The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-13
TWO
STARS BUT
CARRY ON
BY r. D. Thomas

Five expert bowlers do not always
make 4 winning team. Today Harry
Stanford, whose stanford Paper Com
pany bowIers have rolled their way
unobtrusively to the top Of the Dis
trict League, said this:
It'd much rather have five bowl
ere Of q little above average ability
than d team OF stars shooting Tor
individual glory. Once in while the
five stars roll sensational game or
set but the team that has the true
team spirit wins more games In the
long run.
'.At this time our team Is Vir-
tlaIIy tied with Government
Printing Office for the District
League lead. And q. r. O. has
built its team much In the same
manner as we have. They are
quite two Of kind and Il is
Q convincing fact TINT they are
now In front Of the several all
star teams that were expected
to fight it out among themselves
for the pennant.
perhaps they will in the end.
Nevertheless, our team and G. p. o.
will have been indicated in their
policy Of keeping UP team spirit and
not banking on individual ambition.
Early In the season we lost a
great bowler in Earl McPhilomy
through illness. That. to some,
looked like a mighty blow to the
teams hope. Well, IL was. in way.
But the true team spirit quickly
asserted itself. Our boys rallied and
carried on.
''Then we lost another star. Max
Rosenberg left US. When he followed
MoPhilomy, but In q different way,
our team was counted out Of the
pennant race. Many had thought
when the season opened that with
McPhilomy and Rosenberg. two Of
the best bowlers that washington
has ever had, we would make big
fight for the pennant.
"And, vice versa, when Wa lost
them It was figured we didn't
have a chance. But the team
bOwlers. personally suited to our
outfit and kept on trying.
u ----I---
Well, we're up there. For how
long nobody can guess. but merely
70 have made the grade this far
Is a worthwhile achievement. We're
getting a lot of fun out of the
situation. and after all is said and
done that's the big reason we bowl
In the cases of some of this city's
best Individual bowlers, however,
this apparently is not true In the
Stanford squad now are: Elicit,
Steeler, Reichard, Bilhimer, Ward,
Fisher and GoodaIl
The showing of Stanford's rebuilt
team is quite the talk of the Dis
trict League right now, and it has
not a few hackers to carry right on
to the championship. The District
League pennant, by the way. car
ries the prestige Of an all-city title.
Until the StanfOrds won two
cut Of three from Petw0rth this
week, they were tied with
G.P.O. Tomorrow night the
Typos will have an opportunity
to take the lead when they meet
the ArcadiaS, at the Arcadia.
1t appears now that five teams
each has a chance for the big PEN
Ilant-Stanford. G. p. O.. King Pin,
Convention Hall and Curb Cate.
Several Washington bowlers have
shot their way into the circle of
the nationally noteworthy in the
last several years. Glenn Wolsten-
holme. for instance. was declared by
some of the bowling critics in New
York to be probably the best
bowler in the country" One writer,
w. G. Ryder, who is a recognized
authority. said that of Glenn in the
New York World in exactly those
words and praise Of similar ma
ture was dealt by others.