Show IG G od Footwork Os Is Secret S. S Of Successful Bowling Worlds World's Greatest Bowler States Importance of Long Faithful Practice PracticeS S By Jimmy Smith Worlds World's Greatest Bowl r You cannot become a good bowler bowl bowl- er in a n minute Like any other thing you ou must n practice an anc 1 do lots lotsof lotsof of it But It will hasten the time when you ou can bowl good if ir you learn to start correctly It is true that if it you never saw an alley before i you can step up on the platform and bowl bowl after after a fashion But I am writing th these se hints and instructions for the man who likes to todo do well whatever he attempts Not every man can become a champion ham pion bowler even en if it he follows these instructions Instructions' faithfully But every man whether he has haR bowled before or not can improve e his av average aver aver- er- er age b by following these hints They are tho the result of or my mv thirty v years years' ears ears' experience and nd development in the game I r do not intend to advise e you to to adopt an any particular r system 01 or style nor to mimic any good bowler except in the fundamentals of bow boa bowl bowl- ing Every Ever man has his own peculiar peculiar p liar physical makeup and so a cei eeli eel i i tam tain system or st style le which would come easy and be natural to one I would be awkward and inefficient for another I I Bowling as I have mentioned be beI before be- be I fore is quite I similar in man many respects re reI respects re- re to music and end demands the tile same qualities from the participant You cannot become a great musician musi must must- clan cian until after atter months of I persis persis- S tent exercise to train the fingers to flexibility and coordination to the brain I Likewise you cannot become a great strike and spar spare artist until you ou have ha practiced delivering the ball approaching the until you OU have ha mastered nd a nd have ha full control o er your our feet your our arm aim and your our wrist co o 0 that they coordinate coordinate nate with your brain I So the first thing to do tn mII mv my course is to forget your sti Strikes ikes and ind II spares forget there theio is a frame of ten pin pins forget you ou have ha an average ayer aver age just set up the head pin and practice footwork the most important I tant detail to good bowling and the theone I one big thing most bowlers lack And no not do this once once do do it lt I every day for half hair an hour at a time time time-do do it tw two o or three times a day if It you ou can continue can continue to do 10 it for weeks weeke or until the time ar arrives ar- ar ryes rives when you can mark a print of your our foot at the foul line take your our run and stop at that point er e every time and do it gracefully and naturally naturally and and and until you vou can place our Your ball so accurately that it will wUl l never miss that head pin and will wil ll l always hit on the same ame side When When you OU are able to do this consistently even with a curtain in front of ot the pin you ou have gained a start a t. t big start toward becomIng becoming becom becom- ing a great bowler for bowler for after you have bave mastered this detail the rest comes easy In n comparison Try it today Make lake up your our mind as Grant said sald if U it takes all winter It will wUl need patience perSeverance perse per- per se Severance and good nature as as' as I have said before but the result wilbe will wil willbe l be so gratifying your our average will jump so high and your our actions willbe will willbe willbe be so 80 much more graceful and natural natural natural nat nat- ural that it viII ill be well worth your jour our while In m my next article I shall toll tell how to select a bowling ball measurements measurements meas mess for thumb and finger holes how it should be properly bored to get best beat results and an another another another an- an other very ery important matter in footwear eu Varsity rowing practice on the machines at the Uni UniversIty of ol Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- Is in full swing in anticipation tion Lion of the intercollegiate regatta at Poughkeepsie In June Although the athletic council has not den dell accepted the invitation to attend university athletic authorities authon tie ties hope for favorable action w within with with- th thin in ten days |