Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24

Under the new plan officials believe
they will get larger number Of entries,
mostly from the classes d and E bowl
erS. The revision also will tend to in
crease the number of entries in the
higher classes, it is believed. New team
classifications will be especially well re-
ceived in local duckpin circles. as most
of the complaints of former years have
concerned team events.
Entries for the annual tourney will be
received from now until midnight Of
April g. Entry blanks will be distributed
this week to local and suburban alley
establishments, Secretary Ebersole
stated.
Bill Woods sweepstakes fer man and
woman bowlers with averages under the
106 mark has met with popular APP
prevail in the mems ranks and the stars
Of the women'S group.
Before entries close Thursday night
Pop Evans expects to have one OF the
largest entry lists ever accumulated for
an individual tournament.
Prominent among the fair stars en-
tered are Marjorie Bradt and Marie
Frere, claimants of the District wori4-
ems doubles championship, and Lor-
raine GULL, generally acclaimed as the
Districts best bowler among the wom-
en-. Other Ladies' District and Wash
ington Ladies' League high-average
bowlers. including Rena Levy, Elsie
Fischer, Irene Mischou and Catherine
Quigley are expected to enter.
Among the near-greats of the male
maple maulers already booked are
Henry TAFT Rodier. Bulletin bowling
bambino and mogul. and Arville L.
Ebersole guiding force of the WASH
ington City Duck Pin Association. Ray
Cross, scorer of Masonic League, the
veterans, Jack Williams and Harry
Armiger, and Pop Wolstenholme. father
of the famous sons Glenn and Jack, are
included among the early entrants.
Hugh Crawley of Mount Rainier is
one of the first suburbanites to get in
line. George J. Dracapoulos OF New
England Cafe team aud Silverburg and
German of the leading st. Johns team
of the Masonic League have posted their
entry fee. Forrest Mcdaniel and Eddie
Lucas of Columbia Heights League will
seek honors.
Some other outstanding contenders
will be: Harold A. Neff. whose ITO game
was high in The Evening Star tourna-
ment; Elmer o. Rea, Norman Schroth,
Chester Bid, w. II. George, Dave KulD,
Sam A. Jacobs. George Cummings, p.
l., Patrick. r. B. Barnes Wilmer B.
Young, James H Moore, Frank A. Nc
Ney. Sam Bilson, Pop Evans, j. c. Sher-
hehn, Joe Finnegan, Eddie Adanlson,
Robert E. O'Brien and Emmett Mooney.
Contestants will roll Is games in
3 sets of games each. starting March
2. at King Pin No. 2, shifting to Lucky
Strike for the second block, and con-
Guiding at King Pin No. on successive
Saturday nights. Total pinfalls for the
Is games will determine the winners.
Each entrant will post IS entry fee,
which will go into a large prize fund.
Division of the prize money viii depend
on the number Of entries.
Eastern Star League closed its second
season the past week, although two post
poned matches remain to be disposed
of this week. Maude Youmans' secre-
tary indicated that the circuit will be
an even greater success next year as a
number of new teams already have been
secured. Practically all teams in the
race just closed have posted their entry
fee for next year and half dozen or
more new chapter teams have given as
Surance that they will cOm0cte