The Washington times., 1934-04-26
By GINO SINH


Great bowlers are born, not
made. Well, anyway some are.
Earl Thomas McPhilomy is the
living proof Of this maxim.
Though he seldom bowls more
than a half dozen games a week,
he has been a top-notch bowler for
is years. -.
In fact, the first time he bowled
In a league, with r. P. Andrews
in the Business Mems League.
shortly after the war, he led In
averages.
Earl is deemed the peer OF
league bowlers. His greatest bid
for duckpin Immortality is the fact
that he set the pace in the District
League three times, a feat only
duplicated by the renowned Harry
KrausS.
More Remarkable
In a way McPhilomy's achieve
ment was more remarkable than
Hsrry's, for he led the league in
1924 in his first season in 1t
with a then record average, and
then repeated the trick twice In a
row eight years later, after he had
been out of competition several
years due to illness. Harry set the
pace three consecutive years at the
height of his career.
1.-THE Earl" never went in much
for bowling outside of leagues even
in his rookie days, nor did he ever
care much for sweepstakes. How.
ever, he has been in wide demand
oh all-star aggregations Of the past
12 years.
He was on the King Pin ALL
Stars who rolled the 3l16 record
which stood up for six years.
This season he has been one Of
the big guns on the Occidental
All-Stars and contributed heavily
to record performances Of that
team on its brilliant tour Of New
England.
.McPhilomy was born in north.
east Washington on February 2,
1908. He attended Tech High
for two years and then took
course in drafting at the Colun1-
bia School Of Drafting.
Played Baseball
He patrolled the outfield for
She r. P. Andrews nine for a
while and also played some
tennis.
Besides the Business Mems and
the District Leagues, he has also
bowled in the National Capital
and Typothetae loops and has
taken down high average honorS
III each one.
In fact, he has led each one Of
the four leagues he has bowled in
the first season with record aver
age. He maintained pace of
116 in the Typothetae League in
1925-26, 10 points higher than the
previous best, and led the league
again in 193O.3l and 1882, the
last year at a 119 pace, break.
ing his own mark.
He startled old campaigners
when he walloped the naples at
a l19 clip to lead the National
Capital League in 1925-26. It
was six points higher than the
best previous average.
He finished with a bang to
win high average in the District
League in 1882 with a 100
average and a similar finish last
year, which included a 453 set,
gave him the laurels with a
124-H pace, an all-time mark
which has survived the recent
campaign.
Wins Sweepstakes
In 1925 he proved himself a
timely maple walloper when he
won the Washington city five
game sweepstakes with a $40
set on the last night, beating out
Arthur Urban by one pin.
Three years ago he finished
fourth in the N. D. B. c. all.
events, taking down third money
in the singles and placing high
In the doubles with Make Rosen-
berg.
He finished fourth in the
Washington Times Dixie Sweep
stakes two years ago and has
cashed in several times in the
washington City Tournament.
though he has never won a
championship.
Though he has performed in
the District League for over a
decade he has only been on one
pennant winner, Stanford Paper
Company, in his first year in the
league.