The Washington times., 1928-12-05
KID G'EISE
IS COMING
P|NSTAR
By r. D. Thomas

Convention Halls champion
bowling team, which defeated
the Recreation All-Stars in
Baltimore recently, will meet
another select lineup Of Mary
landers Saturday night at the
hall. Elmer Cashmyer, the
Catonsville duckpin boss, got
quick action on q challenge.
He no more than mentioned g
match to Al Gardner, the Han
chief, when it was accepted. Cash
nlyer today announced his team as
follows: Bob Myers, Ed Blakeney,
Dick Bauman, Pete Cassidy and
Henry Geise.
Five games WIN be rolled,
total pins to decide the winner,
and ) return engagement VIII
take place at CatOnsville on -
tI,a recreation All.Sfars win
come over for D second meeting
with Convention Hall.
washington fans win have an
opportunity to size up one Of the
coming great stars Of Maryland
during the tilt with Catonsville.
ANYWAY. Cashmyer believes that
Henry Geise is on the way to great.
ness. Henry is barely out OF short
pants. He has developed quickly
as a pin shooter. having q natural
delivery with fair amount of
4 6 = IS -
smoke.
ArvilIe Ebersole, secretary Of the
washington City Duckpin Asso-
citation, has suggested novel tour.
nament to be run at Conventlon
Hall. In this day of duckpin pro.
noting about every sort Of tourna'
menf has been run off or Is being
planned except one such as Arville
He would have the participants
roll five games, with every Dox on
q different alley.
Convention Halls beautiful
layout Or 80 drives In an uIl.
broken stretch gave EbersOle his
idea. He'd have the boWlers start
at alley No. and move over Tor
each succeeding frame. In this
manner q big tournament could
be run in much less time than
one Of the ordinary type.
Ebersole put forth another idea
today. this one concerning medals
for the washington City Duckp1n
Associations Big Ten, selected an
nually. Each Of the boWlere named
in the honor list is presented with
medal. There are several VINO ap-
pear to be fixtures in the list.
Ebersole proposes to standardize
the medal and have It 50 made that
one could be linked to another. Thus
a stars greatness might be meas
ured by the length Of his chain.
Medals won last year VIII be dis
tributed at the same time prizes
are awarded for the Howard Camp
bell Sweepstakes.
Up in New England they're
giving George L. Iscmann . big
hand on his work as secretary
Of the National Duekpin Bowl
ing Congress I'm standardiZing
the game. Unpolished alleys are
disappearing and the bOWIers
everywhere are adopting the
regulation paraphernalIa Of the
congress.
Nmmy Ross, of Lawrence, Mass,
one Of New England's most popular
bowling leaders, and alley pro-
prietors, IL organizing q team to
shoot in the Congress- second an
nual tournament, to be held on
John BIick's alleys at Richmond,
Va, in March and April. Places on
the team will be won in competi'
ton.
Washington's veterans win re-
member Jimmy Ross. Twelve years
ago he brought team here to bat
tie the Royals, captained by Harry
B. HALEY. The Lawrence bowlers
lost. q tough match.
Another New Englander, Frank
Englebrook, OF Providence, r. l.,
IL eyeing material for an all.star
team to try for the big dough at
Richmond.
Englebrook took the lead among
Rhode Island alley magnates in
1iscardfng sand-papered drives and
adopting National Duckpin Bowling
Congress equipment, EngIebrook' z
team recently defeated the famous
Miah Murray quint of Boston which