Evening star., 1943-04-22
1a|bert, Linkiins
Hot in Pinches;
Finish Thrills
Watson Is Individual
Champ With Geib
Close on Heels

Total pins today gave Clarendon
Bowling Center pinmen the cham
pionship in the fast District League
over Lucky Strike after the two
strong maple-spilling aggregations
finished the season in a first place
deadlock with Sc games won and 81
losses.
Pace-setters from the very start of
the long and hectic flag chase, the
Clarendon sharpshooters Al
Wright, Chick Darr, George Linkins,
Jack Perrell, Lee Marcy and Jack
Talbert-capped their winning drive
with a 81 victory over King Pin
last night at King Pin after losing
the first game, 586 to 629. Anchor
man Talbert rescued the middle
game that ended, GIG to SGT, with 155,
while Linkins, replacing Darr, fired
140 to lead last-game score of
500 to 621 for the losers. Young
Billy Towles banged out $50 to cli-
max a 388 set as King Pin threat
ened in the final skirmish.
Luckies Make Gallant Try.
Lucky Strike, composed of Pret
Wannan, Russ tSkeets) Parks, Har-
ry Aiken, Bub Guethler and Capt.
Bill Miller. made a gallant bid for
its third successive pennant by fairly
swamping Hyattsville with an even
1900 tally, featured by Guethler's
146-426 and Wannan's 154-387. In
the home stretch the Luckies won
10 OF their last II games, while Clar-
endon split even Young Jimmy
OFT, jr., a star in his first major
league season. fired 391 for Hyatts-
vile, which skidded from fourth to
fifth place after being a flag con-
tender throughout the entire cam
paign.
With 81 win from Rosslyn in a
postponed match and a 81 victory
over Bethesda Bowling Center as
Joe Di MiSa starred with 434 and
402, Lafayette pulled up into fourth
place. Bill King. still on a rampage
after his brilliant triumph in the
Ellis Goodman elimination, led
Bethesda with 401, while Bill Coudry
rounded out his first season in the
big time with an even 400.
Brookland Muffs Chance.
Losing Of the final game to the
sixth place Anacostia Spillways aft
er begging the first two with 635
and 641, cost the third-place Brook
land Recreation tie for first place.
Nick Rinaldi led the winners with
4O2, while Teammate Ray Watson,
VINO won the individual champion
ship, ended a brilliant season with
1893 for an average of 127-58. Close
at his heels was El Geib, who paced
Alexandria to a 21 win from Ar
cadia with 425. Several postponed
sets rolled by Geib the last several
Gays were not available last night
to determine his e,-act average.
Ed Blakenev, - Hi-Skor ace, put
the finiShi''~ .uches on another
great yes" league rolling with
top scor0 ; q 16C and 436 to lead a
80 III, out over Georgetown. Bob
Mlclotuo aided the victors' top set
OF 1915 with 402. Hi-Skor rollers
Knocked down nearly 1000 more
pins than the f1ag-winning Claren-
cone, but finished six games back of
the Virginians in seventh place.
Other final night matches saw Ar
thur Nelson's 358 aiding Arlington
Bowling Center to its 2-1 win from
Convention Hall and Rosslyn put
ting it on Chevy Chase Ice Palace
Tor the odd game.
The final standings we're: Clar-
endon, 56-34; Lucky Strike, 56-34;
Brookland, 55-35; Lafayette, 53-37;
Hyattsville, 5238; Spillway, 51-39;
Hi-Skor, 50-40; Alexandria, 5O-4O;
Bethesda, 47-43; King Pin, 42-48;
Convention Hall, 41-39; Rosslyn,
37-53; Arcadia, 1856; Georgetown,
34-56; Ice Palace, 1888; Arlington,
S0-60.