Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27
Arbaugh's Plant Host
To Red Cross Test
Opening Tonight

Named the site for the 23d annual
Washington Women's Duckpin AS
ISOLATION tournament, starting May
II at a regular spring meeting of
the association yesterday at the
Arcadia, Silver Spring drives tonight
will be the hotbed for focks Of man
and woman bowlers of all classes
who will join forces to get the first
of three Red Cross benefit mixed
doubles tournaments off to a banner
start.
The women's spring city event will
follow the mems 34th annual meet
which will open about April "a and
run three weeks.
With full handicaps based on a
top scratch team average Of 246
making opportunity equal for all l
the Red Cross 3-game event, which
will be repeated the following two
Mondays, looms natural.
Entrance fee will be 50 per person.
Each contestant will donate Is cents
to the Red Cross and this sum will
be matched by Hugh Arbaugh, host
proprietor. To assure the fund OF a
tidy sum Arbaugh will put all alley
fees into the kitty until 5000 has been
raised
Teams may roll as many times as
they desire, but only their highest
score will count each night in the
winning of prizes. For the highest
combined three-team sets, rolled
over the stretch, special prizes will
be given.
Baltimore Scores Again.
Baltimore pinmen today boosted
their 18th victory in 81 major stake
events this season after Otis Shep-
herd fired a tournament record of
1,438 to win the fifth annual Bill
Brozey event staged yesterday at
Bethesda Bowling Center and La
fayette while about as gloomy as
Washington's men stars over their
poor seasons showing were a bevy
of invading fair Orioles, who missed
their final chance to win tourna-
ment here this season when Ruth
McClintic of Rosslyn and Sue Stokes
of Silver Spring carried off top prizes
of 500 in Takoma's second annual
April Fool womens doubles with
LIST.
Ed Cleary, Lafayette speedballer,
who finished second with l 401, was
Shepherds only serious rival for
Washington's final major purse of
the season.
Shepherd set dizzy pace in the
opening block at Bethesda with a
750-set made with games of 100, 157,
1873, 100 and 100. Cleary was only
81 pins behind with 729 after strings
of 142, las, 131, 148 and 1853.
Cleary, with 154, jumped in front
by 10 pins as the final round start
ed at Lafayette as Shepherd rolled
1913, but the Oriole regained the lead
in the second game with IA as
Cleary fell to Ill and was never
headed as he capped 688 with
strings of 166, 1877 and 1873. Cleary's
last three games were 139, 149 and
119 fer 672.
Wright Finishes Third.
AL Wright of King Pin finished
third with 1886. His sets we're 654
and 692. The only other Washing
ton roller to win major prize was
Bub Guethler who placed eighth
with 1901. Far down in the running
with 500 in the first round the
Lucky Strike southpaw posted 7o5
for his last block with 159 his best
single.
Melvin Pitts. comparatively new
Oriole tournament roller, gained
fourth place with 1,341 after top
ping the final block at Lafayette
with 730 which included a string
of ITO Three veteran Orioles
bagged the other three prizes with
Lee Seim putting together sets of
624 and 712 for 1886 and fifth place
while Nova Hamilton placed sixth
with 670-650-1,3 1920 and Meyer ia
cobson seventh with 586-728+1,3
The winner received 5000; second,
$50; third, $50; fourth, $40; fifth,
$50; sixth, $25; seventh, $40; eighth.
SIS.
Consolation $40 prizes for high
game and high set each block went
to Johnny Ressa, Bethesda, 683;
Ray Watson, Northeast Temple, 688;
Ed Keith, Spillway, 167, and Cliff
Kidd, Baltimore, 165.
Just Fail to Collect.
Some of the scores just out of the
money among the 66 contestants
were Nick Pave, Baltimore, 1927;
Jack Talbert, Clarendon, 1898; Raw
Watson, Temple, 1925; Ed Blakeney.
Hi-Skor. 1899; Gordon Remsburg.
1890; Johnny Burger, 1920; Frank
Mischou, 1890; Cliff Kidd, 1895;
Bob Fisher, 1890.
To land first in the April Fool
womens doubles, Mrs. McClintic
tailed 57S with games of 118, 1872,
IS, l25 and 1903, while Mrs. Stokes.
$40 included strings of 81, sc, 149,
1876 and 121.
Emma Bourne and Evelyn Nickel
OF the Brookland Ladies League
won second-place money of S25 with
LAB, with the former counting $50
and the latter 566.
Kay Caul of Takoma and Jessie
Keith of Columbia finished third
with 1,107 to split last-place money
OF SIS. Mrs. Keith's 602 was tops
for the event, which drew SO two
somes, including six from Baltimore
Close behind the winners were
Thelma Northrop and Christine
Mores with HOO and Vickie Crog-
gon and Joanna Variella with l ,O95.
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