Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
ALL READY, BANG!
City Bowling Tourney Starts
Tomorrow Night at Palace.
BEST IN CITY ENTERED
Official Schedule Below Shows
Twenty-Five Teams to
Take Part.

Tomorrow night the sixth annual tour
nament, held under the auspices of the
Washington City Bowling Association,
will be inaugurated on the Palace alleys.
While the entry list in the five-man event
shows five less quints than the number
which participated in last years tourney,
tie officials credit this falling off to the
short time in which the teams were al
lowed to make their applications for men,
bership. Just two weeks from the date
OF the executive committees first meet
ins to the date for the closing Of the en-
tries was allowed the bowiers in which
10 place them in the hands of Sec
rotary Field. Had the executive COM
mittee been able to run the tournament
off at later date and more time elapsed
between the date Of the annual meeting
and the closing of entries there Is every
reason to believe that the number OF
teams to compete in the five-man event
would have reached at least thirty-five.
That the coming tournament will be the
most brilliant bowling event ever run on
in the District is the consensus of opinion
ON ali sides. One of the pleasing features
of the preparatory work leading up to the
opening tomorrow night has been the
manner In which the bowlers have enter
ed into the spirit of the occasion. The
keen rivalry which exists between the
different teams will add interest to each
nights play. and every bowler will put
forth his best efforts toward landing his
team in one of the championship classes.
Manager Brown Of the Palace alleys has
large corps OF men at work on
the decorations, and the hall will present
d most pleasing appearance, draped with
hundreds of American flags. He has
promised that the color scheme will be
more elaborate than ever before.
outside OF the tournament itself the
next most important thing to the bowl
ers Will be the alleys. Under the care
ful supervision of Harry Krauss. they
are being specially prepared and when
the contestants take the drives tomorrow
night conditions will be ideal for record
breaking scores.
rhe official schedule which follows
shows that altogether there are twenty
ave CUNTS entered in the fiye-man event,
eight In class 4. eight i'm class 3 and
,i..,. i'm class 4. The doubles will show
-. and total of fifty-three teams, class
-4lding with twenty-three, class A
:. with nineteen and class C. having
IN. In the individuals no less than
uvwlers will strive for the city cham
.onship. thirty-siX In \, fftytw0 In b
aud sixteen in 4.
For the opening night the schedule
committee has gotten out a list that Of
fars six of the best teams in the city to
lost totals for the other teams to work
.,r The Navy and Agriculture of the
departmental, Saengerbund and Chamber
OF Commerce of the District, and the Co
loDiai League, represented by the Man
hattans and Pioneers. will be the teams
that will take the drives first.
All in all. the tournament promises to
bc u success. and the tournament COM
mittee Is guarding against anything which
might come up to mar any of the events.
The official schedule follows: