Evening star., 1946-01-25
Gorham Of Alexandra
Gains Second Spot
With Gross Of 494
By ROD THOMAS.

wind up the third week of The Stars
citywide tournament, but firing on
the competitive bowling front won
cease over the week end. Far from
it. Three big tournaments are
listed.
Tomorrow at Silver Spring the
Cissel-Saxon American Legion Post
will hold its annual Mile o. Dimes
event, with Proprietor Gene Raney
as host. There will be no charge
for bowling except pinboy money
Entrance fee for the five-game test
is So. Full handicaps for men and
women based on a scratch of 1913
will be given and top prize of $50
awarded. Firing will start at noon
and cease at closing time.
Sunday the United States Women's
open, with the leading skirted duck
|pinnerS of the country engaged, will
be held at Brookland. Mary Brown,
member of the leading Tassa Mar
ket team of the Washington Ladies
League and King Pin quint in the
Ladies District, will be the defend
ing champion.
Barnard Event Popular.
Also Sunday will be staged the
Ieighth annual Chilly Barnard Open
Handicap at the Lafayette, with the
largest field in the history of the
event promised. This tournament,
which honors Charles Barnard,
recreation director of the GPO and
one of the city's most popular pin
men, has an entry fee of $5. 1t
offers a two-thirdS handicap based
on scratch of 100. Ed Heller,
member of GPO's District League
team, will defend the title. Bar
nard, incidentally, rolled 180 for
the second highest game registered
so far in the current Star tourna-
ment, He competed at GPO.
Alton c. Gorham, shooting at the
Alexandria Recreation in the Alex
|andria Church League, came within
a whisker to snatching the lead in
The Star event. This 95-average
bowler was the most surprised person
on the premises when he chalked up
a scratch set of 1893, with games of
1873, 1l3 and l49. He tackled on SO
franked naples for a gross of 494,
which was two pins short of the
leading score of Jesse C. Smith, who
rolled 90-496 in the Income Tax
League at the Lucky Strike.
Schroeder Hot at Penn.
Roy Schroeder of the United
States Maritime League at Penn
Recreation, landed far up the list
with 51-469.
Joanna Quinn of the Electronics
League at Convention Hall moved
into third place among the women
with a set of 66-430 and another
Convention Hall patron. Maxine
Haskins of the Ladies Bankers
League, moved into fifth place with
51-420. Geraldine C. Summers of
the Parent Teacher League at
Brookland heads the field with 90
465. Lucille Young, defending
champion of the women's division.
SHOT 33-408 at Clarendon. At the
same plant Evelyn Morris, captain
of the Clarendon team, appeared a
winner after marking up games of
145, 135, but was luckleSs in the third
and tailed a SO fiat. Her gross was
39-412.
Best scores reported last night:
Queen ,Pin-Augustne j. Ferris 45-
H. 4a5; William eseidenberg. 54E4o6: John
chaTies Butler 6o-416; GS'F5ci Ed Leis2. I5oo So
4I6; E H Johnson, s4G415: EaEi schrein,
skor-HaTTy a. Ellsworth. s4-41s;
Ps5sF Pd III Hsnfy s IeaSy NSrmae S EEs
ggompsnf pnfzrIess Jessye Boston, 60-372; Hattie
435 poF HaFod caanes 5iE HfFSsFt women
PPeeggy 1. Cook 9o-4O1; Mary Anna East
BrookIandNPaeuI Duh Duffy. - 3664sa; Albert
Ross. 75-41s; John Ash, 54-4l6; E. j.
aikfnna s5fa E deiD j. a40s Ha55ns'9P Gsorse II
4S 49, E1d WSnfR Bean ss4 Juakn fen Nane
Mount Rainier-Women Gladys Fish,
63-352; ,Margaret, McDermott, 39-346;
F PetWerth - Rocco Hocera. eo-46a;
Louis Cali. 72-441; Bernard Chesivoir,
63-407.
Lucky Strike-D. BeliSte. 96-472; Will
liam Ruxton, 1I4-437; Arthur Korn. 9;I-
42l; Women: Hazel Jarrett, 57-40S;
Dolly Henry, 4S--373
| Bergmiep. S4-410.
King Pin. c. Cherry, 111-435; Ed
Henry, 69-41l; w. Gwenn, 75-407.
Lafayette-Women: Julie Muscal, 117-
391; Sylvia Ross, 1l4-375; Ella Tanner
S4-370.
College Park-c. E. Milbrook, 51-4o7;
E. Bourne, 66-402.
Colonial Village-Ralph Hardin So
406: Women--Esther Nieman. 6o-36s
CIarendonNA. T. wegenka. s7-457
Clemens j. Strauss. 75-43S: w. Franklin
Davis, 1l2-413: Louis A. Masse, 102--
409.,. Women-Evelyn Morris, 39-412
Penn-Roy Schroeder, 51-469; R. Law
| son, 96-441
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| Alexandria-Alton c. Gorham. 99-494