The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-22
Champion BrilI's suggestions to beginners
the position for n~ovices, the back
ward swing and the delivery
down the center.

club house alleys on my list. Each
has its following and roughly speak
ing [ should say that this winter
there will be 100000 bowlers in the
United States. It will take a small
forest to supply wood for the pins
that are going to be put out of the
ring this winter"
Another optimist on the success of
the winter season of bowling is
Champion Bowler Frank Brill. The
premier roller of the country will be
much in evidence with his team of
frst-class bowlers this S He
has charge of 80 alleys and has spent
many hours figuring how to schedule
more leagues than his alley facilities
will accommodate.
"How do I know there are more
beginners in the game this fall than
ever before?" asked Mr.. Brill. "Why,
never since I was bowling in New
York have I been asked by so many
people to give them instructions in
bowling. That alone indicates that
there are novices galore who have the
league fever and who wish to roll we'll
so as to make some team. Seriously,
I do not know why they should come
to me for lessons. It was quite by
good fortune that I gained the title
of champion. Of course I have
bowled many years and have Jared
well-rolling consistently and about
the same average each year, but there
are better bowlers than / am.
Anybody who can send the 16-
pound lignum vitae ball down the al
ley and who is able to make it hit the
1-3 pins, is in line for bowling hon.
ors," continued the champion. "There
is no sport that I know of in which
the participants have such a variety
of styles of play that bring results
unless it is golf. You may roll a
curve ball, or you may be a straight.
down-the-center roller, or you may
always deliver the ball from the
right or the left hand corner of the
alley, and yet you may be a roller
who can average over 200 for the sea
son."
Brill may seem modest, but the
fact remains that his tips on the
game are in demand everywhere. Nc
man can be the "war horse of the al
leys" that he has been for years with
out knowing a great deal about the
game. First-season bowlers watcl
his work and ask all hammer of ques
tions. To all he invariably remarks
Bowling is not hard to acquire pro
Efficiency in. Don't try to make i
hard. Learn to keep on your feet ant
above all cultivate the habit of lead
ing with the left foot and sliding {
bit on that foot just as the ball is de
livered. The eye must help you, TO.
if you do not hit the head pin, you
must not expect strikes. Anothe,
thing-go after spares with just a!
much accuracy and earnestness ant
in the same style of delivery that yo,
use in sending the first ball afte:
strikes. On the same principle tina
the beginner should not try to imi
tate. the style of Schaefer in billiard
for he will fail would sugges
that nc beginner try to roll after m.
style. Years of bowling have clinche,
my style, which does not come cas-,
to the man who is learning. So man,
beginners do too much useless swing
ing of the arms. Theoretically the,
bring their arms to a dead standstill
although they think they are addin.
momentum to the departure of tn
ball. / crouch, perhaps not so mucl
as some OF the crack fasteners, an,
when 1 stoop l let my right arm be
gin to stoop in front of my body. A
the ball comes UP, I instinctivel,
bring my left hand up until my fin
] gers touch the ball. That touch, com