Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-10
Rings Up Third
Triumph In As
Many Weeks
Whips Modge Lewis
For Metro Honors;
Wright Stoys Hot
g her third surprise duck


pin victory on successive week ends,
Helen Roberts of Clarendon Bowling
Center today was hailed as the
women's metropolitan match-game
champion by defeating Madge Lewis,
a teammate, four games to two, in
the final of the Clarendon elimina-
ton tournament last night
Brilliant in her sweeps over
famous Lorraine GULL of Hi-Skor
and Frances Wilson, the Takoma
star, the tall 106-average southpaW
bowler was no less spectacular in
her triumph over Mrs Lewis, one of
. the foremost feminine pinspillers in
the duckpln game.
To reach the final round last night,
Mrs. Lewis trimmed the great Lucy
Rose Of Rosslyn Bowling Center in
convincing manner. four games to
two, with a score of 739 to 6e5 Her
games were 100. 1873, SO, 149, Ill
and al. Mrs Rose posted strings
Of 106, 100, ia, 1T, 129 and 100.
For a moment. it appeared, a
walkaWay for Mrs Lewis in the final
against Mrs. Roberts, who had
drawn a bye when Bing Moen of
Hi-score defaulted in the semifinai
round, after winning the first game,
124 to 80. But Mrs. Roberts squared
matters by winning the second
game, 119 to 1T, with a ringing
nine-pin count on a last box spare.
Mrs. Lewis Puts Up Battle.
She won the next two games, 1913
TO Ill and 100 to 1T, but Mrs Lewis,
one of the greatest bowling COM
petitors in the country, came back
to win the fifth, 1872 to Ill.
Both rollers, plainly affected by
their fast rolling, ran into a series
of headpin splits in the first five
boxes of the sixth and deciding
game. Here Mrs. Roberts turned
the tide of the hectic battle with
spares in the next two frames and
when Mrs. Lewis challenged her
comfortable lead with a ninth box
strike Mrs. Roberts retaliated with
a tenth-boX spare to pull safety
away. The last game score was
ITO to 1902.
Earlier in the day Mrs Lewis and
Al Wright, as an added attraction
to the Mothers Day Handicap at
Penn Recreation, trimmed the two
some of Bill King. the mems metro
politan match-game champion. and
Ruth McClintic Of Rosslyn, 746 to
70l, In a mixed doubles fracaS.
Wright fired 1872 and Mrs. Lewis 354.
Wright on a Rampage.
1t was the second triumph for
Wright in two days. Saturday night
he trekked to Martinsburg, w. Va,
to win the Hoop Caskey tournament
with siX-game score of 804, after
coming from behind in the last game
to beat out Ell Geib, the District
League champion, by 20 pins.
Weddy Roberts of Greenway fin
ished fourth with 1854, IS pins back
of George Bowers Of Martinsburg
who placed third with TIC.
Harold Greenberg Of Silver Spring
was the victor in the Mothers Day
tournament with a gross score of
f53. which included 135 free pins
Clayton (Boo) Henson of Arlington,
the metropolitan horseshoe cham
pion, finished second with 120-748.
Duke Newman of Clarendon was
third with 105-739.
Bill Moak of Veterans Admin
istration last night at Takoma was
the winner Of the Red Cross benefit
for the second time in the last
three week ends.
MOak Is Consistent
A recent victor at King Pin and
runner-up at Arlington, Moak top
ped a big field at Takoma with 766.
His handicap was 2l0 pins Mark
Hoyt of Takoma was second with
l20-705, while third place was a
tie between C. w. Martin, Bethesda,
l45-7OO, and Bill Caul, Takoma,
s0-700. Stimmy Hart led the wom-
an contestants with 100-699 and
Jimmie Harding. her Takoma Rec
reation teammate, was second with
l20-68o.
Tonight the 33d annual Washing
ton City DuCkpin Association tour
hament enters its fourth week and
final three days Of competition at
Columbia Besides a host of singles
and doubles at 7 and 10 o'clock five
teams are listed to roll at with
Forage Crop, Forest Service, Public
Roads and Interbureau teams of the
Agriculture League vying in Glass
B with New Jerusalem of the Ma
sonic League aiming at the Glass C
championship.
The 22d annual Washington
Women's Duckpin Association will
be the attraction at Lucky Strike