Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11


\ cults promises to start spirited
conflict among the several alley
owners, as well as the bowlers who
would be affected by such ruling.
officials of Capital City and National
Capital Leagues have been seeking
means of strengthening their leagues
for some time From Glenn Wolsten-
home came the suggestion that high
average bowlers conf1ne their league
activities to the District league. Sew
eral bowling moguls fell in line with
the suggestion Immediately, and one OF
the leading alley owners has announced
his intention to seek such a ruling be-
fore the next championship race starts:
Bill Wood, who handles the affairs OF
the Meyer Davis establishments, is Bit
terlv opposed to any such move. John
S. Blick. who dominates at Convention
Hall and the Arcadia. is partial to the
plan. George L. Is2mann, secretary OF
the National Duck Pin Bowling Con-
eress. says the suggestion is good and
worth consideration, so far as it affects
the mems leagues.
RowIers Themselves to Decide.
Both the supporters and opponents of
the movement present good arguments
! in SUPPORT of their respective conten-
I tons. But in the end it is likely that
{ the bowlers themselves will decide the
issue The plan is not likely to gam
much support among the bowlers VINO
would be affected.
/ Wolstenholme contends that such
rule would remove all bowlerS boastlnS
average above 1l2 from the National
! CAPITAL. Athletic Club and all closed
] circuits. thereby putting the teams and
individuals on a more competitive basis.
At present the stars invade the smaller
I leagues, enabling a few teams to mo-
nopoliZe the big prizes annually, at the
same time the stars are pocketlng all
Of the individual prize money. Remove
the higher scorers from the two other
closed leagues, Glenn says, and the
. teams will be more evenly balanced.
Such a move might be advisable If
the big stars were paid for their services
with District League teams, Bill Wood
declares. but as they are not paid there
is no reason why their activities should
be limited to one league only. 1t Is
his opinion that the bowlerS would not
sanction such a move. He has an
nCunced his intention to fight the
adoption of such a rule in either Dis
trict League or any other league IN
which the Meyer Davis teams hold
franchises.
ANY effort to attempt to limit the
women stars to the District League Will
likely meet with even more opposition,
as Harry Carroll and Lonnie Krauss,
who pride themselves in having made
the Washington Ladies League a popu-
lar loop, will be drawn into the con-
fiict. Both would oppose such move
and there is little chance the women
stars would look with favor on such
plan.
Anent the Fair BOwlers.
Practically every Ladies' District
League bowler also rolls in one or more
ether leagues. Many would desert the
District League for the closed leagues
MANY of those who fail to figure in the
prize awards in District League are
the leading lights in the Ladies Fed
eral. Public Debt, Eastern Star and
other c.ssed leagues. They are not
likely to quit these leagues to confine
their activities to any one circuit.
Those most strongly opposed to Inn
ting bowlers to any one league call at
trntion to the fact that similar rulings
have been attempted by several leagues
here in past years without success.
1t is recalled that Washington Ladies
League attempted to prevent its boWlerS
from competing in the District League
when the latter loop first was organ
red. Washington Ladies League sui
fered as a result and the ban soon was
lifted. Likewise, Internal Revenue
League adopted a similar rule several
seasons back but abandoned it the next
season when the league suffered oe-
cline.
1t is probable that efforts will be
made at the next meetings OF the open
leagues to prevent bowlers OF either OF
the District leagues from bowling in
other loops. Present indications are
that a bitter battle will be wased by
the alley owners with the bowlers them
selves making the ultimate decision.