Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

4 might at Convention Hall
ION the show of shows of the
Educkpin game.
/ After three years of wandering
the National Duckpin Bowling
CEngress comes home with its an
nfal championships. The or
ganization was born here, held its
first tournament at Baltimore, the
second at Richmond and the third
at.Waterbury.
Now for the fourth, in which
viii participate more than 200
teams of men and women, includ-
ing in their memberships all the
c0antry's stars of both sexes.
During the next three weeks bowlers
fren Nsw England to Georgia VIII
blsa away for prizes totalling $4,000,
record sum for the SPORT with all the
champions to receive solid gold medals
GENERAL features will be inaugurated
~ in the 1881 tournament. Tnere
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suaeepstakes for the girls and sweep
stakes for members of the knights OF
Columbus, a fraternity which came
tlxolgh with enough entries to make
upea night of its own In the tourna-
ment.
Nhere viii be many teams with little
ors,I1o chance to figure In the major
money. so-called booster teams, but sec,
refary George L. Isemann has arranged
for special prizes for them. Inc nlgn
man on each booster quirlt VIII De given
a medal.
nhe opening night will be devoted to
WASHINGTON bowlers, with ID hve-man
teams and two mixed doubles shooting.
Tl1a starting whistle viii toot at
otfock.
Fhere will be no fancy doings, ex-
GETTING that a number of washington
v1s,s and women who have won cham
niAnships in previous tournaments VIII
rofI ball apiece TO christen the event:
(The bowlers in general are grateful
that speeches have been eliminated.)
SfrHE mixed doubles event win be more
Ethan slightly scrambled, as
lit were. In three notable instances
the man comes from one city ana the
cisie another. Peggy Babcock OF the
joSsaed forces with Ray Won Dreele,
BaItimore's most famous sharpShooter.
I'd Romnnel the Mack's pitcher, an
other BaItimorean, is paired with Lor-
eta Leaman of Washington. Our own
George Isemann is paired with R. Miller
oEFaunton, Mass, and George Lang OF
Baltimore will shoot with Margaret Lea
man of Washington.
SThe lists viii remain open for the
mixed doubles for a while. Those
sfgned up so far are, from Washington
(1ien named first), Phil Goodau and
Haiena Kohler, AL Fischer and Billie
Bntler. Red Morgan and Dorothy
GoSdal, Joe McGolrick and Catherine
Fortney, Jack Wolstenholme and Bess
AEkman, Paul Harrison and Elsie Ftsch-
err Glenn Weidman and Lorraine GUN
aud Red Megaw and Reva Banks.
vFrom Baltimore: @. CaSSard ana N:
zimmerman, Harry Brauer ana O. Foro
aud Ed Blakeney and H. Shaw.
-The "scrsmbles" have been men
Toned.
SATURDAY nights are featured in the
ufogram. The bulk Of Baltimore's rep
raSentatives viii perform next Saturday.
HI1agnLS Oh COIuL0Duo, AlOoOAy 4AOAA
Washington and Baltimore, viii have
tNcir big inning on the second week
End and the tournament viii be brought
to "a close on Saturday, March 2, by
tie New Englanders. 1t promises TO
be>a hot wind-up, too.
INTENDING the newspaper cham
IL 4pionship tomorrow night will be
~ The Evening Star team, captained
By Roy Whitford.
Janet Killgren, who won newspaper
title in Boston last year and carried on
to the national newspaper title, number
ing among her victims Bess Ackman,
winner, of The Stars Yuletide event.
WI perform next Saturday.
"A notable doubles team, Harry Dixon
ard Charlie Phillips, will shoot Friday.
Dixon held the washington record for
several years, with a league set OF 445.
ard Phillips was the man who topped
I'm with. the present mark of 458.