Evening star., 1932-12-18
BULK OF ENTRANTS
ARE Low SHOOTERS
iTWo:t thirds on List Made Up
Of IS to 101 Performers,
EberSoIe States.
= INCE its inception in the pre-
depression year of 1929 The
~ Stars annual Yuletide pin

= INCE its inception in the pre-
depression year of 1929 The
~ Stars annual Yuletide pin
parties probably have in
itiated more bowlers, masculine
and feminine, to tournament
competition than any known little
pin event, with the possible ex-
ception of the annual Washing
ton City Duckpin Association
Tournaments. AS a means OF
popping up the game and con-
verting neophyteS it has earned
unstinted praise from bowling
leaders.
When nearly every other special event
was shy on entries last year. The Star s
event showed an increase for the fourth
consecutive year. 1t was all due, as in
past Star Journeys, to new bowlers seek
ing competitive baptism at nothing
more than the cost of the games rolled.
In an attempt to make the 1928
Yuletide event even more attractive to
tourney neophytes, the $3.50 bowler and
the near-star, officials OF The Star S
tourney inaugurated the handicap sys-
TEN, making lis scratch for men and
lo2 scratch for women, giving these
under one-half the difference with res
ervations) between the entrants average
and scratch. And is it going over? Lis
ten to Handicapped Arville Ebsrsole' S
latest report
Two thirds of the entries I've graded
for handicaps SO far have been from
bowlers with averages CT 10l and under.
Many of them range from averages OF
IS to SO.
s'NIO doubt about it." says Ebersole,
~ this tournament will lick any
previous Star tourney. or any
other for that matter, for number OF
newcomers to be initiated in competi-
tive bowling outside of leagues. They're
coming in spite of the knowledge they
can't receive more than 60 pins handi-
cap for a set" (Wcmen are permitted
no more than 40-but those were men S
averages Ebersole was speaking of
Ebarsole this week really embarks
upon his Herculean task CT handicap
ping all entries. Blanks must be sub
mitted either to managers of Washington
and nearby Maryland and Virginia pin
plants, or the bowling editor. The Star,
by Thursday. The deadline Will be
strictly enforced because of the arduous
lob Ebersole and his assistants face be-
fore the actual firing begins on Decem-
Der 26 at most Of the alleys.
II Hn, only the handicap system that
%11o
less-skillful into the big event. A
different arrangement of the cash
prizes, which gives every duckpinner,
star or duffer, a chance to cash in dur
ing the prelimlnaries and roll-of, has
struck a popular chord. Even those
who fail to win one of the major prizes
still will have an incentive to throw in
a big game and win one of the special
SIS prizes.
OUT at Hyattsville and Bethesda,
Henry hold forth, preliminary
rolling will get under way TUESDAY.
Permission was given the Hisers be-
cause they had lined up pronto the ma
Jority of their Hyattsville and Bethesda
customers and were begging to beat the
gun So Tuesday they get under way,
and out of the contestants to roll rs
per cent will qualify for the grand roll
off for $500 in cash prizes, handicaps
carrying through.
The prize fund for the preliminaries
will be established when each alley
manager extracts 25 per cent of the
money paid for bowling. The division
of the prizes, both for the preliminary
and roll-off, along with other details,
may be found elsewhere on this page
MANY an alley manager, league sec
1V1 retary or individual has dropped
in or phoned with My alleys
ell out of entry blanks" They've gone
like the well-known hot cakes.
So today, elsewhere on this page. Is
printed an entry blank. Cut 1t and
mail it to the bowling editor, The Eve
ming Star, or submit 1t to your neigh
borhood bowling alley. The deadline