Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-08
Campaign Winds Up
Tomorrow; Capital
Pinmen Triumph
BY ROD THOMAS.

report, the tally in The Star War
Bond bowling campaign, ending to-
morrow, today stood at SIS, 472 ,537,
according to figures submitted by
campaign leaders in a rally last
night at the Bethesda Bowling Gen.
ter. The goal was 100000.
Al Harloff of the District War
Finance Committee in announcing
$4,418,937 for the Capital proper, de-
clared the bowling drive had enabled
the District to surpass its December
quota. 1t was feared, he said, it
would not be reached.
Eddie Goldberg, chairman of the
Arlington County section of the
bowlers' campaign for fleet of war
planes, announced $526,975: Hugh
w. Arbaugh, heading Silver Spring.
effort, 100000; Perez Wolfe, Prince
Georges County chairman, S139,6
and George w. Huguely, jr., Be-
theSda leader, $147,175.
The Bethesda rally; in which
bowling pins autographed by Mrs.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, wife of the
general, and baseballs penned by
Clark Griffith, Walter Johnson and
Jack Bentley were auctioned by Ar
vile Ebersole, chairman of the Ma
tional Bowling Council, sweetened
the total by S3s,875.
Capital Bowlers Triumph.
Connecticut's famed Blue Ribbon
team fell surprisingly easy victim
to an all-star Metropolitan WASH
ington lineup sponsored by Gait
Davis, the Rosslyn bowling operator
1907 to 1890 After a firing trip
and a dash to the scene of action,
only renowned Nick Tronsky of the
Blue Ribbons was able to hold his
form. Tronskys 407 stood out
sharply for the invaders and his
1853 in the final game was high for
the match. His set was eoualed to
a pin by Perez Wolfe, best for the
Washington team.
For Davis quint Ed Blakeney
rolled 1893, Tony Santini, who to-
morrow in Baltimore will defend the
United States Open championship,
1863; Bub Guethler, 367; Bill Krauss,
for one game, Sc, and Karl Goche-
nour, for two strings, 285.
Other Cor necticut scores were:
Joe Bonigli, 361; Harry Peters, 359;
Joe Gacek, 339, and Bill Tato, 1924.
All of the scores counted in the
bond tournament for Gen. Eisen-
hover. The pinshooters, however,
tried in vain to win bond for the
general as memento of the home
front war effort.
Gochenour Star of Match.
Gocnenour was the real star of
the match. Substituted when Krauss,
current United States singles cham
pion, was unable to find the range
Gochenour tossed in games of 144
and 141. Santini got the Washing
ton team away winging with a dou-
ble-header strike.
The largest gallery in years to see
a bowling match here turned out for
one of the sports best shows. The
bowling itself was mediocre on the
whole, but more than compensating
for this were talks over an amplifier
by Clark Griffith, president of the
Washington bail club; Walter John
son, its once mighty pitcher; Jack
Bentley, the old New York Giants
hurler and swatsmith; Arthur j.
Bergman, head coach of the Red
skins; Arch Mcdonald of WTOP and
Russ Hodges of VOL.
With Mcdonald interviewing,
johnson and Bentley recounted their
impressions of the dramatic final
game of the 1924 World Series, in
which the Big Train was the victor
and Jack, to whom Johnson was an
idol, was the vanquished. 1t was
humorous dialogue that would bear
an encore anywhere, but lovable Old
Man Griffith walked off with micro
phone honors. His stories of John
son and Bentley kept the place
ringing with laughter
Bergman Hits Serious Note.
Bergman struck a serious note.
The popular Dutch" left Notre
Dame temporarily to become a fly
Ing fighter in World War 1, and his
remarks on what the folk back
home can do to help the lad on the
fighting front created no mirth
whatever. Some of those present
dug deeper for bond dough after
Bergman spoke his bit He was in
PRODUCED by Hodges, who has been
among the ardent toilers in the
bowlers' campaign.
Halfway through the show in
popped the irrepressible Lorraine
GULL, in the middle of an effort to
regain the national No. l ranking
among woman bowlers. She was
fresh from a War Bond match at
the Takoma Recreation with Fran
ces Wilson, whom she defeated with
much to spare. Her score was 426,
highest ever rolled from scratch by
a woman in the 16-year history of
The Star tournament.
The current event. which has
been more of a bond-selling affair
than a tournament, will end to-