Evening star., 1926-01-20

The man who threw he wrench
into the machinery that WAS WhirrinS
/ husily. but producing nothing. was
John :. Blick. big boss of the ConVen-
tIon Hail alleys. The W. Z. u. A. had
Virtually closed with Blick for the use
ot his drives for An annual champion
ship tournament starting April l..
. The &. {. T.. a. had announced that II
also would use the Convention Hall al
IeNS for it, tourna menr. TO precede
that staged by the W. {. y. \.
Tired Of the argument between fac
tlrnS that stubbornly refused TO reach
IN agreement While insisting they
We're working for the best n'erests Of
the bowler al large. Blick declared
that u" tournament could be conduct
ed on his drives 10y either association
as matters nov stand. If t"u -.et to-
Gsfher. fine. Convention Hail viii be
open t" you." Blick - id. Eul divided
You are out. The establishment Will
have nothing L" Il" with either Ursani-
ZatIOn.
Like many others who seek To aid
The bowler-the man who actually
pays the freight no matter whether
the sport is controlled by one organi-
zdtiOn or two-Blick Is weary of this
factiondl fight that has been going on
for nearly two years He wants har
either SIDE until there is harmony.
|At last nights meeting the Capital
City faction. through its titular head,
John +. Evans. insisted il was willing
I" withdraw from the field if the
w ShinGton city faction also would
Withdraw. According To Evans the {.
&. =. \. viii pass ont "C existence If
the senior ganiZa lion will give ny
i,> name. And the W. e. y. \. p
nj -
spokesman. Henry r. Eodi"r. stands
ready I" c"ncede everything I" the &.
{. Is. \. hut n change "f name.
The Washington City DUckpin As
sociation. 81 Eodier said. can see n"
i reason why it, an orga niZation of long
standing. with a name backed by ira
+ dition and sentiment. and having con
! siderable prestige in bowling. should
defer to a two-year-old insurgent as
sociation that admittedly has accom-
plished all it set out TO accomplish.
We can not give up our ame. That :
final" Rodier declare,,.
We will not willingly lose our
identity As long a : the Washington
CITY Duckpin .tsSocia ton remains in
opera tion. That's final. Evans in
sisted.
And both factions left the meeting
no nearer an agreement than they
have been for practically two wears.
In announcing his stand in the mat
ter. Blick also stated thai he was re-
: signing his post vice president Of
the Capital City RoNling \ ASSocia ion
| 4 hope tn continue my affiliation with
the District Lea que" he said. but a :
an alley proprietor i do not feel jus
tilted in holding Office in any body or
ga nZed supposedly TO control formal
city-wide duckpin competitions. ! in
tend To be absolutely neutral in this
argument between the Washington
City Duckpin Association and the
Capital City Bowling Associa ton. and
| will not be associated With any city
wide organization IN any way as long
as this argument exists.
Blick was not The only one to sever
relations with the {. G. B. \. Harry
BURNER. a director of the duckpin
body. who also iS a member of the
, board Of directors of the corpora tiOn
that operates the Convention Hall
drives. announced after the meeting
lasr night that he would resign from
the Capital City outfit.
Bethany and Fifth teams swept
their sets in the Baptist Young
Peoples Union League recently. the
former defea ling First 390 49, and
401 I" 314. 331 and 39S. while The
Fifth girls trounced the RrookIa nd
/ team. ila. 414 and i25 Ia 32l. 80,
and so.
Plant Industry of the Agriculture
Interbureau League is safely intrench-