The Washington times., 1930-03-07
;HACONAS
IN SECOND
PLACE
BY GINo SINH

EHOE
BY GINO SINH
In view of the Forthcoming
Greek Sweepstakes, which get un-
der way tomorrow night at the
Coliseum alleys, 1t will not be
amiss to use this occasion to pre-
sent the 10 outstanding Greek
bowlers of the city as selected by
the Greeks themselves.
The men quizzed for this selec;
ton are six prominent figures Of
Hellenic extraction who frequent
local duckpin circles. They are
George Mantzouris. Gus Places,
secretary of the Ahepa League;
Lefty Poulos, Louis Chipouras,
Pete Metrakos, captain Of the
Bernard's Cafe team, and George
Dracopolous, sponsor, of the "a
nous New England Cafe team,
which raised such a ruckus in the
National Capital last season.
Their consensus of opinion
produced the following line up,
with which some may quarrel,
but all must consider it inter
eSting.
Anyway. here 1t is:
/, Lefty Poulos: 2. Nick Cha
conas, 3, Gus Tompros; 4, Louis
Chipouras; S. Louis Pantos: s,
George Mentzouris: Z, Gus Pla.
cos; 8, Johnny Pappas; 8,
George Dracopolous; 10, Pete
Metrakos.
Lefty Poulos needs no intro
duction to local alley followers
Every one who has been in bowl
ing alleys at all has seen that
brilliant southpaw. cap pulled
well down over his eyes, an eter-
nal cigar butt tightly clenched
between teeth, flashing happy
go-lucky smile.
Charley or Gus. he is equally
as Heady to give one name as the
other as his real one, makes and
breaks promises with blissful un-
concern. He bowls in the Ahepa
League, the Olympians in King
Pin Business Mems League and
Bernard's Cafe in Columbia
Heights.
A bowler, whose maple-Spllllng
prowess. is .feared, he oozes with
that nameleSS substance known
as color. Everyone who knows
him likes him. Some Greeks
may feel it something of a sacri
lege to rate him ahead of the
almost fabulous Nick ChaconaS.
Those Mortified chaps may find
some comfort in knowing that
Lefty won by just one point, get
ting AZ to Chaconas' 46.
Nick ChaconaS, Bernard Cafe
leading performer, is rated sec
ond. Once the bright star in the
powerful Mt. Pleasant League, he
was considered one of the great
est money bowlers in the city,
always finishing high up in
special big purse events.
Gus Tompros, who came in
third with Al votes, is practically
unknown to the greater bulk Of
the duckpin followers. His plac.
ing third will be cause of consid-
cradle comment even among the
Greeks themselves. The only
thing that can be pointed out is
that he is well up in the Greeks
: own league and is one OF the
outstanding aces in Dracopolous'
Olympians. Other than that, it's
all Greek to us.
Louis ChipouraS takes fourth
place over Louis PantoS. He has
SO votes to Pantos' 81. Chipou
ras holds good averages generally.
Louis PantOS is holding fine
averages in all the teams In
which he bowls. particularly in
the Columbia Heights and with
Stanford Paper in the District
League.
George Mantzouris is another
who needs no introduction. This
Masonic League duckpinner has
been toppling the little kegs with
more than moderate success for
several years. He is held in high
regard generally.
He is promoting the present
sweepstakes.
The next man up is Gus Places,
the alert, proficient secretary of
the Ahepa League. He and Lefty
PouloS have been having : litter
battle for individual honors in
this loop all season and now have
to cope with a new foe, Andrew
PanoS, who recently took a sud-
den squirt upward with good, con-
Sistent rolling.
Johnny Pappas has been a by
word on alleys for years. He and
his celebrated Curb Cafe teams
have always held bowling inter
est. He failed to place a team
in the big leagues this year, out
holds out in the sticks with good
results. His present team bowls
in the Northeast League.
George DracopOlOuS and Pete
MetrakOS, named ninth and
tenth, are two others who have
been attracting general atten-
tiOn for several years.
Metrakos promoted the colorful
Italians Greek tilts of last season.
Dracopolous' great New England
Cafe team came to be dubbed the
Flying Greeks" because Of their