Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-02
By DICK OBRIEN
Star Bowling Editor


sits atop The Evening Star Tro-
ply, emblemstic Of first place
IN the inaugural Of the Rod
Thomas Duckpin Handicap
staged over the week end at
the Queenstown Lanes The
event drew a recora-shattering
mixed field Of 462.
When Ruby Evans, wife of
Charles Evans, the president of
the Washington City Duckpin |
Association which sponsored |
the event, walked into the
Queenstown establishment to
try her hand in the tourna- /
ment she gazed at the trophy
and observed: why the male |
figure? After I win this tour
nament that will have to be
changed to a figure with skirts |
on"
Two hours later Mrs. Evans
had made good her boast-she /
won the tournament. Mrs. !
Edythe Violet, secretary Of the
Duckpin Association today or
dered a female figure to grace |
the trophy.
Mrs. Evans delivered a bang
up performance in the inau-
gural Thomas event, which has |
had no equal in the annals of |
duckpin bowling in this
city. Against bowlers of all
descriptions and averages many
OF whom came from as far
away as Roanoke, Richmond
and MartinSburg, w. Va, Mrs. |
Evans recorded a 706 scratch
series for five games, plus a u |
handicap. which gave her 778
three pins better than the
score Of second-place Frank
Hancock.
Mrs. Evans, q member of the
Fair Lanes team in the Capt.
tai Women's Major League, in
which she averages 1T. rolled
14l, 1873, 1873. 152 and 1877. It
was good for $3.50 in addition
to the trophy. Hancock took
down $l25 for second place,
while James Reed Of Silver
Spring captured third place
and SIS with 758.
The 462 entries made 1t DOS
sible for the association to give
prizes to approximately IS other
bowlers, who are to be notified
OF their positions after an Of
fetal review of the scores today.
No tournament In local duck
pin history has come close to
the outpouring of shooters who
made the assault on the
Queenstown Lanes. In 1860 the
Chilly Barnard Handicap at
Bonifant Lanes attracted 253
ooWlers. record until the
Thomas event.
There were two other tro-
PIXIES at stake in the tourna-
ment. One went to Hubert Eley
OF Fairfax for his 181 high game
for men and the other was
awarded to Louise Longus of
Washington for her 1873 game,
high for women in the event.
There also was a lot Of ac-
ton in the Jack Blank Pontiac
Mixed Doubles League, In which
Agnes Belas and Kelly Beach
ripped off an 827 series for
the second highest team score
OF the year. The seasonal mark
Is held by Mavis Parsons and
John Ressa with 842.
Agnes Belas not only helped
her partner Kelly Beach, to a
hot series score but established
a new set record with a 42o.
It broke the existing mark,
held by Pat Rinaldi.
The veteran Tony Santini
continues to stand 'em on their
ears in this circuit, too. He
shot a 405, which moved him
into first place in the high
average department. Tony
started in this league as a sub
for Nick Campanella, but now |
Is a regular, teamming with
Edie Adams. Tony and Edie |
won two games from Ann
Brandenburg and Bill Ramberg |
to remain on top in the circuit |
with 25-11. The Belas-B Beach |
combination, which took three
games from Virginia Nichola- |
son and George Grim, is In
second place with 24-l2.
1t isn't often the Dietschs-I
Jimmy and Jacque-suffer re- |
versals in duckpin bowling, but
they went down swinging three
times in a major upset in the
Pepsi Cola Mixed Doubles
League at White Oak over the
week end.
Jacque and Jimmy were shut