Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18

If local bowlers entertain any hopes
whatsoever of bringing the 1913 inter
national championships of the American
Bowling Congress to this city 1t is alb
solutely necessary that some action be
taken upon the matter Immediately. The
executive committee of the congress
meets during the second week of March
at Chicago, and it will be at one Of
these meetings that the convention city
Of next year will be decided upon. It's
certainty that the A. B. c. is not going
to force itself upon Washington bowlers,
and unless this city Is represented at the
executive meetings by one or more rep
resentatives Of our commercial Organiza-
tons. the Chamber of Commerce and
Board of Trade, the National Capital cam
not expect to be awarded this greatest
of all annual bowling events. What the
A. B. c. wants to see is the right kind
Of an effort put forth by those bidding
for the tourney, and if Washington can
place one or two men upon the floor
with convincing arguments as to why
this city should be given preference over
all others for the 1913 event there is lit
tie doubt but what we would get it.
What more encouragement do local
bowlers want than that of knowing that
President Bryson. Secretary Langtry
and Judge Howard Of Chicago are unani-
mously in favor of the National Capt.
tai as the scene of next years cham
piOnships?
There are few trying to advance the
argument that it would be an impOSSi-
biity for the tournament committee, in
the event of Washington holding the
tourney. to accommodate the enormous
number Of requests from teams to be
scheduled during inauguration week. BY
the use of figures it can readily be seen
were installed in Convention Hall 49,
teams could be scheduled during in
augural week. With thirty-six alleys it
would mean that no less than seventy
two ffve-man teams would bowl each
day, making 49, for the week, and with
the tourney running a, week prior and
after the inauguration to accommodate
bowlers of the immediate vicinity there
is no reason why there should be 9 draw
back through bowlers not ~being scEed-
uled as they request. OF course. the pin
knights from cities within a radius of
go miles would have to be contented
with dates outside of the main week. +
A mass meeting by all means should
be held Immediately after the close of
the City Associations tournament, and a
better time than on the night of the dis
tribution of prizes could not be selected.
In this way a line could be gotten on
just how the bowlers look upon the prop
osition of Washington entertaining the
A. b. G. next year.
the tournament committee of the National
Bowling Association had extended invita-
tons to Jimmie Smith. Alec Dunbar,
Glenn Riddell, Dave Woodbury.. Lew
Franz and Glenn Fisher to participate
in round-robin match. the winner to be
recognized as the worlds champion. it
looks very much like brilliant dipio-
matte move upon the part of the commit
tee, and only goes to show the respect
they hold for the ability of one Jimmie
Blouin of Chicago.
How 1t is that any fair-minded bowler
can attempt to select the six best bowlcrs
of the country and leave from the list
the name of Blouin, not to mention a
couple of others, is hard to figure out.
From a local standpoint it looks very
much as though the scheme is. nothing
but cooked-up affair to let Smith re-
gain the lost prestige which he dropped
through the trimming handed him by
Blouin.
Smith has demonstrated his superiority
over Franz, and 1t is an acknowledged
fact that the former pin-setter would lose
few games to either Woodberry or Fisher.
With Dunbar and Riddell in the tourney
to throw couple of defeats into the
western trio, it would look pretty soft for
Smith
Inasmuch as Smith is the acknowledged
peer of all eastern bowlers. and Blouin
occupies the same position in tho west.
why not bring these two together i'm
about thirty-game series. leaving out
the other four.
Last week The Star gave credit to
Harry Wolsenholme. the popular man
ager OF the Ingram alleys. for rolling
three games of t4I, 119 and los. in the
nj Memorial q
since been informed that this big total
was rolled by none other than Wolsten
holmes son Glenn. When boy only
fourteen years old can pull off q set like
called cracks to polish up bit. as
hope is certainly on the way. The set
of 365 is not only the highest that has
been bowled in the league this season.
but the game of 141 is thirteen pins bet
ter than any other that has been posted
i'm the league. On top of this the young
man enjoys tho honor with his father OF
being the only two bowlers in the asso-
citation with an average over the century
mark. With an average in league OF
over 100 for twenty-seven games, In
gram boWlers are willing to place him
against any bowler in the city whose age
does not exceed sixteen. They might just
as we'll make il eighteen Here is an eX-
cellent chance for Manager Arniiger of
the Palace team to get coming star OH
Now for the City Association tourna-
ment The official schedule which APP
pears in another column of this paper
shows that practically the cream of
Washington's tenpin talent has been en-
tered in the different events and some
record breaking totals should be regis
tered. The three big nights of the tour
ney will be opening night, Wednesday
and Saturday nights. On these nights
some of the best the city can produce
will take the alleys and some high class
bowling should be uncorked. The tour
nament gives every indication of being a.
success, and it Is now up to the BOWERS
themselves to carry it through. Manager
Brown has made ample provision for
the ladies, and it Is planned to have one
night set aside to he known as ladies'
night The decorations will be finished
in time and the alleys will be faster than
ever before
Departmental.