Evening star., 1944-02-15
Invaders Facing Task
To Garner Honors
From D. T.. Aces

Named IOr WaSnlngCOnS lore"
most woman bowler of all time, the
1lth Annual Lorraine GULL Tourna-
ment to be rolled Sunday a. Lucky
Strike is expected to bring back to
the Capital not only bevy of Balti-
more's leading fair pin spillers but
q number of other topflighters from
other North and South duckpin ter
ritories with Mamie Mcdonnell, who
finished fifth in the recent Women's
United States Open here at Conven-
ton Hall, again heading Connecti-
cuts contingent.
With rivalry at its height since
Lola Shanahan won the Franklin
Open last Sunday to give Baltimore
an even break with' Washington in
the four national womens events
staged this season, the Orioles no
doubt will be over in full force in
attempt to gain an edge over the
District rollers.
Skeets Johnson won the Chesa-
peake to give the Orioles a winning
start but the next two tournaments
sandwiched by the National Duck
pin Bowling Congress went to local
rollers when Ruby Parry won the
Dixie Open and Frances Wilson tri-
umphed in the United States.
The 10-game GULL event will be
rolled in two flve-game blocks at
3 and 7:30. Besides 500 top prize
the winner will receive the Lorraine
GULL Trophy.
Two Events Attract Men.
Men bowlers Of all classes also will
have their inning over the week end
with the either annual Charley Olive
Handicap scheduled Saturday at
Queen Pin and the seventh annual
Hap Burtner the attraction Sunday
at Convention. Hall. The Olive is
f1ve-game event, with top prize Of
500, while the Burtner is 10-game
affair with 5000 going to the winner.
Entrance fee in the Olive will be SO.
while contestants will pay 81 to
enter the Burtner.
Contestants in the Olive will re-
ceive two-third handicap, based on
a scratch Of 100. Red Megaw, Queen
Pin manager, who will direct the all
day affair, which starts at noon,
sent out a special invitation to the
fair bowlers to enter.
Wootton Young, president of the
Convention Hall Co., sweetened the
Burtner kitty with his annual do
nation Of sl00. Handicaps will pc
based on two-third difference in
the participants league average of
February IS and 1913 scratch, with a
limit of 20 per game Two Ave
game blocks will be held at 2::30 and
7:30.
The hectic District League pen
nant scrap was further intensified
last night when Lafayette moved
to second-place tie with Clarendon
by trimming Hyattsville, 81, in a
postponed match. After Hyattsville
won the first game, Capt. AL Terry
fired 154 to give Lafayette the middle
skirmish, while Perce Wolfe's 154
which capped a 388 set gave the
flag contenders the edge in the final
tilt. Terry's set was 408.
Bob LoveleSs with 142 and George
Glorious with 375 diverted top
honors in the Mount Rainier Com
mercial while team highs went to
Mount Rainier Fire Department
with 610 and Barlowe's Lunch with
1857.
Hessick Quint Takes Lead.
Hessick Coal replaced First Grill
as the top team in the Washington
Ladies League last night at Lafay-
cite when the former led by Jessie
Keith's l23 and 1923 swept Cardinals
and the latter dropped game to
Investment Building Garage. Kitty
Mulroe's 139 and 344 led the cham
pion S. & H. Parking to the odd
game over H. & J. Construction, but
despite Mary Heines 1875 and $40
the Bratburd Pigs lost the rubber
game to Graffettes.
Tonight in the Rosslyn Independ-
ent loop. Clarendon Decorators and
Washington Cab, deadlocked in
second place, will be aiming to stay
In the flag scrap since the Brat
burd Pigs went four games out in
front by a 81 win from Quality
Shop as Johnny Burger, making a
gallant bid to overtake Eddie
Keith in the individual battle, fired
163 and Ali. Keith, leading the
fourth-place Mayo ESQ to 81 win
from Miller's Service, posted 1893 to
boost his top mark to 124-S. Burger
has 1926.
Elmer Matson has the distinction
Of rolling the highest game ever on
the Silver Spring mapIeways with
a count of PIG. Matson's whopper.
made with three spares and six
strikes, tops by Is pins the former
alley mark of R. L. Willis, now in
the Army. Matson's blistering
streak included five strikes in a
row