The Washington times., 1928-01-06
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By R. D. Thomas

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He does everything wrong, ac
cording to the form experts, but
ollie webb gets more than one
mans share of the naples. The
king Pin southpaw will meet A
Fischer, Convention Hall champion
at the King Pin tonight IN the
final set of the inter alley cnam-
pionghip series and il he KNOCKS
over d large flock OF pins rne sA-
perts viii ask, as they have many
times; How does he do II
n afs : common opinion nova
days that a healthy swing and lots
81 speed make for high scores. But
webb has neither. File has next
to no swing at all, and little speed.
His bail has q slight hook. It is
sort of push ball. He is mista ken
for 4 set-up by some OF the boys
who believe they are crack bowlers.
But Webb more than holds his
own In Independent games.
It II d matter OF record that
he shot an even 200 for .
single game in independent Dlay
end for three games. rolled In
succession. tOtalled more than
$50. which is considerably bet
Ter than the record for league
competition.
''He's the most deceptive bowler
] ever saw" declares Bill Wood,
the King Pin chieftaiI1. who was
delighted to acquire Ollie for the
King Pin team in the National
Capital League
He doesn't appear to be getting
ANYTHING" as Bill puts it, but
when the final check is made you1l
find Ollie with neat total And
in Independent games. especially,
he's tough hombre"
Webb win enter fonight's s.
game set with 4 35-pin lead
over Fischer. who won the
Convention Hall elimination
tournament. Webb triumphed
In Class A at the King Pin.
Webb and Dutch Weidman have
4 50-pin lead over Fischer AMI
Paul Harrison in the doubles.
Glenn WoIstenholme is not a Ger.
tain selection to shoot the singles
in Brooklyn tomorrow night for Con-
vention Hall. Glenn has been all
ing all week. His chest has been
strapped for several days.
I'm feeling o. r." he said to-
day. but just the same he'll be
yanked in Brooklyn ii he shows
signs Of weakening. Anyway, that's
the tip that comes from Convention
Hall.
Wolstenholme will start in the
team match, at anchor as usual.
IL his performance there is not
satisfactory. Jack WhaIen will take
up the burden in the singles, it is
said. WhaIen was the outstanding
star in the intercity skirmish al
Convention Hall last week.
Glenn has been criticized for
shooting from the left side of the
alley.
He has listened patiently to the
advice OF the well-meaning observ-
ers but apparently is determined
not to change over"
81 bowIed from the right side
for 10 years." he explains, "and
Il was a mistake. The first year
shot from the left side I led
the District League in spares.
IL wasn't that was more ac-
eurate.
"Just get more breaks. Guess
missed more spares as well as
made more than anybody else in
the league. The main thing is I
get more breaks from the left side.
From the right side my ball cuts
through too much"
1t is noticed, however. that Glenn
shifts a trifle when he's not doing
well. Perhaps ne does it unconsci-
ously.
His rival from Brooklyn, Barney
Spinella, is an artist with the shift.
Barney not only switches from one
side of the alley TO the other on
occasions but changes his style Of
ball. And one way or the other
he usually gets the naples.
An odd precedent was set by
the District League in it's effort to
untangle knot involving the Pet
worth and Government Printing
Office teams.
The difficulty arose when Pet.
worth failed to show for a match
with the Typos. although there had
been some discourse between mem
bers of the teams before the match
was to have taken place.
Anyway, G. p. o. claimed for.
felt and Petworth protested. The
board of directors listened TO both
sides, then agreed TO permit the
Petworth and G. p. o. captains to
settle the matter between them.
selves. In short, the board 5odged
the issue.
The upshOt was that g. r. O.,
accepting a proposal from Pet
worth, took two games and
permitted PetWOrth to have one.
II was the first time i'm bowling
history here that a team won a
2-tO-1 victory without shooting.
After the meeting members OF
the board expressed the opinion
that both teams were right in a
way and both wrong in a way"
In which case it would appear
lOlIL QOTHn.|