Evening star., 1948-02-11
Avon Hoping 10 Move
Info Lead Tonight
In Pin Loop Race
By Ben McAIwee

Trailing by only ~ pins with an
average of 127-19 for ST games, Mike
Avon, besides striving to help the
leading Mann's Potato Chips whip
the Arcade Pontiac quint at Clar-
endon tonight, will attempt to
supplant Julie Singer as the Major
District Leagues individual pace
setter.
Singer, shooting at a 127-41 clip
/ for 60 games, will see action at
King Pin with Winchester Packard
against Winn's Motors. Singer also
will have to watch Sam Simon, a
teammate, who has an even 127
mark.
Jack Barkley, the young Arcade
Pontiac star, who had see-sawed
back and forth with Singer for the
lead most of the season, has skidded
into fifth place with 126-11. Hokie
Smith of Mann's holds down fourth
place with 1862.
Other matches as the all-star
loop ends its third series bring to-
gether Senate Beer and Mapledge
Pins at Brookland Recreation and
Burr Heishman Tires and Galliher
& Huguely at Rosslyn.
Front-running Greenway will be
host to Chevy Chase Ice Palace
in Minor District League clash
tonight while Lucky Strike fires at
Petworth. Temple at Arcadia, Clar-
endon at Spillway, Queen Pin at
Colonial Village and Petworth No.
Ia at Alexandra.
Tonight the Ladies' Major Dis
trict League schedule has leading
King Pin bowling at H-Skor,
Brookland at Chevy Chase Ice Pal
ace, Rosslyn at Lafayette and Col
lege Park at Mount Rainier.
Greenway bowls at Northeast
Temple in the Ladies' Minor Dis
trict League with Fort Davis at
Lucky Strike and Spillway at King
Pin.
Second division teams had a field
day in the Washington Ladies
League. Besides winning an entry
In the Lorraine Gulli classic to be
held at Lucky Strike, February %,
Nell Huff led Graffettes to sweep
over the pacesetting E Gees. Fran
ces johnson, in aiding Davis Paint
ing's 80 victory over Edmonds
Optical, also won an entry IN the
Gulli event with 362.
Takoma Gift Shop whipped Jack
& Jill School, another flag con-
tender, 81 as Mary Luttrell fired
131 and 345. Ronnie Knoblett posted
IA and 356 for the school quint.
Kay Brooks 1873 gave the lowly
Shamrocks a 81 edge over Aaron's
Restaurant, Bratburds nicked Ply
Rite, 81, and S. H. Parking with
Mildred Stadtler rolling 356 COM
pleted the upsets by whitewashing
Central Valet. Ell Gees, Edmonds,
Davis Paint and Jack & Jill moved
into a four-way first-place tie.
AIS Chicken House, with q 81
win from Martins Flowers, in
creased its lead to two games in the
Brokland Merchants loop when Sec
ond-place Brookland Shoe Shop
dropped two to Perry o. wilkinson.
Thompson & Cooke whitewashed
Nick's Shoe Shop to gain third.
place tie with Family Tavern. Harry
Dawson raped out IA and 413 as
Johnson's Air Conditioners shut out
Modern Way Movers. E'''
Pins fell in record numbers at
King Pin when first-place Clifton
Liquors downed Edgewood@ 2-1 with
ta 1925 set in the Thrifty Beverage
loop. Sam Shreve's 163-429 and Bob
Heinbaugh's 150-418 were the big
blows. Frank Mischou's 149 and 419
enabled the losers to post third high
season set Of 1905. Some other
healthy wallops were Red Hamtl-
toms I'll and Al In Mudricks 80
win from Tokay and Charley Evans
ISL and 416 as Acme Liquor Supply
swept Hilco while Abe Weinberg's
400 gave Hamlin the odd one from
Anacostia Liquor Store. Caroline
Hiser cracked Frances Wilson's
week-old 405 by five pins with o 40
as Calvert Shop beat Modern, 81.
Today a year ago-The Boston
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