The Washington times., 1929-11-18
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BY GNo SIM

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Harry Arrniger, famous man.
ager Of the once renowned Rath-
skeller alleys, one Of the veteran
figures still active around the
duckpin drives. Is always pro
viding something out Of the ordi-
nary for the local pir1sters. '~'
Several months ago the king
pin No, 2. patrons were, treated
to a Canadian game dubbed red
head. A game where superlative
skill and accuracy were para
mount. ...s.e ~ =
Now it's five-back, which. Ar
niger confesseS, was suggested to
him BY John Pop" Evans, the
ghost-writer of Lucky Strike, who
found it to be quite the vegue
up in Philadelphia. "t>-
While seemingly complic icated,
it is really simple. ~..... t--
The total straight score
possible by clearing the board
with three balls iS Is. Ten
pins are used.
The five pins are set In q row
at the extreme end Of the alleys.
The two outside pins count five
points each, the middle pin one
point and the other two pins two
each.
A strike can be made in two
ways. BY polishing off all the
pins with one ball, as in duckpins,
or by having the ball go thru
any Of the spaces between any Of
the pins.
The pins are set just wide
enough apart for q ball to pass
through. OF course, this is an
extremely difficult feat, but it can
be done.
Harry Armiger himself got q
triple headed strike only a couple
Of days ago by going through the
various spaces three times in sue
ceSsion.
A spare Is like In duckpins, ex-
cept that you have the alternative
Of going through the openings
with your second bali instead Of
sweeping off all the pins. Going
through an opening made by
knocking out a pin doesn't count
anything.
Only going through the
openings between the pins ss
originally set up counts.
Should the first, second or third
ball go into the gutter, the bowler
losses all the points made in that
entire box and whatever count
he may have made on a mark in
the previous frame. This inSures
greater accuracy and adds zest to
the game.
Quite a number Of pinsters
make it a habit Of trying for the
big five-pointers and manage to
slip in the cutters thus losing out
entirely.
The highest score possible, all
strikes, Is 450. The highest score
registered locally is 267 by Joe
McGolrick. This mark is cx-
pected to be surpassed shortly,
as the maple addictS are taking
to the game with a1acrity.
II you want to take a crack
at the game, Harry Armiger and
Arthur Logan will be glad 20
oblige at King Pin No. 2 any
respectable hour Of the day or
night.
It seems that the Sleepy
City has finally produced
something that Is making
Washingtonians sic mp and
take notice.
Columbus University, IN the
Saturday Night League, led by
the vigorous pin-mauling of An
gelo Gamma, cl1a1king up q 363
set, broke high team set mark
with a 1868, three consistently
good games, 533, ST. and $50.
They topped the previous mark
set by the leading Nationals by
% pins. Incidentlv they swept
the set from Elite Laundry No.
2, and climbed quite a bit to-
ward the top.
In the Northeast Southeast
tussle Saturday night, the Queen.
pin crew ste ted off as If they
were going to chew up the Temple
men In short order, and for three
games it did look like their first
game lead would be enough to
tide them over.
But the SoutheasterS broke
down badly under the strain, while
the Northeasters pulled one Of
those Garrison's finish acts so
dear to the heart Of sportdom,
turning an apparent tame defeat
into a whirlwind victory, leaving
the SouthenderS groggy.
The numerals were 2,SS2 for
N. E. with games Of $50; 5S4,
562, 596 and D huge GAO to top
off an exciting evening, while
s. E. tOtaIed alta, starting
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