The Washington times., 1927-01-22
CHAMP IONS
GAL ORE
SHOOT
BY 4. D. Thomas

Every one a record holder, q,
champion or recognized sharp.
shooter. Is duekpin bowlers will so
to post tonight at the King Pin in
the opening five-game set of the
Howard Campbell sweepstakes Of.
fering = purse OF $3.50, the largest
ID the games history here,
The purse VIII be swefled II more
boWlers beat the deadline ser for
ertries--6 .. M, one hour before
starting time. At last accounts virs
tually syery prospect to compete
had fallen Ia line. ensurinS a total
Of at least 20 starters, each con-
tribUting S2S to the prize fund watch
will be divided three ways.
Five games win be rolled next
Saturday night at the Coliseum and
five more on the following Saturday
at Convention Hall, total pins for
the. is games to determine the VIM
ner.
Here are the entries: Reichard,
Rosenberg, Friend, Rurtner, VOL.
Atenholme, Cowlee, Harrison, Ise.
mann, Welsh, 3. Sheshy. Works,
Whal@u, GoodalI, Weidmah. Mulvey,
Toomey, swain, Msgaw, Campbell,
Elicit, Blick, r.. Moore. Webb. H.
MCCARTHY, Papas, Nolan, all apknowl.
edged experts whose names, with
few exceptions, are known to all
bowling bugs.
It Is the most brilliant IS well
as the most cOlorful collection
Of performers ever brought 70
gether III an individual tourIIa'
lileEit Ii thia city.
There IL no favorite. The odds
against any one of the contestants
are heavy. No acknowledged Judge
Of bowling ability Is on record with
q prediction Of the winner.
A prediction has been made
though, as to who will NOT win.
Handsome Red Mcgaw. the King
Pin wonder, has singled out q Ger.
tain John S. click for unfavorable
comment.
1T night be q good bet to put
one berry on Mr.. Blick against
one Thousand" declared the pub
chritpdinous marvel. land that only
because he Is the luckiest man IN
the world" It seems that Mr..
Blick ct some time in an obscure
past nicked Mr.. Megaw, with the
aid OF Lady Luck.
Never mind the lucky stuff.
IL the bowling magnate's reply ''be-
cause / don't expect to win. I'm
7 just donating SIS. maybe, but you
couldn't measure by a money stand
ara the value in genuine Satlsfac.
ton I'd get out Of whipping all
those sharpshopters. I'm going to
have a lot Of fun out Of not being
low man"
II ali the noteworthy achieve.
nnents Of all the contestants were
printed here they would fill this
page.
AL Works, the demon south
paw. ruled the highest single
game ever made with hardwood
duckpins-2O6. But this is only
one Of many exceptional feats
on the record Of this famous
Convention Hall star.
Make Rosenberg may own d ma
tional record for average. In the
Masonic League he averaged 119
and q fraction for more than 100
games. This at least Is q record
Tor Washington and il any bowler
in any other city has trumped it
nobody here has ever heard Of him.
5NAOOA8AO - AASAOs WIN - IkODGlS
average !. record for the District
League, which is far from a mean
distinction. Friends mark is lit,
made on circuit Of alleys. Rosen-
b6rg's remarkable average was
compiled at Convention Hall.
Harry Burtner holds the, city
record for the all.eVents total OF
a tournament in which three games
were rolled each in teams, doubles
and singles. In the annual Ma.
sonic Bowling Association tourna.
n1ent, Burtner shot 1,156.
Red Msgaw is the all-events
record holder Of the Washington
City Duckpin Association, with 1886,
established last year. Megaw has
been an association all.events star
for three straight seasons. Two
the year before that he was third.
Thus lie advanced one position
with each tournament.
This King Primer, who was
the high man on the WaShiilk.
ton team In the recent series
with brooklyn, seems to reach :.
top form In big events. Look.
ing ever the resultS Of seven
special matches In which Red
has rolled in recent years IL Is
found that his average Is better
than 13O.
Howard Campbell, organizer of
the sweepstakes, and Glenn VOL.
stenholtn9 it Is usual nowadays to
mention in the same breath. They
have a standing. challenge to roll
any other pair extant Hor q purse
Of $1,000.
Campbell holds this seasons re-
cord for a league set, with 434.
He was sensation in singles and
doubles competition with Brook.
lyn's stars. Campbell has won
more prizes than he can remember
and In, all sorts OF competition.
Wolstenholme has won more ma
tionaI attention than any other
Washington bowler since Harry