Evening star., 1930-12-16

E Yuletide bowling tourna-
- ment of The Evening Star
were coming in by the
bundleful today, with five days
left before the deadline falls. No
application will be accepted after
next Saturday midnight.
A whale of a bowling party is
the prospect, and it should be. 1t
will be the bowlers' formal fare
well to the Coliseum, which for
years has been one of their most
popular recreation plants.
Arville Ebersole, chairman of the
tournament committee, issued, or rather
repeated, a warning today. Year after
year in promoting the Washington City
Duckpin Association tournament, Ar
vile has found it necessary to extend
the entry deadline to show growth
over previous seasons. No such grace
viii be given in the Yuletide event
The dilatory bowler will be excluded.
There's no excuse for a bowler be-
ing late with his entry for this tourna-
ment" said Ebersole, because nothing
is asked of him except that he sign an
entry blank and pay in advance for
the games he will bowl.
He knows he will bowl five games
sometime during the holidays and that
they will cost him a dollar. BY put
ting UP tnat dollar now, instead of
having only the pleasure of shooting
five games, he might make it worth as
much as $50 to him. If he finished
among the first twenty it would be
worth not less than $40"
The same goes for the girls, except
that they will roll three strings at 20
cents apiece and their prize list will be
shorter, there being twelve cash awards
ranging from $50 to So.
TT hasn't got home to some bowlers, it
i appears, that The Stars tourna-
ment costs them nothing. What's
the entry fee?" many asked. The re-
ply that there is none brings an uplift-
ing of eyebrows as though there were
catch in It.
It's remin+zi-l c. the fellow who went
about trying to give away gold pieces
to strangers He had a remarkably
small number of takers. Some folk
dangerous lunatic. He was merely ex-
perimenting.
TEORGE ISEMANN, chairman Of
" old-timeers' night in the tourna-
ment, is turning down applications
right and left. They come from COM
parative youngsters.
ITO shoot with this crowd" says he,
"one ,1E,st have been a regular bowler
for It East ten straight years at one
per- of '14T ca-ccr. Some of the old
BE- - 5~~-': up haven't bowled
- - ~--f they are not
re ccn1t-g in
=, = -. eaptzined by
- - o. in complete.
r l. =, y5;f> IS who took part in
"A the r-rens NJ onal tournament for
.ayeriles are asked to mark "juni-
or" on their entry blanks. A special
night may be assigned them. However,
they viii compete ON equal terms with
the grownups.
THE foul-line rule will be enforced
i strictly but this should not keep
out Of the tournament q bowler who
hasn't accustomed himself TO It, He
should welcome the opportunity to try
his skill under championship condi-
tions. without cost.
Many chronic foul-line violators re-
main cut OF the washington City As
sociation tournament each year rather
than pay an entry fee and compile
under a handicap.
The fellow who slides ever the line
IN bowling takes the same advantage
as the golfer who tees up in the rough.
Wed like to hear some arguments on
this point from the technical-minded
LIE may not bowl well, probably won't
! i be anywhere near the prize winners,
but most welcome entrant Is Van
Zahn, Of the Vouchers team in the
General Accounting Office League.
Zahn 10 captains delight. He never
needs be reminded Of q bowling night.
There are 81 games in the @. A. o.
schedule and last season and the sea-
son before, Zahn missed none He kept
the streak intact until last month,
when absence from the city ended it at
1872 games.