Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
CITY ASSOCIATION TO MEET
NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT
Will Consider Proposed lntercity Meet-At-
tendance Of All Bowlers Requested
Holiday Journeys Keep Alleys Busy.

A meeting of the City Association has
been called for the coming Saturday, jan
uary I, at S:1J o'clock, Secretary Field
announcing as the objects of the meeting
the consideration of the plan outlined
i'm these columns of holding either tri-
city meet between Baltimore, Washington
and Richmond, or a tournament i'll this
city, with the bowlers OF the two other
cities besides Washington eligible TO COM
pete. The Palace alleys committee rooms
will be the place of assembling, and it
should not be necessary to urge all local
bowling enthusiasts, as well az the City
Association members, to be in attendance.
Ii is an admitted fact that the tenpin
game in this city has been in shoal wa
ters. and while the individual tournament
now in progress has to IA large extent re-
newed interest in big pins. yet even now
the sport is running a bad second to
duckpin. But those who are advocating
the proposed meet are looking farther
than the mere booming of tenpins. They
hold that the inauguration OF tricity
event. along any lines. will broaden the
entire scope of the bowling game in SO far
as the three cities are mentioned and if
the City Association members VIII express
a Willingness to take off their coats and
hustle not only tenp.n tournaments or
competitions between the bowlers of these
cities will result but duckpin meets will
also follow. In any event. every member
of the local body should he i'm tendance
Local newspapers are doing more today
To boom the great indoor sport than ever
in the c!tyS history, and If the followers
of the game wish it 20 win a fixed place
among the athletic events of Washington
they should not fail to do their part to-
ward accomplishing his result. And the
best manner of showing a Willingness to
aid in this laudable effort Is to be present
next Saturday night-on t.me-and help
the associat ton officers decide just wha; is
To be done in regard TO the proposed tour
ncy.
While the various leagues about town
are enjoying holiday at this time there
las been no cessation in the activities
Of the individual bowlers. and. IF any
thing, there has been more rolling the
past week than during any other week
since the season opened in October. At
the Palace and Royal alleys where tour
HaInents were staged, it was hard work
20 get alley accommodations. Christmas
day from 10 o'clock until midnight all o.:
The twelve alleys at the Palace were in
constant use, while those at the ROYAL
were also kept going during the DAY.
Both these amusement places Will be
open Wednesday at 10 O'Clock.
On the Northeast, the Casino and the
Capitol Hill alleys a prosperous week was
experienced, extra inducements in tine
way of turkeys and money prizes serving;
TO keep the bowers plugging away. AS
the men are keeping In good shape dur
ing the holiday intermission, the team
scores should not suffer when the sched-
uleS are resumed.
When Ray Morgan. the hustling second
haseman OF the Nationals, was over here
recently To sign his contract for the
coming year he announced that he had
some" duckpin team over In the Monu-
mental city, and in conversation with
Buck" Becker. erstwhile pitcher for the
Washingtons. he challenged that worthy
20 match game either here or I'm Ba-
tiInore. Becker assured him that licking
Baltimore teams, with either b & or little
pins, had been done so often and with
such apparent ease as TO become a GUS
TOM" and promised him that his chal-
lenge would be accepted. Whether Beck
eE takes the popular ball player up or
not. il is probable that a series of games
VII be rolled here and in Baltimore with
Morgan rs 6 member OF the Maryland
city team Efforts TO arrange for the af-
fair are now being made.
C. B. Sullivan and Jack" Schaeffer of
the Boston Traveller. who are residents of
this city. were home for Christmas, and
tnth were frequent visitors to the Palace
alleys Both Sullivan and Schaeffer are
JACKS with the little pins. and totaled
Very Creditable games. They left for the
tItH of culture Thursday evening last
Navy and Interior disposed of a post
poned set Monday night, the Sailors win
ming two of the games. High score was
made by O'Donnell. who had 231 game
IN tAe second. while Roepke Of the In