Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-02
BOWLING
With ROD THOMAS

Virginia Siegel of the District
Minor League was hailed today
as the new holder of the area
record for a league duckpin sea-
son, but the young woman didn't
seem entirely happy. After
shooting 358 last night with the
Thompson'S Transfer team at
Arlington. her average stood at
1897 for 1O2 games. Her heart
was set on 100.
The record she wiped out was
the 1876 rolled by Lorraine
GULL in 1949-50 in the Chevy
Chase Ice Palace Major League.
This was for 108 games.
For a while last night it ap-
peared Miss Siegel, although OBJ
viously confident, might fall
short of the GULL mark. In the
first game she rolled only 100.
Most breaks went against her.
But with the start of the Sec
ond game the tide turned. She
got what she hit for. and chalked
up four straight marks. A game
of 143 put her on easy street.
In the final her tally was a
modest LOG, but she finished the
performance with a flourish.
Her last shot was a strike, which
counted on 10th-box spare.
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Miss Siegel's margin over the
old record was only 81 pins, but
there was a notable difference
In the prestige of the two aver
ages. Miss CULTS was rolled at
one plant. Miss Siegel shot on
a circuit. Had she rolled all
of her games at the Arlington
Bowling Center undoubtedly her
average would have been much
higher. For 81 games there her
pace was 125. In one stretch of
81 strings at Arlington it was
1871. just two pins short Of
the women's world record for
20 games rolled by Elizabeth
Barger of Baltimore, this on a
circuit.
Miss Siegel. secretary to the
clerk of the Court of Military
Appeals. came to Washington
from Erie, Pa, in 1914 as a
WAVE. In Erie she bowled
tenpins with moderate success,
but until coming here had never
seen a duckpin.
Bessie Dayton. a teammate of
Miss Siegel, finished second with
an average of 1894, followed by
Nell Huff Of Leon Fleisher's
jewelers. with 1880. Last night
Miss Dayton rolled 33l and Miss
Huff 1888. Phyllis Jones of Ger
amic Tile was fourth at 1923.
Martin g. Boyd won the cham
pionship of the 18-team league
in sweeping Parke Sunoco, while
Thompson's Transfer, which
whitewashed Ceramic Tile. fin
ished second. two games off the
pace. Entering last nights
match, Thompson's and Ceramic
were deadlocked. Martin g.
Boyd won Sc games and lost So.
Stars of the final victory we're
Norma Fleer at 366 and Alice
Goldman at 154-360. Other
members of the team are Eleanor
Simmons, captain: Norma Klein
and Helen Pappas.
Last nights doings in the
Mems District Major League set
the stage for an exciting windup
next Tuesday. with both team
and individual titles hinging on
the outcome.
Chevy Chase Chevrolet, the
leader, took a whitewashing
from Pepsi Cola despite the
heroic efforts of Clete PAN
nell. captain and anchor. In
the second game. Pannell struck
in the last frame and counted
10. This left Frank Micalizzi. the
Pepsi Cola anchor, needing a
mark and five to tie. He spared
and counted eight.
In the third. Pannell needed
20 sticks in the last box to tie.
He spared and counted eight.
Bits Amanual was high for
Pepsi Cola with 387.
Grady Motors. only other team
with a chance for the title, won
two from Bethesda Forty Alleys
TO cut the Chevvies' lead to one
game.
Best bowler Of the evening was
Dick Dunaj OF last-place Ma
tional Bohemian who rolled 429
Including a III game. Bob Mi.