The Washington times., 1923-03-12

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give Stocking two betty jobs to
IT may be well for bowIing in
terests that Stocking is the man
upon whom this heavy burden tas
fallen.
The Masonic tournament VIII be
held ct the King. Pin and the city
association Championships ct the
Grand Central. These two estab.
lishmelits were rival bidders for
the city event, and the Grand
Cenfra1's victory no doubt struck
disappointment Fl the hearts of
some Of those who favored the
King-Pin.
e any factional friction should
occur now that the tournament
alleys have been decided, Stocking
would be In q natural position TO
|anneliorate or stop Il altogether.
having large personal following
at both the KingPin. Up IN 1T.
Pleasant. and the Grand Central
and Recreation downtOwn. the las.
ter two being sister biishme1l1s.
Some dry che commercial ~
terests ID bowling win see tIle
advantage d supporting the
tournament % the utmost, 10 maj.
tor On Shat alleys The games
are rolled.
Il Is the most Important factor
In the promotion Of bowling IN this
city, and the larger and moro sue
cessful the tournament the greater
the interest developed III bowling
and the more general good result
ing for those who own bowling
establishments
The city tournament has not
grown from year to year as at
should. Il should be larger every
year. with each succeeding tourpa-
ment. smashing al entry records
Of those previous. It Is thus n
other cities. sc any rate.
Reports Of tournaments through
out the country this year tell Of
immense growth. The same may
hold true IN Washington, but there
must be more unified support than
there has been IN some years.
The alleys Will be prepared e.
specially for the touruamtnt, and the
management VIII give 500 to the
city association and an additional
500 Il there are more than 100
teams entered.
Officers were elected and the Al
leys named at b meeting yesterday
at the Recreation. Il was the big
gest association meeting held in
many 3 season. Z
Stocking was elected president
after the office had been declined
by J. Irving Belt The boWlers
sought to move Belt up notcn
from first vice president, and went
SO far as actually to elect him. But
j. Irving blew in after It was done.
and announced that the stuff was
off. He has, not the time.
II. 2. Greer, president of -
Garry Ice Cream Company league
was elected first vice president to-
succeed Belt. Greer has been >
livewire in bowling, doing much
particularly IN promoting success
ful matches between Washington
and baltimore teams, with Carry
bowIers representing the Capital.
Largely because OF his enterprise.
the Carry league has been q marked
success. Incidentally, commercial
concerns throughout the land are
promoting intra-mural bowling
leagues as a means of developing
the cooperative spirit among en-
pIoyes.
John p. Evans was elected second
vice president to succeed John II.
Williams, who has served in about
every official position the bowIers
could place him. For years VIII
liams has given q firm hand to the
promotion of organized bowling. He
wass member of the first duckpin
team organized in this city, about
twenty years ago.
John Evans has been q familiar
figure at city tournaments for
several years, generally noted
bent over a desk at the Grand
Central digging away at pile Of
statistics. The bOwlers fipaIly
have given due recognition to o
smart. earnest worker in their
behalf.
Moe Goldberg again is secretary,
for the nth time, being born for
the Job, ana Harry B. HALEY again
is treasurer. Halley's name con-
nected with anything in bowling In
itself means much for its success.
Here's the new board Of directors
and the leagues they represent:
III. T. O'Neill, Red Men; Roy
Whitford. Star; g. e. Anderson,
Northeast Sunday School: Joseph
Levinsohn,s Hebrew Inter-C Club; L. r.
Terry, Southern Railway; r. @.
Marx, Bankers; ]. A. Redmond, In
ternal Revenue, c. e. Hammanff.
War Department Munitions: George
HI. Kane, Chesapeake and Potomae
Telephone: r. S. Miller, American
Ice Company; J. A. Costello,
Knights OF Columbus; George q.
Miller, Junior Order of United
American Mechanics. Chalmers Z.
Goff. Odd Fellows; w. H. Mfltner,
Bureau Of Standards, and w. j.
Durham, Western Union.
Dates for the closing OF entries
and the start Of the tournament
will be named at "a meeting next
Sunday.