The Washington times., 1934-01-29
BY GINO SINH

game. The merit DiH appear
Thursday.
BY GINO SINH
John Paul Francis Harrison's
family wanted him to follow the
trade of his father and his grand
father before him. plumbing.
The tall, youthful duckpir star
served a five-year apprenticeship
in that trade but did not work a
lick as a master plumber.
When his time was out John
Pau, accepted a job as a sheet
metal worker and from that passed
on to his present position as Monk
F'raSer's lieutenant at the Arcadia.
Paul is only "a years of age but
he has been a leading duckpin
star for five years.
On June Is, 1909, a lusty wall
announced that new son had
been added to the Harrison family
residing at Fourth and K Streets
Northwest.
Paul helped to support his family
at an early age by selling news
papers in the old Postoffice Build
ing. Will Hays, Hollywood's movie
cZar, was one of his regular GUS
toners and insisted on being
served personally.
The untimely d a h Of his
father forced Paul to quit ST.
Johns College after a half year
and to apprentice himself out to
learn the trade he never practlced'
SandIOt Athlete
He took an active part in sand
lot sports, particularly baseball.
He played with the Corinthian
A. c., which won several Capital
City League sectional titles, in
Guiding the section A twice.
He was quarterback on the
Corinthian A. C. 135-pound eleven
city champs.
Two years ago Paul embarked
on the sea of matrimony with a
South Carolina beauty. Sue Gene
Mccoy.
2aulie began his bowling career
ct Is, as a member of the Co
1onial Juniors, which included his
older brother, Joe, Babe" Silver
stone, the Rabbits son, Harry
Baxter and "Smitty" Smith. The
teams home alleys were Deck
mans and they went through 10
matches undefeated.
League Debut
PaulS league debut was with
the Topos in the War Depart
: ent League, again with his
brother Joe in 1925. In 1925 the
elongated youngster filled in once
in a while for the Smithfield
Hams in the Athletic League.
Dave Cox snapped him up as
a regular on his Arlington team
in the Athletic League in 1927.
Johnny Pappas added him to his
Curb Cafe lineup in the District
League shortly thereafter and he
was also enlisted by Owens Bauer
in the National Capital League.
He carried fine averages in all
these leagues.
During the 1928-29 season he
established his class. At Xmas
he reached the finals of the
Convention Hall elimination tour.
nament, losing to AL Fischer.
Teamed with Fischer in doubles
against Dutch" Weidman and
Ollie Webb, King Pin finalists,
Paulie created a sensation when
he rolled 666 in the final block
to win the match.
Leads ArIingtOns
He led Arlingtons to the
Athletic League pennant and
was conspicuous with Curb Cafe
which finished second in the
District League. He was high man
in the northeast league.
He and Rosenberg set a SenSa-
tional pace in the defunct District
Doubles League, hanging up an
average of 245 between them
which is still a record. They
crowned this achievement by win
ming the w. C. D. A. doubles,
and Paulie topped the year by
taking the city's an-event title.
He was placed third on the w.
C. D. A. big Ten," the youngest
ever to achieve such high rating.
The next season his fame spread
throughout the realm of duckpins,
when he became the hero Of the
Grand Palace Connecticut Blue
Ribbons match (the first on rec
ord) by virtue Of a TIA set. He
and Rosenberg took the measure
of the rev Englanders in doubles,
chalking up several marks in do
ing it. They repeated the per
Torrance two years later.
Beats TrOnsky Twice
Since then Paulie has been in
the limelight. He has twice beaten
Nick Tronsky in head-to-head
matches Qost one match by one
pin to him), shared the national
doubles crown in 1880 with Joe
Mulroe and in 1881 with Eddie
Espey. and the national mixed
doubles title with Elsie Fischer in
1881. He and Espey also won
the Columbia doubles tournament
In 1882.
In 1882 he again won the w. C.
D. A. all-events, and led the Col
umbia Heights League with a 121
pace. He topped that league last
season with 1913.
He was on the Grand Palace
team which Won the National
Capital pennant in 1880, and last
year Convention Hall. his team,
was noSed out in the District pen
nant on total pins to Occidental
Restaurant.
Frank Barber. Connecticut Blue