Evening star., 1932-12-22
BY r. d. THOMAS.

TNHE final call for entries in
The Stars big Yuletide
bowling tournament goes
"a. out today.
: ~ midnight tonight falls the
deadline with entries acceptable
up to that time at all establish
fments where preliminaries will
sbe held.
Eager to see q record field for the
event in these parlouS times not 1eW
,alley managers have waived lmmedlate
payment of the dollar to cover cost OF
games-only expense of the tournament
and will accept entries tonight by
telephone.
This is a concession to Christmas
choppers.
r ATE tonight herculean task will
IL be tackled by Arville Ebersole, sec
retary of the Washington City
Duckpin Association and Leonard w.
Collins, master bowling statistician.
These worthless will supply the handl-
caps, Ebersole for the men and Collins
for the girls. The arrangement OF
schedules will be left to the alley man
ayers.
Armed with last seasons averages OF
every league in the city and its environs,
Ebersole ard Collins will Stalt Eencli
pushing at 10 O'Clock and continue into
the small hours of Friday. Eoe:solas
hcme will be the tournaments tempo
rary headquarters, for other officials Will
be on hand to give assistance II neces-
sary to the handicappers and to trans
act tournament business. For the bene-
at of those who desire to communicate
Swith any of the tournament stan,
sEbersole's address is GIG NJ street north
east and his phone number, Lincoln
2908-J.
livery bowling plant in the city and
T. environs will be visited tonight by
a tournament official collecting late
entries. Any he may miss should be
telephoned to EberSole. Orville and Len
hope to complete their job at one sit
ting and thus permit more time for
pther tournament arrangements. The
applications must be returned to the
alley managers, schedules made and
published and other details attended to
within the next two days. Competition
in the preliminaries will get under way
next Monday. Schedules will be pub
aished Sunday.
Much effort has been expended to
give the bowlers the most attractive
tournament ever and for the first time
the Yuletide event has received solid
support Heretofore the smaller estab-
liShmentS have been reluctant to back
the tournament because it cut into their
patronage, but this time they appear
to be the most industrious in it's behalf
With each staging preliminary all
4tS own, competition for entries among
them has been lively. At several minor
places the fields will rival those of the
larger pin plants
MYTH the handicap system in effect
w for the first time, the duffer Is
jubilant but the star not dis
pleased. None has anything to lose
for there is no entry fee.
Most pleased is the bowler whose
game has improved greatly since last
season for the handicaps will be based
on last seasons averages.
The solons of the game are curious
over the new arrangement. Some are
inclined to believe there will be squawks
galore after the tournament. With so
many competing the law of percentages
will produce few to bowl better than
they know how" and, with handicapS
included. chalk up some mighty scores.
Then the cry-'How did that egg rate
handicap?"
But this much is certain, the tourna-
ment is more on a basis of fairness to
all than it was when everybody shot
from scratch and the tournament was
confined to one establishment.
So, MI. and Mrs. Bowler, with all to
gain and nothing to lose, do yourself
favor The town is flooded with entry
blanks.
And there's this about it, too-what
b clear, happy note in these dirgeful
days for this tournament to go smash
ing over the top! And that's the pros
pect.