Evening star., 1926-11-19
With the Bowlers

Tournament season is almost at
hand for the bowling fraternity Of the
District of Columbia.
All of the big establishments and
many of the smaller ones are Sched.
uling special events that will keep the
duckpinnerS busy from Thanksgiving
day until we'll after the Christmas
holidays. Candy, ice cream, haber-
daShery and other merchandise and
cash will be at stake in the various
Journeys.
A Thanksgiving day offer of cam
dies for meritorious performances on
its drives next week has been made
py the Arcadia outfit, and now Man
ager Bill Wood of the King Pin AL
leys comes along with announcements
of a down -and-out" tournament to
be staged in his Columbia Heights
place during the Christmas holidays.
+ December 1 and December 25 have
been set as the opening and closing
days of the qualifying round for the
'down-a nd.out" affair at King Pin
p No. 1. Elimination rounds will start
December 81, and the final round vii!
be bowled December 81. And there
will be room for all.
An attractive prize list is being pre-
pared for the tournament. 1t already
has been arranged that the winner OF
tn6 LOuTIldIneIlL Will IcCcltc %fV, LIZ
runner-up $50 and the third best $40.
To the fourth ranking finisher will
be given $40. The winner of the con-
ISOLATION sixteen will be awarded $50.
the runnerup SIS, the third in rating
$40 and the fourth S5.
That foul line still has the boys
and the girls. too-all wrought up.
While some few bOwlerS still hold
out against a rigid Increment of a
rule calling for observance of the
black stripe on the drives, most of the
maple shooters apparently would like
10 see the rule in general force in the
District. Recently several records
made, when a rule compelling observ-
ance of the foul line was not in vogue
were questioned and there is move
ment on to have the Washington City
Duckpin Association and the Wash
ington Ladies' Duckpin Association,
governing bodies here of the sport for
men and women, respectively, sane
ton no counts as records unless they
were registered under foul line law
IncIement weather breaks up many
a good party. but more than terrific
doWnpour is needed to keep your
bowler from an engagement. Although
last night was no night for folks to
be padding about the streets, rev
dummy scores were needed to till in
among the various leagues that We're
scheduled to take the drives. In both
mems and women's circuits, big turn.
outs were usual and the regular sched-
lles gone through. The bowler is Il
persistent person and rarely lets cli-
natic conditions thWart him.
There was to be plenty of savage
shooting at the naples on the Con-
vention Hall drives this afternoon. Sc
lect teams of typestickers from de-
partments of the Herald composing
room were to oppose in a match at thu
house managed by Al Gardner and
before they fin'shed, AL was expected
10 be pressed into service as referee.
King Pin bOwlerS of the Ladies' Dis
trict League swept their set with the
l1etworth team last night. Edna Bailey
of the victors WAS in a slamming
mood, her game of ia and set of 3li
being high for the contest.
Government Printing Office, which
has been setting .a fast pace in the
District League since the start of the