The Washington times., 1915-11-23
Path of Alley O,vner Not
Entirely One of FLOWERS
Gusdorf Finds Class OF
Bowlers Embraces a
Wide Range of Hu-
manity of Vary
ing Tempera-
ments.
BY KIRK C. MILLER.

Gusdorr Gandil. and GULL IL a very
closed CORPORATION more Intimately
known to the bowling colony as The
Three Big Gs. and not the least OF these
Is Alex y. Gusdorf. who has survived
the trio to the extent Of being the edi-
tor-in-chief. managing dircctor.> head
compositor and foreman f-the-press-
room of the Arcade bowling alleys.
These titles mean nothing In conducting
a ducipln arena. but they are the only
standards of superiority that our nows-
paper education has embraced. and
you'll lust have to figure out for your
self the multiple duties entailed in Mr..
Gusdorfs daily life.
successfully presiding over fourteen
bo~lingalleys where miscellaneous men,
women. and children wear well de-
fined path from noon until midnight is
not our conception of nothing to do un-
III tomorrow. despite the differences Of
that eminent cartoonist. Thomas A.
Dorgan: for catering to people who
know how to bowl and those who think
they can bowl represents the two ex-
trenes of the many trying conditions
which confront the proprietor OF any
such place.
Alex figures that about 10 Der cent
or the bowlers are able to roll their
games without special preparation in
me way OF fresh chalk newly
painted foul line. brand now pins,
with straight hair and born in IN.
ilght or the moon. to say nothing Of
numerous other requirements which
they imagine will help their games ere
the tenth box Is reached. Ninety pore
sents that exacting element. while the
Others merely wish to be allowed to
bowl with balls that are round, an alley
which is at least level. and ten little
pins with perfectly fiat bottoms, SO they
Will stand erect
Alex opined to US the other afternoon
that he had noticed the uncomplaining
ones are invariably those whose names
occupy the streamer lines In the daiiies,
while the scores Of the ''sauealers'
type. Rut he takes them as they come.
does this monarch of the Arcade. and
H customer wishes a grapefruit to
bowl with ne IL just as likely to get II
ns II he should ask for Carter's little
We said that Alex has survived the
Three Big Gs IN assuming charre Of
tho Arcade and the explain a tion should
not be taken lightly. In the genisis Of
things at Fourtssnth street and Park
brandished ell over upper Mt. Pleas
mt. Alex WAS merely a silent partner.
his davs being occupied with bei'E Of
fcinl haberdaSher to the Warrington
hall club and n few select friends, while
GULL really conducted the alleys.
They let Guilt have free range because
he can make more noise than the runb-
ling of the pins and halls. and the other
proprietors combined. In the evolution
Of things. however. Gandil had TO 20
away to plav baseball and then Alex
was given his first lessons In being
boss. For a while II was hard to tell
whether Gulii was letting Alex stick
around while he learned the business or
until he found some one he could lenve
IN Charge OF the allevs. At least that Is
the Impression one received from watch
ing GULL cavort from alley to alley and
from balcony to mezzanine. GULL looked
like the whole works and he sounded
the same.
Our impression has been corrected by
now. though. and we know that Alex Is
supreme. We know that II Is his brain
that conceived the idea Of partitioning
off a separate nlace for the ladies to
bowl and that ne holds the most ex-
elusive class Of feminine pin artists who
bowl in washinrt6n. And speaking Of
original ideas. Alex n now working on
plan whereby ne viii induce his Glen
te'e to bowl twentv-four hours a day.
During the twelve hours his emporium
for health and recreation Is omen. he
cannot possiblv accommodate the nd
dcrs for al1evs. The only place that
could would be Potomac Park or
Georgetown F1pld-so he has asked the
d'sappointed .oncs TO call any time after
10 midnight until l2 noon.