Evening star., 1945-02-25
GuIIi and Clarendon
Events Bring Many
Aces Into Action
BY BEN McALWEE.

BY BEN McALWEE.
Putting patriotism above all elss
In compliance with the Nationa
Bowling Councils request to canoe
all tournaments requiring trave
until after the war, Washington anc
Baltimore duckpinners tonight will
halt nearly 40 years of keen inter.
city competition after the staging
of the 18th annual Lorraine Gull
tournament at lucky Strike and the
4th annual Clarendon Open al
Clarendon.
An all-star Capital combination
hot flag contender in the fast Kine
Pin mixed doubles loop, will be the
defending champion in the respec.
tive events as Ingomar (Bing) Moer
seeks to retain her laurels in the To-
game Gull affair which is scheduled
to be rolled in two five-game blocks
at and 730 while Tony Santini
pounding the NAPLES again after a
sprained thumb forced him out of ac-
ton month ago. will strive to win
his second straight Clarendon Open
title. The seven-game Clarendon
tourney starts at l and runs until
midnight.
Out to gain an even break with
Capital rollers in six major tourna-
ments held here and in Baltimore
this season. the Orioles are expected
to invade with squad of more than
80 for the GULL event. With more
than 20 Capital topnotchers likely
to fire a near-record field is expected
to honor the country's No. l woman
duckpin bowler for whom the event
Is named.
District Women Ahead.
Elizabeth Barger, Baltimore's ma
tionally ranked No. 2 roller, gave the
Orioles a head start by winning the
Chesapeake but since then District
rollers have won three straight times
In their jaunts to the Monumental
City. Kitty Kendrick of Rosslyn
copped the Pat Scheafer tourna-
ment with national record 7-game
score of 1872. Mary Magnetic Brown
captured the Women's United States
Open and Madge Lewis won the
Franklin Open.
In their only appearance here
this season, Ethel Die triumphed
in the 14th annual women's Dixie
to give Baltimore its second victory
In contrast to the slim edge held
by the Capital fair bowlers, District
pinn1ent trail far behind their ORR
ole opposition in tournament vic
tories this season.
Karl Gochenour, Brookland pilot,
got the Capital off to a flying start
by winning the Pop Wolfe Memo
rial and Plaza affairs and Ed Blake
ney won the Recreation Inaugural,
but since Tony Santini annexed the
Robinson-McGra Baltimore shoot
ers have cleaned up.
Al Wright won the Clarendon
Open with record score of 1,051
in l943 and the chances are the
free-swinging Clarendon ace may
have only to repeat this brilliant
performance to win, with pins to
spare.
Emphasis on Local Events.
With the directive against inter-
city travel putting new emphasis on
local tournaments, the first to en-
gage the attention of local bowlers
will be the metropolitan champion
ships to be conducted by Station
WWDC starting Thursday at all
bowling establishments in this area.
Cooperating with the radio sta
ton in its city-wide event, the al
ley operators have matched the
$500 the radio station will add to
the prize fund.
The event will be open to league
bowlers the entire month of March.
Contestants can enter as many
times as they roll league sets dur
ing that time. An entrance fee of
25 cents must be paid before a set
is rolled. Participants will receive
full handicaps based on the aver
ages they have in the league from
which they compete, with mems
handicap based on a 1913 scratch
and Women's l18.
The tournament also will afford
Capital pin-spillers an extra chance
to aid the Bowlers' Victory Legion
for the purchase of sports and rec
reational equipment for overseas
Yanks Ten per cent of the total
entry money will 60 to this shining
cause.
Approximately 100 prizes will be
awarded. First prize will be $3.50
plus IS per cent of total amount of
entrance fees.