Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-26
BOWLING

contagious Zest. even when the
pins are breaking haywire, got
more than her usual enjoyment
from the game last night in the
Capital Major League. The
sticks danced as commanded. to
the tune of a 400 set and ITO
game. in one of the best duckpin
performances by woman this
season.
Mrs. Kuczek's bowling, plus a
376 by Hildur Lagos, enabled the
Chatter Bar team to edge Pabst
Blue Ribbon and remain in a
firSt-place tie with William G.
Voight. The ITO earned Mrs,
Kuczek a bronze medal and the
400 lifted her into fourth place
in the individual race with an
average of 1884. She trails
Boots Petit, l16-45; Hildur
Lagos, 115-49, and Ann Haber-
com, 1850.
Best bowlers last night, be-
sides Mrs. Kuczek and Miss
Lagos were Evelyn Nickel. Be-
thesda. 372; Betty Hummer
Voight. 1868. Beryl Meyer, King
Pin, 36l. and Emma Bourne,
Comber's Restaurant, $50,
Chatter Bar. Voight and King
Pin won 81 victories and Com
ber's scored the lone shutout.
The standings: Voight. 1924;
Chatter Bar. 1924; Rays Bar,
1926, Bethesda. 1890; Pabst,
28-32: Kirby's. 1854; Comber's,
1884; King Pin, 24-36.
Time was when Walter E
Redl Megaw was one of the
country's best duckpin bowlers,
For 10 straight years he held a
place in the upper reaches of the
National rankings and once, in
1882, was third.
At IS he still is a distinguished
bowler. How many men Of his
age can average 1l6? That Is
Megaw's pace in the Clarendon
Major League.
Megaw will bring an extra
touch Of color to a many hued
contest Sunday at Hyattsville
In point of average he will be
the low man in a lineup OF
"shorties" who will take on a
team of Shooters. If Megaw is
excepted. it's an all-star affair,
arranged by Al Fleisher, presi-
dent of the Mount Rainier
Brentwood Boys Club. to help
finance the club. 1t will start
at 2 pm.
But for the moment We have
particularly in mind Red Megaw
In this reporters judgment he
is one Of the most colorful figures
in duckpin history. and we're not
speaking of his hair. The few
observable strands are gray
Otherwise, he looks to be the
same Megaw who back in the
1920s and early 30s was a com.
pact bundle of bowling dynamite
A born Wit, he still bubbles witt
the good nature that endearec
him even to the men he whipped
to flaZzle on the mapleways.
In 1923 he won the second
running of the classic Howard
Campbell Sweepstakes. In 1912
at the age of So. he won the
Harry K. BURNER Sweepstakes
also against a crack field. In
1926 he won the all-events cham
pionship of the Washington City
Duckpin Association, a highly
coveted title in those times. And
during an era when lis was a
stars pace. Megaw for two
straight seasons averaged 1913
And so it went. Red Megaw was
never crowded from the spotlight
fer long.
In 1925 an auto miShap nearly
finished him. But barely was
tho cast removed from a batch
Of broken ribs than Red was
back on the lanes. He was tc
team with Max Rosenberg in the
tional doubles. but MAJ
laughed him off when Red in
sisted on going through with the
date. So Megaw found another
partner. John Waters. of Hart
ford. Conn.
While Rosenberg watched, thu
irrepressible little man raped
out a 400 set and he and Waters
stalked of with the title.
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Megaw is just as quick to re.
call a defeat as a victory. There
was one notable beating.
II the 1885 Dixie Classic
which rates only behind the
United States Classic, RAY
Barnes of Baltimore led through.
out until the last box. 1t wa.