The Washington times., 1928-02-25
BY R. D. Thomas

By Il. u. InOmas
Every girl bowler in the village
a invited to attend tonight's meet
ine 1t the Arcadia OF the Wash
ington Ladies' Duckpin Association.
Thus win be prevented . repetition
az last weeks disruption. which
occurred when the girls assembled
but couldn't decide the question Of
who should be permitted to vote.
All may cast ballots tonight. the
principal business will De the elec-
ton OF officers and the making OF
ARRANGEMENTS for the city tourna'
ment.
with 4 week since the last meet
ing to think over things, the leaders
should have some concrete plans 20
present tonight and the entire
ahebanr done up in good style and
in . hurry.
i vast majority Of the girls
are mt deeply interested In the
nuesfinn az WHO viii run the
fnnrnanleut, but WHERE II
yin IS held. This e ever .
hone sc contention and the girls
probably will profit by the ex-
s1egieIlce az the mems OrEani1a.
Zion which definitely named the
alleys for three years In A0.
vance and saved itself = peck
81 trouble.
The girls reached some sort OF
understanding last year regarding
alleys for the future, but 1t appears
hnA
obscured.
Bin wood, the King Pin man
aRer. Is trying out q new lighting
evsteYn for the pits. The pins are
flooded with light from a reflector
hidden from the bowler's view be-
hind ceiling beam.
The chief benefit would appear
TO be q saving Of expense. Flying
NAPLES frequently break the bulbs
IA the droplights ordinarily used
over the pins
Many minds are at work ON
schemes TO improve bowling
conditions. A fortune could be
made In 3 hurry By the chap
who found q method Of manu-
featuring indestF1ctible pins
with AL the qualities Of maple.
( s
Badly battered and Clipped ma.
pies are the bane OF bowler's
existence. They make for ridicu-
aous breaks on the most accurate
headpin hits.
Al certain amount of hammer
ing improves the pin, according to
some authorities who say 1t puts
p'life" In the stick.
Alley managers are ever seeking
N way to simplify the job Of keep
Ing the drives clean and smooth.
Yet none in Washington appears
TO have attacked the problem at
Its source-the balls. II these were
passed through q cleaning contri-
vance on the way back from the
pits many q black spot on the
alley would be prevented. It's the
dirt ground into the alley that
does the damage and makes beau
coup work for the manager and his
assistants.
Dave F'egan, secretary Of the
southern Railway Clerks Duckpin
League, offers d warning TO Wash.
lngton stars not to take Roanoke
Eighty II an intercity match is ar
ranged.
Dave writers: "A couple Of weeks
ago you wrote an article in regard
to high scores that had been rolled
Mt Roanoke. As information, our
team went to Roanoke on February
1S to roll the first block OF home
and-home match with the Norfolk
and Western team, and to show
sfnere il no fluke in the scores men,
toned by you, enclose a photo
graphic copy of the score sheet.
You will notice they rolled three 500
games and their lowest game was
$50. Their low man had q set of
674.
'T might add that this IL not
o picked team from the City
Of Roanoke but Is a picked team
Of the Norfolk and Western
bowIers. Our old friend. Dyer,
who had an average Of only
113, could not make the team.
perhaps this dope might be Of
Interest to the bowlers who con-
template q match with q Roanoke
team"
The Roanoke scoresheet men.
kioned by Dave was 30 marked up
with spares and strikes that it re-
minded one of a soft spot in the
OeAA WhGAC bhO IA14[hNnS PLOAA~
enade.
Roanoke's team scores were SIS.
!. 615, sos, $50, and 604, a total
of 2,955. Southern Railway was
Ewamped after getting away to SIT
start. Roanoke took the lead about
midway the second game and
fomped to victory.
The Owens and Bauer team Of
the National Capital League will 90
TO Baltimore tonight Eor a 5.gan1e
clash with an sll-star lineup. The
Washington DEAN will be composed
of Jack Wolstenholme and Joe and
Paul Harrison, youngsters. and Al
Work and Joe Mulroe. seasoned per.
formers. A date has not been set
for the return engagement.
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