Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
ONE OF FEW
TO TURN THE TRICK
Rolls 43 Games in K. of C.
Tourney Before Hooking
Up Three Strikes.
BY r. d. THOMAS.

.VX YHEN Carl Belts of the
M Knights of Columbus
w League bowled a perfect
score the other night in
a three-ball tournament at Con-
yention Hall he became one OF
probably not more than half a
dozen in all the games history to
accomplish this seemingly not
difficult feat. .
Belts made three consecutive strlKes
firing at tenpins with duckpln pail.
It looks simple, but how dltnculC IL
really was may be judged from the
fact that Belts, who is rated hrst,
class three-ban performer, had failed
in AZ previous attempts. -,
The tournament was held by the
Knights of Columbus League to raise
money to send two teams to the ma
tionai duckpin tournament at water
bury, Conn.
Persistence Rewarded.
Betts donated" for game after game
until It was becoming a bit paihIul
financially, it costing him two plts a
game. but he made up his mind 10 snoot
a perfect score or go broke iew
nights before he had won similar
toIIrnannent at the Rendezvous, also
promoted by the Caseys. with count
It was 1880 pm. when Belts finally
clicked three times IN row ana ms
final strike broke up the tournament:
Belts rivals had seen many ~ ana
% rolled, but few could remember ever
| before having seen 80, and none careo
to gamble he could equal it. so carr
pocketed a prize of $25, which gave MN
not nearly the satisfaction as tne
achievement that earned 1t.
About is years ago perfect score
was rolled in a tournament at Sher-
mans and six years ago Howard camp
bell shot one at the Recreation. Ihese'
with Belts. were all that could pc re-
membered today by several OF the
sports veteran observers. the usuai
winning score is %, with every now
and then a %. Campbell won the ODD
Fellows three-ball event at the Lucky
strike this Winter with 29.
The Convention Hall team will stage
three-ball affair tomorrow night,
starting at 6 o'clock, to help defray It's
expenses at the national tournament.
and something different in the way OF
a prize list is presented. For every
score of 81 two berries will be paid
each % will be worth SO, and 20 So.
To show how highly they regard a
to anybody who can make one.
Another Deceptive Game.
Another game that appears easy, but
isn't. lie cooked hat, in which only the
head pin and Nos. z and 10 are used,
A perfect score in this is 90, to get
which 1t is necessary to make IL
straight strikes Either tenpins or
duckpins are used, with the duckpin
sphere as the weapon.
The little sticks will be employed In
a cooked hat tournament at Convention
Hall next Saturday night starting at
7:30 o'clock. The girls are invited to
take part in this. They will pay an
entry fee of 81. plus cost of games, and
will shoot three strings. The males will
be taxed So a head, plus cost of games,
and will roll five The prizes will be
so, IS, IS and 10 per cent Of the
total entry money.
Some of those bowlers who believe
themselves particularly skilled when
the head pin is the target might BE-
disillusioned by a game of cooked hat.
According to Earle Stocking, Convention
Hall manager, most bowlerS miss the
key stick more times than they count.
Cooked hat, incidentally is excellent
practice for Single-pin shooting.
Howard Campbell and Ray Won
Dreele will finish their series Thursday
night in Baltimore, Campbell entering
the last five-game block with 32-pin
lead, picked up at the Lucky Strike last
week.
A recent match between the Conven-
| ton Hall girls and the Baltimore Re-
gents in Baltimore was one of the. sea
sons closest, the Washington maids