The Washington times., 1929-11-12
RACE:
IN VETERAN
LEAGUE
BY GINo SINH

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BY GINo SINH
The National Capital League,
the second oldest bowling loop
in the District of Columbia, or.
ganized in 1909 is coming back
into it's own.
Practically every team has =
hand in the money with a few
good breaks.
With the advent of the newly
organized and powerful Grand
Palace Valet team. with such
outstanding stars as Paul Har-
rison, Make Rosenberg. Jack
WoIstenholme, Ollie Pacini, Joe
PopkinS, Joe Harrison and Leo
Rinaldi, who captains it, the King
Pin aggregation who have romped
away with the pennant three or
four years in succession find
themselves fighting to retain .
standing among the first dlvi-
sion teams.
Besides the sparkling
Grand Palace combination,
several other teams have
been added and the line
ms Of the old teams COM
pIetely revamped. New blood
Of the fighting variety has
been added all along the line.
Opposing the King Pin lineup
of Howard Campbell, "Dutcn"
Weidman. Glenn Wolstenholme,
Bernie Frye, up and coming
voungster who won recognition
lust last year with his steady.
deliberate. unflurried mode OF
bowling, and Jasper Naples who
is slowly but surely forging his
way to the front, are such highly
regarded stars as Brad Mandley,
Kenny Thorpe and Mulvey IN the
record making C. w. Smith team
Freddy Moore. Joe McGolrlck,
Bert KesSler and his> brother.
Charley Lyons and Anderson
with the Meyer Davis, and Park
way Filling Station with Mag
! Wood Carroll Daily. Doc Sullivan.
Eddie Furnan, Frank Mischou
/ and AL Works, deadly group OF
pin-maulers who can give the best
of them an interesting argument.
| Even the lowly Service Cafe
terra is bestirring and shaping
itself into an appreciate threat.
/ It recently signed up Reds"
Morgan and is looking around
for some more promising mate
rial. They tripped up the Lucky
Strike combination just last
week.
When the National Capital
! League was organized two decades
ago by Harry Armiger, then man
ager Of RathSkellers, John Meany.
it's first president, and Roy Wit
ford. as secretary, it battled out
its differences on a circuit Of
alleys, The Royal. Palace. Y. M.
C. A., Immaculate Conception.
! Casino and the long-forgotten
National alleys near the ball park.
It has always been a 10 team
loop.
The famous Subway team
with Skinny Carroll, Johnny
Baum, Charley Lacrure, Earl
Lewis, Eddie Kreiger, Jack
BrOsman, w. E. Wiesman
and Harry Armiger won the
pennant the first three sea
sons.
For years it flourished along
with the District League as the
outstanding duckpin circuits in
the city, numbering within its
folds all the crack local talent.
When the Athletic League came
into existence the National Capital
slowly dropped from it's high
place. There wasn't enough talent
to keep three big leagues at top
pace, the newly-organized group
was pressing vigorously for re-
cognition, while the veteran loop
tried to continue it's venerable
ways, Thus it dropped behind
the youngster.
Misunderstanding made the
Athletic League short-lived, and
the National Capital finally
awakened to it's possibilities, went
out for new blood. and at the
present moment is right up there
where it belongs, alongside the
District League.
It will be interesting to COM
pare from time to time the rec
ordS of these two powerful loops.
To date the National Capital per
formanceS are superior.
Sam Simon, of the Hiram
team in the Masonic League,
Is going grea' guns. He is
leading the league with q
1876 average.
His last five sets were 3S3, 366,
365. 35S and $50, an accomplish
ment worth remarking about. He
also bowls with the G. P. o. team
in the Federal League and Progress
, sive Printing in the District
League, in both of which he has
fat averages.
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