The Washington times., 1915-12-11
Progress Of A. c. B. A. Tourna"
ment Committee viii 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.
BY 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
encouragement 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 it's meetings. AS
the A. C. 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
IL Is planned to make next April's big
event not only a huge bowling tourna-
ment but a verltable 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 whlch cen
ters in the A. c, b. A. competitor
which will embrace a period Of three
weeks can bo cleaned from the infor'
nation that the various trades and pro-
tessions are to be classified into nights
There will be department store night
when WashinKton's several institutions
of that nature will have their employe
striving for honors on the mapleWoot
thoroughfare. Merchants night Will b'
a monster attraction. according to pres
ent plans and this feature may deVeloI
into merchants week, as Tom Grant II
interesting every business man in Wash
inEton in the tournament, and all arr
assuring at least team representing
their respective lines.
The forts and barracks surrounding
Washington are to be solicited in con
nection with the tournament. Bowling
IL a favorite snort In all Of our militar!
posts, and the soldiers who inhhbl
the outskirts of Washington Will D.
brought into the army which Will In
wade Camp Emery next April.
No line Of human endeavor Is to b.
overlooked by the membership commit
tee whose business 1t Is to bring II
recruits to the A. c. B.. A. and to lin
them up for entry In the tournament
WAshinRton's banks are to send team
galore ana there will no doubt be
Bankers Night The automobile as
sociation IL to take the tournament u
At It's next executive session and tn
agencies located here are sure to all
themselves into sufficient teams to hav
an automobile night. The same cal
he said for the various Government de
partments who will probably requir
several nights to run of their entrants
At the present time probably n
branch of preparedness Is more esser
tial to the success OF the tournamGT
than that of securing as large men
bership as possible. ''In numbers theI
II strength Is the principal on whic
Chairman Ernest Dulin is throwing OF
his draR-net for members and 1t ha
proven an enticing argument for tn
boWlers who have not vet affiliate
with the A. G, b. A. Holcombe JohT
ston. who has charge of the financ
committee will have an interesting n
port to make tonight, and he has al
ready sent out the assurance to til
bowlers that he Is receiving the heart
support of WaRhington's citizens an
business men in financing the tournI
ment.
Harry Stanford Is expected to hay
the posters which are to announce II
tournament ready for the approval {
the bowlers and the entry blanks al
to be also presented for the approb;
ton Of the officers. Chairmen of Il
other committees. such as receptio
public comfort are making careful plaI
for immediate activity when their a
sistAnce Is needed later In the progre
of the tournament. These last two al
important departments of the work al
their potency will be revealed most
during the actual tournament days.