The Washington times., 1931-12-16
HOPFENMA|ER
PLANSGREAT
. PIN TOUR
By GNO SINH


Louie Hopfenmaier, National
Pale Dry bowling team chieftaln,
must have strayed into a library
recently and browsed among the
classics, for he has lifted a cou'
ple of ideas out Of the thrilling
pages of Homer's odyssey.
It Is Louis's firm conv1ction
that he has gathered together
the greatest bowling combina-
tion in the history of the duck
pin sport, the old Royal, Belmont,
King Pin and Convention Hall
teams of yore Notwithstanding.
To prove that he isn't just let
ting words filter through his
chapeau, the chubby and genial
chap is going to take his gang
on the most ambitious tour ever
mapped out for a bowling team
On the turn of the year, Hop
fenmaier has signed his boys to
lock horns with two of the coun'
try's toughest crews, the Connec'
ticut Blue Ribbons Of Frank
Barber, and George Lang's Bal
timore All-Stars, the team which
fell victim to two national rec
ordS at the hand Of Howard
Campbell's Washington All-Stars
q week ago.
Roll Afternoon and Night
The Blue Ribbons will be met
at the Lucky Strike alleys on the
afternoon of December 30, when
team, doubles and single matches
will be rolled. At night, on the
same drives, they face George
Lang's Baltimore Stars. This
match, too, may include doubles
and singles as well as team
matches.
Hopfenmaier has already Sc
lected Astor Clarke as his singles
performer against Connecticut,
and Barber is expected to send
Nick Tronsky against him. Iron
sky defeated Howard Campbell in
the singles last year, despite a
685 final set by the popular
sailor.
But the real work will begin
when the Na6ional Pale DryS
swing northward for their con-
cluding matches with the Nut
Hneggers, the last week in Jan
uary.
Hopfenmaier is out to schedule
matches with every crack duck.
pin team in the North, who,
Louie AYERS, is foolhardy enough
to think that it can stop his
Steam-roller.
Phil Spinella's famed Brooklyn
All-Stars, five years ago the lead
ing champion duckpin team in
the North, is expected to be
their first foe.
Duckpins Hold Sway
Spinella is going in heavily for
duckpins at his Orpheum alleys
the demand for the little NAPLES
growing rapidly among the
Brooklynites.
The Flatbushers had real
chance at the diminutive hard
woods this summer and when
the winter season hove around
they insisted on continuing with
the small pins. So Spinella has
turned over big part Of his
plant to the ducks.
Quite a few of the Brooklyn
ties have shown exceptional pro.
ficiency at toppling the little
pins, and Hopfenmaier believes
that the Spinellas will give his
crew a hard tussle if the match
Is arranged.
Following the Brooklyn match
the Pale Drys will continue
northward, finishing their match
with the Connecticut Blue Rib
bonS at Willimantic, and then
meeting an all-star Boston team
with such flashy shooters as
Archie Walsh. Joe Bonigli, Jim
OLindy, Red Millar and Joe
Grant, at Boston.
Seeks More Matches
Hopfenmaier also plans matche.
with. the Lawrence, Mass, All
Stars, with such |nationally-famec
stars as John Daley, Jimmy Gil
1ette. Leo Hindle, Jimmy Danahy
William O'Connell, Johnny Fyfe
Nick Carter, Matty Kanan, JoC
Thomas. Johnny Defessez and Car
Andry.
Another opponent may be th'
Providence, r. l., All-Stars, with
such brilliant performers to draw
from as William Stenberg. Louie
Setelli, I. Josephs, Joseph Rogovus
Charlie Mann, Adel BeauregarC
and Tony Carpenter.
Louis. since his appearance IL
local bowling circles a year ago
has been doing things in a big wa!
but this tour is the biggest ant
most significant thing ever con
ceived in duckpin annals, and h
has D. c. pin fans all steamed vi
over it.