Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-17
PIN CROWN SOUGHT
by MORE THAN zoo
Qualifying Round Only Is
! Listed This Week-Many
! Schedule Changes.
II v YAsHINGToN's

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NV drives tomorrow afternoon
at King Pin No. / to re-
Vive the once popular
publishing employees championship
tournament. More than 200 printers.
pressmen. scribes, route men, camera
men, artists, ETC., will shoot in this
renewal Of tie late Johnny Vaeth's pet
tourney tomorrow afternoon and nighO
and Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
Numerous changes have been made
In the original schedule as announced
several days ago Ed Lowry Star typo
diamond and alley star, has been added
to the afternoon shift tomorro,. on the
No. "a alley squad. Philip Hofflenfnger,
Howard P. Bailey, James Chinn and c.
j. McCauley, have been transferred
from Monday night to the Tuesday
hight squad. Hoff1efinger has been as
signed to alley IA, Bailey to alley 20,
Chinn to alley is, and McCauley to
alley IA.
A. C. Roderick, one of the veterans
Of former newspaper mems tournaments
enrolled for the coming event. has been
assigned to alley 80 on Wednesday
night instead of Tuesday night. j. E.
Payne will shoot on alley 80 Wednesday
hight instead of Monday night. W..
Ralph Little has been booked Tor alley
30 Wednesday night instead of Monday
night.
All entrants will roll five games this
week in the tourney This block will
constitute the qualifying round. Pro-
fided all those entered roll as sched-
tiled, the high l01 will comprise the
championship fight and the low 100
will try for the consolation awar6s
Examinations will start the following
week. Winners in both flights are to
meet at the close of the tourney in an
Exhibition engagement.
George L. Isemann, secretary of the
National Duckpin Bowling Congress, let
1t be known last night, as the closing
hour for entries to the second national
tournament arrived, that he is more
than pleased with the prospects of sue
tess for the tourney to be staged at
Richmond from March IL to April 8.
!. Many local teams were among the
Ats entrants. It is probable that more
than SO local teams will compete, and
Practically every member of these fiveS
will shoot doubles and singles sets.
!, AL Rothenberg has entered crack
Team to represent Bond Clothing Stores.
Riggs National Bank, the only local
Team representing financial institution
10 share in the prize money last year at
Baltimore, is entered with Earl Hay
lock, Joe Keene, Kenneth Birgfeld,
l2oddy Miller and Bonnie WomerSley in
line. Lee P. Fong has his Lotus Res
taurant team in the list again and viii
make personal bid for singles honors.
Some of the outstanding teams of
tther cities to enter are Transfer Five
bf Lawrence, Mass; R., F. & P. r. r.
IL Richmond; New York, New Haven &
Hartford r. r. of New Haven, Conn;
Morton Recreations of Mattapan, Mass,
md Jones Motor Car Co. of Richmond.
Teams Of Newport and Providence, r.
l.; Danbury, Conn; Lowell, Mass, and
York, Pa, are also entered.
i, Secretary Isemann is confident that
last years team mark of 239 entrants
will be surpassed by the time all entry
stlanks in the mail before midnight last
might are received. There will be no
Extension of time allowed for filing en-
Tries, he announced.
z. A craze for sweepstakes bowling that
has been evident this season among
10th men and women duckpin devotees
: viii reach climax in the Bill Wood
sweepstakes, scheduled to open March
z and continue the following two Satur-
stay nights "A number Of entries have
been filed for this series, including
Three of the fair stars Marjorie Bradt,
Lorraine GULL and Marie Frere.
I. Entries viii close February %, Pop
Evans announced yesterday. This event
will be especially attractive to the gen.
.eral run Of bowlers, as all who boast
nm average above LOG in any one league
: win not be eligible. The committee in
charge will retain the right to refuse
! entry to any bowler who is not con-
bidered eligible.
Mrs. Margaret Miltner and Mrs Elsie
Fischer are still ready to meet the win
her of the women'S doubles challenge
{ match which closed at King Pin No.
last night. The Fischer Miltner pair
! finished second to Blanche Foote and
: Josephine Roberg of Waterbury, Conn,
. in the national women's doubles cham
pionships last year at Baltimore. They
were four pins back of the champions
with a 621 total for three-game set.
Although they were forced to with
draw from the original doubles match,
Rena Levy and Mrs. Catherine Quigley
are reported still to be nursing desire
to seek the independent doubles title
among the fair bowlers. Plans are I'M
: der way to match the Levy-Quigley
I and Fischer-Miltner teams, the winners
! to meet the victorious pair of the Guilt
! Mischou VS.. Bradt-Frere match.
Mclean team set new record for
; the Arlington and Fairfax Firemen's
Z League last week with 1853 set. Jen-
: kins of the Mclean five felled 349 pins
& tn hang I'm a new individual set record