The Washington times., 1931-11-21
VIRGINIA PIN
ACESRALLY
FOR TEST
BY GINO SINH

4ney are raLlylnB way OoWu III
Dixie for The Washington Times
Dixie Sweepstakes.
Every section of Virginia will be
thoroughly and competently rep
resented by duckpinners who have
proven both their ability and
mettle in stiff competition time
and again.
Particularly colorful and potent
will be the regiment Of brilliant
maple shooters who will wend
their way northward from Rich.
mond.
Bill Haskin, a bowler of parts
and the originator of the HaSkins
Sweepstakes, Richmond'S classic
event of the year, assured George
L. ISemann that the Virginia Cap.
ital entries will give their more
northerly situated fellows plenty
Of run for the money.
Among those who Haskins ex-
poets to lead to new and greater
honorS, is Sammy Swan, winner
of the Haskins Sweepstakes in
1928, Bill Inge, who won in 1929,
and is rated as the tougest
tournament bowler in the South:
Red" Neblitt, fast-climbing young
ace, who showed his class last
year by succeeding Inge as Has
kins champion.
Caldwell Is Good
Other conspicuous and consist
emily good performers in the
paStime of walloping defenSeleSS
naples are Gordon Caldwell,
whose ability is highly respected
by his fellow townsmen; Bob
Harper, a newspaper man, and a
crack pinster to boot; Bill Byrne,
Mike Deasey and Pop" Vunk, all
plenty good and capable of hang
ing up scores Of mighty proper
tions.
Roanoke will be strongly repre-
sented with such nationally
known shooters as B. w. Stone
breaker, Fred (Slim) ButterWorth,
the Primo Camera Of the bowling
game; Hoyt Baldwin, ranked
twentieth by the N. D. B. c.,
and Ed Carper, who is carrying
husky averages in the little Wiz
ginia town; E. r. Mclean and
Charley Harris, two grand old
timers who can still chalk up ex-
cellent scores. They bowled
against the famous Royals.
Just a few miles away IL Pu'
laski is Fred Hiltzhiemer, whom
the Roanokers view with no lit
tie concern. He can rold his
own with any of them in mas
sacring the little naples.
FerrellS May Roll
No less dangerous will be the
lads from Norfolk, on the tEresh-
hold of entertaining national
tournament. The likely contend
erS from there will be Bill Gross,
one of the few men to roll 100
flat, who led all the leagues last
year. and John Dennis, Tide
water sweepstakes winner. There
are two or three other bowlers
who can make the going inter
esting for stars on occasions who
may participate in the Dixie con-
test.
It is likely that Yves aid Rick
Ferrell, outstanding big league
brothers team, may come up, If
Guy Durham, old-time minor
Lacquer, brings his crack all-star
team from Winston-Salem. Dur
ham has H. E. Pittman, wizard
at the small pin game.
It is probable that representa-
tives will be in line from bowling
alleys in Danville, Harrisonburg
and Fredericksburg, Va. They
have talented performers there
who do not get a chance against
stiff enough competition to bring
out their true class.
Bill Arnold, Annapolis popular
and able ace, may get couple
of his Annapolis Buick team
mates to make the trip, perhaps,
his whole team. Arnold is i'm
proving yearly and so are his
buddies.
The Dixie Sweepstakes. listed
next Saturday, will be rolled in
three five-game blocks on three
different alleys. morning, after
noon and evening. George L. Ise-
mann is receiving entries at 7l4
Denrike Building. Washington,
ID. c.