Evening star., 1942-01-03
Many 10 Use League
Sets Next Week as
Scores in Final
Brooklond, Anoeostio
Take Over Spotlight
In Tonieht's PIoy
By ROD THOMAS.

by hOD 1hOmASs
A score Of 434 or better viii be
necessary 10 land IN the gross-set
pay-o6 Of the mems division in the
final Of The Stars Defense Savings
Bowling Tournament, it was an
noxneed today by Ofncial Scorer
Harry r. Woodfield. Woodfield (also
president of the National Horseshoe
Pitchers Association emerged from
q mass OF papers with the further
information that a woman must
shoot 400 or better with handicap to
share the spoils.
The tournament will wind up
week from tonight, with dozens OF
bowlers using their next weeks
league scores as tallies in the tour
nament.
Regular rOll-off sessions are Sched-
uled tonight at the Brookland Rec
reation and Anacostia SpiuWay, ana
the Spilling has one slated for to-
morrow night. Woman qualifiers at
Convention Hall will fire Wednes-
day evening.
Best scores reported last night
were: Brookland-Men, Herbert
Carothers. 72-441; George Sarver,
54-420, and John j. Keegan, 90
AIS.
King Pin-Men, Ted Kokinas, 75-
$50, with a gross game Of 25-18l;
Prank Hurst. 105-444; Ira Alphen,
63-439. and Michael Guzey, 108-
427.
Williams Still in Front.
Still leading the field in mems
gross sets. for which the top prize
is 81. 900 Defense bond, is Bob Will
liams. Rosslyn, with 72-485. and in
the women's class, Lucy Trundle,
Silver Spring, with GAS. retains
the No / spot, reaching for a $500
bond.
Other leaders are:
Men-Scratch set, Wendell Mo-
yer. Arcadia. $50; scratch game.
Pat Loughney, Lafayette, l78; gross
game. Harry McQuary, Fort Davis,
33-195.
Scratch set. Lucy Trun-
die, Silver Spring. 376; scratch
game, Helen De Binder. Clarendon,
1863: gross game. Catherine Moloney,
Silver Spring, 33-183.
For gross sets in the mems dl-
vision $50 prizes will be awarded:
In the womens rs. With each sex
making up its own prize fund from
entry fees. the skirted bowlers may
look for much smaller awards, in
the main, than the males.
Exactly how large the two melons
will be known after report to be
made by Tournament Treasurer j.
w. (BilD Wood at meeting Mon
day of the Metropolitan Washington
Duckpin Operators Association OF
which Wood, superintendent of the
Lucky Strike, Hi-Skor and King
Pin, also is treasurer Alley man.
ayers have functioned as local chair
men in the giant tournament. in
the preliminary of which more than
$500 competed.
Alley Men Have Problem.
A goodlv number of those who
qualified for the final have yet, to
roll. They are urged to communi-
cate with their alley managers. some
of whom have traffic problems.
Most of the leagues will resume COM
petition next week after a Yuletide
layoff and some establishments
won't be able to allot drives on quick
notice to tournament bowlers. Four
to two drives is a tournament rule.
with PAGERS allowed, and a foul line
judge mandatory.
The mems current low gross prize
possibility of 434 recalls one of the
most unusual feats in duckpin his
tory. On February II, 1917. Ray
Chaplin shot 434 for an all-time
Washington league record and three
weeks later duplicated it to a stick.
rolling his first brilliant set in the
District League and the second in
the National Capital.
Through the years the city record
has boosted gradually until today
It stands at 497. set by Joe Pricci in
1882 in the New Recreation League.
One of the best performances of
the current season was that of
Wendell Mover, with his $50 from
scratch in The Star tournament
final.