Evening star., 1928-02-01
\ ISTRICT Government and Fed
I eral Leagues have selected their
all-star squads for the clash IN
y which the former hopes to

~ 1STRICT Government and Fed
eral Leagues have selected their
all-star squads for the clash IN
IL which the former hopes to
show the young Federal circuit
what IS really good duckpinn1ng. The
competition will be for five-man teams,
doubles and singles and each league
has posted $25, the winning squad TO
take all.
Bowling will start Saturday night
at Z o'clock on the Arcadia alleys where
the District Government League holds
forth. The following Saturday, Febru-
ary II. the match will be concluded
at King Pin. home of the Federal loop.
District Governments five-man team
will be selected from a squad including
H. Steele, captain: Swaggert, Bern
hardt, Guethler, E. Steele. Mitchell.
Falk. Brown. McPronty and Mooney.
Federal Leagues team will be picked
from Webb, captain; Swain, Jolliffe,
Moore, Miller and Clements.
For the doubles contest, the NUM-
cipal circuit will have Bernhardt and
Swaggert, while the Federal loop will
put on the drives Swain and Moore.
In the singles, Fl. Steele will represent
Webb the Federal League.
Rivalry between the circuits is keen
and the impending match is arousing
considerable interest among their FOL-
lowers Officials Of both the District
and Federal Governments have accept
ed invitations to attend the contest.
"You take occasion now and then. u
writes a follower OF The Stars bowling
news. ito emphasize the desirability of
getting every bit of wood possible If the
bowler Is interested In building up his
average. The reward for plugging away
and refusing to be discouraged by the
breaks Of the game was we'll illustrated
in match saw not long ago. ! had
gone down to the coliseum to see a
District League match, but found that
1t had been postponed. However. ]
fingered to watch a couple Of the
Southern Railway games. One bowler
was up against disheartening series
Of breaks. Five times in row he put
the first ball in the pocket without
even getting a spare break. In the
sixth. he did land 2-pin break. but
the preceding boxes seemed to have
been too much for him and he missed
by narrow margin. But he did not let
down. Instead. he continued getting
everything he could. In the eight he was
rewarded with spare break-and made
it. The ninth box saw him pile a strike
on this and then he counted on the
strike. His game was 100 with only
two marks
1t is \ somewhat common experience
for bowler shooting for a spare count
to put on a trifle too much gas in his
attempt to sock the daylight out Of the
bunch with the result that the ball
reaches the pins before 1t breaks and he
Is off his aim. according TO a studious
observer OF the game The bowler there
by takes pin full on the nose instead
of on the side. Here Is an illustration OF
an odd variation though. Shooting at
anchor in the tenth box OF a game in
an industrial circuit. the bowler faced
a "bread-line" break and made 1t. He
was using a practically straight cross
fire ball. Yet on the roll-off OF the
mark the ball developed round-housa
curve and broke from the left-han0
side of the headpin to the extreme right
side of the alley. picking of pins.