The Washington times., 1927-12-07
POPS I AXE
SIX GAMES
IN NIGHT
BY r. G. Thomas

BY Il. u. Thomas
Every one of its members is
over so years of age, but the Pop
team of the Recreation Bowling
League is bent upon pennant
victory.
1t is now in third place, five
games behind the leader, and has
been gaining steadily.
I'm not joking, either. when /
say we're going to win the PEN
nant," declared the venerable Pop
HALEY, team captain. today.
If you think we're just bunch
of old men. my. boy. just watch
our smoke for a WHILE" he added.
The Pops fooled the whole league
the other night by winning six
straight games. They cleaned up
In double header match.
And they were a lot Of happy
old pin maulers after that unusu-
al achievement. They have the
real team spirit, which is helped.
no doubt. by the leadership of a
man who distinguished himself i'm
other years as captain Of per-
haps the greatest duckpin team
in WashingtOn's histOry-the
Royals.
Two heroes of many hot bowl.
ing battle are members Of the
Pops team. To mention the names
of Harry B. HALEY and Joe Mi.
chaud is to recall much, bowling
history. Then there's Pappy Pratt.
the only member who doesn't an
swer to the nickname of Pop"
who was real star for many sea.
sons and still is far from a set-up
Pop Holland is the Oldest. He's
6S. Michaud is "a. Pop Mcfarland
b5. comes next. Pop Meeks is So
and Pappy Pratt. So. Pop HALEY,
at 81, is a mere boy compared with
Michaud and Holland.
Pratt is hopeful of winning the
leagues individual championship.
He's carrying an average now of
about 100.
Competition will start next Mon.
day in the annual elimination
tournament at the King Pin. The
is with 10 highest scores will dual.
1fy for the roll-off, which will start
December 26. Manager Bill Wood
will split $3.50 among the prize win
ners.
On the first roll.off round the
eight high men will continue on III
Class A, and the second eight will
compete in Glass B. The prizes in
Class A will be $40, $40, 500 and
$40; in Class B. $40. SIS, $40 and SIS.
Lefty GoodalI won the Class A
championship last year. Dutch
Weidman shot some mighty
scores to win the qualifying round
with an average Of 1884. Ollie
Webb had the high game OF 172.
All OF these will take part again.
Webb, incidentally, is one of the
few duckpin bOwlers who have
rolled q game of 200 or better
Ollie shot an even 200 i'm an in.
dependent match at the Arcadia
last winter.
Convention Hall will hold it's usual
elimination tournament, but Man.
ager Gardner has yet to set the
dates. 1t will take place, however,
during the Christmas HOLIDAYS.
Gardner will try to avoid conflict
between the Brooklyn Convention
Hall series, December 2S and
January Z, and the elimination
d.
attraction at the hall.
1t resulted in one of the biggest
surprises of last season when
Joe Harrison beat the great Make
Rosenberg in the finals. Nobody
besides the Kid himselm thought he
had the ghost of chance to win.
This year the Convention Hall
and King Pin winners will meet in
a special contest, with a block of
games being rolled at each alley
Many of the leading stars will take
part In both tournaments, but there
Is little chance that the same per.
former will win both.
Bill Wood, the King Pin
chief, has returned from a trip
H to Chicago and Flint, Mich,
I'm the business interests of
" Meyer Davis. While in Chicago
N Wood finished details of a deal
Tor the alleys that will be in
stalled in Davis next big estab-
Iishment, at Fourteenth and
Riggs Place. With about 60
drives, the new place will be
the largest in Washington,
In winning all three games from
the Owens and Bauer team of the
National Capital League, the Never
Davis bowlers beat 100 in every in.
dividual game. McGolrick was high
for the victors with $50. The
enemy anchor man, Joe Harrison
had 353.
Some of the East Washington
Church League bowlers are whang.
ing the head pin gloriously,
Mitchell, Of Ingram, shot a beauti.
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