The Washington times., 1927-02-04
PURSE
STAKED|N
SERIES
BY r. D. Thomas

n. Glenn Wolstenholme, con.
Querer of Barney Spinella. the duck
pin pride of Brooklyn. and Paul
P0hler, the famous Boston star. was
booked today for another nationa'
contest. His opponent this time
viii bs Carl Kisch. of Philadelphia
whose ability is unknown here.
With $500-purse at stake, VOL
stenholme and Kisch will roll a
series of 80 games. 16 in Philadel
uhia a week from tomorrow and a
like number at Convention Hall
probably the following Saturday,
total pins to determine the winner
Albert Gardner. the COnven-
tiOn Hall manager. handled
arrangements for WOIstenhOlme
and kisch was REPRESENTED by
Henry Bergman. ir.. of the Berg
men and Trucks bowling and
billiard establishment where
the QuakertOwn end Of the
series will I've contested.
The games will be rolled in sets
Vt eight. afternoon and night. with
ompetition starting at 1880 o'clock
N the matinees and o'clock in the
yening battles. An admission fee
will be charged in PHILADELPHIA but
&'one at Convention Hall.
Te regulation Baltimore style of
uckpin aud 5-inch ball will be
tssed. The Philadelphia Record, at
ne request Of Bergman, was named
IS the stakeholder.
Thus. for the third time In two
years, the colorful Wolstenholme
has been matched with stars OF
other cities and against the Phila.
delphian, he will likely be heavily
backed, though Kisch to Washing
Ton bowling fans is unknown. There
y feeling here that the Conven
tion Hall cannon baller 10 tho best
duckptn bowler in the world.
Boston fans thought that PoIl.
Ter was all but invincible, but
. year ago WOlstenhOIme beat
him In o five-gaIne set at Con-
ventiOn Hall that was a side
feature Of the meeting between
the Washington Stars and Miah
Murrays.
It was gruelling contest in
which WolStenhelme made a splen.
did show Of courage. Pohler led
him all the way until late in the
final game when Wolsteniolme
perfectly steady under trying cir.
c1lnlstances, caught up and then
went to the front to win by ii pins
614 to sos.
Spinella, who established a five.
game record here with a score of
10S, was much easier victim. I'm
nediately after Spinella had rolled
his record set in the team event
between the Convention Hall Stars
and Brooklyn 0rpheums. Wolsten.
holme defeated him by 1S pins and
later in Brooklyn, in another five
same battle, boosted his margin to,
~ naples.
In the Is games against POh-
Ter and Spinella, the Convention
Hall representative totalIed 1882,
an average Of approximately
119. which was not extraOrdi-
nary for W0IstenhOIme. His
general average In stake
matches and In special events,
including the big intercity con.
tests that Washington stars
revel in, Is around 100, though
his league standard is not
nearly 50 high. y
His next important appearance
will be tomorrow night in the final
set of the Howard Campbell Sweep.
takes. at Convention Hall. VOL.
stenholme, with an average Of bet.
er than 100 in the first 10 games
n, fthis sensational tournament, is
me Of the favorites. Tonight. at
Convention Hall. he will roll with
he Convention He'll team against
The Arcadias. In his last District
league performance he set a.
'eague record for the season with a
three-game total of 419.
Many times in an eventful career
Welstenholme has done better than
800 in league matches. He first
eafne to general notice when, still
a knickerbockered kid. he rolled 84.
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