Evening star., 1942-04-25
Three Major Events
Scheduled Tonight
For Duckpinners
City, kotionol Journeys
And Odd Fellows Tilt
Divide Attention

Three major events will claim the
interests of most Washington bowl
ers tonight as the Washington City
Duckpin Association carries on At
Convention Hall and the Odd Fell
lows of Baltimore and washington
stage the wind-up Of their annual
intercity matches at Brookland
Recreation while the National Duck
pin Bowling Congress champion
ships continue In Baltimore.
Government Printing once PIN
spillers were slated to start the firing
in the Sad annual city event at the
Hall this afternoon with . quartet
of teams from the Western Electric
League taking over the drives at 8
o'clock.
Trailing by 29s pins the IL wash
ington Odd Fellows teams have q
big order to fill II they are TO come
through with their second consecu-
tive victory in the nth annual clash
with the invading Orioles.
In the first half of the 6-game
series last week in the Monumental
City. the Orioles posted q total score
of 17,07s to washington's 1870.
Bill Kennedy led the Baltimore at
tack with 4o7 Is his No. 1 team hit
top score of 1,73l. Chalmers Groff
and Charley Hatton with respective
counts of 161 and All were high for
the District.
ID. C. Wins IL Straight Games.
A victory tonight would give
Washington its 18th win. The Dis
trict rollers won IL straight matches
before the Baltimoreans triumphed
three times in q row.
with approximately 100 teams and
corresponding number of singles
and doubles, New England man and
woman duckpinners will jam Balti-
more's Recreation Center drives to-
night and tomorrow in the windup
of the 18th annual national tourna-
ment, and unless they cut loose with
some huge scores their chances Of
successfully defending six titles are
very slim.
Here are the scores they will be
aiming to top in the championship
divisions Of the N. D. B. c.:
Men-Team, Savola-Frankiin. Bal
timore, 2,044; doubles, Libertini-
Haines, Baltimore, 844 singles, Bill
Krauss, Washington. 456; all-events,
Libertini, Baltimore, 1892.
Women-Team, Spillway, Balti-
more, Ito; doubles, Hiser-G GULL,
Washington, 739; singles, Edna
Hughes, Norfolk, 428; all-events,
Edna Brockwell, Richmond, 1,113.
Masonic Team on Top.
Featured by Jimmy Mason's 399.
the highest set rolled so far in the
city tournament, the Mount Pleasant
quint of the Masonic League gained
the Glass c team leadership In the
city tournament last night at Con-
vention Hall.
The George C.. Whiting crews led
by Charley Renwick's 388 and Clay
ton Browns $50 shot to the front in
Glass B with o team total of 1871,
Renwick, runner-up to Brown for
the Masonic League championship
with lit average, tied the tourna-
ment's top single with 154
New Jerusalem took over the lead
In the Glass D team event with
l.572 as Jimmy Howell aided with
342.
L. p. Keller of the Prince Georges
County League is the Glass A
singles leader by virtue of a 383
count, while Wesley Miltner tops
Glass B after firing 356. Clayton
Brown capped the evening with a
372 for second high in Glass A
singles and Joe Pricci, the w. C. d.
AS new secretary. moved to third
place with $40.
A count of $50 gave the twosome
of Leroy and Sullivan the Glass C
doubles lead. Mackey and Freed
man forged to the front in Class Z
doubles with sol.