30
Gathers Five Strikes
In Row 10 Tie Mark
Hung Up by Daily
Lucky Strike DeodIocks
Arcadia for Top Spot;
PonneII Pucesetter

A game of 203, highest ever rolled
IN the long history of the District
League, today stood to the credit of
Al Wright of the Anacostia Spillway
team.
In achieving the first 200-game
ever chalked up in the all-star cir
cult last night at Chevy Chase Ice
Palace the Arlington speedballer
not only cracked the two -month-old
all-time mark of 1874 posted by
Wally Burton at Hyattsville, but tied
Carroll Days league mark of five
consecutive strikes in a single game.
DAILY turned in his memorable feat
10 years ago at Convention Hall as
"a member of the Columbia team.
When Wright turned on the heat
1t was the third time during the
season the all-time game mark had
been boosted in the 36-year-old loop.
Early last fall Warren johnson, an
unknown Hyattsville bowler, gained
the spotlight with 1913.
Besides his five strikes in a row
posted from the fourth through the
seventh box, Wright made only two
other marks, a strike in the second
box and a spare in the ninth.
Spillways Shoot 724 Game.
Wright's record string gave the
Spillways second high game for the
season of 724. His whopper was
sandwiched between games Of LOT
and ia for the evenings top set of
424 which paved the way for the
six th-place pennant- contending
Spilways to move only two games
out Of first place with 2-1 win
from Ice Palace.
incidentally, Abe Beavers 160-
419 and Cletus Pannell's 150-408
gave the Spillways top team count
of 1888.
In hectic pennant battle the in
vading Lucky Strike won a 81 vic
tory over Del Ray to tie with
Arcadia for the lead as the latter
split even in a double win
ming, 81, from Hi-Skor in an excit-
ing match and losing the rubber
game to Lafayette.
Bub Guethler with 160-423, Harry
Aiken with 170-405 and Larry Smith
with 1880 led as Lucky Strike
rolled 690-1,925 while Hokie Smith
of last years pennant winners
turned in costly 1854 which dropped
him back of PanneH In their indi-
vidual championship scrap. With
only six more games to roll. Pannell,
with an average Of 1926. has a
lead Of 80 pins.
Despite their loss to Arcadia, the
Hi-Skor rollers maintained
second-place tie with Rosslyn and
Arlington. The three deadlocked
clubs are only one game behind
Arcadia and Lucky Strike.
MU4Et1F Groove Again.
Wendell Meyer, of 217~Game fame
and a recent addition to the Arcadia
lineup, led In the win ever Hi -Skor
with 142-389. Lou Pantos posted
160-4l6 for the losers. ii Geib, for
merly of Del Ray, who has taken the
place Of Fred Murphy since the lat
ter enlisted In the Army, hit for 148
-387 as Arcadia dropped the odd
one to Lafayette.
Rosslyn, with Whip Litchfield
banging out 153-383, trimmed
Hiser's Bethesda, 81, while Airing
ton dropped 2-1 decision to the
charging seventh-place Convention
Hall outfit which still has fighting
chance to win the pennant.
In the other matches Wally Bur-
tons 148-4O4 led Hyattsville to a
81 triumph over Brookland, while
Peacock's Bethesda jolted Penn
Recreation, 2-1, despite Bill Kings
159-408 and Abe Weinberg's IA
1896. Frank Rilet featured for the
winners with 376. Georgetown
Recreation was a 81 victor over
King Pin as Joe DiMisa hit for
highs Of IA and 375.