The Washington times., 1936-01-21

Boost Jr.
Pinmen
BY GINO SINH


grow.
BY the same rule, adult duck.
Primers from little duckpinners
grow.
Yet Washington has less than
a half dozen bowling operators
who are making an effort to de-
velop the interest of the young
sters in the rapidly growing sport
of head-pin pounding.
These smart business men fol.
low different lines to achieve
their purpose. To paraphrase
the late Rudyard Kipling's En-.
vol" they promote the game as
they see it for the good of the
game as it is.
Working in his own way. Beryl
English, BOSNIAN of the CoIum.
bia establishment, passes out
tickets permitting school pupils
and boys and girls under l8
years of age to bowl for 10 cents
a game "a nickel below the usual
CHARGE. before 6 o'clock the first
five days f the week and up to
l o'clock on Saturdays.
unfair Competition"
Several bowling alley operators
have objected to this practice.
termine it unfair competition"
but English explains:
How can it be unfair com.
petition? Ninety-five per cent
Of the youngsters whom l at
tract to my establishment with
my offer would not set foot
inside of a bowling alley any
way. A large number of bowl.
ing establishments would prefer
not to have them and some
would go even as far as TO
bar them. believe differently.
Out of those exuberant boys
ard girls must come the future
customers of bowling alleys and
so by giving these youngsters
a chance to bowl at a price
they can afford. they'll remem,
Der the Columbia alleys when
they grow older and will be,
come regular patrons. In the
meantime they are being en-.
cOuraged in learning the game
properly and finding out how
much fun there is in it. l am
sorry that my colleagues feel
1 am doing wrong, but the day
will come when they will thank
me-"
j. William Wood, maestro of
the Lucky Strike establishment,
also contributes to familiarizing
the duckpin sport among the
younger element by cooperating
with the municipal playground
officials each season in staging
boys and girls team tourna-
ments. The last tournament drew
out 140 boys and about 125 girls,
Makes No Charges
Bill makes no charges whatSo-
ever for these tournaments, pay
ing for the pin-boys out of his
own pocket.
The third big promoter of duck
pins for Young America is Ralph
Monk" Fraser at the Arcadia.
Monk" has worked for the
past five years to interest boys
of high school age in bowl
ing, AMI as a reward for his eff,
fort the Arcadia has been the site
for several years of the District
boys and junior championships,
an event that attracts the city's
best young duckpin talent. Fraser,
too. has a junior doubles league
and his establishment is the one
usually selected for matches be
tween high and prep school
teams.
Back Junior Teams
Other plants back junior bowl
ing teams. Ollie Pacini and
George Honey have organized
junior teams at N. E. Temple,
the Temple and Sunrise Bakery
Juniors, Tad Howard supports
the Rendezvous juniors and
oscar Hiser has a junior team
at Hyattsville.
All of which goes to prove
that there are men with a bit
of foresight in the duckpin game.
However, George L. Isemann,
N. D. P. B. C. secretary. on
whose well-tailored shoulders
rests the burden of building the
sport for the future, wishes that
more alleys would realize the
need for getting and keeping
the youngsters interested in duck,
pin-Spilling.
"The wise business man
looks out for the years to
come" George says. "The
kids are the bOwlers of the
future, but nine out of ten
bowling alley operators never
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