Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
LOCAL BOWLERS ENTF1USE
AS TOURNEY DRAWS NEAR
Stars" to Be Confined to One Team, Giving
Average Men Fine Chance-Com-
mercial Houses to Enter.

Washington bowlers now are thor
oughly aroused to the great POSI-
bilities of the coming A. c. B. A
tournament, which is to be held IN the
old census building. LIST and streets
northwest. starting April 3. That the
affair will be huge success was as
,sured before the first step was taken
by the local tournament company. 1t
is the first big tournament ever held
here 1t will be the second time in the
history of the bowling game that the
three brands of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
tenpins and candlepins-will be seen
in one event.
There will be duckpin competition for
those who are fond of the little pin
game, tenpins for those who have not
forsaken the old bowling game and
candlepins for those residents of the
New England states who have a. fond
ness for the slender pin contest.
In past years in the city association
tournaments, which have been held at
the Palace alleys, the star bowlers OF
the city were allotted more than one
shot at the tourney prize money. For
instance some of the best duckpin men
in Washington have had as many as
teams in different leagues.
This. of course. will not be permitted
in the A. c. b. A. tournament a
bowler has got to elect in advance
just what team he will roll with. and
he cannot roll with any other. or
course, he can roll with duckpin team
and tenpin team, but only one of
each.
If it is assumed, therefore, that there
will be $50 teams from this city. it east
1xs hn ferrY rcf Nt-ha
chances for teams to get slice OF the
prize money. At the very best there
can be only fifteen "all-star" teams
entered from here. OF those that are
left the average bowlers compet-
ton will be on a much fairer basis
than in the local city tourney.
Then there will be at least fifty teams
that will enter this affair from frater-
nal orders and from commercial
houses out of town whose entry will
be more from a desire to roll in the
event than from any probabilities of
financial return in the way of prize
money.
1t is figured that any team that can
go out and shoot over 1900, any dou-
bles team that can get $40 or better
or any singles that may pile up 315
or more can be practically assured of
at least a return of their entrance
money.
Teams from practically every league
in the city will take part. The South
east League is entering all ten of its
teams. and the same is true of the Ten
pin League. Practically the entire Ma
tional Capital League and District
League will come in. and at least five
of most Of the others will be found
entered when March Is. the entry clos
ing date. is reached.
Many local commercial houses will
have teams in the tourney. The board
of directors of the Potomac Savings
Bank already has voted to enter it's
team. and other houses will no doubt
follow suit. Pop" HALEY, Ernest Dulin.
Fletcher. Tom Grant of the Chamber
of Commerce. P. T. Moran. president of
that body: W. H. GUIDE, president of the
and at least a hundred others inter-
ested in the bowling game are working
early and late on plans for the big af-
fair.
The attitude assumed by some of the
teams not ranked as star quints of
the city is shown by the views of a
League WHICH intend to enter. OF
these. the Hecht team. of which Sam
Loveless is captain, is good example.
you can bet your bottom dollar we
are going in. We wouldn't miss this
opportunity to get into this classic.
we hardly figure as a team at ali. and
yet every man on my team is glad to
participate in an event which has
rightly been termed the world series
Moe Goldberg of the Southern Rail-
way said: We'll be there-we hope.
with bells. We may finish seventy fjfth
or worse. but my team has rolled big
ger games more than once than some
of the star teams of the city"
Karl HeinZman, General Baking Com
pany, said: Yes. my team is coming
in. II is the first chance we ever had
to roll along with the stars of the
country, and il we come in the money
the more credit will be coming to us
And sometimes. you know, we go
crazy"
1t is this sentiment that is expected
to swell the entry list to such proper