Evening star., 1936-12-06
|R0LL-OFF CHANGE
| IS RADICAL MOVE
City-Wide Final Is First At.
tempted -Handicaps
Given Stiff Tilt.
BY ROD THOMAS,

YN CASE any OF you ducKpln
shooters are not thoroughly alive
to the new scheme of the annual
i Evening Star Yuletide tourna-
ment, which is radically different in
several respects from the eight pre-
ceding it, some cogent facts herewith
are repeated.
As nearly every one knows, there
is no entry fee, nor any other cost
to the entrant except for the five
games of the preliminary or qualify
ing round. Leaving out this, the
party is entirely on The Star, which
will whack up $500 in cash among
the high scorers and present the
man and woman champion each with
a gold medal.
The most t-talked-about feature Of
the 1886 tournament so far Is the
switch from q concentrated roll-off,
or final, to one that will be staged
on drives throughout the metropoli-
tan area. For the last several years
Is per cent Of the fields at all estab-
lshments has gathered at the Lucky
Strike for the roll-off, in which the
bulk of the $500 is distributed.
Sticks to One Plant.
THIS time, the contestant will shoot
the final set on the drives Of the
establishment at which he or she
qualities.
Never before has such an arrange
ment been attempted here in any tour
nament. due to the varying conditions
in former times at Washington's bowl
ing plants, but so standardized has be-
come equipment in the last several
years that q score rolled at one alley
Is rated on a par with one shot at any
other. The new arrangement has been
approved by the National Duckpin
Bowling Congress and the Washington
City Duckpin Association, both Of
which have been strong leaders in the
campaign for standardization.
The non-star bowler gets a bigger
break this time than ever before due
to lift in handicaps. In the mems
division the scratch has been raised
from 1l8 to l25 and in the women's
section from 104 to 112. In each in
stance, the entrant receives a handi-
cap of half the difference between his
or her average and scratch. with the
men to be given a limit of rs sticks
for five games and the girls a maxi
mum of go.
TO MAKE up the five games re-
quired for a qualifying score it
will be permissible to add two games
to q league set, but this is a matter
left to the bowling proprietors. To
permit 1t would mean a possible sac
rifice at the till. The Star is con-
cerned in this respect only with the
contestant turning in five-game
score rolled in regular competition.
When roll-off time comes, which
will be between December % and
January 2, with each plant to de-
termine the date of its final. an Of
ficial representative OF the Washing
ton City Duckpin Association will
be on hand at every establishment to
see that the foul line is observed
strictly and to certify the scores.
There is no change in the system
OF determining handicaps. Last sea-
sons averages will govern. or. il q
bowler was not league member last
season, the handicap will be de-
termined from this years figures If
the entrant has rolled 80 league games
or more. With no league average to
show. an entrant will perform from
scratch.
Entry blanks will be available at
all bowling plants within the next
day or two.