Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-22
Vogts and Willis Win
S357 Apiece in Tie;
$4,000 Take Part
BY ROD THOMAS.

A myriad OF bowlers who never
expected to find their names In
print will carry away nearly all OF
the money in the rich Radio Station
WWDC handicap tournament, re-
Gently ended after six weeks OF
competition which attracted the
largest paid entry in the history of
any sport in Washington-17,8 1868
The prize list was announced last
night by Arville Ebersole, tourna-
ment treasurer. Many bowlers took
more than one turn in the event,
the total number of individuals
being estimated by Ebersole at Il, 500
OF the all prizes only four were
won by male stars and six by top
flight women.
Largest slices of the 1920 melon
went to bowlers who seldom appear
in print. First and second coin in
the mems division was divided by
Raymond Vogts, who competed at
College Park, and C. Norman Willis,
who fired at Colonial Village, each
compiling gross score of SOB and
each receiving an award of 1857 40
Vogt's handicap was so and Willis
los.
Third and fourth money, too, was
shared with two other Colonial
Village patrons, c. Leslie Walleigh
and Capt. Lee Reynolds tying at
49s, each to collect $11861.
Beatrice Goddard Victor.
Beatrice Goddard, rolling at the
Anacostia Spillway, knocked of the
women's top prize of s195.82 with
tally of 1882 Marie Geib, wife
of Ell, the District League star, fin
ished second with a score of 10
443 at Fort Davis, and report has
1t she refused to fork over a nickel
of her s79l5 to illustrious Geib who
got exactly nowhere in the tourna-
ment.
Sharing third and fourth money
were Eleanor V. Lewis, Lafayette,
$3.50, and Macy McAmis, Spill
way, 75-439, each collecting s45,61.
The tournament proved bonanza
for the unheralded .V6gts, who re-
ceived S41.72 for second high scratch
set of 443 and $25 for the top
scratch game of 1876, boosting his
spoils to s4242l. Albert Robinson
rolled the best scratch set, a 447 at
Brookland, for a prize of $91.8O.
One of the few stars in the payoff
Madge Lewis, earned $50.67 with
high scratch set of 1877 at the La
fayette. Evelyn Nickel, King Pin,
had the high scratch game of ITS
for s25 pickup.
The Bowlers' Victory Legion,
which shared the tournament pro-
ceeds, was enriched by $546.
Rosslyn Champion Alley.
1t was the largest tournament in
duckpin history in point of entries.
The Greenway Bowl, managed by
Hank Hawkins, turned in the high
est number with 1882, but Gait
Davis Rosslyn, with George Nor
rison very much on the job, COPIED
first prize in alley mems COMPETE
ton based on number of entries
in proportion to drives. Ross
lyn's percentage was 65,33, worth
$50. Next in line were Clarendon,
5s.s5, s25; King Pin, 57s1, $40;
Greenway Bowl, SAT-, SIS, and Fort
Davis, 5437. $40.
In total entries King Pin, where
Bob Miciotto holds forth, was Sec
ond with 1890; Clarendon, with
Proprietor Eddie Goldberg the
sparkplug, was third with 1879;
Fort Davis, presided over by Elmer
Fletcher, ran fourth with 1905, and
Brookland, managed by Karl Co
cbenour, was fifth with 1898.
Greenway's Hawkins won the Bowl
ers Victory Legion citation by
placing his plant first in The Eve
ming Star BVL tournament. which
served as model for the WWDC
event.
Checks will be mailed late this
week. They will be sent to the alleys
where the winners cornneted