Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-20

Capped by the Presidential
Classic. a new duckpin tourna-
ment, a heap of bowling is on
tap for this week end in both
duckpins and tenpins.
The Presidential Classic will
be held at the Anacostia Spill
way Sunday with Pete Santora
as host. 1t will be the first ven-
iture Of this live-wire promoter
here In other than handicap
events and heavy entry is
assured, with more than the
usual number Of participants
from Baltimore, Santora's old
stamping ground. 1t will open at
pm
The special l5-game qualify
ing test for two places in the
National Match-Game Cham
pionship will open also tomor-
row at the Spillway. Eight
games will be rolled at the Spill
way and seven the following
Saturday at the Greenway Bowl.
Sunday. at the Lafayette,
there will be the 18th annual
Chilly Barnard Open Handicap.
honoring Charles E. Barnard,
the "Old Roman" of the maple
ways whose promotional activi-I
ties at the Government Printing
Office led to his election to the
presidency of the National Duck
pin Congress.
In tenpins, the second annual
City Tournament Doubles
will open tomorrow at TenpinS,
Inc, in Alexandria. with action
also slated Sunday and the fol-
lowing week end. It's a handicap
affair for men and women and
mixed twosomes with re-entriesI
permitted at $6 couple. Then
there's the weekly tenpin blind
pig Sunday night at the Lucky
Strike.
The Presidential Classic is al
seven-game. one-block affair
with major prizes of 5000, $500
and SIS. The entry fee is $l0I
and the deadline for starting. 81
pm. ...e.
The Barnard Open Handicap,
for men, Is a six-game test with
two-thirds handicapS limited toI
Is pins a game and an entry
fee of SIS. Top prizes are 500,
$50 and $50. It will open at q
pm. with entries closing at 10.
Dick Peck and Pete Marshall
tied for first last year at ISL.
Seventeen duckpinners will
have free rides" in the National
Match Game preliminary. earned
through showings in the recent
News 30-Game Elimination In
vitation. Others will pay a 81
fee.
Tomorrow's action will be in
two shifts, at 7 and 8 pm.
Already eligible for the Ma
tional are Billy Moore, Jack
Brown. Jack Barley. Ell Geib,
Norman Titus and Billy Mischou,
who finished in that order in
the 30-Game Elimination, plus
Frank Micalizzi, the defending
champion.
Among those trying grimly for
Washington's remaining twoI
berths will be Billy Stalcup, re-
cent winner of the United States
Classic: Sonny Weldon, his great
rival last season for the No. l
area ranking. and Bobby Lock-
hart, currently the areas lead
ing league performer and third
last year in the National Match
Game Championship In which he
set a world 16-game record.
Ironically, Lockhart is not
among those with free rides"
Others besides Weldon and Stall
cup who have them are Mike
Avon, Nick Campanella. Dale
Valentine, Gerry Stair, Bub
Guethler, Tommy Mock. Leroy
Burdette, Frank Krenlich, Jack
Lands, Rocco Nocera, Fosco Fat
torini, Harold Inman. Wink Alex
ander, Abe Weinberg and Jack
Moulton.
Probably the best bowled
women's match of the season
was one between Chatter Bar
and william C. Voight which
brought about a triple tie for
the lead in the Capital Women's
Major Leagues. Chatter BaSI
won two games with q set Of
/ ,z26 against Lit. It won one