Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1926, Page 37

TOUGH DAYS ARE AHEAD FOR BOWLING EXPERTS Kid, modestly, as he chalked up his fourth consecutive spare, “there will be a new District record made ‘6 IF 1 keep this up,” admitted the before the evening is over.” “Then it will be a tcam record, not an individual mark.” said the Old Timer, “because you sure are getting plenty of help. 1 suppose you didn't notice that a pin bounced off the next alley to knock down those pins—it wasn't any rebound from your shot.” “That's right, crab it!" said the than to go out and get the ole wood. shot. Wh The Ol Timer fell hench. . ‘It's my heart,” he explained. “I couldn’t stand many shocks like that. Truth certainly is stronger than fic tion—to vou. You should be a statis- tician, “I don’t get you," said the Kid Three Kinds of Lies. “Well, Murk Twain used to there were three kinds of lies: d——n lies and statistics. It's fun: how a guy as honest as you seem to be in ordinary things should go so completely to pieces morally once he Eets on the bowling alleys. Pretty soon we'll have to employ a notary :v- keep these scores. {owever, lei t go.” “You bet the Kid. this™ “That's right,” back on the we'll ‘let it go," asserted “I made that shot—just like aid the Old Timer, giving the Kid 1 pin on the spare. “That's just the way you made it. And now you've got 7 in the box. It sure pavs to be honest. Virtue is its own reward. you see.” ‘Aw, forget it,” growled the Kid. “But, speaking of Di went on the Old Time mark has had some narrow es: already this season. with a_counle of counts reaching eround 17 T doubt if it ever ~hook in its as it did while Glean Wolstenholme was shooting his tenth box in that last series of zames between La Fa: and the Odd Fellow: said the Kid. close to 1827 Expert Misses One. “Close’ You sald it.” the Old| ssured him, “Glenn blew one < k. a 3-6-10 in the tenih | after a strike in the ninth. Would'nt | that get your go ? And he's prob- ably the best man in Washington on that particular type of spare breuk. This time he picked out number 6. Had he made it he would have had 175 in the tenth, with an extra shot on the spare: in other wordsen sev- | en-pin count would have tied O'Neil; eight pins placed a new record on it ;\f‘”“"r or later. anyway,” said the ‘I believe vou.” agreed the Old Timer. “And if Arthur Urban could pack on about extra_pounds to cover up the raw surface of his nerves, he'd_wipe out every duckpin recor in the District | “It's a pity you can’'t fix up some deal with him. then,” said the Kid ziving the Old Timer the o 5 use you certainly could s twenty pounds: and, according t 14 it would help both of you “It sounds like a joke to sp Improving Urban's game,” - admitted the Old Timer, “when you consider | that he has at one time or another held about every record in the city and even now tops all with the five- | game mark of 674. But I saw 674 set and I'll take an affidavit Arthur threw away enough pins night, in sheer exasperation at =plits, to have brought his total to 700 instead of 674. He’'s worked a miracle in himself at that, because ten years ago a missed spare by him wouid make the destruction of the alleys a strong possibility. He sure did hate to lose ‘em “Who doesn't?"’ asked the Kid. Presents the Figures. “By the way,” said the Old Timer, taking out a much-soiled envelope from his coat pocket. “here’s a rough score of Wolstenholme'’s 173 game and | portant match? |and counts & on it. Kid. “It's a lot easier to find fault That was a rebound from my own he added, getting bolder, “I played for that carom.” figures in the upper left-hand corner of the ten boxes? Well, they show his counts with the first ball in each frame: 10, 9, 9. 9. 9, 9. 10, 5, 10 and 7. This gives a total of 87 pins with ten balls—just about what you get with evel 40 shots.” “Do you mean to say he counted 87 pins in ten boxes with the first batl only in each box?" demanded the Kid. “He did just that; and it looks good enough for the record books:" said the Old Timer. “Of course, he got the entire 100 pins in the ten boxes: in fact, he went 16 boxes hefore he left one standing.” “Do you keep res on thesc matches like that,” asked the Kid, just as you pack a scorecard to the base ball games “Not always; only in games that show something interesting. You miss a lot, however, by not being able to study the details of the games. Sooner or later we shall have running ac counts of bowling matches like the inning-by-intfing scores of base ball games. That,” prophesied the Old Timer, “will come with the profes: sional bowling leagues—intercity petition: and probably next year." “It _sure sounds good to me, | the Kid. Picture of Broadeasting. “It may sound good to vou,” ad- mitted the Old Timer, “but 1'd hate to have to listen to what the base ball reporters would say about the idea. As it is now, they can lay off the box- score stuff from October to April. But ith bowling getting into the lime- light—oh, boy! And the radio broad- casting. too! Can't you get a picture of Jack Keller broadcasting .an im- Sure—like this “The Old Timer starts with ‘a 3-6-10 spare His second shot takes the 4.7 for another mark. The Kid drives through the center with the first ball, taking out 2 pins and then gets 6 in the box." And so on. “Fifth b says Jack, ‘and the Old Timer is leading by a margin of 7 to 41. The Kid takes the talcum box and sprinkles the runways liberally They look like a snowstorm just struck them. It's John McGraw stuff and the crowd cheers, giving the Kid credit for smart strategy. ' The only chance he has of licking .the Old Timer is for the latter to slip on the alleys and break his leg, The talcum powder may turn the trick. Round— no, I mean, box six: The Old Timer——' " “You've said enough—wake u in- terrupted the Kid. “But it is true that running comments on the games would be interesting. But how'd the reporters keep track of ‘the various shots?" ““Like I do,” said the Old Timer, “guess at 'em. Who's going to re- member whether Wolstemholme reall. picked a 3-6-10 or a 2-5-9; and if a body disputed the statement, he'd have a hell of a time proving it. Figure it out for yourself.” AMERICAN BIKEMEN 14TH. PARIS, April (#P).—Early this morning in the -day grind in the Velodrome Marcot and Putzols were in first place, Wambst and Lac. quehaye second and De Wolf and Siockelyneh third. The American team of ‘McNamara and Horan was in fourteenth position. i Hiram landed all three games from Roosavelt in the Masonic League last night. 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