Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-09


that they must he regarded
as the strongest in duckpin competi.
ton. This was demonstrated in no
| uncertain way last Saturday night
| when the Convention Hall SQUAD, a
| inc lot nj shooters. hut by no means
Ian allcity aggrega ton, scored its
sweeping victory over the cream OF
| the duckpin- shooting talent OF Brook
| lyn. And Brooklyn probably can mus
ter as fine a lot of duckpin- shooting
talent as may be found outside of this
city.
Beating the Spinella All.Stars In
all three sections of the $1,000 chal.
lenge match, the Convention Hall men
| showed just wha; Washington's first.
| class duckpinners may he expected
to do when performing under pressure.
They entered the Brooklyn end OF the
| home and home affair virtually dead
| locked in each section with the Spi.
nella crew and simply walked away
with everything that was not fastened
TO the foreign drives.
| j; was a bowling achievement OF
high order and he squad TO man
| is 10 he c0mpimented for it's splerdid
effort.
Gold figures do not begin Ia tell the
story of the bowling by the Washing.
ton men AT Brooklyn. In fact, they
fail absolutely TO express the spirit OF
the contest. A biz nettIed by the I'M
warranted criticism OF their efforts
in the block rolled here during Christ
! mas week. the Convention Hall crew
entered the Brooklyn end OF the com.
petition fully determined 10 show just
what II could do when necessary a nd
did it,
Just why there should have been
any criticism Of the team bowling in
| The block here in difficult 10 under.
I sta nd. The 2,Si9 total shot at Con.
! Nention Hall by the qIint meant a
game average OF $685. pins. And it
meant for the hve.game set an indi.
Fldual game average Of 1913. That +
me bowling. yet apparently many
Washington duckpin followers failed
10 analyze the figures.
These same disgruntled fans should
have witnessed the performa nee Of
the Convention Hall team in the first
! three games At Brooklyn. How the
pins did ny. Right down the line. the
counts were good. Ped Megaw. lead.
ing on. hit for $50. Hap Burtner, gen.
IA captain OF the crew. sOcked a set
81 similar size. and Al Work left.
4, ha nded his way 10 a spa Killing total
! 81 4is. Jack Whaien banged the
NAPLES for 347 and Glen WoIsten
! nolme for $40
That gave gra nd total Of ] 500 for
the f1rsi three games and put the
Convention Han team 1876 pins up on
i's Brooklyn opponents with just two
games 10 go 10 complete the f0-game
home nd home batle. natural let.
down followed. for only by a miracle
. could The Spineilas overcome tina
tremendous lead. Convention Hall
mas nutsh0t in the last two games.
yet II finished the Brooklyn block with
a. count VI 2.s7s. making the team
/ game average for the night. 575-3, and
the individual game average lisa.
I The Washington bowlers simply
| sptaitered marks all over the score
/ stIe%t in taxing thf first three gamer
of The team set They fesistered Al
spares aud II strikes during the ram.
t'aRe. while The ErDpkiyn crew regis
/ tered only 81 marB., Ia the last iwd
e3fn"r the Convention Hall men were
oniWhFk"d ~ the Spnelias. 81 To 20
! but b"for~ Tie fourth game Was under
nay the issue had iren settled.
u WAS the doubles match that
/ bsoUght The greatest thfili ~ the
src'iDn ~ The sizable gallery. The
a-pin advantage Megaw and Whaien
carried into the tiit WAS swept aside
! early in the first game by the gpinei
las, PM and Barney, and ~ the con
1iusion NJ the second game the Brook
jYn pair was ~ pins up for the entire
fnatch.
Then came the Warrington count
inst knocked tbs props from unde,
the Brooklyn duo. NeRaW opened ths
tnird game with strike and came
through win spares In the third ant
fs}DFth frames ~ len did not mark
ana! the fourth brz when he spared
bat he piled ii strike Oh top ~ tht
spare and tie f0il counts for IN.
TURIN bpE shDMed Washington iesdiuS
: EfDpkiFn Ia ihT RainH by = pins
JHat I"fi the Washington paiF bat
. Dins brhind tie foe iuf lhe mh0i'
sHat"h.
gbu spintli3 Dacked fout fran.
spare wan another IN HE mn foi
EfpoLi3H bat HEaIeH hacked IN
mn fibHss siflEe Wiih another IN ths
| sjXtt ana 81 HE end II The rnh boo
Washington had passed ErGokiyn I.
hDid The Lead 10 the fiDjsb. via
5t~RaE sbaiiHE IN NE sjkIh, ssssHtt
sth elgHtb ~ finish wan a. game q
~ "ff basNb si'H''tK VS. wv the
ibt"e lDEes 40 souHt IA. fIs fonseH
ibn ttoj f,hd had game ~ 80
. "Fa31Fl tt"oisiyn's 21% snd head -
- pm i"t ihr sbtit~ hjit!E
That ssiti"d IL Vel Wasbibgto,
. f"ntih'irh ir gpud counting IN ~.
f1i8 II engagement ~ tstpst lis inai
: 10y - piDE sfid ~ ihe HHai double
game aDIutEsd ~ = count ~ 2sb, /,
Mbifb WHajs1 contributed 1873 pins
/ tie beet Individual game sc0Ts ~ th'
entire contest. Jack wound up bh
. shooting by striking In iBs roll on u
f. a. tanihfrsms kpsFs.
i There was little of The ssnas'ions
In ,hs slnEiss In which WoIsssn hoifn,
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