Evening star., 1932-12-13
HIGH GAMES, SETS
TO Be REWARDED
DiIatory BowIers and Alley
Managers chided-Dead- !,
line Will Stand.
BY r. d. THOMAS.

/ DA ~. ~ 4AoINhos
VERY man and woman who
n shoots in The Stars fifth
IL annual Yuletide bowling
tournament, entries for
which close week from Thurs
day, will have either three or six
chances for a prize as the result
of an arrangement made by the
tournament managers today.
| The set aside $40 Of The Stars usual
$500 purse FOR special awards.
BY this arrangement high set and
high game in the preliminary competi-
| ton will be worth IS each and high set
and hlgn game In the roll-of Will beget
| the same.
This applies to both men and women.
But get this clear, you duckpin shoot
ers-HANDICAPS WILL NOT PRE-
VAIL IN THE BATTLE FOR THE
SPECIAL PRIZES
AL other prizes will be awarded on
q handicap basis
IN each preliminary FIVE cash prizes
1 will be at stake. A nickel Of every
20 cents paid for a tournament
game will be turned into the prize fund,
with 80 per cent to 60 to the first place
winner, Is per cent to the runner-ur.
20 to third IS to fourth and 10 to fifth.
One-Quarter CT the contestants ii
each preliminary-theTe will be one ct
| every bowling establishment-will quail
| ify for the roll-off. to tak1 place al the
Lucky Strike starting January 2
For the roll-of. cash prizes will be
provided b. The Star.
THE special awards aren't pretentious,
| i but they will give zest 10 the COM
petition, the high game prizes par
ticularly. A bowler of to bad start,
with his chance fo- a money winning
set dissipated. would be spurred on by
the hope OF putting on hot hand for
one game and plucking fve-spot.
The tournament, on the whole, offers
the bowler SO much. with no expense
attached other than the cost of his
| games, that it needs little selling"
but some Of the alley managers who
viii direct preliminaries are not taking
the fullest advantage OF this opportunity
to increase their business. Despite vice
publicity given the event in the public
| prints and by mail and word of mouth,
! several managers don't seem to be fully
aware there VIII be Yuletide tourrR-
ment At fnv rate. they have done
nothing to lineup their own patrons
/ As bowler complained to the writer
/ today: The fellow who runs the place
] bowl at lot, near my home. hasn't
made a move in regard to this tourna-
ment and unless he hurries UP sup
pose some of US will go to another alley
to shoot the qualifying set"
| THIS chap is a veteran. He waxed
i critical generally: You know how
Washington bowlers are. They've
been spoiled about entering tourna-
/ rnents. Unless thing is talked up TO
'em they let it 5lide-until it's un1er
way and the fever hits 'en-then they
forget there was deailire for entries.
But they've learned frcrl lorg experi-
| ence the deacline doesn't mean any
thing. The success Of tournaments is
i measured here. it seems by the num-
/ Der CT participants. ana promoters OF
nearly all the tournaments I've bowled
in have taken entries even after the
rolling has started
You're going to find in this tourna-
ment just how many bowling alley
managers in this town are on their
| jobs. They all have equal opportunity
this time to help themselves For most
OF them 1t ought to be simple matter
TO get In touch. one way or another,
with virtually every bowler who comes
into his place and sign great ma
1orlty OF them for the tournament.
You say December % is the dead.
line and that it won't be practicable. on
account OF having to arrange handicap,
to let N boWlers after that date I'm
I curious to see how that works out. I'll
bet you'll find an alley manager or two
whc II say he didn't know entries were
to close December %. Also you'll find
a flock Of boUlers not entered who'll
squawk: Why didn't somebody tell me
about it?' In most cases that some
body will be the manager Of his ia
vorite alley
WERE inclined to feel this critic to
w be a bit too pessimistic, although
he speaks truth in the matter OF
many washington bowlers waking up
late to opportunities and the easy-going
methods of conducting tournaments.
II some of the alley managers are
slow to seize the chance to increase
business, certainly many others are not.
Among the smaller establishments
showing lots Of pep are the Northeast
Temple, managed by Red Megaw; Silver
Spring. directed by Frank Proctor. and
1 the Georgetown Recreation, where
Eddie Schlagle runs the show.
ROWLING by Washington sports
~ writers again will be committed to-
| morrow. at o'clock, on the Lucky
Strike drives, when the Sports Writers
Doubles League opens its second season.
The annual travesty upon the game
promises weird competition when the
10 duos begin play. Both of last years
champion teams two claimed the title)
have been destroyed. with the result
that 10 dark horse" outfits will COM
pete this season
Tomorrows schedule follows: Ed
Fuller and r. D. Thomas (Star) VS.. Al
Costello (Herald) and Garrett Waters
Times. Francis Stan tStar) and
Walter Haight tPosD VS.. Dick Moore
and Bob Mccormack News. Maury
Fitzgerald and Lou Littman (Herald)
vs. Gino Simi and Sid Katznell Tines ),
Bill Wood and Harry Fry VS.. Sam
Rubinson tHerald and Lew Atchison
(Post) The Kirk Mi1ler-Mike Flynn
VS.. George Simpson-Bill Hotel match