Evening star., 1946-10-20

Called the granddaddy of the en-
tire country's duckpin stake events
and named for one of Washington's s
all-time bowling greats, the 2lst
annual Howard Campbell Open will
be rolled today in successive five
game blocks starting at 2 pm. at
Lafayette, $50 at Lucky Strike and
9 at Colonial Village.
With a general boom in major
tournament forecast this season, a
record field of top-ranking Mary
land, Virginia and District pinmen
is expected to crack the 16-year -old
entry mark of 81 established in
1880.
Seek to Snap Streak.
Spurred by a f1rst-place tie with
Baltimore shooters in the Wolfe
Memorial and a victory in the Plaza
Nonwinner over their keen Oriole
rivals, Capital contestants will be
aiming not only to keep the seasons
jump on the Monumental sharp
shooters but also to snap their four
year reign in the Campbell classic.
Lou Jenkins, the Rosslyn District
League team star, was the last Capt.
tai bowler to win. Since then the
Orioles have won four straight times
with Wilmer Robey, Bob Fisher, Art
Felter and Bill Berry in the order
named.
The winner will receive, besides
top prize of $400, a diamond-studded
medal donated by the three pin
plants staging the 15-game test.
Petworth Handicap Event.
On today's bowling program also
will be the one-ball handicap at
Petworth conducted by Little
Sammy (the Barber) Gianola. Bob
Prentiss Of Silver Spring won last
Sunday with q gross 243 total. Bill
6tempel, Spillway, was second with
237. Entrance fee is 81, with handi-
caps based on last years averages
unless q contestant already has
rolled 80 league games this season.
Warming up for the Campbell,
Jenkins fired a season high OF l72
and Ala in the Petworth League as
Idas Department Store chalked up
a record league score Of 681 in de-
feating the Petworth quint three
times with a lusty 1880. Even
Richard Peck's 100 and 408 could
not stop the rampaging Idas quint,
which ran up its third straight 1900
set. Lou Rose of Continental Life
was elected president of the league.
Lillian Tavenner has the distinc-
ton of being the first woman duck
pinners to mark up a quadruple
strike here this season. Her four
marrow feat gave the Virginia
Hardware team roller a season rec
ord game of ISL in the Rosslyn
Ladies League.
In q record-scoring match, Brook
land Shoe Shop, aided by Paul
Duffy's 159 and 408. whipped the
league leading Rod Willis quint in
the odd-game skirmish with a high
of $40 and second high of Its.
The losers, paced by Eric Sieling's
1886, tailed 1877 for a new set mark
of 1,797. Tony Zugel's 146-386
helped AIS Chicken Bar beat
Whelans, 81, to gain second place.
Brookland Hardware swept Mar
tins Flowers to take third place on
total pins over Whelan's, Cannon's
Restaurant, Melart Jewelry and
Modern Way Movers, which trail IN
a. tie. Karl Gochenour tops with
125 even average, while Joe Pricci
is second with 124-16 and Zugel,
third, 121 even.
Although beaten, 2-1, by Inward
No. /, Service Observers held hrst
place In the G. e. P. Telephone
Ladies' loop. Installation won two
from Plant to tie for second.
Ellsworth of the Comcars crew is
the individual pacesetter in the
Federal Communications loop with
112-average. The weeks best pin
toppler was Hamilton of the fourth
place Redskins, with 1876 and 342
Lions team is in front, trailed 8
game by Tornadoes.
Electronics bounced back into
first place in the Navy Department
League by squeezing out . 80 win
from Yards and Docks. Ronald
Woody struck on a tenth-box spare
to win the middle skirmish by two
pins. Fred Wright's $50 and 371
were the edge as S&A2 nicked En-
gineers in the odd tussle.
Vivian Burns starred in the Fort
Davis Ladies' Commercial with sea-