The Washington times., 1929-12-23
VET IS BACK.
To HIS(ND
TEAM
BY GTNO sIBn

They always CUluS UaCA AUA
more. The fascination Of duck
pin spiintering is far too strong
Is be successfully and pernaa-
nently resisted.
Chsrley Wright, one u the
ereatest summaries Of yore, -
back. He hasn't made any
real serious threatening gestures
against the defenseless little pins
since the Kaiser slipped into
Holland.
re IS back in the lineup OF his
old Continental team, once one
~ the great aggregations IN the
District League, but now IN the
Insurance League.
After 3 poor start, IN Wnich
he fluttered around 98 average
& for the first five or six weeks, he
,lazed forth into his old stride,
rolling 1858, 357 and 344 on three
successive weeks, boosting his
skinny average to q more respect
able 1O4. Al LAT game adds
luster to his latest efforts.
with terrific speed and large
robs Of that "never-give-up"
spirit. he is best and most con-
spicuously remembered for his
outstanding work as q member
cfkhe once famed and feared
Jeds in the District League, the
deadly nemesis Of the mighty
Royals.
Whenever these two powerful
teams met they made duckpiIi
history. Their battles were never
falling drawing cards and the
scores Of the highest caliber.
Wright once held the Dis
tFict-it may have been the
national high set record, by
rolling 428 on March 4. 1916.
beating out Glen WOlsten-
holmes then considered pfe-
nomenaI 426, which brought
Glen into the Hlnelight.
Wright,s record set was
achieved with games Of 1859, 80
and 100 while rolling with the
C5andils in the defunct Arcade
League, when Chick Gandil was
the big duckpin impfesario as
well lis q diamond star.
Ray Chaplin topped this set
the following year by rolling the
notorious 434 that has proven .
sshex. to bowlers, having been
euualed to the pin half dozen
times since, but only beaten four
Of five times.
Charles was a chronic oppo-
nent Of Ray Chaplin, Pop HALEY,
Harry KrausS, Skinny Carroll,
Harry Stanford, great members
Of the great Royals and Belmont
teams, appearing in the lineup
of the opposing Jeds and Conti-
nentals.
He led the District League in
averages for two successive years,
and the year he rolled his record
set he finished off with practic-
ally q clean sweep Of all individ-
ilal honOrs, having high set, high
game, high spares TO his credit.
Always q tough man, he could
BE expected TO put forth his best
&c j crucial moment. He has had
many q head to-head battle with
the great oid-tirne dlckpill wiz
ards with results about even.
He has als0 gone In for the
endurance side Of the game,
having bOwIed for long
periods on end on = number
Of occasions.
FIis best performance was q ~
hour stretch at the famed Davis
bowling alleys in Pittsburgh. A
harder feat than 1t seems.
Harry KraIlss, who once h0WlCd
tenpins for "a hours straight,
states that duckpin rolling Is con-
sfderably more taxing. A con-
siderable amount Of energy Isl
necessary to roll d small ball with
accuracy down the smooth rum
ways whereas the big balls roll Of
their own accord.
The best locally Of which We
have record is d 45-ganle achieve
raent by Fred GoSnell At RosslyIl,
va, Mith q 40-game repeater at
Clarendon. This Is between seven
and eight hours Of straight bowl.
tng.
No official endurance rec
orls for duckpln bowling can
Be found, but taking every fac.
tor into account, Wright's rec.
ord is outstanding by n con.
siderable margin.
packwood's hard luck continued.
IA last weeks match with Grand
Palace, which the Valet men won
~ taking the last game by one
bin, Mcintosh. the Printers
anchor man. made 3 tenth box
snare, and, needing four to win
and three to tie, he cut deucel
Gus Places jumped ahead of
LEFTY PouloS In averages In the
Ahepa Greek League, having
1868 for his seasons efforts,
while Lefty fell back To 1O5-23.
iacoS also has high strikes, 10,
ana high spares. So
Poulos, though, still retains q
strangle hold on high game. Isl.
and shares high set with George
Dracopoulos, 363.
The Aristotle team has 3 good
margin in leading the league, with
4ermis ia second place.