Evening star., 1915-04-18

D.
bowling show at Mechanics building is
going to be the big show of bowling
history in the eastern part OF the
United States. The Hub is making its
start with the Atlantic Coast Bowling
Association, the infant organization of
the alley game, and though fifteen
years younger than the famous A. B. c.
of the west, the latter is likely to have
nothing on the A. c. b. A. production
that will open April 29
1t took the American Bowling Con-
gress many years before 1t attained the
dignity Of public buildings. specially
installed alleys and the carnival fea
ture to attract the thousands of young
and old. The Atlantic Coast Bowling
Association, for its maiden effort, is
going to do everything the A. B. c.
ever did and hopes to do better. The
A. B. c. stands for the best at ten
pins and it is the model for the A. c. b.
A. with its tenpins, candles and ducks
The organization already has several
thousand members and has local chap
ters in the leading cities of the east
ern section of the country. Many of
these chapters are to hold local tourna-
ments in preparation for the national
event which will be held at Mechanics
building. April 29 to May Is. Tourna-
ments will be held at Baltimore, WASH
ington, Philadelphia and other cities
Everything possible will be done to
make the tournament at Mechanics
building the greatest in the history of
bowling. The best tenpin men are
going to bowl. The greatest small ball
artists at ducks and candles will be on
the firing line, and the division of
prizes will be such that the stars will
get their share, but it will not be the
lions bite. The prize list. which 1t is
believed will amount to at least $4,000,
will be distributed on the generous
lines found to be perfect by the vet
eran A. B. c. organization.
A large crew Of expert constructors
of bowling alleys will arrive from New
York this week. Everything has been
planned to the minutest detail. Sixteen
standard regulation alleys will be built
Simplex pin spoilers will be used,
which means that the thousands of
pins employed must each be bored,
tenpins and duckpins at the base,
and the candles at both ends. The
expense and trouble will be great
but it will insure perfect pin spot
ting.
There will be large score boards over
pits for every alley, and there will be
telephone connection from the line
scorers to the pit scorers for absolute
accuracy in scoring. large grand
stand will be erected back of seats oc-
cupied by contesting rollers. The press
and telegraph sections Will be direct
ly back of contestants and scorers
reservations In the grandstand there
will be rows Of boxes and hundreds of
seats.
While the bowlers from all parts of
the eastern section of the United
States will be rolling there will be
scores of counter attractions to appeal
TO the thousands of visitors to the
show. There will be large dansant
salon with the finest banjo orchestra
possible to obtain Leading dancers
will give exhibitions.
Then there will be the midway with
the attractions which always interest
the visitors to big SHOW. Every detail
has been considered with great care
and it is believed that that tournament
will have the greatest attendance ever
known in the history OF bowling.
Every large city and state in the ter
ritory of the Atlantic Coast Bowling
Association will have teams and there
is little question but that the total
pins and candelpins will reach the 600
mark for teams. The entrance fee is
SIS per man in each event and man
can bowl but once in any one class
money will be devoted to prizes, the
remainder being used toward the tour
nament expense.
The high standard which has charac-
teriZed every step taken by the Allan
tic Coast Bowling Association in the
formation of the organization and the
planning of the tournament on such a
monster scale has attracted widespread
attention and much rivalry has devel-
oped for the holding of the 1916 tour
nament.
Washington was one of the first bid
ders for the next tournament of the
organization, but Syracuse. N. Y, is in
the field and will make a stubborn bat
ho hA Su1t ~
rollers want the 1916 event and the
train load of rollers from that city are
prepared to bid high. Syracuse has a
local association and tho intAeont -