The Washington times., 1930-02-18
SATURDAY
COURSE Al. .
REC
by GINO SINH


ton rs one Of the major sports
It's all-around physical benefits
one of the outstanding require
nnents of the higher types OF
athletic pasttmes, cannot be dis
puted.
The department of physical
education Of the Lucy Webb Hayes
National Training School for
Girls has added bowling to its
regular physical training course,
along with tennis, golf, and
swimming.
Every Saturday afternoon these
girls can be found at Pop" Hal
ley's pet RecreationS alleys ear.
nestly mauling the little naples.
they have been doing this for
the last three or four weeks.
Pop" whose weather eye Is al
ways out looking for the unmis-
taxable signs Of natural talent at
duckpinning, states that he was
surprised at the quick manner in
which these young ladies took to
the game.
He has noted unusual improve
ment on each successive Satur-
day, the scores achieved are not
only fair but good as far as the
average women bowlerS are con-
cerned. The girls enjoy the game
whole -heartedly and are enthusi-
astic bowlers.
After a couple more weeks of
practicing some sort of league
may be formed so that the whole
some incentive of competition
may add to the pleasure and
recreational benefits of the game.
Special matches with other girl
teams of their caliber may also
be arranged.
Miss Tempe w. Ellen Is the
coach and the class IS composed
Of the following: Marion Spohn,
. Lillian Mcguire, Roberta Irwin,
Mae Nelson. Martha Barner, Lura
Tuxill, Grace Gosnell, Wilhelmina
Thamm, Marjorie Crist, Louise
Taylor, Valaria Martin, Doris
Murphy, Elizabeth Townsend,
Marion Phelps, Ruth Osborne.
And so bowling receives another
wonderful boost, climbing another
notch nearer that enviable place
among the major sports Of the
land where it belongs.
There is no other sport as con-
venient, as easily adjustable to
ones natural temperament or
ones physical conditions as bowl
ing and there is no other sport
were q rank duo" has a real
chance to defeat a first rank per-
former. It is a game where the
ranking star will perform like a
very, "duffer" one night while the
"duffer" will roll like q champion.
Ali followers Of the game have
seen this happen time and again.
In the last two weeks we wit
messed outstanding stars lose open
games to veritable unknowns. Not
one, but three or four games in
the course of an evenings rolling.
Ray Won Dreele, Baltimore's
mightiest pin crusher, is wise in
the OBVIOUSLY uncertain fortunes
Of this game. Recently when he
received q telegram from Jack
White, the colorful Connecticut
star, challenging him to a singles
match for a $1,000 side bet, the
affable Count" remarked: II
would never roll for that size
purse. The game is too uncer-
tain. 1t would be foolish to take
such chance" Those who know
the great B altimore Flying
Dutchman" know that he seldom
talks SO seriously and therefore
what he says must be doubly
worth hearing.
Lorraine Gulli, in making the
rounds of the outlaying Dixie
districts, is compiling some re-
markable scores. In a three
cornered mixed doubles match
in Roanoke recently she con-
tributed five games, 95, 100, $50, |
lit and 1870, a total of 612. About |
the same time she is reputed to
have rolled a game of 176.
Both Of these performances
top the all-time marks by
goodly number of pins, but may
not have been rolled under strict
championship conditions as re-
quired for official recognition.
Nevertheless. they are achieve
ments worthy of note.
Charles II. Peerce, who is over
the so year mark recently rolled
q 1873 game at the Recreation
alleys. 1t was a fine exhibition of
duckpin shooting according to
faithful henchman, who saw it,