Evening star., 1944-01-04
Cali Davis Sponsors
Team in Big Show al
Bethesda Center
BY ROD THOMAS.

WaSnlnetOnS outstanding bowling
battle OF the season will be fought
Friday night at the Bethesda Bowl
ing Center as the high light OF
big rally in The Stars War Bond
tournament. which will end two
nights later.
The match will pit lineup culled
from the top flight OF maple shoot
ers in the Capital area against the
most famous duckpin team in the
country, the Connecticut Blue Rib
bonS.
Gait Davis, Rosslyn bowling oper-
ator, host at a notable rally the
other night in which nearly $780,
600 was raised, Is sponsoring the
Rosslyn All-Stars, eaptained by
Perce Wolfe, chairman of the Prince
Georges County section of the
bowlers' bond drive and No. rank
ing duckpinner Of the Metropolitan
Area. Others in the lineup will be
Tony Santini, Ed Blakeney, Bill
Krauss and Karl Gochenour, with
Bub Guethler in reserve.
Invaders Sport Big Records.
Firing for the Blue Ribbons, spon-
sored by Frank Barber of Wilt
mantle, Conn, will be Nick Tronsky,
Joe Gacek, Bill Tato, Harry Peters
and Joe Bonigli. Tronsky is the
spearhead of the invaders. He is
the only bowler ever to win the
national sll-events more than once,
having shared this choice title three
times in a row, in 1899, 40 and Al.
He won the national singles in 1884
and 80 and is a one-time victor in
the three outstanding tournaments
in duckpins, the United States, Dixie
and Eastern Opens. He holds slews
of records.
Peters is former United States
Open winner, Tato has. held the
United States singles title, while
Gacek and Bonigli have gathered
patches Of laurel, not to speak of
spinach, in New England events. In
cidentally. a $500 side bet rides on
Friday nights clash, which will
start at o'clock.
During intermission between games
autographed duckpins and other OBJ
jects will be auctioned for bonds with
Arville Ebersole, chairman of the
National Bowling Council, as head
salesman. The largest, most dis
tinguished gathering of potential
bond buyers to turn out during the
tournament, which opened Decem-
ber 4 with fleet OF warplanes as
goal of the drive, Is assured. The
genuinely palatial Bethesda Bowling
Center, owned by. George w. HUI
guely. jr. and E. P. Knollman. with
special arrangements, can seat many
spectators.
Lanes Quint Beats Bethesda.
The match is bound to be a siz-
zler, with nearly every record in the
book in danger. Merits of the Wash
iington stars are we'll known but bear
repeating Wolfe is a former East
Iern and Howard Campbell Classic
winner, Santini is the present United
States open titleholder, a former
Dixie champ and twice has won the
Campbell. Blakeney is a former
Campbell and Eastern victor, while
KrauSs is the current United States
singles title owner. Gochenour and
Guethler are two Of the shottest
bowlers in town They have ap-
peared with distinction in numer-
GUS bond matches. .
In a bond battle at the King Pin
last night George Lanes Woodbridge
b,1no ct,iv,nr Ht1otIAtufe
Bethesdans. 1887 to 1925. 1t being
only the second defeat in long
series for the Bethesdans Fred
Murphy. cooking with gas lately,
was high for the winners with 400.
trailed by Bob Miciotto and Gochen-
our, each with 405. Guethler and
colorful little Johnny Essa shared
honors for the losers with AL apiece
Rolling for Absent Marine.
Henry TAFT Rodier, publisher of
The Bulletin, is buying 81 900 bond
to sponsor match between two
District League teams. yet to be
chosen. All participants will shoot
by proxy in the tournament for
Marine 1t. Paul S. Hospodar, serving
in the South Pacific.
Jack Royer, president of the Pre-
mier Cab Co.. with a $1,000 pur-
chase, is sponsoring Premier team
composed Of Fred Murphy. Eddie
Keith, Waldorf Reed, Ressa and
Popeye Miller. Royer welcomes a
challenge.
The tournament spotlight swings
back to the Bethesda Bowling Cen
ter tonight, with Huguely's men
meeting an all-star southpaw team,
sponsored by ig-grower Eddie
Bratburd. It's members are Elmer
Wesley, Frank Carter. Dick Lee,
Harry Aiken and Bug Guethler.
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