Evening star., 1916-04-19
WOMEN SCHEDULED TO ROLL
IN A. C.. B. A. EVENT TONIGHT
Ten Teams Will Go on Alleys in First
"Womens Night" Ever Booked for
National Tournament.

For the first time in the history Of
bowling, women are to be given
might" in national tournament. To-
night will be "women's night" in the
Atlantic Coast Bowling Association
event. and probably the largest crowd
that has watched the play yet will be
present. Those in charge Of the af-
fair claim that this will be the big
gest night of the whole tourney. es-
pecially from the standpoint of at
tendance.
Ten teams. made up of the best
woman bowlers in Washington, will
take the alleys at SIS o'clock. Sew
eral of the most prominent bowlers
in the east will roii the first balls
down the alleys. There are some eX-
ce1lent bowlers among the women,
and it is expected that some mighty
good marks will be set. 1t is thought
that better games will be rolled than
have ever been attained, though the
new alleys may work against such
result considerab bly,. Tomorrow after
noon the women are to roll IN the
doubles and singles.
George Isemann has been q special
committee of one in charge of the
event, and has been working hard to
make it a go That he bids fair to
succeed seems practically certain now,
though his task in getting the many
individuals lined up with teams was
an extremely difficult one.
The following is the list of prizes for
the teams tonight: FIRST team 20.
second team $50; third team sle
fourth team, SIS. fifth team, Sl"' totdl'
SOL
AS a special attraction tonight tour
of the best woman bowlers in the
city will line up on the alleys for
candlepin singles. They viii bo"l on
alleys ). s, I and S. Mrs. George lse-
man is to be on alley >. Miss Billy
Williams on alley 6. Miss Lena Llndlg
on alley and Miss Edna Eckharot
on alley S. Miss Eckhardt Just snort
while ago rolled the best game ever
registered by a woman on local alleys.
There are some real bowlers among
the women. several of whom are fully
ca pa BILE of giving the average man all
he may be looking for in the way OF
competition. Mrs. lseman, Miss Eek
hardt, Mrs. Nogelsberger, Mrs. Will
liams. Miss Quaites. Mrs. Clark and
Mrs. Deckman are exceptionally clever
in topping the little pins
The Grand Central team is strong
and so is the National Capital quint.
The former is led by Mrs. lseman and
the latter by Miss Williams. Miss Eek
hardt captains the Royals, and if all
the members of that quint can keep
pace with their captain the others had
better look to their laurels. Mrs. lse-
man. Mrs Clark, Mrs. Deckman, Mrs.
Neff and Mrs. Nogelsberger will COM
pose the Grand Central five. Miss Will
liams Will be aided by Misses Frech,
Thomas. Greenwood and Dlsmer. Be
sides Miss Eckhardt the Royals will
have in the lineup Miss Pope. Mrs. Ack-
man, Mrs. Malcolm and Miss Noel An
other team which may cut quite fig
ure is Murphy's Southwest Stars. COM
posed of Miss Lucy Carroll, Miss Mae
Hall. Mrs. Robert Slagle. Miss Anna
Wheeler ard Miss Harrington. The
Westons are a new entry, and Mrs.
Weston. Miss Wright, Miss Hazard.
Miss Byheld. Miss Levy and Miss Bontz
will be in that lineup.
linc-Up.
Here. IS the schedule for tonight: Bu-
reau OF Engraving and Printing No J,
on allev :; Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing No. >. alley 4; Grand Central.
No j: National Capitals. No. Il: Arcade
Ladies' No. :: ROYALS. No. S: Westons.
No .: Murphys Southwest stars, No.
H. and : kann. Sons & Co, No -.
The prize list for teams aud play
in the dlrkpInS in the tournament is
much larger than that in either OF
the two other classes tenpins and can
dlepins. y total Of 81, !" will be award
ed as soon as the tournament ends to-
day and the various recoroS are
Strengthened out without any chance
of a mistake.
The duckpin teams VIII draw 81?
and of this $500 viii go to the club
winning first place, the Miah Murrays
of Boston. The prizes for second, third.
fourth. fifth sixth and seventh places
graduate down to 500. for the team
finishing last in that standing. thirty
one prizes are to be awarded. the low
est of which is So and the last twelve
teams each get that.
The best prize for the singles is
x1mp the seventh being $40. Thirty
couples will draw money in the don-
hles. First prize in the singles is SO.
and ffty-siX men will get awards. The
prizes for the men who iinlsh from
nosition ~ to -; are s., each First and
second money goes to the winner OF
the all events.
Here is the list of prizes in all the
duck pins classes