Evening star., 1958-05-12
ny ROD THOMAS
star ataa writer

A duckpin team that dropped
20 Of 2tgames In q strange los
ing streak came on TO win the
championship Of the Major
District All-star League. which
winds up lie season tomorrow
night.
Falls Church Furniture,
sponsored and captained by
Billy Stalcup. elinched the title
Saturday night In q showdown
battle with runnerup Chevy
Chase Chevrolet at silver
Spring. winning two games 10
one.
Stalcup's team at mid-season
held a 7-game lead. then for
eight weeks was unable 10 take
a match. Meantime. Chevy
Chase closed In, as well as Pepsi
Cola.
Needed 2 Victories
In March. Falls Church re-
gained It's punch and entered
its match Saturday four games
up with six to 90. Thus. two
victories were needed TO clinch.
Stalcup and his men got them
in bizarre fashion.
The first was close all the
way. In the ninth frame, both
anchor men struck. Clete Pam
nell for Chevy Chase and Pat
Crescent for Falls Church.
After Pannell counted seven
with eight out, it appeared Gre
scenzi needed a mark in the
10th for victory. With the first
ball he counted eight, and drew
a split. The odds against a
spare were prohibitive.
Hold him there!" yelled q
Chevy Chase adherent.
Just a moment" Stalcup
called to Crescent. The captain
had made q discovery. Crescent
didn't need a mark. Stalcup
noted that the scorer, in totaling
up, had made a f1ve-pin error
against Falls Church. Pat
cleaned up the last two pins.
His team won by four, 632. to
62s.
Al Pins Down
In the second, Falls Church
was AZ pins down in the sew
enth box. yet won by % sticks,
625 to 603. Again Crescent
was the man of the moment.
His $50 settled the game and
the pennant.
The match was postponed
from several weeks back and it
was difficult to arrange a suit
able date for the roll-off. Each
team used a substitute, Hal
Babbitt replacing Roger Groet-
tenn for Falls Church and Bits
Amanuel shooting for Woody
Winslow of Chevy Chase. Groet-
tenn was out of town and VIM
slow was nursing an injured
hand.
Each sub was low on his
team, Babbitt at 339 and
Amanuel at 32l. For Falls
Church, Crescent totaled 407,
Tommy Mock, 379; Stalcup.
$40 and Billy Moore, 351. For
the Chevvies, Pannell rolled
395. Willie Zehring, 396; Bobby
Lockhart. 1862 and Harold
Inman. 355.
Although the pennant is
settled. a lot of excitement is
expected in tomorrow nights
finale. Any of the teams ex-
cept Falls Church may change
its position. Falls Church is
scheduled against Silent Sales
Coin Machines at 9:15 pm. at
Clarendon, Pepsi Cola against
Chevy Chase at 9 at Wheaton
and National Bohemian against
Wheeler Restaurant at Oils at
Suitland.
Head-On Battle
But overShadowing all this
will be a head-on battle for
the individual honor between
Norman Titus of Pepsi Cola
and Lockhart. The Chevvie
stars 1862 Saturday left him
at 126-ll in average, go pins
behind the leading Titus. Pam
nell, the defending champion
stands third at 1923.
The standings: Falls Church,
57-45; Chevy Chase, $3.50;
Pepsi Cola, 51-51; National Bo-
hemian, 1884 and Silent Sales,
47-55.
Titus, national match-game
champion and going for a high
national ranking, helped his
chances Saturday with a 421
set bowled in a special doubles
match at the Anacostia Spill
way held in connection with
the distribution of trophies won
in the Greater Washington
Duckpin Association Tourna-
ment. chore ably handled by
President Jay Edwards.
A large gallery saw Titus,
teamed with Frank Krenlich,
shoot 148, 126 and lat. With
Krenlich contributing 345. the
two defeated Charley Evans
(328) and Jack Barkley 1851,
766 to 681.
In a women's match Phyllis