Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-28
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PROMOTER SPUNKY
HyattSviIIe and Bethesda Man
Has the Stuff That
Spells Success.
By r. D. THOMAS.


1--WE of these days John
Henry Hiser Of Hyattsville
and Bethesda is gonna
leap out Of a small pond,
so to speak, and splash with the
big frogs in a large lake, said f1g~
urative body of water being the
big-time bowling business.
At any rate, you have the word a
Washington City Duckpin Association
ofncials for it that j. Henry Is made up
altogether Of major league stuff.
They like his style as a business man
as a sportsman and as plain Henry
Hiser.
This hoya saxa for Hiser is occa.
stoned by the latest broad-visione6
move Of the young man who put HyattS-
vile and Bethesda on the bowling map.
He'll Do It Up Brown.
He has applied for 80 drives and an
exclusive night on the schedule of the
annual city tournament to accommos
date all the bowlers of Prince Georges
and Montgomery counties he expects To
round up for an affair that viii hurt
temporarily his own business. On the
night they shoot In the tournament
H1Ser would save money by CLOSING
down his own plants.
For long time Hiser has held faith
fully to the credo that bowling pros
motors may serve themselves best in the
long run by promoting the sport ITSELF
even though they take occasional indis
vidual losses. He is satisfied with thu
results In his own case. Due to his
own persuasion, his places have been
nearly emptied many times when major
tournaments were being held elsewhere,
but the flock has ever come home, and
not tnfreQuently with q stray or two,
Henry has earned the good will not only
Of the bowlers but of other promoters.
Any one of the big shots would 60 out
Of his way to do the suburbanite good
turn.
On the Way UP.
But the point Of the matter Is, John
Henry Hiser probably will be a biz
shot himself before many more seasons
are history. His Hyattsville Arcade ID
a gold mine as minor duckpin plants
go, he has been q marked success at
Bethesda, where he has q moving pic@
ture theater as well as bowling alley
and he Is the sort that forever keeps
striving forward.
Last year HiSer was nearly killed In
an automobile accident. He was barely
up and about and partly paralyzed
when he set out upon the theater ven-
ture. For months he literally dragged
himself about, but got things done.
And this indomitable spirit, inciden-
tally, has asserted itself not only in
Hiser's business efforts. Before he was
injured Henry was game guy in .
bali game and tough in pinch on the
mapleways. Even now, when a hearty
handShake is an agony--he hasn't
fully recovered-Hiser is a successful
bowler.
How you gonna keep a fellow like
that In any kind Of bush league?
Where draw the line between the
dub" and the star bowler? John
Evans, chairman of the Bill Wood
Sweepstakes, set it at 106. John Blick.
whose popular sweepstakes will start to-
morrow night, figures that a dub" ID
any bowler who can't average as much
as 100.
Really there are three classes of bowl.
ers. A, B and G, the star, the mediocre
and the duffer.
Close to 100 are expected to com.
pete In the Blick tournament, i've
games Of which viii be rolled tomor.
row night at the Arcadia, starting at
1880 o'clock, with the final block to be
shot at Convention Hall the following
Saturday.
The entry fee is $2.50, with both
men and women eligible. Any bowler
with a general league average of 100
or better won't be admitted.
Howard Campbell, captain of the
King Pin team and national singles
champion, left today for Waterbury
to defend the latter title. That he n
In excellent trim was indicated by his
District League performance last night
against Stanford Paper Co. in which
he gathered 401 sticks with scores Of
ia. 135 and 142. The King Pins
won three games and strengthened their
hold on first place.
Following are the prize winners In
the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Service sweepstakes at the Northeast
Temple: Bradbury, 1,034; Shields, I,0203
Rider, LOLA.