Evening star., 1944-11-15
Nation S Duckpin Aces
To Shoot Saturday
In Dixie Journey
BY BEN McALWEE.

one OF the biggest fleldS OF the
East's foremost duckpin bowlers
ever to compete here looms for the
l4th annual Dixie Open to be staged
Saturday in consecutive five-game
blocks at Lafayette, Lucky Strike
and Convention Hall.
With unusually big squads of con-
testants hailing from New England
to Florida, Arville Ebersole, execu-
tive secretary Of the National Duck
pin Bowling Congress. who will di-
rect the big bowling extravaganza.
estimates the entry may hit the
l00-mark. The Winners share of
a probable $4,000 prize list will be
$500.
As prelude to the big yearly
attraction two special matches have
been arranged Friday night at
Bethesda Bowling Center and Hy-
attsville Recreation. George HUI
guely, the Bethesda bowling leader,
has picked a strong combination to
fire against the famed Connecticut
Blue Ribbons while Oscar Hiser
has lined up another array of Capt.
tai stars to fire against an aggre-
cation Of New Haven sharpshooters.
Both contests will start at 7:30.
They're Really All-Star Affairs.
The Blue Ribbon lineup will in
clude Nick Tronsky, Joe Gacek, Joe
Bonigli, Joe Genovesi, Steve Wit
kowski and Harry Peters, defending
Dixie champion. The Bethesda out
fit will be composed Of Tony San
TIM. Ed Blakeney, Bub Guethler,
Jack Talbert and Johnny Ressa.
Redoubtable Jack White will head
the New Haven quint supported by
George Brown, Bill Dente, Ben Kos
Ky, Mac Carboni and Stan Pawlak.
Hyattsville's special team will be
made up OF Perce Wolfe, Bob Mich
otto, Fred Murphy, Karl Gochenour,
Ed Nash, Gordon Remsburg and
Wally Burton.
Two years removed from the scene
OF some OF his greatest bowling tri-
umphs, Incompatible Astor Clarke
of Tampa, who was the No. / duck
pin bowler of the country for six
consecutive years, and Ralph Richey,
another leading Florida pinman,
Will head the array of stars from
the deep South. M. c. Rhodes and
Harry Davis of Savannah, Ga; John
Sappenfeld of Winston-Salem, N.
c.; Alan Liebler of Portsmouth,
Va: Claude Pop) Caskey, Mar
tinsburg, w. Va, and Gordon Nell
wee of Winchester, Va, will be
among the other Southern shooters
on deck for the Dixie.
District League in Action.
/ Other Connecticut participants
will be Chubby Marks, Leo Cormier
and Al Sommick from Bridgeport;
Andy Kerkes from Stratord; Eddie
Cahill from Stamford, Walter Starr
from New Haven, Chip Kemis and
Chet Balducci will be among four
rollers from Torrington, while Al
Carangelo and Tommy De Lucco will
be among the Hartford contestants.
| All OF Washington's some 80
threats will warm up tonight for
the big week end in District League
matches scheduled at 7:3O.
Out in front by three games the
pace-setting Northeast Temple
quint will be host to the second
place H-Skor while Hyattsville will
be at Clarendon, Colonial Village at
Lafayette. Spillway at Bethesda,
Brookland at King Pin and Green
way at Lucky Strike.
In the three most important
Ladies District League matches to-
night at 7:30 the front-runing King
Pins. winners Of II out of their last
Ii games and leading by one game
engage the second-place Brookland
Recreations at Brookland. Hi-Skor
and Chevy Chase Ice Palace, dead
locked in the runner-up spot, will
be respective hosts to Rosslyn and
Silver Spring. Lafayette invades
Colonial Village, Bethesda visits
Spillway and Red Circle tricks to
Takoma.