The Washington times., 1930-03-06
Al FISCHER
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: TEAM
BY GINO SINH

BY GINO SINH
A gaunt young fellow took over
the wreckage of a mighty duck
pin aggregation shorn Of its great
aces, and has again transformed
1t into a formidable threat. He
Is AL Fischer, present captain OF
the Convention Hall team. which
last year boasted one Of the most
powerful line.ups In the history OF
bowling,
This mighty combination was
con1pietely dispersed. only the
ancieflt, witty AL Work being
saved out of the ruin. AL Fischer
was Assigned the task Of building
a strong team around the hoary
southpaw.
Right off the bat, the Pro-
greSsive Printing inaugurated the
season by taking a Shut-out vic
tory, then Meyer Davis took q
sock at them. Arcadia and Cor
nelPs Lunch followed in turn.
Convention Hall found itself in
the cellar in the first five weeks
Of competition. But after that
these chaps buckled down to
serious rolling, with Reds" Nor.
gan slamming the naples for
phenomenal counts.
The bright spot Of that
first desperate five weeks was
q FL decision over the starry
Templates. Added comfort
was found in that these two
were fighting 1t out for the
cellar position. Temple, got
revenge aplenty by taking the
only, other three.game de-
cisi0n against Convention Hall
to date in the second series
round.
Immediately after the Meyer
Davis defeat they snatched the
palm from Hyattsville, knocked
off King Pin and Petworth. Pro
gressive Printing, which has been
q hard nut for these boys to
crack, momentarily halted them
by taking q 81 decision. They
made up for this by blasting the
Meyer Davis men, taking the odd
game, and swept Stanford Paper.
The acid test comes tomorrow
night when they face the thor
ough1y aroused and hard-slugging
Templates who are fighting like
madmen to close the three-game
gap between them and the fast.
flying King Primers.
With HyattSville just two
games behind them and Temple
three games in front, second
place within reach if luck should
break their way, the Convention
Hall crew are waiting with load
ed clubs and one of the bitterest
battles of the season is on deck.
AL Fischer has loaded his line
up with the select, importing Ray
Won Dreele from Baltimore for
the occasion. The Baltimore
Dutchma1 is eligible, as he rolled
three games early this season
with the Fifth and L combina,
tion.
RI won't say we'll win and
won't say they'll win," declares
Fischer, "but whoever wins will
have had one tough battle on
their hands"
With such men as Won
DreeIe, "RedS" Morgan, AL
Work, Carroll DAILY, MagnuS
Wood and Joe Harrison in
the Halls line, and Joe Null
roe, Paul Harrison, Reds"
Megaw, George Friend and
Make Rosenberg for the
NOrtheasters, it will be q color.
full battle.
SidelightS will be Make Rosen-
berg, 1880 Campbell Stake win.
ner, facing Won Dreele who won
the 1929 Greater Baltimore
sweepstakes; Reds" Morgan and
George Friends, 1929 National
Doubles champions. in opposite
lineups and the Harrison brothers
and the two Reds" opposing
each other.
Dutch" Weidman assuming
the District League individual
lead was due not only to his
recent keen pinSpilling, but also
because Reds" Morgan has got,
ten a severe attack of splits, "
according to Fischer. Fischer is
confident that Morgan will be
able to shake this off for at least
tomorrow night.
On paper both teams are evenly
matched, with Won Dreele'S 120
average swinging the balance
into the Convention Hall favor
The Hall team averages 57S and
Temple 572.
1--WE should have won five
out of six from King Pin" Ia
nents Al, "Al Work missed an
easy last box spare in our first
setto to give them a *hree-pin
victory, and Ray Ward took the
occasion to throw in a triple
header strike to win the game by
six pins! Anyway, we broke even
with them, three apiece. That
proves our caliber, doesn't it?"
Bridges Wins The Pas