Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1928, Page 33

SPORTS. THE EVENING S WASHINGTON, D. C,; TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1928.° - Bowling Alleys Are “Selling” Game to Fans Here for First Time in History - WOMEN IN SPORT | DRIVES ARE GOING 00T FORBUSINESS Increased Facilities Bring Change in Methods at Local Emporiums. BY R. J. ATKINSON. OR the first time in the history of the duckpin sport here, alley owners are confronted with the problems of selling bowling to the fans. Until this year the game has stood on its own merits. The popularity of the alley sport has made its rise without any extensive salesman- ship on the part of the proprietors. Opening of more than 100 alleys in and nearby the District has caused a slight decliie in receipts in many of the local establishments, although these are not of serious proportions. They are noticeable, however, and pro- motion schemes are being presented from all quarters. In previous years the opening of new alleys had little effect. Managers found that with the opening of each new plant there was usually more busi- ness than they could handle. In 1921 Kmg Pin, No. 1, opened with 40 alleys: the Coliseum followed with 25, and King Pin, No. 2, with 18, was opened soon after. Then Convention Hall opened with 50 drives. Each new plant found plenty of business and owners prospered from the start. This Fall more new drives were open- ed than at any one time since the estab- lishment of the duckpin game here. Lucky Strike, Arcadia, Georgetown Rec- reation, Mount Rainier and Bethesda plants were al lopened this year, bring- ing the total number of alleys in the District alone to 365. All establish- ments, including the new ones, are pros- pering, but managers are aware that a slight decline in receipts has resulted from the large addition of alleys. There is probably more money in- vested in duckpin plants in Washington than in any other type of recreational equipment. Bill Wood of the Myer Davis establishments figures that there is $365,000 invested in alleys alone in the District. This sum does not in- clude rents of buildings or other ex- penses. Construction of the alleys is estimated to have cost that amount. He has also estimated that 720,000 people use each of these 365 alleys each year. His figures give some idea of the enormous business done during the 9 or 10 months bowling alleys are open during the year. Gross receipts from all of the alleys in the District this year will pass the half-million mark, he says, basing his estimate on reports to date from the three Meyer Davis plants. Pin' boys are the largest single ex- pense to bowling establishments, SCHALK IS SIGNED AS AID BY MW'GRAW By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 13.—Ray “Cracker” Schalk, who has signed as first assistant to Manager John J. Mc- Graw of the New York Giants, is happy to get back into base ball. “There isn't anything like the old game of base ball for me,” said the former White Sox manager and catcher when the announcement of his new position was made last night. “I got a bad break with the White Sox, but I'm going to give the Giants everything I can in 1929. I feel fit and if necessary can catch many games yet, 00, Since his release by the White Sox last_July, Schalk has been operating a bowling alley here. He intends to keep it as a Winter occupation. = WINS CONFERENCE TITLE. WINONA, Minn., November 13 (#).— St. Mary's College of Winona won the Minnesota College Conference foot ball championship by defeating Hamline University of St. Paul, 38 to 12. WALLACE AND MEDILL MEET IN RING TONIGHT CHICAGO, November 13 (#).—Two fast-climbing lightweights, Billy Wallace of Cleveland and Joey Medill, pride of Chicago’s West Side, meet in a 10- round bout in the Hippodrome arena tonight. Wallace, one of the outstanding con- tenders for Sammy Mandell's crown, has lost only one decision this year and that was to Jimmy McLarnin after a sensational battle at Detroit last Spring. Medill, who has been in the pro- fessional ranks but a short time, will get his first real test in Wallace. He has lost but two decisions and numbers among his victims Tommy Grogan, Omaha Puncher. BIKEMEN ARE SUSPENDED. CHICAGO, November 13 (#).—Par- ticipants in the “outlaw” six-day bicycle race here two weeks ago have been in- definitely suspended from organized cycling. Twenty-two riders are involved. The Union Cyclist International cabled the order to Frank L. Kramer, chair- man of the board of control of the Na- tional Cycling Association. STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE ing the past three months with Bannockburn and Argyle, golf- ers of the Beaver Dam Country Club team believe they can make a better showing in putting than any of their erstwhile opponents. Holding that driving and approach- ing does mot constitute conclusive su- periority in golf, the Beaver Dam team, led by W. H. White, chairman of the club golf committee, has issued a chal- lenge to the golf teams of any other club for a putting contest on the in- door course at the Miller-Walker Golf School, on Pennsylvania avenue near Seventeenth street, and now awaits ac- ceptance of the challenge to prove its claim that putting also plays a major part in the development of a winning game of golf. M. P. Mooler of Beaver Dam regis- tered the putting par of 36 to win the first weekly putting contest at the golf school. He was given a golf ball. On the scoreboard at Bannockburn, out at the final end of the sheet on which is inscribed the results of the two-man team tournament, stands to- day the inscription: “Heath and Robb were beaten by Pass and Weedon, 4 and 3. Which ‘tells that Leo F. Pass, former club champion, and R. E. Weedon are the latest victors in the annual two-man team championship, but fails to relate the story of the thrilling combat which found them vic- torious on the fifteenth green. Pass has a club handicap of 9 strokes, while Weedon has 18. Maj. H. Robb and LTHOUGH they were defeated A in team matches played dur- Manager Wood says. The spotters collect between 22 and 23 per cent of the gross income, his records show. Replacing pins is another large item. The life of a duckpin is only two weeks at the most and many are discarded in less time. Although Washington now has more duckpin bowlers per capita than any city in the world, there is still room for expansion. Success that the game has met here has been entirely on its own stren ‘There are many op- portunities for further conquest, alley proprietors believe. They have never before concentrated on selling the game. They have been content to let the game expand on its own merits. is season has seen the organiza- tion of two gloubles leagues. Other new ottractions be offered the bowlers later. One of these is the Meyer Davis Ladies’ Sweepstakes, which will open 2t King Pin No. 2 on November 24. It the first time that such an event has “een planned for women bowlers. Entry nks were being distributed today for ‘his event. All women bowlers are ligible to enter. The entry fee for nine games is $3, which covers the ost of the games rolled. Prize money vill be distributed among the four high corers, proportionally. A husband-wife tournament is rther innovation. All man and wife ‘cams are eligible to enter this A ich is to be held at the Arcadia xt month. Entries are now being re- "lchd at the Arcadia and Convention Hall. These events are attractive to pres- nt devotees of the game. Alley man- ~gers are at present interested in win- ning new bowlers. Announcements are ~xpected soon from various bowling headquarters of plans to bring new bowlers into the fold. Much thought is being given to means of adding new blood in the ranks of Washington’s ogion of bowlers. R0GERS HORNSBY IS DUE TO BECOME A CUB TODAY CHICAGO, November 13 ().—Rogers Hornsby officially becomes a Chicago Cub today. The National League batting cham- pion, obtained by the Cubs from the Boston Braves last week for cash and five players, was due in Chicago today to affix his name to a contract. It is understood the Cubs will agree to pay him the same salary he received while at Boston—supposedly $32,000 a season. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. . CHICAGO.—Charley Belanger, To- ronto, outpointed Harry Dillon, Winni- peg (10); Billy Freas, Grand Rapids, Mich., outpointed Walter Madey, Chi- cago (6). OMAHA, Nebr. — Tommy Grogan, Omaha, knocked out Bobby Garcia, Baltimore (2). LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Grover Mal- lini, New Orleans, knocked out Jimmy Griffin, Indianapolis (3). CINCINNATI—Harry “Kid” Brown, Philadelphia, knocked out Joe Mandell, New York (2); Cecil Payne, Louisville, Ky, knocked out Jimmy Paul, De- troit (2). PITTSBURGH.—Eddie “Kid” Wag- ner, Philadelphia, outpointed Young Rudy, Charleroi, Pa. (10). NEWCASTLE, Pa.—Johnny Dato, Cleveland, knocked out Al Derose, In- dianapolis (3); Frankie Reo, Cleveland, outpointed Patsy Gallagher, Pittsburgh. PEORIA, Ill.—Jack Moore, Chicago, outpointed Ren Williams, Detroit (10); Harry Memmering, Lafayette, Ind., out- pointed Jack Scully, Champaign, Til. (5). ANDERSON, Ind.—Mickey O'Hara, Louisville, Ky., and Ehrman Clark, In- dianapolis, drew (10). NEW YORK—John Dundee, New York, outpointed Gaston Charles, France (10). COLUMBUS, Ohio—Lou Bloom, Co- lumbus, outpointed Babe Ruth, Louis- ville, Ky. (10). PHILADELPHIA.—George Leiperville, Pa., stopped Bud Gorman, Chicago (3); ‘Walker, Jacksonville, Fla., outpointed Big Bill Hartwell, Kan- sas City (10). BALTIMORE. — Marty Gallagher, Washington, knocked out Herman Wei- ner, Baltimore (9). BUFFALO.—Jimmy Goodrich, Buf- falo, outpointed Phil Goldstein, Pitts- burgh (10) DETROIT—Mickey Goldberg, Mil- waukee, Wis., outpointed Red Allen, Detroit (8); Bobby Davis, Detroit, out- polnted Johnny Corbet, Pittsburgh (6). Godfrey, C. C. Heath both have handicaps of 12. Under the rules of the tournament for every difference of 3 strokes in the combined handicaps of the teams, 1 hole up was to be given the team with the longer handicap. Sq Pass and Weedon with a combined handicap of 27 received 1 hole up from Heath and Robb. They had increased this margin by 2 more holes when the turn was of the Women’s District Golf Associa- tion to place at the Washington club a sun dial in memory of his wife, Mrs. Phylls Keeler Miller, formerly secretary of the women’s association. Miller has been in California for several weeks, recovering from a recent operation. and noted a story in the Tee, the official publication of the Washington club, re- garding the memorial. “I like the idea very much and I shall be glad to help in any way the girls may suggest,” Mil- ler writes. He adds that he has played around a good many of the California golf courses, but that he is still affiicted with a slice from which the “ball gwings around and bites his neck. “Tell Dr. McClenahan to have the regular greens ready for me on my return, a month hence,” he says, “for I expect to burn up the course.” To Risley G. Hunt of Washington goes the authorship of the newest first tee wise crack. It runs like this: “How do we play and how much do we get?” Hunt is one of the gents who rant about the abandonment of the quaint old cus- toms of calling golf clubs by their Scot- tish given name of mashie, niblick, etc., in favor of the idea of numbering them. The cannonading still goes on at Bannockburn, but the scene has been shifted to the new second green, where Dr. T. J. W. Brown is busy putting the finishing touches on the green that is to take the backache out of the climb up the hill. Booming shots of black powder signalize the clearing out of the last of the stumps and rocks that made building of the green a tough %;bt“d shortly it will be planted to nt. While Greens Supervisor Fitts is completing the job of rebuilding the sixteenth at Columbia, Peter Jackson, the Congressional greenskeeper, is still puzzling as to what to do to improve the long tenth hole. The latest scheme is to move the tee down toward the lake about 15 yards and to play up the reached and won the tourney at the fifteenth. . " From far-away California comes word from Watson B. Miller of the Washing- ton Golf and Country Club, expressing his interest and support in the project FIVE CENT CIGAR 1s BACK IN TOWN @B Lactllard Co., Bat. 1780 valley, which now parallels the fairway on the left. The hole will be shortened to about 525 yards, making it a true par 5, and making room for the con- struction of a new sixteenth green and a new seventeenth tee. . hen it's BY CORINNE FRAZIER. ITH more than -4,000 girls competing on the 212 teams of the dodge ball, basket ball and volley ball leagues of the elementary schools, the schedules will continue well into De- cember, according to Maude N. Parker, director of the girls’ playground ac- tivities. It is estimated that with good weather the schedules in all of the series can be completed by Decem- ber 10. The schools of the city are divided into seven divisions for the purpose of playing in each of the three sports. Champions of the interschool series in each division will be awarded silver cups, to be retained by their school for one year. Some of the most ardent sideline rooters on the playgrounds where the games are staged are the teachers and principals of the various schools. In addition to the girls competing in the elementary school games, an in- terplayground basket ball league series is under way, with some 400 players en- tered. This is the senior playground event, all of the girls competing being 15 or 16 years of age. The winning team in this event each year is pre- sented with individual trophies and is entertained by the losers with a banquet. Last season the awards were silver basket balls suitably engraved. In the Thomson School dodge ball series, conducted on the Thomson Play- ground, the fifth grade team has won the title, scoring over the sixth grade, 16 to 11, in the final game of the series. The winners will receive a pennant. Six games have been played this week by E. V. Brown School dodge ball teams in their interclass league, in progress on the .Chevy Chase Playground. These matches resulted in victories for 7B and 7A in the senior section, in two triumphs for 6B of the junior loop, one for 6B1 and one for 5B, also of the Juniors, Interclass volley ball games of the Stuart Junior High School series, played on the Plaza Playground yesterday, were reported as follows: 8B-1 defeated 8A-3, 23 to 5; 8A-2 defeated 8A-4, 7 to 5; 8B-2 defeated 9A-1, 43 to 4; 9A-2 de- feated 8B-3, 31 to 14. Both dodge and et ball games are being staged by class teams from the Park View School. Results of games played yesterday in both leagues: Basket ball—8B-2 defeated 8A, 23 to 2; B8-1 scored over 84, 15 to 2. Dodge ball—5A defeated 6A, 12 to 7; 6B defeated 5A, 13 to 11, Dorothy Reed and Jewell Lee Doug- las, former members of the Princess basket ball team, are eager to tie up with one of the independent squads this season and would like the manager of some team needing new recruits to get in touch with them at Adams 3967 any afternoon between 4:30 and 7:30. Rain caused the postponement yes- terday of the Marjorie Webster School interclass hockey game, which was to have decided the championship. Seniors and Juniors are tied for boncrs at present. The new date for the match has not yet been set, but will be played on the Sixteenth street reservoir field, where all of the Webster School hockey games have been staged this Fall. GALLAGHER SCORES K. 0. IN BALTIMORE BATTLE BALTIMORE, November 13.—Marty Gallagher, Washington heavyweight boxer, scored a knockout over Herman Weiner of East Baltimore in the tenth round of their scheduled 12-round bout last night in the 104th Medical Regi- ment Armory. The Capital scrapper had his Baltimore opponent on the de- fensive virtually throughout. A sting- ing right uppercut under Weiner’s chin was the punch that gave Gallagher vic- tory after his game antagonist had ab- sorbed a deal of punishment. Jack Cafoni, also of Washington, was awarded the decision over Lew Ray- mond after six rounds in the semi-final. Foot ball at Princeton furnishes jobs every Saturday afternoon during the season for 200 students other than players. COAST LOOP MOGULS AT 0DDS ON LEADER By the Associated Press PORTLAND, Oreg., November 13.— Unable to reach an agreement regard- ing selection of a president for the Pa- cific Coast League to succeed Harry A. Williams, directors of the league have postponed that matter until they meet in Hollywood January 21, at which time Mr. Williams® five-year term expires. Hopelessly deadlocked last night after a day of presidential discussion, the directors adjourned their meeting and left for their homes. The last ballot taken showed four ballots each for Mr. Williams and for William H. McCarthy of San Francisco, former president. Five votes were needed for election. Earlier in the day the league voted to abandon the split season and return to the old 28-week straight schedule, with the season opening March 26. The directors also went on record in oppo- sition to the universal draft. U Ak S Although Indianapolis won the Amer- ican Association pennant, the club lost approximately $1,000,000. 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