Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
1Ol(GAME TOURNEY
ARRANGED BY BL|CK
Total Pins viii Determine
Victor In Event Week
From Saturday.
w YASHINGTON'S hardest
M bowlers will be given OPP
v v portunity to cash in on

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v portunity to cash in on
their skill and endur-
ance. On November 90, two
Saturdays hence, Promoter John
s. Blick will put on 100-game
tournament at Convention Hall.
A similar marathon was held
recently at Richmond, Va, but
Blick hopes to improve on that.
The contestants will get under way
ct am. They will shoot 100 games
without q let-up. total pins to de-
termine the winner.
Blick figures the tournament will be
finished by 4:30 or pm.
The entrance fee is S25, Of which SIS
will pay for games. Blick will put up
800 for the winner. The extra $40 re-
ouired for entrance fee will be pooled
and then divided among first, second
and third placers. Thus the winner viii
collect 500, plus q cut OF the surplus
money, depending upon the number OF
entries. Second and third placers also
win receive portion Of the dough.
Nor will local bowlers have this event
20 themselves. With interest at high
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already have announced their intention
Of competing. They are Ollie Ruark,
for 20 years one of the Monumental
City's top-notchers, and Bill Zorback,
yellow Cab ace.
A few Richmond entries also are ex-
pected
Three Judges will be on hand. Blick
win be one of them to see that there's
no Sailing and no stopping unless
necessary.
arm going to try to get pin boys
who set 'em up about at the same
speed" announced Blick. THE bowlers
each viii have an alley. roll, and then
cross over"
Burt Parsons, for one, is confident
he'll bring home the bacon in q mara
thon event. Burt figures he can bowl
forever and that 100 games will bother
him not whit.
Parsons. one Of the city's outstanding
eouthpaws, already has made his entry.
Blick announces that entries and
further information may be obtained
by calling either Charlie Bell at Con-
vention Hall, or Monk Fraser at the
Arcadia.
Dicks marathon win differ greatly
ID from that held at Richmond In
August. Richmonds tournament
placed no limit on games and drew only
i've entrants. They were Sammy Swami,
Hobnan Francis, Wesley Vunck, Clinton
Ellis and Pete Heath.
Ellis dropped out after rolling a
hours and 30 minutes and Heath fol-
lowed after a. hours and 95 minutes.
Swami, Francis and Vunck bowled
for 20 hours and 80 minutes and de-
cided to stop simultaneously. The
management suggested rolling three
games, total pins to decide the technical
winner, though Francis had collected
1905 sticks to his opponents 1902 ana
1892, all for 1877 games. Francis lost
the roll-of, however, Swami shooting .
set OF 342; Francis, 314, and Vunck, 202.
Francis had the best average, 1O7.132
to swann's 106.107 and vilnck's 1926.
Biick points out that the 1877 games
rolled were strung out too longs
hours and 80 minutes. These three
bowlerS rolled ON only one alley, had to
wait for the pins to be set up and took
time out frequently.
THE local tournament, It is reckoned,
i viii take about hours at the most.
Blicl. said. eff team can roll q match
IN hours or less, which Is 80 games In
2 hours, q single man on single alley
can bowl los games In hours at the
same pace, which is bound to be slower
for team"
the numbering OF games - TdUcd u
begJer than number Of hours bowled, as
many contend that Francis should have
won the Richmond tournament as he
collected more pins than his opponents,
but lost out in tl1ree-game set
TT was estimated at the conclusion Of
that tournament that each of the
winners threw 4,342 balls or 1917
pounds, almost tons. They Travelled
over IL miles each way, or a total Of APP
proximately IS miles In delivering balls
and returning
That's too much punishment" COM
mented Blick. "a real test Of bowling
skill combined with stamina Is 100
games, total pins to count"
30 it's all set for week from next
Saturday.
THAT old warhorse, Harry Krauss,
l. rolled q great marathon here some
time back. Harry once bowled "a con-
eec1tive hours, not with duckpins, but
tcnpins.
Twenty-four hours, lifting and throw
ing q 16-pound ball held with two
fingers Is a lot of bowling.