The Washington times., 1930-02-14
GAME
B)0|NS- IN
ROSSLYN
BY GINO SINH

Rosslyn is having a bowling
boom which makes the Alaskan
"Gold Rush" of '89 look like a
Sunday school picnic.
: This late in the season, when
The majority of alley managers
are getting set to draw the cur
tain on the scene. they have or
ganized oRe league. the Rosslyn
Independent League, an eight
team loop which is in its third
week. and are contemplating an
Arlington county league.
There are three strong leagues
already on these alleys, the Ross
lyn Commercial, Arlington and
Fairfax Firemen and Builders
Supply Leagues. the latter a four
man team circuit.
It's mainly through the in.
defatigable efforts of a mite
of a chap, Bud" Weaver,
4. dubbed "Pee.Wee" by his ad-
mirers because of his diminu-
q tive stature, that these activi-
ties are successfully culmi-
mated.
i FPee-Wee" who. while doing
everything possible in keeping
his favorite alleys in the public
eye in the way of promoting
bowling attractions. usually man.
ages to out-strip his boy-friends
In bowling prowess.
:. He has one of those irrepres-
sfble, active natures which forces
him In the "lime-light" whether
he wants to be there or not.
Recently he promoted tourna-
ment among the leagues on these
alleys, and after laboring dill
gently and continuously for q
period of two weeks he rolled
the last night and won both
singles and all-events titles.
What's more. he was a sick
man that night. tired out from
supervising all arrangements for
the tourney, compiling scores and
Strengthening cut tangled details.
You just can't keep a good man
down.
Bud" never tires singing the
praises of the various bowlers in
his leagues recalling their various
noteworthy achievements with boy
jsh enthusiasm.
In a recent popularity con.
test in which 81 bowlers pOlled
votes he was one of the first
five. the other four being
George Clark. Albert Jenkins,
Joe Elliott and Frank Lefty"
Jones. So, It's evident that
his merits are appreciated by
those who come in contact
with him.
Bud" sent us little note re-
Gently. recounting the doing of a
]. Hammond Brewer. who, in an
open game, had 50 flat in the
sixth frame, and appeared to be
hopelessly out of running. Sud
denly finding his ball, he struck
in the seventh. eighth, ninth and
tenth boxes. finishing with a 153,
collecting l01 pins in four frames!
Some shooting!
Young Weaver is anxious to
complete the list of entries for
the Arlington County League. It
Is to be an eight-team circuit, like
the independent League. and
while not much is expected dur
ing the remainder of the season,
the aim is to have everything
arranged for the forthcoming
year.
Remarkable good scores mark
the newly-organized Independent
loop, with Ham smearing the
naples for a 157 high game and
o 3S1 high set.
Current standings of the league
follow:
ASr; A,tr:oa PIX. L, ! ,,I1s,,D,5rtosen ,,,5t nr,;. !
Abingdon o.. 4Isanftary s. .D's..
High team set..Penrose. LSo2 High
Nigh indlviduaf set-Hsnn "A. & F. Park
Lane ISL High ipdiydual game me-
individual averages-waldrop )Dixle
P!gA III, Marcy (American nruKD.
10 Ham "A, e. P. Park Lane). los.
Alfred Baer. 14-year-old son Of
ex-senator Baer. and Morris Mel
dorf, also IA. are the two young
sters who will face the Patti
twins, 14-year-old bowling phe-
MONS, at the Rendezvous alleys
this evening. The match will
. start at 7 o'clock.
In a special match between
the Alpha Iota Kappa and Kappa
Phi. the two-lettered men won by
33 pins mainly through consistent
good shooting. Hasselbush'S 337
was high for the Kappa Phi, who
had low set of 297. Scrivener's
$50 and Harvey's $50 were neu-
trali2ed by a 266 and 286 in the
three-lettered lineup.
G. u. Coaching Staff