The Washington times., 1916-11-13
new WAY SUGGESTED
TO ROLL BIG SCORES
Battering Old A. c. B. A. Pins
With Little Balls Develops
Accuracy, 1t Is Shown.
BY r. D. THOMAS.

III some duckpln team wishes to roll
scores larger than usual. the sugges-
ton IL made that It secure a set of old
A. c. b. A. pins and balls. get out on
the alleys. and batter them for all they
are worth. Then shoot the regulation
game In It's matches. Thus will the
team attain greater accuracy. as has
been proved this season.
After firing away for a fun season
at the little pins with correspondingly
small balls. as compared with the para
phernaha they had been used to roll
Ing, Washington bowlers broke records
right and left when the old game. or
rather the old game with slight modi-
fication, was brought back.
Forced to develop greater accuracy
In order to hit the smaller pins prop
erly last year. the bowlers In general
continued to roll with more care than
usual In the early part OF this season,
with the result that exceptional scores
were made.
This failed to last long, however
They found It was much easier to get
the larger pins with the five-inch ball
than II was to topple the little fellows.
and Of a consequence they have re-
lapsed into the old carelessness. Scores
have become lower accordingly.
An Example.
More evidence that rolling the old
| A. c. 3. A. will secure accuracy Is seen
in the showing Of Washington bowlers
In the Baltimore city tournament last
year. At the time the tournament was
held the Baltimoreans were using their
| regulation duckpin and hve-inch ball,
while local rollers for some time had
been shooting the A. c. B. A. game.
In mind that washingtonians carried
away nearly all the prize money. The
| nve-inch ball and Baltimore duck. after
having had a crack at A. c. b. A. pins
| Matters OF general interest will be
decided at meeting OF the District
| l'uckpin Association which probably
will be held during the latter part OF
and preliminary plans for the annual
tot rnament made. but tho most In
tcissting question to be brought up
viii be that regarding the alleys on
win oh 10 stage the Championship;
IN reference to the alleys. Tho Dis
trict officials will take everything
into consideration before making q
decision: The general opini9'n,, K that :,
would be most suitable. Eleven alleys
and plenty OF room to place stands
for spectators Is an argument In
favor of the latter. The Arcade ID
another excellent place.
The "Grand Oh Palace.
With the advent OF larger establish-
ments. II seems that the days OF the
Palace so far as District tourna-
ments are concerned. are about over,
The old Z street building has been
the scene of many big local events
1t is the most historic bowling cstab-
lishment, probably. In Washington
When the alleys on the ground floor
which will be used exclusively by
women. are completed, the establish
ment will boast eighteen runways.
Where the number OF alleys Ii con-
cerned. the Royal is suited for the
tournament. Lack OF room for spec
tators. however. makes II improbabl,
that the II street establishment vii
be selected.
Another phase of tho tournament
which probably will be brought VI
at the meeting Is the starting date
This in all likelihood will be a little
earlier than last year. Warm wealth
er OF early spring took a lot of ging
er out OF the rolling In the 1915 tour
nament.