Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01

pected will happen. He knows that there
Is no other game in which the ordinary
player can keep within such close reach
Of higher class opponent and stay mere
When we come to the national tourna-
ment all these features of play apply and
the conditions there again give the
chances one more multiplication. Not one
the medium man to learn the grooves.
for the first ball counts But three games
are allowed in each event, and this all
favors the man who shoots for the heao
pin. If 1t was a contest Of thirty games
the man who thinks he has no chance
would be nearer right, but in the run OF
three games anything may happen and
II 1t happens to be one of his streaks OF
strikes he is among the high prize win
ners.
An interesting illustration of the
chances developed at St Louis about
five years ago. Out of several thousand
two men rolled the same score. 676 for in
dtvidual champion OF the year. and fell
into the error Of rolling of for first place,
with the result that one rolled 521 and the
other 34s for three games. Here were
two probably $50 men who had no
chance" but they rolled 676 in this big
event "a. B. c. championships and d.
year.
The ordinary bowler can cheer himself
with the statistical fact that the composite
average Of all the bowlers participating
in the national bowling tournaments Is
not above 1866 pins, and this is probably
ten pins higher than that Of any other
general tournament at that.
We have a lot Of first-claSs bowlers,
and they are particularly good in this
eastern part of the United States, but this
lot Is not large lot. and all put together
there are not enough to pre-empt one
third OF the prize places at Atlantic City.
and it is safe to estimate that one-third
Of these will fall outside of prize bounds
II true, this positively leaves plenty of
openings for the man without a chance"
Prizes Well Distributed.
does not have to be first to win honors
and prizes. for the prize lists of the Ma
tional Bowling Association tournaments
and accounts are wide open public docu-
ments which show that 25 per cent of the
contesting five-men teams and 80 per cent
of the double and single competitors are
in the honor and prize list and that no
prize winner receives less than his entry
investment.
The prize list is not arbitrarily set
after the rolling, but Is published in the
organisations advance program, place
for prize and prize for place. Experience
has also evolved a system Of prize allot-
ment which gives the bulk of money well
down the list and gives little money ad-
vantage to the highest places.
It is q fact that the records Of the years
as they pass show that, under the condi-
tons Of a national tournament, all con-
testants have a chance to share in the
money distribution. The cracks do not
always win by any means. And any con-
testant who once feels the thrill Of the
double strike and the triple strike
under the limelight at Atlantic City
with the pins at his front and the break
ing sea at his back. gets his value
whether it be in prize. place or pleasure.
and will be on hand at the following tour
nament of 1915.
Many inquiries regarding the status of
the loaded" ball have been received. It
is just this: The N. B. A. believes in
making haste slowly and thus avoid the
necessity Of making legislation and then
undoing it. The question has to be de-
cided in the national general convention,
80 until that convention is held nothing
can be done regarding it. This means
that the loaded ball can be used at
Atlantic City. though it may be said that
such will probably not be true another
year.