Evening star., 1942-01-28
MerkIe BowIers SET
League Marks as
Brown Shines
Hang Up New Standards
For Come and Set in
R. !. Avenue Loop

For Come and Set in
R. !. Avenue Loop
Sharing the bowling spotlight
today with Lee Brown and his
E. A. Merkle Co. teammates IS
all-time record-smashers in the
Rhode Island Avenue Businessmen's
League were Joe Donahue, q rising
No. duckpinner.
Flashing games OF 1872, 156 and
134 last night at King Pin to crack
his own all-time mark of "a, Jen-
kins hardly had time to glory in
his new feat when Brown, veteran
Government Printing ONCE roller.
posted 457 to top Jenkins brilliant
effort Of 452 by five pins. Fir
ing strings Of 165, 14 and 12s,
Brown paved the way for the Merkle
quint to mark up all-time team
highs Of 668 and 1888 in q 81 win
from Baumgarten pinmen.
Jenkins watched another of his
all-time league marks tossed into
the discard when Donahue fired 1S5
to salvage the only game Brook
land Post ONCE won from z. A.
Merkle in one Of the loops double
header matches.
Boosting his au-time league 400
set record to 10 for the season, Jen-
kins prevented the pace-setting Jer-
nigan Cleaners from being shut out
by the Celtfcs.
Maffet Rolls High Game.
Maffet Of the Aztecs with 1873 was
tops in the Procurement League at
Bethesda Bowling Center The In
cas- and Dorics shared highs Of 5s7
and 1923, respectively.
Posting top scores Of SAT and 1,712,
Christ Church rollers upset the lead
ing Douglas No. ouint in the East
Washington Church League. Percy
Lawhorn. ace pinman Of the Pet
worth outfit, shone with highs Of I58
and All.
Brookman's 164 was the big blow
as Brightwood No. l chalked up a
season record Of 1.749 in the Letter
Carriers League at Brookland Recre-
alton. Set honors went to Linda
mood Of Cleveland Park with 382
while the Central quint bagged high
game with sos.
Topped by Harry billiards l64 and
420 which led Queen Chapel's sweep
over Howard Cleaners, six other pin
men marked up 400-sets in the
Prince Georges County League at the
Hyattsville Recreation. Despite
Harry Wolfe's AIS and Ki Keeler's
402 Dixie Tavern dropped the rubber
game to @. & S. Laundry. Charley
Souder's AIS paced Chillum's 80 win
from Smiths Tavern while Lee
Fleshmans 413. Don Patrick's 4l4
and George Brandt's 400 also were
highlights.
Teammates on the Kenwood No. :
quint, Peggy Wire with 124-314 and
Ellen Butler with 120-314 divided
honors In the Women's County Club
League at Silver Spring.
Watson Seeks More Coin.
Squeezing in with . 119 average,
Ray Watson. the veteran Brookland
! Merchants League star. will shoot
| for his third tournament victory Of
the season Saturday when he fires
in the sixth annual Ollie Pacini
Near-Star event at Northeast
Temple.
Winner of the Pop Wolfe
Memorial, the seasons first major
event, Watson came through with
his second triumph in the recent
Chilly Barnard Handicap at George
town Recreation.
With the event limited to bowlers
with averages OF 120 and under,
Frank Mischou, last years victor.
| likely will be on the sidennes when
| the seven-game event gets underway
at 2 o'clock. Entrance fee is IS. A
two third handicap will be given
contestants under the scratch mark
Of 120.
The winner besides an approxi-
mate top prize of 500 will receive
the Ollie Pacini gold medal award.
Winning two games from Indus
trial with higfA- of 480 and 1865. the
leading Actuary rollers boosted their
standings in the Peoples Life In
suprance Ladies' League at Hi-Skor
to 81 games won out of IS rolled.
Arlene Lightfoot was tops with lot
and 295 as the Ordinary quint took
a lone decision from Branch.