The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-10
BY r. d. Thomas


Glenn wolstenho;me, the mighty
man of Convention Hall, today
spiked runor that his much
heralded battle with Max Rosenberg
was off.
1--WE win roll on the first two
Saturdays in April, Wolstenholme
said, "but we haven reached an
agreement on the number or games.
Rosenberg wants to shoot 10 each
night. I don't know but what tive
would be plenty"
The Convention Hall star, who
has had an off season, has gone
into serious training in an effort to
get back that well nigh unbeatable
status he held a year ago. Glenn
has rolled fewer genes this season
than in any other of a long career.
To q lack OF practice and .
gain OF excess weight - IaM
W0lstenhOlme's decline. When
called upOn this winter to shoot
Hve games of singles on TWO
alleys, q stunt that requires
more stamina than most bOWlers
who have never tried IT would
believe. the big fellow nearly
staggered through the late
frames.
1t was with noticeable effort that
he gteadied himself in the crisis
OF his match with Barney Spinella
in Brooklyn and threw in the couple
of heavy marks that were necessary
to gain the victory. Glenn's game
ness was the deciding factor there.
= ~ ie
1avorite.
'sIf 1t was Wolstenholme OF last
year or the year before" say the
beading observers, lit would be a
lot different"
II WOlstenholme is not in top
notch physical condition and the
rivals decide to roll ten games
set, the odds likely will be increased
on Rosenberg. But Glenn in all
probability will be in shape. He is
working out daily at Convention
Hall and gradually increasing the
number Of games.
One thing Is q cinch, tO-wit:
When WoIstenhOllne and ROsen-
berg do clash they viii draw the
biggest crowd that ever saw
two bowlers fight it out on a
Washington alley.
The Federal and District Govern
Ment Sweepstakes viii open at the
King Pin tonight at $50 o'clock,
with entries closing q half hour be-
fore. The fee is 50. Five games
will be rolled. The second and final
Bet win be contested next Saturday
at Convention Hall.
Dn1 Mcro xrytN 4so0dto Stars ara
prined for their match with the
Cashmyer Stars at Catonyille to-
night and viii enter the battle ia
Tored to win.
The Meyer Davis girls Of the Dis
trict Ladies League viii meet an
alI-star Baltimore team tonight at
the King Pin No. 2 in the final set
OF a. home-and-home match. The
visitors are in front.
Stamford Paper Company
will take on Major Goff's stars
Of Clarendon tonight at the Coli
scum in the willdup Of a series.
The Papermen are far in the
van.
The Joseph Phillips Company
team will go to Baltimore for what
promises to be warmly contested
affair with the Park Circles.
Jerry Wolf, observing young fel-
low, called attention today TO an
interesting fact in the Campbell
sweepstakes that was overlooked
by the press. He was discussing
the prowess of Convention Halls
crack team.
did you notice the scores of the
five Convention Hall bowlers in the
first set Of the sweepstakes?" asked
Jerry, who continued: well, they
averaged 121 a man. Those boys,
every one Of EN-, can certainly
deliver under fire
VOLTS observation suggests
an idea. Why not give a prize
to the team whose bOwlers get
the most pins in the Sweep
stakes? 1t might encourage
Convention Hall tops the District
League with two-game margin
over the King Pins, having won
five out OF six games rolled this
week, two from the Temples and
three from G. p. o.
Wolf Will ReOrganiZe