The Washington times., 1916-03-12
PRESIDENT WILSON
MAY START TOURNEY
Chief Executive viii Be Asked
to Set Ball a-RolIing at A. C.
B. A. Meeting.


That President Wilson will touch an
electric button at the White House
which will set In motion the mammoth
bowling tournament. to be held I'm the
National Capital. under the auspices
OF the Atlantic Coast Bowling Associa-
ton. commencing April 3, is conii-
| IDENTIFY expected by the management.
A committee will walt on the Chief
Executive at an early date TO present
the request, which will give the big
tourney a national standing. \
| It was intended to invite the Chief
Magistrate TO roll the first ball in per-
son, a. the inaugural feature Of the big
meet. but in view OF the international
situation this idea has been practically
abandoned.
| The lease on the old Census building
at First and streets northwest. which
| Will house the tournament. was signed
yesterday. The paper calls for Sl,5OO for
/ n period of six weeks. The transaction
was closed through the real estate Of
tices OF II. r. Howenstein. work on
the improvements, however, has been
going on for soma time. as there was
| a deposit on the building.
A circumstances OF interest IL the
large part business houses OF the city
| are taking In the meet. A number OF
| local banks, department stores, retail
stores. and other business institutions
have entered teams. composed OF their
| employees. at their own expense.
Teams thus financed by their employ
ers, entered during the last week, In
clude: Kann's, woodward & Lothrop.
Barber & Ross. Hechts. Guide. Shaffer,
Cook 4 Oehmler. florists: the Evening
Star, the American Security and Trust
| Company. and the Metropolitan Bank:
The lineup of the Metropolitan Bank
team will be as follows: G. r. Bright.
T. w Manning G. V Etzler r.. =.
Holiingsworth. ]. q. Moore. and Louis
Eckioff. The Star quint has been en-
tered in all events, as have many or
| the others.
| A number OF special" nights have
been arranged. They will include n
Mardi Gras night on Saturday. April S.
lures OF the famous Now orleans car
nival: a Mosonic night. an FGlks' night.
a Knight OF Columbus night. Phila-
deiphia night. April, "A; Baltimore
| a Washington baseball club night. and
others not vet decided upon. Griff has
promised to leave two teams OF his
players compete on baseball night. II ~
proposed to have Mcbride captain one
| Of the teams. and Ray Morgan the 9TH
Members OF Congress from the cities
to which are assigned special celenra-
tions will be asked to welcome the con-
| tingents from their home towns as thcy
arrive at the joustinG place.
l. A benefit performance is being held at
the National Theater tomorrow night.
#, by the Masons. for the purpose or rails
ing a fund TO enter all Of their twenty
teams. The entire house for the first
la has been obtained for the exclusive
Accommodation Of Masons and their
families VI is estimated that ample re.
turns will como in from the beneht
show TO finance tho fratnrnnl rollers in
their raid on the prize money.
Tho E1ks will hold dance on st.
Pntricks day. with n view to placing
their ten teams in the lists. The order
will also stage a preliminary three-pali
bowling bout for the same purpose.
ladies' teams competing on ladies
night will number at least six. INC
Arcade League has siEniiied It's inten-
The ladies' team of the Ingram Church
will compete. as will n team from the
Marine League. one from the Granu
, Central Palace, alleys. one from Bait
The Grand Central Palace alleys
. team Is composed Of some OF the best
woman rollers In the city. Mrs. VoEeis-
berger Is anchor. and Is supported by
Mrs. Louis Ador. Miss Rae SERVER. Mrs.
Elmer Sadler. and Mrs. George Ise-
mann.
One OF the most amusing features OF
the big classic will be the performance
OF p. 3. Fletchers Mastodon team,
composed Of 2l5-pounders or over. The
stout things will he adorned ~
crimson shirts with stars on their r. ~
It was remarked that II might he v sc
! to thus label them. so that their status
would be unmistakable. The one-ton
team is made up as follows: p. b.
. Fletcher: 2l5 pounds: Eugene Carusi,
gS; Q, c. Rierce' g sSo' Jim Watts go
Another stunt viii be the pie rSre of
the thirty.two pin boys. at the opening
: : Of hostilitles each night The first boy
! to get placed will he given n pie. The
bakery. as will be the jerseys worn by
, the bows. with the word "Holmes'
across the back,
{ Mrs Elmer SadIer. Wednesday night.
bowled tho highest Individual score by
n woman roller made I'm Washington
this winter. She garnered 1l9 pins In
: ten frames with five spares. Tho rec.
! ord, was made on tho Grand Central
n Palace alleys.
o Clyde Acton was presented this week
Z | with box OF fifty cigars for the high
q est individual game on the Grand Cen
a trail Palace alleys rolled during The past
0 week The count was 139 A similar
Q box will 20 each week to the high man
o on the alleys.
: The Y. NJ. IT. A. has organized a
. league OF four teams, which are sched-
uled to roll every Thursday night. from,
now until the late summer. Tho teams
, nrc designated. the VS.. the Ms, the
j HIS. and tho As. Moe Gutenberg has
= been chosen president Of the combine.
" -
n Tho Capitol hin Bowling Alleys. 2n
II | Pennsylvania avenue southeast, viii
n stPCc thrne-boll tourna ment frou
y March 10 Ia Is inclusive for the purpns'
y ~ raising funds to send the Capitol Hill
Is Bowling team In the big tourney. FTP
l. neran. Relchard. Miller. JAY. Dillon ant
" Chester arc the members Of the team.
i Johnny Priest Signed
By Brooklyn Team