Evening star., 1942-01-25
Payoff in Giant Event
Slated This Week.;
buffers Enriched
Majority Of Recipients
Never Before Have
Collected in Come
By ROD THOMAS.

BY ROD THOMAS.
What Is believed to be the most
unusual prize list in the history
of duckpins was announced last
night by the management of The
Stars Defense Savings Tournament,
recently ended after a month of
competition in which nearly 10000
men and women rolled.
In keeping with the record size
of the field, by far the largest ever
assembled in an entry-fee duckpir
event, the list is one of the long
est ever presented, including 302
awards.
For the first time, Defense savings
were used to pay off in a major
tournament, with the National De-
fense Savings organization initiat-
ing a move to make the affair a
model for the Nations bowlers.
Dozens Of tournaments following its
pattern now are being held through
out the country and defense coin
raised on the mapleways is ex-
pected to hit an astronomical figure.
Although virtually every star Of
both sexes in the Metropolitan
Washington Area competed, only
one captured major prize. In the
qualification test, Lorraine GULL.
former No. woman duckpinner of
the country, rolled the high scratch
set OF 401.
Stars Eliminated Early.
Failure of the experts more or
less was expected, the tournament
having been designed to give
the average and lesser bowlers a
"break." They received it through
q full handicap system, never be-
fore attempted in city-wide
tournament. Only a meager number
of the top-notchers survived the pre-
liminary, in which one-half of the
entrants at each bowling plant
qualified for the final, where lay
the bulk of the prize fund of ap-
proximately $4,000 in Defense saw
ings, maturity value.
The majority of those in the pay
of will receive the first prizes in
their bowling careers this week.
Many of them never before have
seen their names in print as maple
shooters.
The prizes range from $1,000
bond, to be received by Laurel v.
Fenwick, winner of the mems
roll-off, to $3.50, which appeared a
number of times where it was nee
essary to split awards because of
ties.
Champs Were Unknowns.
When informed a while back,
when the tournament was being
audited, that he was certain of first
prize, Fenwick, toolmaker at the
Navy Yard, declared with a grin:
I guess I can't believe it until that
81 900 bond is in my mitts.'
This is Fenwick's first season in
duckpins. He opened it with an
average in a Navy Yard league of
78. In The Star tournament, at the
Anacostia spillway. he rolled his
first 300-set and it was powerful
splurge. His score from scratch was
388 To this he added handicap of
lit for a gross tally of sos. which
topped by 20 sticks the count of
72-485 rolled by Bob Williams, Ross
lyn entrant, best score at the time,
which wound up second.
Also unknown to duckpin fame
was the winner of the women's
roll-off, and a $500 bond, extremely
attractive Lucy Trundle. University
of Maryland graduate, who laughed:
II hope I'm not dreaming" Shooting
at Silver Spring, Miss Trundle,
teacher and girl athletic coach at
Rockville High School, won the
tough way. Her handicap of SO was
the smallest among the top Is
women in the groSs-set standing and
her scratch tally was the best in
the entire field. Miss Trundle's
score read: 376-69-445.
Meyers Scratch Set High.
Outstanding performer of either
sex in the giant tournament was
Wendell Meyer, who performed at
the Arcadia. Meyer, who last sea-
son set an alltime District record
with game of PIT in the B. Y. P.
U. League at the Arcadia, rolled $50
from scratch in the final. For this,
however, he received only $3.50. He
collected $125 for tying for fifth
place in gross sets. having 24-474.
1t was that kind of q tournament
"a buffers bonanza.
For finishing second in mems
gross, Williams receives a $500 bond.
Lewis Hayden, Anacostia Spillway,
third, with 78-482. banks $500; John
P. Myers. Brookland. fourth, 66-479,
5000; Meyer and Aubrey Evans. Del
Ray, 48-474, tied for fifth, $125 each.
The top women's prizes were dis
tributed as follows: Catherine Mo-
loney, Silver Spring, second, with
99-439, $3.50; Ruby Simmons. Hi
Skor, third, with 147-438, $3.50. and
Audrey Pugh, Boulevard, fourth,
with 111-437, 500.
Such we're the lush pickings in
the finals.
Prizes Ready In Few Days.
Oliver Clark, Petworth, and John
j. Eckstine, Lucky Strike, won the
biggest prizes in the mems prelim
of 500 each. Clark rolled 74-499
for top gross set and Eckstine 444
for high scratch.
Comparable awards in the women's
early going we're $50 to Agnes Nixon
for gross and Miss GULL for scratch
set. While Lorraine was marking
up 4o1 Agnes was tallying 100-443.
Prizes will be sent to the winners
in care of the maple plants at which