Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-03-09

N1HEN 1semann speaks of a record
wv entry, he excludes the congress
first tournament. held at Balti-
more in 1928. in which 231 teams
bowled. That year drive was made for
s"booster" teams for no other purpose
,than to swell the field land prize
tmoney), and inasmuch as times were
prosperous and the tournament held
In a large city. such an entry was to
be expected. But since the first year
she "booster-team" idea gradually has
lost effectiveness. and in the coming
tournament there will be few teams
of that character.
1t is Isemanns belief the Hartford
party will attract more regular teams.
Or to put it another way more teams
Of national championship caliber than
ever. His goal is 200
s'IF not another entry is received"
i said George today. we are GER
tain Of one record. The most
Eolnen's teams we've had was At, the
year the tournament was held at Wash
&ngton. For the coming tournament
we've already received 49,"
Isemann looks to Baltimore, Wash
ington, Richmond, Norfolk and At
lanta for so teams all told This num-
Der will be supplied by Hartford alone.
Une Hartford entries, in fact, are in
1semann's desk
We ought to get a hundred teams
from New England exclusive of Hart
lord, said George, who pointed out
that Massachusetts,, Connecticut and
Rhode Island are thick with duckpin
boTlers with the expense of travel to
the tournament for them almost
negligible.
According to Isemann. Hartford is
much better off economically than most
OF the country. Besides being the State
capital. 1t Is the headquarters of more
than 40 insurance companies and is
a considerable manufacturing CITY.
A S things turned out this season,
"A Hartford was a fortunate choice
for the congress, but the relative
prosperity Of the tournament city is
only minor reason for the promised
success Of the coming event.
The principal cause is Isemann. For
almost solid year the congress sec
sides, has struggled to put over the
1888 tournament There was talk last
Summer Of the congress folding up"
AT the start Of the season. calamity
howlers all but gave him the Bronx
eerenade. But he kept digging.
Isemann has unlimited faith in the
National Duckpin Bowling Congress
as a medium of future prosperity for
The sport, as bed rock to build on.
There are SO. many reasons why we
should have National Duckpin Bowl
ing Congress Isemann can use up
day relating them. In fact, he's spent
z tear, preaching his gospel up and
down the Atlantic Coast and has sue
ceeded in remarkable degree in selling
The N. D. B. c. Many a bowler in the
Hartford tournament will be there be-
cause he was persuaded by 1semann
long while back to prepare; to look
forward to the party as a vacation, or
part of one; to give up a bit OF some
other amusement here and there to
make up the needed cash. A national
bowling tournament, yknow, Is some
thing besides sports event. Bowling
folk are noted for their congeniality::
We've known not few who attended
national tournaments with shootlng
duckpins secondary matter.
WITH characteristic modesty. 1se-
Nv mann shares credit with several
other bowling leaders.
I'VE owe a lot to chaps like Charley
O'Connell. who made three trips to the
national tournament at Norfolk last
wear to help sell the Southern boWlers
on the 1888 trip North" he said. land
like AL Fischer, who has made many
talk before city bowling associations and
other organizations in behalf OF the
n. D. B. c. A lot of work has been
done in the last year on city associa-
lions and the stronger these become, OF
course, the better off will be the ma
tional body.
Il admit, though. the outlook wasn't
10 good for a while. It's been scrap
al along, but the way things have
Ezed up In the last month, the battle
has been worth while. Honestly, I'm
surprised myself"
CPEAKING of N. D. B. c. boosters,
y there's the irrepressible John. S.
Blick of Atlanta, Ga, but somehow
ALWAYS associated in ones mind as still
Of Washington.
Blick will finance team In the ma
tional tournament and it will make the
longest trip of any. Moreover. he'll be
a member of it, which Is not to be
laughed at by you Washington guys who
used to think of the bowling magnate's
entry in the Campbell Sweepstakes as
a mere donation-Well, it was just about
that. but it wouldn't be now. For know
We that John Blick, at the age Of So
odd, has blossomed out into an unde-
11iable star Of the mapleway. At last
report his average was ll6. And Johns
optimism, we learn, keeps pace with