The Washington times., 1915-03-10
President HALEY Calls Meeting
Of Duckpin Rollers at Palace
Next Sunday.
MAKE TOURNAMENT PLANS
Entry List for 1915 Classic Ex.
pected to Exceed All Former
Entrance Marks.
By KIRK C. MILLER.

Election of officers and plans for the
1915 City Association tournament will
be the chief business Of "A meeting OF
the City Duckpin Association to be held
in the board room Of the Palace. sum
day at II a. m. An order inviting the
entire membership Of the association to
be present at this session has been post
cd BY President HALEY and Secretary
Goldberg.
Unlike the meeting of ono year ago.
there Is no politics to be played ut Sun
days meetings. Indications point to IL
reelection of the entire line Of Officers
and board of directors. and as soon as
this formality is gone through with
questions relating to the coming city
tournament will be discussed. Although
no authentic date for the beginning of
the tournament can he mentioned until
after the association has given its sane
ton, it Is more than likely that the 1915
duckpin classic of Washington will he
started on Monday. April Is. one week
after the majority of schedules OF
Washington leagues close.
One thoroughly familiar with condi-
tions and we'll experienced in tourna-
lnents has ventured the guess that Il
month will be required to run off the
approaching events. with forty-hve
leagues actively engaged in the rolling
Of duckpins, 1t is estimated that 1000
entries will make up the fivc-man, dou-
ble. and single entries.
The next city tournament will be
one which will undoubtedly live long
in the memory Of many of those who
have seen the game grow from Its very
infancy. in that another season VIII
respects. Washington having affiliated
with A. c. B. A. has adopted a ~ %.inch
bali and a slightly smaller pin. and the
use Of these is to go into effect at the
beginning OF another bowling season =,
The step down from a 5ls-inch ball
will go harder with Washington than 1t
will with many OF the other cities. who
have only to reduce from o-inch
sphere. However every locality which
Joins the A. c. B. a. must sacrifice
30 halfway with the next city. Wash
ington did not encounter any great DIFF
hculty In raising from 3 inches to o'G
inches in the diameter Of the ball. and
it is supposed that it can just as easily
go back to a hall only '4-inch smaller
than the one which was used here for
years and years and years;
The manner in which the boWlcrs
and pin, in order to help the entire
East get together on standard para
phcrnalia, Is. indeed. tribute to the
intelligence of those connected with the
game. Boston, Buffalo, Rochester. Bal
timore. and other cities prominently
connected with the sport have also had
to make some sacrifice in order to
standardize the game. and cach locality
will reap the benefit, as will bc proven
in single season when tho new rules
go into effect. 1t is the one big step
which bowling has needed for years
and now that it has been taken there Is
every reason for tho pastiInc to grow
to heights OF which the founders prob
ably never dreamed. 1t is to be every
mans game. and every man will find
the same gage played everywhere he
goes,
Baltimore has announced a duckpin
tournament to begin Nav II. and the
Marylanders are expecting a substantial
entry from Washington. 1t Is unlikely
that the WashinRtonians will FLOCK to
This event as it will interfere with our
own tourney and with the Boston event.
Baltimore tenpin rollers failed TO come
through this year with tho intercity
event. 1t being its turn to stage the big
pin competition this year, and so little
criticism has been turned at the Monu-
mental CITY men.
Agriculture has won the championship
in the Departmental Tenpin League for
the fourth consecutive time, the tltie
having been conceded Monday night
when the Farmers won two out or three,
from Commerce The latter team and
Interior are now tied for second place,
and will engage in roll off this week.