Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1926, Page 41

SPORTS. Bowling Is Declared to Be One of the Most Anczent of All World's Pastimes GAME ALLEGED TO DATE BACK TO TIME OF F LOOD| Old-Timer Asserts It Has Been Evolvul From the Pitching of Horseshoes Indulged in by Noah and His Sons After the Ark Landed. said the Kid, "t York City, out near the foot of alled it a bowling green “Yep,” said the Old Timer intelligent interest in the game. You might pick it up and learn s “Bowling is an old game, OOK here,” New marked of dated “It goes back a lot farther than 172 fact, it goes back to the Ark.” “What !” exclaimed the Kid. “That is just what I mean,” just a development o of pitching horseshoe. “Say, you can't feed me that," n\lfld the Kid me explain it to you.” £aid the the Ark lunded ‘oah and Sham. Ham and Japheth, had time on heir hands eult to ar- | fr inge mes in which they cc 1 *ake part because. you set two of e two ten rackets ats, and so on. But ham was m\uu. the two r struck him: base ball day fof ‘Say, Japh,' who was trimming the the Old Man had planted o found something at last that we more than two of.’ Japheth 5 much interested and wanted to know what it was. ‘Horseshoes, ned Shem. ‘Dad put s two horses before taking them into the Ark. There are four shoes on each horse; eight shoes in all. Let's take ‘em off and get up a little game of pitching horseshoes iid he know the name of demanded the Kid 4id the the 1 ou ‘I'm just § vou can undersatnd he name in Vi and you'd think I was cussing if 1 repeated it. Well, anyway, S ey could get up a litt] ne and he and Japh would | ainst the Old Man and Ham thought it would be a good | > dowgu get all this conversa- | asked the Kid | Recorded on Rocks. s, Kid, f nything suying, d idea ranged for a us it fell vah had been test grapejuice he had down in the cellar and the darned stuff had developed w Kick that put the old boy on the blink temporaril if vou get what 1 mean. He sore over the kidding the hoy him that he refused to shoot; couldn't have, anyway." “1 remember something ab n Sunday school.” admitted but this horseshoe stuff is to me. “Learn one thing euch the Old Timer. the game started years or =0, and that's wh Ppression first hundred vears a w rom the | Japheth and “From tha roch rocks. You can ge rocks. As I was lh"mz‘fl it would be afternoon they L\\m but history through because ing some of the tanded and he it that he Kid, 1l new day zed After a hundred re the ex- 1728, Murray and Warrer It was outside, you know, on the grass.” “I'm glad to sec you are beginning to take 1 Teft that book on the bench, thinking ething.” pro- | the sure d focked knocked it down set up extri pes at setting them up | his descendants stunt today.” “But how a Kid, “I'm coming to that,” 01a_ Timer. it Was Shem or Japheth that first sug- gested setting up extra pegs and try. ing to knoek as many of them down s possible with one shot, ringing them. when the Old Man ordered the to put the sk | because out | ready. in That 1 the Kid. Using two pe, |50 they .nunl\ the | over against the oiher to topple both. They were got 590 you've been Of course, or 10 w book says that there is an old map | ¢ ch shows a bowliug alley he Kid answi “You mean back to Noah the Old Timer assured him. the horseshoe game, you know; hardest’ s even the Old Man himself got so they could throw r | folded or be was for th » knock the aroun the the At o re Tt it v it. T3 u xee, | thinkeing of things by twos | work in loading the ark, cinch that becuuse he was the | set_up the peg: sounds all co ever: 617 four * exclaimed the Ki ought to encour: “Whaddyemean ,i«akl\d the Old Timer. Why,” explained the Kid, ars yet to get on your g vet stuff Jike*that, Well, sooner or x.url ‘when you haven't hit the head pin this evening. “I'm wra clared the Kid. off they THE EVENING trying to | tand. It | Ju can't get a row of strikes, and u strike by itself is not much Lettor than & spare. So the idew Is to shoot 8o as to keep from getting splits—to keep 'em bunched— get possible spare breaks. -Under stand?” | “You poor fish, get spa 8 " said the Old Timer pityingly, “you've got the ' wrong puge. You always get the wrong puge in everything. What you've been looking at is about tenpin bowl ing. This spare stuff is all right for the m pins because a good bowler spare practically every playing for it. But the s something else again. t's why tenpin shooters hate ‘om, They are used to getting what they hit—with the biz pir When you sock the ducks you never know what will happen.” “It’s a_cinch that nobody could ever what will happen when | shoot at ‘em," agreed the Kid can’t even guess whether hit the bunch or not. kver in this building is scarred your wild shots.” Put There for Purpose. “Well,"" said the Old Timer what the gutters are put there for— to eatch the balls that roll off the Why not use ‘em? Anyway, Just Conducted to drive the batsman out of the box, kays Tris Speaker in summing up points on batting in an interview for the boys of The Jivening | Star Boys Club. And the veteran hit- ting star advises the boys to stand right up and let the pitche v they're not afrail ..W' plate, Pitchers try ree The have discussed the po the grip of f the fore- the says | e ! bat, the rglative merits arm swing and the iree swing, bunt and the sacrifice hit Speakér. “That pretty near covers the subject of batting form, but there are scveral other things I'd like to say before signing off. “Don't let the pitcher Arive you out of the box. 1 don’t mean to stand up there and let him hit you | your courage, for that is f st hold your ground un fraction of a second then your head, bend y or your legs to fump back o gives the ou are afraid of ou have courag “Keep cool. you up just a up a new opponent. Study t and note his peculiaritie; he gives away his deliver: some peculiarity. But don’t be too confident of thaf “It's just like watching the opposing backtield - men in a foot ball game. Sometimes you think you have “They ou will gutter up from ered the Old Timer. “In “Bowling i it is an evolutron rted, the boys and agers every time, blind- ckward en the trick second and follow sther fellow th se turn Lwist Don't do . Let him know nd also a keen eve, e pitcher is sizing veteran bo axerclse whether you roll the 1 [down the ulleys or down the gutters peg. uften LA & that's right.” admitted the hard thad they | iy And vou're sure of havin and this led them t0 | hyee shots at each bunch, getting all Ham was the best | o axerctse there is. 1f vou kept | and that s why a1l on the alleys you might get | ¥ at ”"W strike or spare now and then Maybe you're a. lot smarter than I've been giving you credit for being."” “You sald It, Kid, you sald it" agreed the OM Timer. “T'll admit that I'm a gmart guy and it pleases me immensely to have you recognize it. I thought you never would find it out. Come on and have a slice of custard pie at my expense.” pitcher are so good hout bowling?"" asked the promised the “I'm not certain whether instead of Probably tlis came up boys es back on the horses, had to use the animals fields getting the crops first, according to the old ds dug up around the re- the ark landed, the new played with but two pegs his makes me think that was Noah himself who sug: sther than Shem or Japh he was in the habit of from his And it is a uot suggest it guy they made | The Evening Star Boys Club Pledge WANT to be a member of The Evening Star Boys Club, and if accepted to membership, I pledge my- self to: Keep myself always in good physical condition. Play fair. Be a modest winner and an uncomplaining loser. Abide by the rules of all sports I engage in and respect officials. Follow the activities of the Club through The Evening Star. Never neglect either home duties or school classes. Ham did right “Go on.” , the hoys soon got 1d pull the old slide shot v time, knocking one peg ; smooth stones now ah himself. when vears old. could mike the times out of five all I am——vears old ; attend: school. I would like to have a Membership Certificate and The Evening Star Boys’ Club button, which T will wear. "That n encournge me?" bowling only 27 Jou can't hit either the. 7 but a lotta things might ars. Remember, ‘the are the hardest.' " e got a crust to pull d the Old Timer, Name of Boy. e ——————————————eeeee e Address. —) " Clip this blank application, fill it out and mail it today l addressed : Chief, Boys Club, Evening Star, Washington, D. C. stuff,” de- says that that headpin “This o Step BY STEP, We've crossed the Continent and established Style Stations in all the principal cities from Coast to Coast. 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