The Washington times., 1915-12-11
Progress of A. C. B. A. Tourna-
ment Committee Will Be
Noted When Reports Are
Made at c. of c.
Washington Is to Support Pin
Competition and Many Lines
of Industry Will Enter Teams
Next April.
Bv KIRK G. MILLER.

First reports of the committees
appointed a week ago to have charge
Of the tournament business will be
heard tonight at the Chamber of
Commerce rooms at monster mass
meeting of the bowlers. President
p. T. Moran and Secretary Grant
will be present and have further
encoura cement to offer the bowlers.
William F. Guide. who went to Bos-
ton last spring to secure the tour
nament for Washington will inject
some more of that "Gude spirit" in
to the meeting and punctuate the
same with story or two.
One fact which the officials Of the
tournament wish to impress upon
the bowling community lies in the
open features of its meetings. AS
the A. G. B. A. is an organization
formed to promote the interest of
the bowlers as distinguished from
those of the alley owners, all of its
sessions are open to the public and
the bowlers are not only invited, but
urged to lend their presence and pre-
sent their views at these sessions.
Enthusiasm of the contagious sort has
now gripped Washington's bowlers. and
It is planned to make next April's big
event not only a huge bowling tourna-
ment, but a veritable convention of the
best bowlers in this section. Washing
toms civic bodies and Its industries have
Joined in the work Of boosting bowling
and the tournament to be held at Camp
Emery promises to surpass in enormity
Of entries and general excellence any
similar event that has ever graced the
increasingly popular indoor pastime.
Something Of the interest which CEN
ters in the A. C. B. A. competition
which will embrace period Of three
weeks can be CLEANED from the infor-
nation that the various trades and pro-
fessions are to be classified into nights.
There will be department store night.
when Washington's several institutions
Of that nature will have their employees
striving for honors on the mapleWood
thoroughfare. Merchants night will be
a monster attraction. according to pres
ent plans. and this feature may develop
into merchants week. as Tom Grant Is
interesting every business man in Wash
ington in the tournament. and all are
assuring at least a team representing
thar respective lines
The forts and barracks surrounding
Washington are to be solicited in con-
nection with the tournament. Bowling
is a favorite sport In all of our military
posts, and the soldiers who inhabit
the outskirts Of Washington will be
brought into the army which Will in
wade Camp Emery next April.
No line of human endeavor Is to he
overlooked by the membership commit
tee whose business it is to bring in
recruits to the A. c. b. A. and to line
them up for entry in the tournament:
WashinHton's banks are to send teams
galore and there will no doubt be a
Bankers Night. The automobile as
sociation Is to take the tournament up
at Its next executive session and the
agencies located here are sure to ally
automobile night. The same can
he said for the various Government de-
partments who will probably require
several nights to run off their entrants
At the present time probably no
branch OF preparedness is more essen
than that OF securing as large a MEM
hership as possible. I'm numbers there
is strength" Is the principal on which
Chairman Ernest Dulin Is throwing out
his drag-net for members and It has
proven an enticing argument for the
bowlers who have not vet affiliated
with the A. C. B: A. Holcombe John
ston. who has charge OF the finance
committee. will have an interesting re-
port to make tonight, and he has al
ready sent out the assurance to the
bowlers that he Is receiving the hearty
support of Washingtons citizens and
business men in financing the tourna-
ment.
Harry Stanford is expected to have
the posters which are to announce the
tournament ready for the approval of
the bowlers and the entry blanks are
to be also presented for the approba-
tion OF the officers. Chairmen OF the
.E,1tt NAl
public comfort are making careful plans
for immediate activity when their as
sistance Is needed later in the progress
OF the tournament. These last two are
important departments of the work and
their potency will be revealed mostly
during the actual tournament days.