Evening star., 1927-11-20

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IT, first tou.aamcrt 90 -
] he'd in E1l,i,ao9a ncHt M@"c1
i; a n2nmntn task, hut OH
Gals cf National Eu"k Pin
. 20, e--.>~, a. lccorlirg more r1oin'"h>
,h24 thair goei viii r. @ltF:n"1 by TIE
am, tan tournament opens.
Athou~n III ..crrna.H~9t h not
-clc,1n'cd 10 open tor more th"n t3t1f2
.1on ~. tc@m entries 2r2 h:la< re-
lived dlilv T; t1e rn,n,'f' -, n'",-'
t,1aitors III tho Dcnri5e EuI''iNT-
T j,,,,,.o- received tn date are mostly
ron, local teams. htt teams and lndi'
vj.luals %. n~&rbr cities already nave
,ornroooA thci" intentions 70 I'll en-
l:,.es in the rn%r future.
}Ea..hin"-on is expected 10 send ~,
tveon Sn1 and 320 teams to the lnlt!ai
fo,,y1ar,~rt. This number Will he
mo-. thnn matchcd by Monume0ta'
,'jt-. IoNlcrr. Who have the advantage
Of having the first tournament h2id IN
thoir home cay.
ru",n= tho p1st few d"Ns secretary
Gcn~ca l.. 1semann has rccHiNed ehtllc$
from four more local terms. hIi
Weed. general El@naEcr ol me MeSet,
Davis css l5l.shment3 here ard wen
I.ro@n %4 = promoter Of winning
! t~"n,s. f.c1l the entries. Never DAVIS
ma I,:n@ Pin teams OF DiHirict
t.o9cu, and slcver Davis ana kln&
Pm taams of Ladies' District League
are the teams entered. These teams
probably will figure among the be5t
.cornrS in the tournament. as the%
boast some of the best II n artl women
maple knockers in the Capital City.
Ten alleys are to ne constructor
hv the congress in Baltimore Tor the
tournaments \ location for these
oA
construction begun in the near future.
No one will use the alleys before the
tournament opens. thus eliminating
any al.bis from teams and individuals
to the effect that others were familiar
with the drives before the tourna-
mont.
Financing a big tournament such
as that to ha conducted by tho con
cress is a large proposition. Dlrec-
tors of the association have worked
out plans Whereby they can conduct
the affair on an elaborate scale ana
have large fund for prize awards
as we'll Money TO he distributed IN
prizes will total approximately $4,000.
STAGING the first big tournament at
Baltimore means big boost lof
bowling in the Monumental City. as
Much interest has been aroused in
Baltimore already and it is evident
that the Maryland city will prove an
able host to the army of pin spillers.
officials of the. city and leading cifl-
zens have notified Secretary lsenlann
that they will lend whatever assist
ance possible in making the tourney
n hugh success. Mayor William j.
Rroening personally expressed his IN
terest in the tournament and is ex.
rected to take part in the opening
ceremonies.
Women howlers are not To he
showed in the background by the men
in the national tournament. 1t IS
probable that their matches, which
will follow the mems events late in
March. VIII rival the mems in mum
bers and interest. Women's teams
will represent all of the big centers in
the East. with Baltimore. Washington
and Philadelphia furnishing the great
est numbers.
Interest i'm various leagues of the
District is at it's height at present.
With few exceptions the races Tor
leadership are close, more than
dozen leagues having two on more
teams tea Tor TOP DeTtnS. Matches hc-
tween the scontenders for top honors
are attracting most interest at pres
ent - SIS
Tfiese Crucial matches also are hav
ing their effect on individual and team
scores. During the past two weeks
records have been made and broken
several times in many of the leagues.
A few of the leagues, having the
split-season schedule, completed the
first half of their races the past week.