Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-08

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1t is a team well known to
Washington. particularly that
part Of 1t named Barney Spinella.
His battles with Glenn WolSten-
holme were epics when Brooklyn
and Convention Hall were hot
rivals for national honors. and
every so often Barney's great 708
set at the. hall is used as back
ground for a. bowling yarn.
There is reason to doubt that Phil
Spinella and his henchmen would relish
another clash with Washington. They
invariably got the worst of It in matches
with Convention Hall, when Glenn
Wolstenholme, Jack Whalen; REQ
Meeaw, AL Work and Capt. Harry Burt
ner we're the team, with Howard Camp
bell borrowed q time or two.
Howard Shows EN-. III
One night in Brooklyn when the reg
ular matches were over CampbeH
showed the Brooklynites how dtickpins
really should be bowled. Phil closed his
alley to the public at midnight or
thereabout and one star after another
was shot against Howard. including
principally Barney Spinella and Mort
Lindsey. For the Brooklyn gents 1t was
an expensive bit of education. They
admitted complete defeat az hardwood
pins anu dragged out the rubber banded
sticks Barney defeated Howard IN a
match with these, but II was close.
last game with half dozen straight
spares to get within d few pins Of his
rival
Usually these big intcrcity; matches
result in a bowling orgy. There Is ala
most as much action aside from aS in
the regularly scheduled events Each
team picks its '"hot"' stars of the eve
ming and sizes 'eni on each other. Jack
White bowled more than 90 games be-
fore, after ana during the Connecticut
Grand Palace meeting. And the New
England ace didn't win match.
George Friend beat him four times In
3-eaf1e sets, twice before the games at
the Coliseum, once beetweYi the regular
doubles and team events and once after.
Campbell stopped him in a 5-garr1e set
at the Lucky Strike. It was probably
the worst days trimming White ever
tcok -
Tato Little Giant.
The Iron Man Of Connecticut" is
bright star ard Reg as colorful "a they
come. but washington duckpif17 aus
th6ffties who saw the Cofnec ticut team
viii tell, yoti ne isn't the class of the
lne-up. lney were moFS Hnpl eeseu DS
LITTLE Bill Tato. If White Is the iron
man Of the team, tpen Tsto j. rs :
Tato is 5 feet tall and built in pro-
portion but his right arm and wrist
must have the strength of big mans.
He throws & twistef that doesn't curve.
The ball Is started from f1eer the mid
die Of the drive and reaches the pins
with only the semblance Of a nef1d.
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terrific is the english Tato applies He's.
smooth with it, ALL too. and almost,
deadly accurate. ..s.. an
Moreover, his confidence seems to be
absolute. One feels that he could shoot
ct toothpick for a fortune and be un-
fIfled.. at.-.
Just the same, he fell victim to the in
exorable Friend IN one Of ttloce i'm
promptu battles. Twice Georgie. came
through In the last box TO win games.
With him it's favorite trick.
Mike Is Satisfied. +
II cost Mike Rinaldi a round $500
to take his bowling party. to Hartford
and he didn't get back much Of II
through the gate at the Coliseum. A
big crowd saw. the ,matcies, but an in
eficiert lob vas done az the canvas
doorway and most Of the good people
walked through gratis. II hadn't been
made clear. anyway; that an admission
fee would be charged.
However, Mike Is more than satis.
fed with the way things came out
generally Isn't ne .hapkering for an
other show Didn't his team beat the
greatest collection Ut. duckpin experts
that ever blew into this town?
Washington's experts, or most Of
them. are pleased that the New Eng
lsnders didn't remain over for the
Howard Campbell Sweepstakes, open
ing next Saturday night at the Coli
scum
Perhaps they wouldn't have seen eli
Fible which summons the thought that
some day the Campbell Sweepstakes
may become a national affair. It's
fame already has spread 10 other cities
and Baltimore has organized an event
modelled after IT, with not so large an
entry fee. ~
If 40 bowlers enter the stakes, and
Campbell hopes for that many, the
purse will be 81 900. This, is getting
into STABLE cash, lump Of dough
big enough to be seen from sfar by
the Whites. Spinellas, Tatos, Lindseys,
Pohlers and Washes ct al.
If the bars were let down to all out
siders the event would need TO- be- run
of in one day. instead OF on three
successive SATURDAYS