The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-11

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B. A. pins and balls were hun
appear again. Mention A. C. E
of long standing and he, like as 4
This is by way of announcer
duckpins to the prize communi
looking, queer acting naples are.
not for long.
John Vaeth, manager, bought twC
sets for the aII-washington girls
team to practice on. understands
naples win be used in the frs
half Of the intercity championship
series with Philadelphia's expert
girl bowlers. Five games win b.
rolled in the Quaker City ON Janu
ary 20.
The girls have been bouncing
the funny NAPLES about for two
nights and fail to find anything
exciting I'm II. The slam-banG
noise Of honest-to-goodness duck
pins is missing. Apparently there
Is something about that noise
which is . part Of the fascination
Of bowling.
No doubt, . bowler does 10.
ceiVe q certain satisfaction in
making the pins crash. But Il
can't be done with rubber banded
pins. A hard-hit, clean strike re-
suits N noise something Like
Thutr'
The squat, rubber circled things
disappear from the alley quickly
ana quietly. To one used to shoot.
ing the Washington style Of duck
pins, it seems to be only the ghost
OF q strike. Shriu the girl stars
who win represent the Capital at
Philadelphia:
''WeIl. wen roll -.em this time,
but lead us away from 'em as 9
regular camel!
Nope, rubber-baniied duckpins viii
never roost long in the Nations
Capital, however popular they may
be elsewhere. And in some places
they are extremely popular. One
reason is that they cost alley
proprietors less coin than all
wooden naples. A set OF rubber
banded pins win wear for eight
o. ten years.
No other than John L. Vaeth
caused the birth Of rubber-banded
6uchpins and, singularly, he Is
staunch enemy Of that game to
day.
In 1909, or thereabout. Vaeth, as
manager Of the Victoria alleys in
baltimore. put to work . chap
named Sawyer on an experiment to
create q pin base that would not
wear out easily.
One thing led TO another until
the rubber-banded maple was
evolved. Vaeth put in the new
style game at the Victoria and IN
no time practically every bowling
alley in Baltimore had established
it. It was far more profitable than
the aIl-Wooden stick.
First to foster the rubber
banded pin In Baltimore, Vaeth
also was the first to condemn It.
He declared Il was not as inter.
esting q game rs the original
style and having the games well
fare at heart, he chucked II. In
time the other Baltimore alleys
again followed Vaeth's lead.
yaeth,s name is interestingly as
nociated with rubber-banded duck
pins. First to sponsor it, first to
condemn il, he also became one OF
its greatest performers.
what was said at the time to be
q record was made by Vaeth as a
member Of George Isemann's team
representing Washington, that lick
ed the Martinsburg, w. Va, all
star Quint some years ago.
Vaeth shot five games for an
average OF IT'S. His high game was
$40. Games Of 200 or better are
not rarities in rubber-banded duck
pins, but to average 175 is quite a
feat.
As an advertisement in intro
aucing rubber-banded naples at
the Victoria, two fiVe-man teams
rolled for tWenty-fOur consecutive
hours. Vaeth took part i'm the
stunt. The low man Of the two
teams averaged lis for the long
session.
Members of the Washington
girls team are practicing as
siduously for the big match with
Philadelphia. The Quaker City
maidens may have the better of the
games rolled in their city, due to
acquaintance with rubber.banded
pins, but when they come here are
likely to encounter more competi-
ton than they can handle.
Washington's girl bowlers are said
20 stand out as the finest per-
formers in the East, one reason be-
ing that they were pioneers for
their sex in the duckpin game.
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