Show Picking rikI Correct Ban Is s Essential to th Bowling wg Famous Bowler Explains Various Grips and Importance of Using Correct Corre t One OneS S By Jimmy Smith WORLDS WORLD'S GREATEST BOWLER Chapter III My ambition to become a a. great bowler bowler- dates from the time when I first became interested in the gaine game more than thirty years ago I started a as a a. pin setter and take it I me what a pin boy doesn't know l about bowling can be written n non on your thumb nail If It time and space apace permitted I 1 would tell you of my early experience in the pit end and humorous side of ot the game as se set set-n n by the pin boys As a pin boy I gained a view of the game fame at that end of ot the alley from flom which most of you are I barred tarred There you rou see the real practical results of at the seven fifty I varieties Varieties and and seven forty-seven more which I r can easily add without f fear ar I I of contradiction in lon lon-jn in the delivery of I Ithe the ball at the foul line the ef effectiveness effectiveness ef- ef of both the hook and I et-I I straight ball what happens when the ball crashes into a full frame I I the center ball and the corner ball the important question question- of ot speed I I versus accuracy and in fact every angle of the game can be studied to great advantage from the pit end endot of ot the alley When I graduated from the pit to the foul line to become a bowler I still lacked knowledge of the game I I and even now after aHer thirty years whenever I 1 see a match game or visit a bowling alley I study the movements of bowlers who seem to have good points and try them out though not always with success Much fuch can be learned from observation observation observation tion and many boxers can credit their success to the blows and defense defense de de- de- de tense learned from watching the theother theother theother other fellow at the ringside With me it is always the desire to secure perfection and such willbe will willbe willbe be my aim until who knows I may maybe maybe maybe be able to bowl perfect scores score's of ot in every game I am bringing out these points because I wish to toI impress upon my readers the absolute absolute absolute I I lute necessity of toll following owing instructions very c carefully If you all do that I will guarantee good results I will surely follow Of Ot course one of the important I items to good howling bowling is the selection selection selection tion of a ball which fits your our grip I and after you have become somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what familiar with the game I ad advise advise advise ad- ad I vise the purchase of ot a private bail ball I as much better r results can be obtained obtained ob ob- ob- ob I tamed by using the same ball bail aUthe all aU the time Until you have become proficient select a ball from the al alley auley au- au I I ley rack which feels easy In your hand band and which you ou are able to grip grIp I firmly when held at arms arm's length I I 1 use a black ablack ball of ot fifteen fifteen teen and three-fourths three pounds tir-j tir weight and buy two every y season I This is a matter so important to tome tome i iI me that I carr carry my ball with me I Ithe I the same sahle as the tIle cue masters In billiards bil billiards bU- bU carry their own cue sticks The span of my finger ger holes is exactly exactly exactly ex ex- ex- ex and three-sixths three i inches ches I three The grip is important Dont Don't t use useI I I a wide grip g if you have a small hand and short fingers nor not nota a narrow narrow nor nar- nar- nar long hands are row row grip t If your our I You are not In a glove factory seeking seek seek- be s sm guided nor should you in- in style what some one in m the matter by else uses-get uses the grip right m l know that Many of you vou may not now I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I i I the angle in which the finger ana and I thumb holes are bored varies greatly great great- ly and is frequently the subject great of I discussion among expert bowlers therefore if it I tell you I use a half half- haltI j I Western Vestern grip you probably will not I get me There are three regular regula I methods of boring the finger and I thumb holes natural West half ern era and full Western Vest 1 In the natural the holes are bored at an angle which would cause I Ithem Ithem them to th meet at the exact center of the ball the Western half would make them meet an eighth of an aninch aninch II I linch inch above the center and In the full Western they would meet a quarter of at an inch above the center The more pitch the narrower the grip or you cannot get rid of the ball bali Be sure the finger and thumb holes fit and f if the edges are arc sharp I use a little fine sandpaper to round I them off so they will not cut the skin The holes should also be smooth inside and above all the II b ball ll should be so perfectly fitted to the hand that it will leave the fingers fingers fing fing- ers ens easily when the fingers are extended extended extended ex ex- ex- ex tended straight out at arms arm's length as they should be in delivering g the ball and yet tight enough so you will not drop it Never use tape in the holes anti and avoid all use of ot resin chalk and pumice on the hands This Is a 11 subject so important that I 1 shall devote a special article to Sore Thumbs later on Avoid rubber soled shoes for bowling Learn to bowl with elk- elk skin soles Rubber soles will not injure your feet but are very apt to cause lameness if used constant constant- ly I always use and even after a twenty-four-hour twenty endurance contest have left len the alleys in perfect per per- fact condition so far as my feet and the calves of ot my legs were con con- I traveled on tour two seasons with John Count Gengler and he heat heat heat at first used rubber soles often leaving the alleys so o lame it was noticeable in his walk and he ho complaIned complained com corn a great deal of charley chancy horse the he next day Feet and legs in good condition are very essential to good scores and to the proper en enjoyment enjoyment enjoyment en- en of this popular- popular pastime In my next article I shall put my readers on the alleys and begin in- in in bowling first giving attention to position footwork an and delivery ot of the ball bali LINCOLN Neb Feb 24 Head Head Coach Ernest E. E Bears Bears- announced last night that the spring football practice of the University of ot Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Ne Ne- braska squad would begin next Wednesday and added that the spring training for the I would be no light affair Muddy l 1 grounds will not be allowed to in interfere interfere in- in he said The new coach arrived Sunday from Urbana where he lie formerly was employed as assistant coach of the Illinois squad and set to work worl lining up the candidates fOle for fOl forthe forthe the e 1925 agg aggregation it delay |