The Washington times., 1931-03-11

Well, The washington Times is
sponsoring such a tournament
and the first block is to be
rolled at Rendezvous on Friday,
March 81. The second block is
booked for Temple on Tuesday,
March 81.
How is it rolled? In the first
frame No. / pin is set up and
the bowlers try to topple 1t
with one ball. In the second
frame, the pin is put on No. 2
spot and in the third on No. 3
So on until all 10 pins have been
shot at.
It is a by-word among bowling
experts that a mans true bowl.
ing proweSS Is shown by his
ability in making single pins
What a duckpin veteran looks for
inssa rising youngster is the fire.
Quency with which he makes the
solitary stick.
If you can't make a single pin
you can't make anything-that is
the creed Of the experts in a
nutshell.
Single Only Real Areak
Star bowlers state emphatically
that the only real spare break
is q single pin. Hardly a knot
Of fans ever gather but the
argument touches on this par
ticular department Of the sport
sooner or later.
BOY, that guy Is q bowler"
chirrups one wild-eyed nut. "He
never misses q single"
"Oh! Yeah! Well, compared to
Michael WhatSis," shoots back
another. "He is as much Of a
bowler as JO-JO, the Tiger, is a
contender for Jim LOndOs' syn
thetic grapple title"
And then six or seven OF
them pile in, each championing a
different star or near star, and
the argument which wakes hot
and long, invariably ends no
where. Often the names Of those
mentioned are obscure and un
known.
A great single pin shooter is not
necessarily a star, nor is a star
necessarily great single shooter
In shooting single pin bowler
does not need the "hook," break, u
twist" or spin" which makes
crack spare shooters what they
are. You can't pick single pin
All that is needed is accuracy
and even then you don't have tc
be a dead-shot. If you hit the
pin at all you are going to make
1t. A speedy ball or one that
trickleS down the alley means
nothing at all. Sock a single pin
full on the nose or merely nudge
it's sides and it goes down equally
as quick.
No Tricks Needed
Hit what you are aiming at
without worrying about making
either the ball or the pin do a lot
Of difficult tricks.
Just how often a single pin is
made by the best Of them is
matter of conjecture. There are
those, who throwing modesty to
the wind, or forgetting their
misses, insist that they make q
single almost every time.
More cool-headed followers OF
the game insist that an average
bowler makes a single about rs
times out of 100, or three out
Of every four. For particularly &C.
curate shooters the ratio is 8
times out of 10. But all is guess
work. No one has ever kept rec
ord of it.
Anyway, this question will be
settled to the satisfaction ot
everyone in The Times tourna
ment. We will know the Dead
eyed Dick of duckpindom verJ
shortly, and figures will be avail
able by which the fans may sub
stantiate their arguments.
Not only will the champion sin
gle pin shooter be officially
crowned, but he will also have an
opportunity to line his pockets
with crisp greenbacks. 1t is ex
pected that first prize will be
$50. Besides this either a medal
or a cup will go to the winner.
The entry fee will be SIS pei
person. No one is barred, anc
everyone has real chance. II
will be run according to N. D. B
C.. rules. Who will be the first
to sign up?