The Washington times., 1931-03-16
DUB ROLLERS
. TURN IN TEN
SETSOF57O
BY GINO SINH

E Three powerful truths have
bootned precipitously throughout
the bfeathless domain Of sport,
by things that have happened
over the weekend.
These are that there is no
such thing as an out and out
"dyed in the wool" dub" favorite
or "haS-been" in the realm Of
duckpinS.
Proof? Plenty Of it! When a
chap, who has never averaged
better than los on the duckpin
alleys in all his born days, turns
in a 623 set, two pins shy of a
125 average, and another one
comes right behind him with
60l set or 100 average, it Ger.
tairl1y provides substantial basis
for the statement that the word
dub must be used with consid-
cradle care and a flock of reser-
vations.
Especially is the truth driven
home, when one runs down the
column of scores of the 108 bowl
erS who performed in the first
block of Bill Woods generously
patroniZed dub" tournament and
check off sets over the $40 mark.
Ten Sets Over $40
Exactly 10 sets over this figure
have been recorded. This means
that 10 bowlers who look on 1O5
as a creditable average galloped
at pace between ia and 1875.
Some dub" performances.
In what other sport does a
club" have such an OppOrtun-
ity? No matter how hot or lucky
2 a man may be in tennis or golf
or baseball, he must have a
goOdIy helping of real talent to
ever score over q tOp-nOtcher.
Closer examination of Saturday
nights Lucky Strike scores finds
that Al out of the 108 "dubs" ex-
ploded with sets over the maxi
mum they were supposed to COM
pile or $50. Forty more OF 'em
are shooting tomorrow night.
A few more remarks and then
Wen be through with the "dubs."
sam Parks a 1O2 average man Is
the chap who averaged 125 for five
games to lead the event. E. E..
Barber, who is second with 11O
average, has -03 in the Agrlcul.
tural League. Amos Davis, third
with 500, or an average just under
100. is a triple-checked 103 addict,
holding this average in three oil
ferent leagues.
To repeat an Oft-quOted crack
by Bill Shapespeare, an obscure
playwright, IAN average in any
other sports mean something,
but in bowling circles it's just
so much pfffttt!!"
Now about the favorites. we
turn to the results OF the tlrst'
block of the Maryland Virginia
Sweepstakes. No one even con-
sidered Joe Freschi as likely to
po,lnd the naples with so much
power and eclat as to climb ahead
of such top-flight performers as
Astor Clarke, Henry and oscar
Hiser, Perce Wolfe, Hugh Wal
drop and others. But there he IS!
Right on top of the heap and Win
a good chance Of remaining there,
Astor Clarke is in there, Of course,
for. Clarke is powerful duckp1n
shooter. wherwithal. But there is
wee Wee Weaver, the peeWee pep
per. box who was so good last
wear. has been just able to bowl
the size of his hat this annum,
sticking his nose right up there
among the leaders.
Isemann Flashes
who would have figured him up
there or Harvey Wolfe. The field
is dotted with brilliancy. Many
thoroughly established pin leaders
are found in the lineup, but Ia
vor1tes" trail.
Last but not least, concerning
the "has-been" wheeze. Here
comes George L. Isemann, who
no further back than last Fri
day, Opined as how he was
''thrOugh," age, hard work ana
much wandering have done
their worst.
He shot scores in the various
events he has participated IN
which wouldn't do justice to a
sports writer. But what does
George do Friday and Saturday
nights?
He wins his home towns an
nual classic, the Maryland State
sweepstakes, for the second time
in three years by rolling 1874, or
averaging in the neighborhood OF
I20. MY, oh, my! These duck
pins and them experts.
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