Evening star., 1960-03-28

Dave Volk of Baltimore, prob
ably the best southpaw duck
pin bowler ever. stuffed 81. 100
in bills into a pocket and
chuekled at others in the pay
OF Of the Rockville Open, This
is real nice"
Volk, in competition with
1913 others from the upper
ranks Of the sport, hailing from
throughout the East, won the
richest event of its kind with
an 8-game score of 1,l79. an
average Of 1873.
Second. with a $500 prize.
was Joe Ardas of Meriden.
Conn. with 1.169. and third.
an old master. Harry Peters
of Bristol, Conn, at 1,124.
worth $3.50.
All three took their returns
In the opening week end of the
tournament, which was finished
last night, when young Ronnie
Allen made the best showing
among Washington area par
ticipants by finishing fourth
with 1920, for $225.
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At the same time the Claren-
don Open, run concurrently
with the Rockville tournament.
wound up with Billy Moore the
winner, and with the identical
average of Volk, except it
was for seven instead of eight
games.
Moore, too, was an early con-
testant. not only at Clarendon
but at Rockville. He rolled
LOTT at Rockville, eventually to
tie for 18th place, then shifted
to Clarendon to mark up a
score Of l.032 that wasn't ap-
preached by any of the other
"a entrants. Jim Wolfensberger
Of Hagerstown. nationa ally
ranked No. 2. was 64 sticks back
as the Clarendon runnerup.
Moore received $3.50 and
Wolfensberger, SITS. Third at
Clarendon was Bob Pease of
Norfolk. with 957. including a
l81 game. He landed 10th at
Rockville with an even 1,100.
However, the surprise of a
big week end in duckpins was
the performance Of Louise
Vance Of the Arlington Bowl
team from the District Wom-
ems Minor League who gained
the all-events lead in the Ma
tional Duckpin Congress cham
pionshipS at Richmond. Mrs.
Vance, a 104-average bowler,
shot 381 in singles, another 38l
in doubles paired with Nell
Huff, and 364 with her team
for total Of 1925, an average
Of 1851.
She and Miss Huff landed
third in doubles behind Grace
Winters Of Norfolk and Frances
Lillard of Richmond, with 756,
and Katherine Wick and Elaine
Perrin Of Norfolk. both national
stars. who totaled TAI.
1t was noteworthy that Sec
ond to Mrs. Vance in all events
was Mrs. Wick, formerly ranked
No. ! in the country. who was
two sticks back and third. Miss
Perlin, three of the pace.
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Name" bowlers found the
going rough at Rockville. Frank
Micalizzi. the defending cham
pion, tied for 26th. Jimmy
Dietsch of Baltimore, the No.
ranker of the country, tied for
l4th. Wolfensberger was 32d.
Pat Crescent, ranked No. / in
the area, tied for 30th. One
pin and one notch above him
was Norman Titus, rated No. 2
here. Joe Hundertmark Of Bal
timore, holder of the world
eight-game record of 1,199. was
144 pins under 1t in finishing
35th for the last spot in the
main payoff.
Best game of the tournament
was rolled by Leroy Burdette,
q 1872 that earned him the
Arena Sport Shop Trophy plus
SIS, the entry fee. Second high
was Peters 100. Then came
four 1915, by Volk, in his last
string; Ardas, Earl Hartman of
Baltimore and Joe Cicala, who
also rolled a I'll.
The general average Of the
1879 participants was 125 and
a fraction. In general it was
a highly successful tournament
and a credit to Charley Wade,
the Rockville proprietor. and
his assistant, Harry Burdette.
The payoff. totaling $4.456.
Dave Volk Bait. l179 $4,000