Evening star., 1960-04-08
BOWLING
WITH ROD THOMAS

row and Sunday in the Greater
Washington tenpin champion
ships at the new Tenpin Coli
scum.
Tenpinners will shoot for
81, 900 (based on 100 entries)
in the Individual Spring.
Sweeper at Alexandra Ten
pins, opening tomorrow and
closing May %.
The tournament, for men and
women, is a four-game test
across eight lanes. The fee Is
$3.50 and the prospective top
prizes $500, $3.50 and 500.
Squad times will be l pm,
2:30. 4, 8 and $50 pm. Seventy
per cent handicaps to 200 will
be limited to IS pins. Two re-
entries will be permitted.
CLEANING THE CUFF u
Biggest team set in the 46.
year history of the Masonic |
League was rolled at Colonial
Village this week by Stansbury
Lodge, a 1918 containing games
of 657, 665 and SCI. The pre-
vious best was an 1886 by
George c. Whiting Lodge 12I
years ago. The Stansbury bowl
erS and their tallies were Reds
Albertson, 429; Walter Wad-
dington, 397; Vernon Norr, 333;
Wally Powell, 381 and Dave
Burrows, 373. Burrows, roll
ing with Albert Pike No. 8, was
one of the brightest stars of the
last week end in the National
Duckpin Congress champion
ships at Richmond. In amass-
ing a total of 446, with games
Of 1853, 148 and 1876, he left
only seven pins standing. It |
was the highest set in Bur-
rows notable bowling career. |
1t contained only four strikes,
widely separated.
Another veteran with a hot !
hand at Richmond was 60-year-
old Tony Santini who averaged
134 for II games, counting all
events, John Dennis Singles
and mixed doubles. His big set
was. 172-466, a record for
Twinbrook Lanes was estab-
lished when the Miller-Fields
Buick team fired a game of 708
in the Twinbrook Mems SIS
Commercial League. Gaping
it was a 9-mark game Of 1873
by Paul Curry. The other con-
tributors were Tony Pournaras,
155; Cal Spruill, 100; Web
Windsor, 1877. and Bill Murphy,
124.
Latest Washington woman to
qualify for the "175" club and a
gold medal is Mrs. Ann Thomp-
son, who rolled a 1874 with the
Bull Whips in the st. Bernard's
Mixed League at BladenSburg.
1t was part of a 423 set. Mrs.
Thompson averages only 103,
but this was her second shin
ing effort of the season. Some
time ago she shot a 392 that
stood as the leagues high until
she rolled the 423.
Now we have a travelling"
league among the juniors. tt
is composed of boys 14-16 years
old and contains four teams,
representing the Hyattsville,
Woodmoor, Twinbrook and
Spillway plants. Wayne Mar
shall of HyattSville is the PAGER
at 1927, followed by Jim War
rem, Woodmoor. 1927; Mike
Street, Woodmoor. 112-21 and
Joe Graves, Hyattsville, 1l0-37.
Woodmoor recently blasted a
657 game, with Sam Richard
son tossing 152, Johnny Allen,
143; Street, ia; Dave Hickey,
Ill, and Warren, 1877.
70 Individual competition in the
City Post Office League is al
most as sharp as it comes. In
Class A, the leader is Richie
Poston at 115-pluS, trailed by
Reds Miller and Carl Loef1er,
ia each and Bob Spead, 113.
In Glass B, it's Pete Lo Jacono,
Bill Thompson and Wham
Quade, all at 104, and Larry
Palma and Bobby Gladmon,
at 1903.
NARROW Heights Bolarama,
newest plant in the Fair Lanes
chain, will open to the public
Sunday but the grand christen-
ing is slated for April 80. The
40-lane duckpin establishment |
is at 4615 st. Barnabas road,
just off Branch avenue.
PI~HT RFREH ~R