Evening star., 1943-05-03
Eliminates GuIIi
With Shutoutin
Women S Test
Reaches Match Game
SemifinuIs;; ELS JAP
Wins at Greenwoy

A veritable ball of fire in winning
the first annual Greenway Bow
Handicap with 742 score which
included only nine franked pins, E,
Geib of Alexandria Recreation today
nevertheless was forced to take a
back seat behind Helen Roberts OF
Clarendon Bowling Center, who yes
terday gave Washington its biggest
bowling surprise in years.
The tall southpaw Of Clarendon's
Ladies District League team prob
ably trembled in her shoes as she
drew Lorraine GULL as her opponent
in the first round of the Clarendon
women's head-to-head-eli elimination
tournament, but when the firing was
over last night in the first two
rounds, the 106-average roller not
only had given the great GULL a
trimming in four straight games
with score of 493 to 43l, but boasted
a sweep over Frances Wilson, Ia
koma Recreation's ace pin spiller, to
be among the four semifinalists in
the rolloffs for the metropolitan
women's match-game championship
next Sunday.
Out Front All the Way.
Mrs. Roberts outbowled the vet
eran Hi-Skor team leader from
start to finish, with games of 125, 127
1l2 and 129 against strings OF l07
122, 102 and 100. In the close sec
ond game, the Clarendon roller set
tied the issue with a rouSing strike.
Hardly less brilliant was Madge
Lewis, a Clarendon teammate. who,
in the first round, whipped Lucille
Young of Chevy Chase Ice Palace
in four straight games by score
of 500 to 537 and Bing Moen of HI
Skor in the nightcap four out OF
five games, 608 to 562.
Miss Moen, however, still is in
the tournament by virtue of victory
over Miss Wilson, won in a roll-of1
to decide the fourth bowler to COM
pete in the seminal
Lucy Rose of Rosslyn rolled her
way to the semiflnal round by de-
feating Sis Holif1eld, the Greenway
Bowl newcomer, 568 to 514, winning
the last four games after losing the
first.
Moen Erases McClintic.
The first round saw Miss Moen
knocking Ruth McClintic of Rosslyn
out of the tournament. to 2, with a
lusty score of TAT to 686. Miss Will
son was a first-round winner over
Kay Caul, her Takoma team cap
tain, 4 to l, with 522 count against
465.
Among the last to roll in the field
of II, Geib, the District League
champion, fresh from his victory
over Bill King, the metropolitan
match-game titleholder, cut loose
with strings of 148, 149, 1l8 and 167
and ISL to count 1888 from scratch,
two pins more than the second-place
tally of Clarence Purdy of Arcadia,
who posted 48-731 with counts of
1872, 148. 1T, ISL and 1875.
Lou Yates, young King Pin star.
was third with 33-705; Clayton
(Boo) Henson of Rosslyn, the met
ropolitan champion, fourth. 84-698;
Moe Meade, Convention Hall, fifth,
30-696; and Julie Singer. Green
way pilot, sixth, 9-695. Al Wright.
high game prize with I'll, while
scratch set went to Ollie Pacini with
635.
Mrs. Grayson Is Winner.
Flashing 76l score which in
cluded l75-pin handicap, Mrs.
Catherine GraySon of Warrenton,
Va, walked off with the Red Cross
benefit event at Arlington Bowling
Center. Henson, in his second bid
for some of the big coin, landed
second with 130-737, while Bill
Moak, last weeks winner at King
Pin, rolled into third place with
210-724. Anna Bryan Of Silver
Spring was the second high femi-
nine contestant with 160-704, and
Kitty Rice OF Arlington was third
with 120-698
The Belvin (Joe) Weakleys won
the 18th annual husband and wife
tournament at Arcadia with COM
ulllCu llfC-SdlllC SCOIC VI 1,IAt, llOS-
ing out the Lee Browns by two pins.
Joe hit for COL, and Doris 526.
Their prize was a $25 War bond.
Brown. veteran GPO and Masonic
pinman was among the top male
participants with 633.
H. R. Grow, little known Petworth
Lodge bowler of the Masonic League,
is the new class A singles leader in
the 33d annual Washington City
Duckpin Association tournament
with 422 score. He supplanted Bill
King, the Metropolitan match game
champion.
Springtime bowling will be given
impetus tonight at the Lucky Strike
with the opening Of the 22d annual
Washington Women's Duckpin AS
sociation tournament.