Evening star., 1944-03-26
Many Prizes Offered;
Brozey, April Fool
Journeys Today

After today's all-star mems Bill
Brozey tournament to be staged in
5-game blocks at Bethesda Bowling
Center and Lafayette and the sec
.ond annual April Food women's
doubles at Takoma, Capital bowl
ers of both sexes starting tomorrow
and for the next three Monday
nights will lend their efforts to put
ting across a Red Cross benefit
mixed doubles handicap which
looms as the biggest charity bowl
ing affair held this season.
For a number Of years since
Proprietor Hugh Arbaugh started
making the Silver Spring pin plant
hum, he has given the suburban
drives freely to numerous patriotic
events and to aid this affair the
president of the Metropolitan
Washington Bowling Alley Opera
tors Association will charge no alley
fees until a sum of 5000 has been
raised for the Red Cross fund.
So far Joe Mcknight, assistant
to Arbaugh, reports more than 80
couples have signed Among them
are Frances Boxwell and Herbie
Harrison, winners of a Red Cross
mixed doubles held last fall at
Silver Spring; Sue Stokes and
Charley Hall, Bert Drott and Lora
Hale and Bob Stokes and Mrs.
Owen.
Special Prizes at Stake.
Mcknight will pair with Silver
Springs brilliant young roller, Eve
lyn Saunders, victor in the recent
Lucky Strike women's handicap
who placed third in the Lucille
Young Near-Star.
From an entrance fee Of 50 per
person, each contestant will be con-
tributing 25 cents to the Red Cross
fund while the alley will match each
donation. One dollar Of the entry
fee will 60 toward the prizes to be
awarded each of the three nights.
A special prize will be awarded the
twosome with the highest combined
three scores for each night. Couples
may roll as often as they desire, but
can win only one prize each night.
To give all an equal chance, full
handicaps will be based on COM
bined scratch team average of 246.
When firing starts in the Bill
BroZey at Bethesda at this after
noon, Washington's topfight, bowl
ing men will be seeking their fourth
victory of the season in major stake
competition while Baltimore pin
men, including Brozey, defending
champion for whom the 10-game
event is named, will be aiming at
their 18th victory Of the season.
Second block action will start at
7:30 at Lafayette.
Women's Meet Lures Many.
With shifts scheduled at $3.50 and
7:30, the April Fool doubles at Ia
koma for women with combined
averages of 210 promises to be
whopper. Practically all the fair
stars paired with less skilled rollers
will be lured by the 500 top prize,
including Lorraine GULL and IA
year-old Charlotte Cruzan, Bing
Moen and Margaret Mattingly,
Frances Wilson and Vivian Schae-
fer, Caroline Hiser and Frances
Caul, Dot Hershey and Anita Hub
bard, Kay, Caul, winner of the Lu-
cile Young Near-Star, and Jessie
Keith, Ruth McClintic and Sue
Stokes, Lois Gladding and Gertrude
Mullin, Vickie Crogon and 10 Va
rella, Alma Mehler and Dolly Pur-
year, Evelyn Gay and Mary Heine,
Boots Workman and Helen De
Binder, Thea Shupe and Catherine
Quigley and Christine Mores and
Thelma Northrop, now over the 2l0
average limit, last-year's sister win
ming combination of Jessie Sacrey
and Margaret Carleton will have
new partners in Rosemary Stull and
Marie Spates, respectively.
w. w. ID. A. Meeting Today.
Important on the bowling program
today is the regular annual spring
meeting of the Washington Women's
Duckpin Association starting at $3.50
at Arcadia. President Alice Pricci
requests all womens leagues to send
two representatives each.
Bob Miciotto again has given the
boys and gals, as well, in the King
Pin mixed doubles another record
set of 433 to try and tie. Twice his
former marks have been equalled.
Eddie Keith tied his 424 and Perce
Wolfe his 431.
Last Friday night the King Pin
pilot warmed up with 373 as he and
his sterling partner, Lorraine GULL
took the rubber game from Vickie
Croggan and Wolfe before banging
out his new high with games, of 1877,
1873 and 1853 to lead 81 victory over
Margaret Lynn and Joe Freschi, who
was subbing for Bill Hubbard. With
Miss Gulli posting 376, the notable
duo cracked their own team set
record of 1874 with 800. Miciotto, in
cidentally, boosted his top average
to 1896 for 81 games.
Eddie Keith fell one stick shy
Billy TowleS' high game of ITS. The
league will postpone next Friday
night due to a number of its fair
stars making the Connecticut trip to
roll in the Yankee at Hartford and
the Olive johnson event at New
Haven.