Evening star., 1942-02-02
5areN Fourth Bmtn Event. Sets Record With Seven Straight Strikes
Score Of 216 Makes
Him First 10 Beat 200
For Third Time
Meeow Wins Tournament
With 60-1, 1874 ToIIy;
Shea Runs Second

Bill Gartrell, standing well over
6 feet but weighing a scant 100
pounds, finished only fourth in the
annual Hap Burtner 'Duckpln
Handicap at Convention Hall last
night, but the Takoma Recreation
manager today had to his credit
one Of the most amazing bowling
feats on record.
In the second of his 10 games IN
the tournament-won by Red Megaw
with Johnny Shea the runnerup-
Gartrell fired seven consecutive
strikes for what is believed to be an
official hardwood duckpin record.
The feat was accomplished dozen
years ago by Sam Del Vecchio but
not under championship conditions.
Gartrell struck in the last six
boxes with a double in the tenth to
pile up a score of 216 and thus be-
came probably the only man in the
games history to beat 200 a third
time. A while back he rolled 247
in an informal game and two sea-
sons ago shot 210 in the Sanico
League to tie the existing city
record.
Misses Record by . Pin.
His 216 was one pin under the
current high mark for Washington,
marked up two years ago by Wen
dell Meyer in the B. Y. p. U. League.
The stringbeanish Gartrell. who
appears awkward on the maple
ways and rolls ball with appar-
emily nothing on It," curving
slightly into the left pocket, holds
the unofficial national record with
247, rolled last fall at Takoma. He
topped by seven pins the previous
mark achieved by Del Vecchio at
the Queen Pin when a high school
lad. Sans 240 included his string
of seven strikes.
In last nights whopper Gartrell
had only A pins in the fourth frame,
having spared in the third. In the
roll-off of his last-box strike, he
counted 10 then cut deuce through
the side when a pocket hit would
have given him an all-time Dis
trict record for official competition.
Shoots Set Of 676.
His whopper gave him 676 for his
first five games and 50-pin hendi-
cap boosted his five-game score to
726, second high for the first block.
His total for the 10 games was
1873.
Megaw, veteran Queen Pin pilot,
put on a dazzling exhibition to lead
the opening block with 738 after
tacking a 30-pin handicap to games
of 1873, 1866, 108, 1853 and 1888. He
came back with strings of 101, 113,
$50, 12O and 142 to post 10-game
score of 1894. His prize was 5000.
Victor in the recent Del Ray Open
and a prize winner in Saturdays
Ollie Pacini Near-Star tournament
at Northeast Temple, Johnny Shea,
an assistant to Manager Hokie
Smith at the Lucky Strike, fired
sets Of 69s and 591 to land second
money of $lO0 with a 1881 score
which included 94-pin handicap.
A Northeast Temple roller, Gene
Smith, with q handicap Of 1874,
landed third place with 1875 to
win $50.
Collins Finishes Fifth.
Two pins back Of Gartrell, who
won $50, was Leonard Collins in
fifth place with 1871. Franked ia
sticks, the Silver Spring American
Lacquer posted sets of 668 and 589
from scratch to collect $40.
Arlington Bowling Center's Frank
Mischou landed sixth money of SIS
with 54-1,344.
Rolling two sets of GIT and with
i00-pin handicap, Norman Schroth,
a consistent money winner in Con-
vention Hall tournaments, finished
with 100-1,334 to pocket seventh
place coin of $13. The final money
post went to Jim Luckett of Arling-
ton Bowling Center with 88-1,327.
His prize was $40.
Just out of the money was Astor
Clarke, with 34-1,324.
Consolation set and game win
ners were Berli Damico, Fort Davis,
1882; Joe Pate, Baltimore, 154,
and Orville Platt, G.. P. O.. 50-703,
while Arthur Crown, defending
champion, who finished far down in
the field of 81 contestants with 1,271,
divided the last block high-game
prize of 161 with Ernie Burkhalter.