Evening star., 1928-01-24
WITH THE BOWLERS

Popularity OF the duckpin game often
puzzles those who have not tried their
hands at 1t and do not realize its fas-
CinatiOn, says an ardent admirer and
student of this form of bowling. How
ever, this popularity can be illustrated
rather we'll by little story, he asserts.
He tells Of kindergarten teacher ques-
tioning small boy in his first day at
school, attempting to learn his name.
She could not get him to tell her. as he
appeared to be extremely bashful.
Finally she had an idea What does
your mother cali you" she asked. when
dinner Is ready?" The little boy just
beamed. "She doesn't have To call
me-" he declared I'm already there"
That's the answer TO the duckpin pop
ularity question says the follower OF the
sport. Duckpins are already there-and
they are always there, waiting for you.
Other games are dependent upon day
light or require good weather. Some
must be played out Of doors and so can
be enjoyed only part OF the year in
climate such as this. and they have TO
be postponed when it rains or SHOWS or
Is uncomfortably cold. For golf, for
example. you sometimes have To travel
good distance and fight for your turn
on the course.
But duckpin, Any day. any evening,
rain or shine, Summer or Winter, and
bowling alleys right at hand. The
worse the weather outside, the bigger
the kick at bowling match indoors.
And the game is one that can be en-
joyed as solitaire" even. If you can't dig
up running mate. Added to all this
is the element of chance. Every box
offers all sorts of possibilities. and even
perfect pocket shot does not guaran-
/ rtty
OF course. i'm the duckpin game In
particular, there is no such thing as
good or bad luck. But 1t is little
difficult to explain situation ike the
one here detailed.
| The other night a bowler registered
| two counts of pins each on his first
| two spares, his team losing the game by
margin Of pins only. This sort OF
| thing is to be expected, however, and
| the bowler gave 1t no particular thought,
profane or otherwise But he had fol-
| lowed the marks by blowing two spare
| breaks in the remaining boxes. Follow
| ing the first missed break, he hit for a
| strike. After the second miss he top
Piled pins Well, what have you? On
| the two marks he made. he counted a
total Of pins; on the two he blew he
would have registered 10 pins.
| And there are bowling alley managers
who have the nerve TO paint on the
walls of their establishments: "Bowlers
never get the blues"
Undaunted by the I59-pin licking
| handed it by the Bowling Center All
Stars OF Baltimore in l0-ganle match
| early this season. the King Pin team
Is to tackle the Monumental City duck
pin aggregation in another i0-game
| battle. Tonight the first half of the
| match will be rolled on the Bowling
Center drives OF the foe. Manager Bill
Wood will head the King Pin party
leaving for Baltimore at 5 O'Clock this
afternoon. The last half Of the match
will be bowled here early next month
The King Pin team probably will il
clude Joe Toomey. George Friend. Glenn
weidman. Arthur Logan and Howard
Campbell. Bowling for Baltimore will
be John Ruppel. Ed Smith, Roy Won
Drelle, Ed Dunnock and George Lang.
Bradley Mandley. who topped the