Evening star., 1926-05-02

II dIi I'D tuG Downing RdlllS.
"HowS that?" asked the Kid.
"Why, bowling was the means of
putting Everett Scott at shortstop.
and he's plugging up the hole from
which all the championship white
mule was escaping"
Scott seems to be delivering the
goods" admitted the Kid. but I'm
still up a tree on the bowling angle
of his showing"
How He Got i'm Trim.
Probably you belong up a tree,
Darwin says so. anyway. And what
was good enough for your ancestors
is good enough for you. But about
Scott and bowling-I read early in the
training season that the experts said
Scott could no longer stand the pace,
that his legs were bad and SO on.
Then Billy Evans took a look at the
White Sox in training and reported
that Scott was in fine shape"
Pop Evans SOM" asked the Kid.
He usually knows what he's talking
about"
He does that" agreed the Old
Timer And he not only stated his
opinion but explained how Scott got
into such fine condition"
"Oh. l begin to see a light under
the bushel," said the Kid. You're
going to tell me that Scott got into
shape by bowling"
Kid said the Old Timer, solemnly,
there are times when you astonish
me, when you show almost human
intelligence. That's exactly what l
was going 10 say, or rather II is
what Billy Evans said. Scott owns
and operates n bowling establishment
and attributes his present fine condi-
.tion to the fact that he bowled an
average of 20 games a day all last
Winter"
Twenty games a day" exclaimed
the Kid. He sure must be an expert
by now"
Probably" said the Old Timer.
"And vet some of US get impatient
II we do not develop highskill bowl
ing five or six games a week. It
takes regular and steady practice to
get up there among the class 4
shooters"
II might become a class A bowler
if I rolled 20 games a day. said the
Kid, "but first of all I'd have to
figure some way of getting adopted by
Henry Ford so that l could pay for
the games, unless | could shoot low
man pay against easy marks like you
all the time, and 1 shouldn't have the
heart to do that"
NO" said the Old Timer. We'll,
I'll show my appreciation. Come
over and have a wedge of pie and
cup of coffee while we wait; we have
only one more hour before we get
an alley, as there are now II ahead
of U.S. What gets me" he continued.
as they seated themselves at the
table. lis how the experts figure that
q man can bowl 20 games a day for
six months, as Scott did, and still not
be strong enough to play through
the base ball season. A mans legs
have got to be in shape to hold up
for bowling like that"
II don't think mine would, admit
ted the Kid.
"It Just shows what a remarkable
exercise bowling is." insisted the Old
Timer. SCOTS experience is going
to be a whale of an advertisement
for the game, if he makes good, and
I'm sure he will"
Il believe he will myself" said the
Kid.
Still Another Angle.
"And. oh, boy, how the girls will
flock to the alleys once they get the
dope about Scott!' asserted the Old
Timer.
say" cried the Kid, you hop
around like a bullfrog. First it's
base ball, then it's bowling, and now
YOU are off on another detour. l don't
see what there is about SCOTS using
bowling to get his legs into shape
that would make the girls flock out
to the alleys. None of them is trying
to make good in the big leagues"
NO, 1 didn't suppose you would,
said the Old Timer. But the girls
will see the point easily enough. 1t
is just matter of preparedness. No
body can tell how long this short
SKIRT IA shinn is, going to last,