Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17

| A FINAL count today revealed 377
" teams, SCI doubles and l,018
~ singles entries for the Washing
ton City Duckpin Association
twentieth annual tournament, opening
next Tuesday at Convention Hall.
And, according to Arville Ebersole
this record was achieved at cost OF
more labor than ever before put in on
the promotion of Washington's largest
bowling party.
Somehow bowlers don't warm ltp TO
the tournament as it seems they should
1t is the most attractive event offered
them, yet year after year, about half
the entries are gained by solicitation
The city association officials remind
one of shepherds rounding up their
f1ockS.
LOnnie Says II.
Alonzo Herman KrauSS, who has
shared with several others for years
the burden of handling the tournament
has made suggestion that ought to re-
ceive serious consideration from the as
ISOLATION officials and bowlers as we'll
KrauSs has urged that the deadline for
entries be held to rigidly and that the
officials make no personal solicitation.
once the tournament is under way"
Lonnie reasons, everybody wants to be
in it, If no attention was given those
bowlerS who have to be dragged in
every year they'd find themselves sooner
or later coming in on their own accor i
1 don't believe the entry total would
slump for more than a year, either"
Every season the association sets a
deadline for entries and just as regu-
larly permits a week of grace. Dur
ing this extra week most of the entries
come in.
If the bowlers had adhered to the
original deadline they would save the
tournament executives many an hour
OF toll, and only one of these executives,
by the way, is paid for his work He's
underpaid, at that
Last Saturday at 3 pm. Secretary
Ebersole and o. H. p. Scott started the
business of classifying and scheduling
At pm. they were joined by Harry 2.
Greer, Dave Burrows, Jack Williams,
Rena Levy, Lonnie KrausS and Earle
Stocking. This group labored until 4
am. Some returned to the task at 10
am. worked until IL o'clock Sunday
night.
Ebersole receives small pay. but what
is the reward of the others?
Just Job.
Somebody's got to do it, why not
us?" is their common reply. The
burden falls yearly on virtually the
same group.
After the city tournament Ebersole
and Stocking will have another job
They will carry the load, too, in the
annual Masonic tournament, to be held
at Convention Hall May 6, z, 8 and. 9
Here again it will be necessary to &c
begging for entries, if the tournament
is to be success.
Queer, this misunderstanding people
to play, with lot of work the beggar s
chief reward.
Eighty-nine leagues will be represent
ed in the city tournament by teams and
number of others by doubles and sin
giles. This is record, the previous
high mark having been reached last
year with teams from 70 leagues As
ISOLATION leaders had hoped for repre-
sentation from 100 leagues.
For the third successive year the Rec
reation team, captained by Billie Will
liams is champion of the Ladies' Dis
trict League. The Recs barely made the
grade, however, because of late rush
by John Blick's girls, who finished one
game behind.
In final matches the Recs swept a
set from the Meyer Davis team and the
Blicks whitewashed the Arcadians, who
finished third, with the King Pins
fourth,
Catherine Fortnev of Convention Hal