The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-05
Record breaking Entry List
Is Expected.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS
Picked Tennis Barred-COIlinS Pre-
diets Fifty Teams in FiVe-men
Observation-Disclosures Makes Excel
lent Showing-CapitaI Is Good
Bowling TOwn-ShOuId Start Now.
By "LENy COLLINS.

ingtOn City Bowling Association was held
at the Palace Bowling Alleys last Satur-
day night and plans for the coming
championship games We're gone, over and
perfected. The first business taken up
by the officials was the ACCESSIBILITY Of al
lowing picked teams, as in former years,
TO compete. After a heated discussion
the executive committee passed resolu-
ton barring all teams which fail 10 COM
ply with the a b c regulations.
In regard 10 the tournament, the OFF,
cials of the local organization are more
than anxious to make the coming event
the most successful ever held, and from
present indications their hopes are in a
fair-way to be realized. If the rumors
which are coming from every quarter are
to be taken seriously. The first step N
this direction viii ebe to get every Tegu-
larry organized team in the District a
member OF the city association, and as
tlte local organization is nothing more
than an auxiliary Of the American Bowl
ing Congress, It thereby assures bowler
not only Of being registered and eligible
for the coming city tournament. but also
for the one to be held at st. Louis next
February under the auspices OF the par
ent body. Thus, 20 be eligible TO COM
pete in the biggest Of bowling events on
the cards in Washington each year, IL IS
absolutely necessary that a bowler shall
be affiliated with the city association.
Capital a Coed bowling Town.
AS a bowling town. there are few IN
the country which can show such a large
percentage OF clubs belonging 20 their
home city association as the National
Capital careful perusal OF the nine
teenth annual report OF the American
Bowling Congress, submitted and adopted
By the executive committee at Detroit
last winter. reveals. the fact that Wash
lngton stands tenth in the number OF
teams belonging to- the American body
This is "a record that local boWlers should
well feel proud OF, when It is taken into
consideration that there are at least
twenty cities that have city associations
affiliated with the American Bowling
| Congress, whose bowling population ex-
ceeds, If not in many cases doubles, that
( OF the Capital City. AS an example,
/ Washington is credited with having
thirty teams registered with Secretary
/ Langtry, Of the American Bowling Con-
gress while Buffalo, Greater New York,
/ and Philadelphia, three Of the greatest
/ bowling Ger ers. combined. have only
/ twenty-eight.
Ever since the first city championships
were held, IN 1907. 1t has been the aim
/ OF those who have had charge OF this
annual event to run on ''red-letter'
/ tournament: that IS, one in which every
I team in the District was a competitor.
] Inc ore NJ ~
strides in this direction can be seen from
/ the way an which the five-men team en-
! tries have increased from year 20 year.
More Teams Added.
1 With the new District League IN the
/ field. eight more teams have been added
| 70 the roster, and the chances for an
entry list of fifty CUNTS looks very bright
provided the Glass B and c teams fulfill
expectations and come forward with their
/ full quota. 1t is almost a certainty that
| the old and new District leagues, Depart
ment and Colonial. VIII send every one OF
their representatives into the tournament
! This alone assures twenty-eight teams.
and with the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A,
National Union, Sunday School, Railway
/ Relief Patent Office. and others 10 be
/ heard from. the record Of thirty teams
/ I'm the f1ve-men event set last year should
be exceeded by not less than fifteen. and
/ possibly twenty.
/ Unstinted praise should be given every
man who has ever been connected in an
! official capacity with one of the local
tournaments yet nevertheless there has
been tendency IN the part OF some IN
past years 10 stand back and let the big
1 gest part OF the work fall on the shOul-
ders of some OF the more energetic ones.
| This is not as IL should be. In the COM
ing tournament the officers Of the city
association will be put TO a severe test
| as many delicate points Will be brought
/ up before them, caused, no doubt, by the
unfortunate split Of the BOWERS. 1t is to
be hoped that league affairs or grievances
VIII not be brought into play; and while
hard feelings may exist. don't let them
show in a way that viii put damper on
the tournament II will be a good thing
for all concerned TO remember that the
tournament is not league affair, and
for both factions to work with this end in
view.
should Start Work Now.
II record-brsaktng entry list Is to be
expected. the time is short, and now is
the time TO begin making preparations.
so as TO avoid and counter any setback
or hitch that may arise.
There are a lot OF things the tourna-
ment committee could do worse than pass
an hon-clad rule. the substance OF which
would be that no switching of dates in
the schedule shall be made after such
! and such a date. This changing OF dates
has reached the point where the making
| OF a schedule Is time and worry thrown
away. Instructions have always been
given 10 every bowler that in case OF
preference for any date his request
should accompany the entry blank. Even
this has failed TO attain the desired ends,
as there have actually been instances OF
a team submitting their entry with the
request for q certain date: their request
being granted by the schedule commit
tee, and then as late as the day on which
they are scheduled 10 bowl. 10 send in
word that ii viii be impossible for them
10 take the alleys that night. Not wish
ing TO see them forfeit the schedule COM
mittee is forced to the limit getting
another team 10 take the absent ones
place. A good plan would be TO let the
| schedule committee submit its initial
schedule one week in advance OF the
opening night and allow the bowlers
three days IN which 10 make their final
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