The Washington times., 1929-11-08
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| R..'EC.OIRD.(IN
ALLEYS
BY GINO SIM


Outstanding feats make official
records look poor. At least this
is true In the duckpin game.
Practically every. bowling alley
IN town can recall onoe. game that
is better than the national, off
cial 100 count, rolled by Howard
Ryon. :
For instance, down at .Lonnie
Krauss' Coliseum, 1876 is high,
rolled by chap named Mulvey.
Again, up at King Pin No. 2, Ar.
thur Logan recalls that John Har.
vile, who was quite conspicuous
as a bowler several years ago, took
time off one night, before league
matches, to mount up a 1911, with
S spares and 4 strikes, the strikes
being divided up into two juicy
double-headers.
1t won't be long before some
ambitious young fellow viii get
"hOt" one Of these star-lit nights
and set mp a high game record
officially that win sufpass all
other games ever rolled.
With the increasing popularity
of bowling in this city and all
along the Atlantic board, it
wouldn't be surprising if q whole
new set of official records were
chalked up before this season is
over.
The one official record that
might survive indefinitely, is the
high Sc record of A. Montagano,
46l. A man must roll a consistent
155 average to beat it, and that's
q tough assignment. Even Char
ley Phillips 458 set of last year
will hold the local record for time
to come. Remember how long
Harry Dixon's AS stood. ~
High sets rolled in pot games
are no where near the records.
A 402 set, with games of 12e, 122
and 151, by Pierce, is remembered
for King Pin No. q. Pot and pfac-
tice rolling do not seem to pro
duce consistent brilliancy. It
takes the steady grind of league
shooting for that. -.
MOdesty is . fire virtue,
but it should never be permit.
ted to interfere with ones ef-
ficieney.
Take the case Of w. w. Weaver,
young secretaryofficial scorer Of
the RosslyII Commercial 4 Aague.
who had. the misfortune Of roll
ing 1863 and 405 set one night
recently. breaking league and al
ley records, and he has been with
holding statistics on the League
for fear that his teammates
wouldn't like 1t.
Weaver, the scorer. should have
been proud, as his bowling COM.
panions undoubtedly are, that
| weaver. the bowler could roll
such magnificent scores and bring
prestige and glory to Rosslyn.
However, official score-keepers
must be impersonal for the sake
of accuracy and completeness
The new Silver Spring Alleys
open up tonight with, plenty OF
ksnappy action listed. All kinds
Of national champions will strut
their wares. A team consisting
of AL Fisher, Sam Benson. How
ard Campbell, Reds" Morgan
and Dutch" Weidman. all ma
tional figures in the maple-splin-
tering profession. will face an
! all-Star aggregation from the
North of Washington League.
AS an added feaeture, Mar
jorie Bradt and Pauline Ford,
two Of Washington's crack
pinsters viii take on the -Mys-
| terry Doubles. t
In the District League last
night King Pin made it three
straight over Stanford Paper Com
pany, but got a thorough scare
in the last set-to, when Elliott
barely missed a spare in the last
box, thus making the King Pins
two-pin lead safe.
The Rialtos Doubles League
opened up last night at Temple
Alleys without pyrotechnicS. Yam,
KEGS 222 game, A Poyich'S 333 set
and B. Sauber's 125 game, were
high.
Any team game over $50 is an
accomplishment worth noting in
the ordinary run of bowling. Last
night the Hebrew Interclub League
had four nifty games: Moseans,
588; Iris. SGT; Pals, S6S: and
Vista, 563. Interior Department
Leagues best was SGT, by Survey
The Columbians and Sequees
will roll postponed match at the
( Coliseum tonight. - Z