Evening star., 1943-01-05
Boston College Rated Only Bowl Failure
Series Of Red Cross
Benefit Pin Events
Will Be Staged
Alley Operators Booking
Affairs for Men, Women
to Begin Next Sunday

Going to bat again to aid a pa
triotic cause and at the same time
provide special competition on Sum
days for hundreds Of men and wom-
en- bowlers, the Metropolitan Wash
ington Bowling Alley Operators As
sociation yesterday at its monthly
meeting at the Hamilton Hotel,
heartily indorsed a weekly program
OF Red Cross benefit handicap tour
naments, to be staged at the various
establishments during the next sew
eral months.
The first tournament will be held
at the Lucky Strike next Sunday,
starting at 2 o'clock and will run un-
til midnight. Lafayette, Petworth
and Anacostia SpillWay will stage
the benefit affair on succeeding Sun
days with other drives in the tour
nament wheel to be announced later
by Dick Hobart, association secre-
tary, who will direct the series OF
events.
Each to Donate IS Cents.
From an entrance fee Of So each
contestant will donate Is cents to
the Red Cross. while each establish
ment will match each bowler's con-
tribution. Both sexes will be al
lowed full handicaps based on a
scratch of 1913.
Top prize will be $50 at the Lucky
Strike with other awards governed
by the number OF participants. A
separate prize list will be in effect
for women, besides all feminine par
ticipants are eligible for the major
awards.
Conspicuous by his absence yes
terday was Hugh Arbaugh. president
of the association. Illness forced
the Silver Spring proprietor to miss
his first meeting since being elected
to the top executive post two years
ago. Bill Wood. whom Arbaugh
succeeded as president and who now
serves as treasurer. presided. Ar
vile Ebersole, executive secretary OF
the National Duckpin Bowling Con-
gress, was the principal speaker at
the luncheon.
Old Dominion Drive On.
Optimistic over his chances Of
topping last years record field Of
3ll man and woman contestants,
Gait Davis, the Rosslyn bowling
impresario. last night started things
humming for the seventh annual Old
Dominion Handicap by staging a
preliminary event in the Building
Supply League with AL Holmes,
Johnny Ryall and Billy Stalcup, the
first to win free entries. The free
ride" entry list promises to be given
substantial boost tonight when
bowlers of the 2O-club Rosslyn
Independent League hold a prelim.
The mammoth five-game event
will be held January is and IT, Both
sexes will pay an entrance fee of
$3.50. A three-fifths handicap will
be based on scratch of 1873.
Sweeping the Kings to hike their
winning streak to IL games, the
Chaneys gained tie for first place
in the st. Martins Club League with
the Jeffries last night at King Pin.
Loss Of game to the Ryans cost the
Jenries undisputed possession Of the
top rung. Capt. Ed Jeffries' $50 and
1853 were tops.
Carl Wingfeld's highs OF 14o and
404 gave Mount Pleasant a 81 edge
over Union Station in the Diamond
Cab League at Lucky Strike. Led by
David's 133-349, Service Station
whitewashed Cruisers to increase its
league lead to five games over
Brightwood as the runnerup dropped
a 81 decision to the third place
Carlton Hotel cabbies.
Commerce Retains Lead.
Commerce maintained its four
game lead in the National Capital
Ladies League at Lucky Strike by
a FL win from the third-place Mis-
cellaneous quint as the second-place
Standards led by Dot Wells TOP
single Of 129, trimmed the Navy
Yard Progress combination. I'll.
Rebecca Armstrong; 305 was high
for the pace-setting Commerce.
Columbia rollers moved to a two
game lead In the Odd Fellows
League at Brookland by taking the
rubber tilt from Loyalty, while the
runner-up Covenants dropped a 81
verdict to Eastern, which Walter
Lund sparked with highs of 1873 and
1868. Doc Lewis Of Mount Pleasant
banged out 367.
Caroline Hiser's 141 and 353 we're
the big blows as Rustic Cabin busted
of Carr Bros. e. Boswell tn the
Hyattsville Ladies League. Agnes
Collins l37-338 and Minnie Browns
l25-337 paved the way for Loch-
ner's Radio to nick Prince Georges
Post, 81.
BY a one-sided score OF 1850 to
1880. the Penn Recreation Juniors
fairly smothered the visiting Co.
lumbia Juniors. Buddy COLLINS
155-407 and Bill Amanuel's 1877
3Ss were the heaviest wallops.
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