Evening Star Newspaper, June 11, 1929, Page 36

X |__36 EACH THINKS SPORTS. THE OTHER GOT BARGAIN AT ATLANTA | | Plunging Bowling Promoter Declares Griff Bound to Make Money With Winning Club at Atlanta—Takes Chance Himself. BY R. D. THOMAS. LARK GRIFFITH and John 8. Blick, Washington sports mag- nates, are tossing bouquets at each other, following deals which in the ave them a nmear-monopoly on commercialized games lourishing city of Atlanta, Ga. Blick is putting in one of the largest bowling alleys of its kind in the world there. On June 14 Griffith will assume proprietorship of the Cracker ball club, its plant and concessions and a swimming pool that is part of the club’s property. Atlanta shekels will clink into Blick’s till during the Winter and the Old Fox will gather 'em in the Summer. 3 Their amusement plants are in the heart of the city and within a few minutes’ stroll of each other. One of the first to congratulate the base ball mogul on his inva- sion of Dixie's Gotham was Blick, months. who preceded Griffith by several “You made a whale of a deal down there, Clark,” complimented John. “I can't see where you've cheated yourself,” returned Griff. Blick is said to have nailed a bar- gain in his bowling enterprise. For a sum that would be a song for a like deal in Washington he has leased for a long term one floor of a block-long building in an excellent location. Some Giant Alleys. Pifty-two alleys will constitute the layout, and it will be the second largest one-floor bowling plant in the world. Our own Convention Hall, with 55 drives, ranks first, and Blick is presi- dent of the corporation that owns it. There are larger bowling alleys. One in Baltimore has 96 drives, but they are divided among four floors. A Detroit establishment has 86 maple ways on three floors. Says Blick: “I'm becoming more and more sold on big one-floor layouts with high cellings.” Grouped alleys are easier to manage, and a high ceiling facilitates ventila- tion. Blick regards Griffith’s venture as not much of a gamble. “If he puts in a winning club down there,” says he, “I don’t see how he can fail to make money. With a winner, Atlanta is a hot base ball town. Every- thing considered, I believe it is the Jiveliest sports town in the South. That's why I'm giving it a shot at bowl- ing in a big way.” John Saw Something. The bowling promoter added, with a laugh: “I'll bet last Summer’s straw hat that Grifith makes more bucks in Atlanta than he does here, if the Na- tionals dont get up a gallop right quick.” Blick saw the Crackers’ club as an excellent business’ prospect while nosing about Atlanta on his bowling proposi- tion. As a matter of fact, one of his business associates some time back was ehfilf-wly approached as a possible pur- aser. Atlanta’s base ball possibilities were impressed on Blick whien he had a tough time obtaining a ticket to the opening game this Spring. Griffith may not be gambling at At- lanta, but the bowling magnate as- euredly is, in_the opiniom of others, in the racket. - Bowling is a cold-weather game. The season in this latitude gets under way about mid-September and wilts in early April. In that span, roughly seven months, the bowling pro- prietor must make hay, and a lot of it. He has about five months with prac-| tically nothing coming in and an over-| head that never ceases. It is reasonable to suppose that the season in Atlanta will be even shorter than here. But that should be the least of Blick's worries, if he has any; and he's not the worrying type. What should concern him most is whether Atlantans will take to the game itself. It will be almost a new sport there. Pocket billiards is the popular Winter game throughout Dixie. Dared and Succeeded. In practically a virgin duckpin terri- tory Blick will launch a great enter- . /If it is to be successful, most of is business must be developed. He will have a considerable start. There has been an influx of bowlers at Atlanta in the last year with the transference there of railroad employes and many from the bowlingest of all citles. To refute pessimists Blick can point to his success in Richmond, Va. There ‘were few bowlers in the Old Dominion capital when he promoted a large es- tablishment there last season, but it was an almost sensational success. He will open another place in Richmond next Fall. The sport quickly outgrew accommodations. ‘The Washington promoter will have four new_establishments in Dixie next season. They will be at Atlanta, Rich- mond, Norfoik, Va., and Greensboro, N. C. He is in Roanoke, Va., today to look over a proposition there. Good old Charlie Harris, well known to Washington bowling fans as a mem- ber of the inoke team that used to battle the Rovals here, appears to have struck a streak of hard business luck. Anyway, he has offered Blick his bowling and billiard establishment, con- sisting of 25 alleys and 15 tables. It is understood that this business has done well, but that Charlie wants cash to put into other ventures. If Blick buys him out, the Wash- ingtonian will be the master of 342 drives and well on the way to fulfill an ambition to make it a thousand. Falls and Fights Mark Start Of Joie Ray’s 6-Day Skate Race BY EDWARD J. NEIL, Associated Press Sports Writer, EW YORK, June 11.—Manhat- tan’s latest sport madness, fea- turing chesty little Joie Ray in a brand-new role, has moved in upon Broadway for a stay of six days and six nights. At least that is the schedule for the first six-day_roller-skating marathon ever staged. But from the tumbles, col- lapses, fist fights and. frantic pace set by 14 three- man teams from the start of the grind at 9 p.m. in Madison Square Garden last night, it seems as though there might be nothing but small pieces of the whole | affair left by mid- week. From Italy, Ger- many, France, Eng- land, Chicago, Cleveland, St Louts, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Los An- geles, Detroit, Reading, Pa; Syracuse, N. Y., and way stations roller-skating veterans and youngsters of assorted shapes and sizes came to the Garden to crowd the banked pine track with hurtling, multi- colored figures in skin tights. They filled the house with the roar of their skates, the air with fine dust from the | track and the small inaugural crowd with wild enthusiasm. The center of attraction, as the 14 teams, with one man racing at a time, dashed madly for the first bank at the opening gun, was Chestie Joie, for | years America's greatest miler, then Olympic marathoh star and lately a professional runner. Through his en- ( tire foot-racing career Joie could be | depended upon to furnish his public with thrills and entertainment, and last | night he did not fail them. ) Making the first relief, Joie Jaunched | himself into the pack of flying, arm-' waving veterans. He fought gallantly | for half a dozen yards, lost his balance, got. hit in the chest and sat down with | a solid thump on the hard pine boards. | It was the first toss of the evening, but by no means the last. Joie, as well as | almost every other man in the race, bounced off the boards hard and often. Some of them had to be carried off and revived. Others came up fighting, and the crowd was hilarious from the fun | and excitement of it all. | It's a new racket for me, but I like | 1t,” Joie said as he brushed himself off | in his bunk. “I didn't fall down. I was ! pushed. I'll be pretty good at this be- fore the week is over.” The pace was so hot at the start that ' the teams covered 10 miles in the first 20 minutes. The pace, if kept up for six days and six nights, would be fast enough to carty the leading team from New York almost to Californta. The | rush soon subsided, however, and despite the valiant skating of Ray's teammates, | Joe Laurey of Chicago and Jim Fram- ! ton of New York, the trio fell rapidly | behind. Forty laps were stolen in the first hour, and for the opening night, at| least, the race was well within "the wooden rollers of the two favored teams. These were A. R. Eglington of London, | England; Joe West, Cleveland; Jack| Woodruff, Atlantic City, N. J.; Leo Cal- | #rona, Italy; Clif Howard, Los Angeles, ZLalif, and Eddie Krahn, Detroit. \ As 'the night wore on the crowd in- creased steadily until there were 5000 Ccheering the contestants. Word seemed to pass around outside the building Joie Ray. TROUSERS ‘ To Match Your 0dd Coats that & new and interesing way of avoid- ing sleep had been discovered. Such have been known to pack the Garden until dawn in the past. CARRIER PIGEON LOST. Mrs. W. G. Evans, 309 Third avenue, Quantico, Va., is trying to locate the owner of a carrier pigeon which came to her home a few days ago. It has a tape on one leg bearing the number 533 and on the other leg has an alumi- num band. and white. Its color is reddish brown | THE 'EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. | LOVE,To GO AROUND THE COURDE W(Th HART HE 1S SUCH AN ENTHUSIA OVER GOLF ~ HE ENJOYS EVERY MINUTE OF IT AN 1| T'S A GOOD REST FOR ' KM ToO - AWAY FRom ThE OFFICE U. S, TENNIS TEAM TO KNOW FOF SOON Britain, Germany, Hungary and Czechoslovakia Remain in European Zone. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, June 11,—Davis Cup play in the Eurepean zone has reached the semi-final round with Great Britain, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and German: still in the running. Under the draw, Germany and Czechoslovakia are matched in _one half of the semi-finals and Great Brit- ain and Hungary in the other. Advance forecasts indicate a meeting In the final round between Germany and Great Britain with the latter favored to gain the- right to meet the United States in the interzone finals at Paris, July 19, 20, 21. The* Winner of that series will meet France, the defending holder, in the challenge round at Paris, July 26, 27, 28. BUDAPEST, Hungary, June 11 (#).— Hungary's Davis Cup team advanced to the semi-final round of European com- petition by eliminating Holland today, three matches to two. Baron von Kehrling of Hungary, de- feated Hans Timmer of Holland, 8—6, 6—3, 3—6, 6—3, in the match that de- cided the series. Hungary now will meet Great Britain in the semi-finals this' coming week end. —— B. Thompson of Agriculture, held G. P. O. to four hits and won, 8 to 2, in the Departmental League. - i A The 1007 Blade is 1007 joy Gem Blade is keen without reservations. ...It is always uniformly 1009}, keen. Gem does’t miss a whisker here and overlook a hair there. 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