Evening star., 1926-03-15

spare for himself on the score shee
comment re. erred to his own shot
bowlers.
You can't tell me that there
old boys. went on the Old Timer.
"yes?" said the Kid. Speaking OF
old-timers. how about that sci Of
YOURS last week that the bows are
raZZin' you over" And Your paying
the official scorer Years salary tu
keep num-"
Never speak i'll of the dead. my
boy" said the Old Timer. They burief
he official scorer right after | inter
viewed him on the leak. II was Il
splendid funeral. Anyway, Larry
Gardner was responsible for tha,
sla nder.'
How. II Happened.
"Gagdner: or Trinity? Did he write
it," ayked the Kid,
NO. he didn't write ii: he Wa:
merely indirectly responsible. YOU
might say. 1t was this way: Trinity
had lust handed q licking to the L.
F's,ette outfit. and Gardner showed
~ bis particular opponent. whom !
need not mention 10y name horribly.
both in games won and total pin :.
This man. appearing To teel that ~
must vent his chagrin on some limo
on the Bowling Editor managed 10
get the item into print. Nothing 10
it,
II, was some slam" insisted the
Kid.
slam, Kid. YOU are what the literary
guys call a superficial thinker. Thal
was no slam: il was boost. For eN-
ample: You never see anything In the
pa pers about the low sets YOU roll.
al
other kind. But when Glen NolsteE-
holme or myself happens to slip. that
news. Get me-"
II guess you're right" admitted the
Kid considering Your average. anN
mention of your name in the bowling
news IL boost
'''rhere's hope for YOU. kld. lhef@
hope At that. YOU follow my conNer-
sation about as clio ely as YOU folio"
me on the alleys
"illevs. Say. if had Your luck and
my ability" declared IN" Rid. IA
challenge Wosienhoime. Split the
bunch and then hook one over the
edge for a spare. You must have
rabbit 9 foot on YOU.
George Taught Him.
"Tommy George taught m" that
shot i" explained the ola Timer. calm
amateurs Well. as | was saying. let
us assume that the set they were raZ-
zjny me about was rs: that's an aver
age Of 90 about. Since this is spoken
of as a let.doWn for me the average
reader will naturally assume that my
regular pace is about 10 pins better,
l03. Slam, Say. the only folks VINO
consider 1913 average mediocre are
those who never worked for one. He
IL. al a
saws Bill Shakespeare, and Bill always
got the wood.
IN tell the world it's tough enough
getting up to 1OO." said the Kid.
Amt it the blessed truth?" agreed
the Old Timer. II remember that the
first set / ever rolled in a league was
exactly 300 with a high game of III.
After that stunt ] went around won
dering how any regular bowler could
average less than 100. But soon
woke up. That was tn" only 800 set
got for two years ami my average over
I that period was 93.
II gotta ha nd il to YOU for consist
ency." acknowledged the Kid. After
- wears of bowling you're still aver.
3ging 80.
"Twenty- seven years said the Old
Timer, indisna ntly. Where do. YOU
get that stuff"
Good Coaching Tells.
"Mebbe you're like racehorSe.
sai the Kid. though you don't look
much like one: rather like a truck
horse. Anyway. they tell me race
horses age Is reckOned from January
of the year in which he is born. |
guess there wasn't any January in the
year you were born. Say he added.
did get eight or nine them
You got six" said the Old Timer.
"and pretty lucky at that. Why don't
you shoot at the headpin with the first
ball: not at No. l0?'
Because never had the fine