The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-24
RIVALS
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Nv 3. D. THOMAS

BY 3. d. THOMAS
he two greatest rival bowl
Ing teams in Washington will
fight. it out tonight at the
King Pin. Standing room
only, and little of that, viii
be available when the cham
pion Convention Hall team
lines up against the flashy
King Pins in their first
District League meeting of the
season.
OF particular interest win be the
slxirmish of the anchor men
Howard Campbell of the King Pins
and Glenn Wolstenho1me of the
invaders. The comparative merits
Of these two famous stars have been
under lively discussion for several
years.
Friends Of both are willing
60 call Il q standOff, but the
partisans are adamant. When
the dyed-in-fhe-wool WOlsten.
hOlme supporter points to the
HOwitZer,s record of never haF-
ing lost an importanat singles
match. the Campbell enthusiast
rises to remark that W0lsten.
h0IHne has yet to meet Camp
bell. And so goes the argument.
So far as Howard and Glenn are
= concerned they apparently care lit
tie about the matter. Neither has
Sver made even the gesture of q
challenge and the reason for this
lies in their friendship. A friends
scalp is never to be coveted.
II is not forgotten that Wolsten-
holme and Campbell three years ago
challenged the world to doubles
competition, offering to wager
$1,000. The challenge never was
accepted. though it was given ma
tional publicity. and it hasn't been
Withdrawn. The stars OF other
cities. including particularly Balti-
noEs. New York and Boston, stake
shooters, showed no inclination
whatever to accept,
The Boston ace. Paul Pohler. tried
In vain to conquer WoIstenholme
and the great Barney oSpineIla, of
brooklyn falled twice.
After WoIstenh0lme had
beaten Barney in Brooklyn last
winter several Brooklyn experts
came forward with offers To
meet Glenn. Their aim was to
get back some of the coin drop
ped on Barney.
The little Italian-American called
them off.
You can't beat him." he de-.
clared, land it's foolish to send
good money after bad"
Respected as Wolstenhoime is in
Brooklyn. his prestige there is no
greater than Campbell's. Early one
morning two seasons ago the King
Primer all but cleaned out the gang
In the Spinella establishment
Howard showed EN- a thing or two
about singles bowling after the
regularly scheduled matches were
over.
Phil SpinelIa closed the doors at
midnight and gave over the place
to Campbell and all who cared to
have at him. Many a bowler with
a national rep was present and the
visitor was given worthy competi-
ton. But he well nigh sent 'em
-
victims was the redoubtable Mort
Lindsey. of tenpin as well as-duck-
pin fame.
In Brooklyn the bowling bugs still
talk Of that Campbell party.
From Richmond comes signi-
Iicant news. The big alley
opened there recently by John
3. Blick. Of Washington. and his
associates. Is doing big busi-
ness.
Il believe we're crossing and net
ting more per drive than any alley
in Washington, Blick said today.
land we've been asked to build
another place."
When Blick went to Richmond a
wedge-~as made to open the South
20 bowling on big scale. Whether
the game would go was a gamble
but Its success has been assured by
the profits made in Richmond.
Bliek Is negotiating for site In
Norfolk now. He will put up a
large establishment there. if a salts.
factory deal can he made with the
owner OF downtown building.
In the meantime, one of HIick's
rival bowling promoters. Never
Dixie. His right-hand man. ]. w
Wood. Is in Charlotte. n. G to
get a bowling project under way
Wood will spend most of the week
IN Charlotte. He is said to he
enthusiastic over prospects.
Effective missionary work WAS
Zone In Virginia and the Caro-.
finas last season by George l..
1semann, secretary of the Ma.
HonaI Duckpin Bowling Com
Rress. He managed to obtain
several team entries from Dixie
States for the Congress tOurna-
pent in Baltimore, one team
coming all the way from High
Point. n. G..
Jack whaIen. of Convention Hall,
hopes to catch PeTce Elicit, of
stanford Paper Company tonight In
the District League individual
championship race WhaIen. with
en- average OF 100. II Two points
1,sbtp6 E1Iett. bat needs TO pick up
oeIg about 20 pins to even the
gsees
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