Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-02-03
Megaw7 Threat in OwnPn7est
vet, Shows o|dfime
Form in Capturing
BURNER Handicap
Elicit Rolls 1874 Come
For Odd Fellows Mark;
BrookIund Girls Win

Inspired by his victory in the Han
BURNER Handicap, Red Megaw, last
Of the old guard to keep pitching
with the present-day stars in major
Journeys. may be the one to beat
when the eighth annual event which
bears=..lis name is staged Saturday
at Queen Pin.
Members OF the once famed King
Pin All-Stars who fired a memorable
city-wide all-time record of 3,216 to
beat the finest Baltimore could
muster some IS years ago, the
doughty Scotchman, now manager OF
the Southeast drives, hadn't tasted
victory in many moons until his
triumph in last Sundays BURNER.
Probably as tickled over Megaw's
surprising win was Burtner. Bowling
pak for many years. 1t pleased
Burtner no little to see his former
King Pin mate stage comeback.
Burtr1er was captain of the record
smashing King Pin combination,
who. like other members of the
famous team - Howard Campbell,
Glenn Wolstenholme, Al Work and
Earl McPhilomy - rolls only occa-
sionally.
Were Great Doubles Pair.
But the bowling associations Of
MegaW and Burtner started even
before the King Pin reign. Few
could. beat this stellar duo at the
old Rathskellar on the corner Of
Eighth and E along about the finish
Of World War No. /. Later they
moved over to the Grand Central at
Seventh and Pennsylvania avenue
when Morris Cafritz started the
drrkpin boom here.
Both were members of several pow
erfulf Convention Hall teams more
than a decade ago. But when
BURNER hung up his bowling shoes
Megaw carried on.
And today he's still doing a pref
ty fair job Of knocking over the
naples. as attested by his 708 and
626 scratch scores in the BURNER
tournament. With a 6O-pin handi-
cap, ne lOUdlco 1,Oof W u lOiii pa
over a field of "a competitors.
All set to play host to many stars
of the Middle Atlantic sector, Me-
gaw announced today that the 10
game attraction would get under
way Saturday at o'clock, with a
second squad scheduled at 4:30.
On edge for Sundays eight-team
Children's Hospital blood bank fra
ternal championship matches at
Convention Hall Sunday was Perce
Elicit, who last night fired season
record OF 1874 in the Odd Fellows
League at Brookland. His whop-
per, 8 pins shy of the loops all
time high, enabled the pace-setting
Anity No. quint to post 634 IN
sweep over Metropolis.
Sure to see action on the Odd
FELLOWS team, George Glossbrenner ]
warmed up with a ses, OF 1888 as
Columbia No. swept Eastern with
a score of 1851. Harold Hodges,
another Odd Fellow star, clouted
for 375 as the Golden Rule combi-
nation white-washed Columbia No. 2.
Ham Miller's 162 was the big poke
az Washington Gas rollers carried
of team laurels with 6l8 and 1882
In the Merchants League at Con-
vention Hall.
Sheriff Wins at Hyattsville.
Bill Sheriff with gross score OF
4s8 was the winner Of the Hyatts-
vile Recreation Handicap. His
prize $50. Jim Hollands 430
gained him second money OF SIS
while r. L. Willis and Bill Reel tied
for third place with 424. They split
s12. Bob Keller's 400 won the final
money award of SO and Bud Frey
pocketed 81 with 1853 string.
Oscar Hiser will continue the
three-game affair Sunday from to
9 o'clock.