Evening star., 1936-12-01
R0LL-0FF SLATED.
FOR EVERY ALLEY
All Operators Rejoice Over
Change Made Possible
bv Uniform Drives.
BY ROD THOMAS.

BY ROD THOMAS.
BOWLING tournament unique
n in the history of the game, at
II least in Washington, will be
/ 4 the ninth annual Yuletide
event of The Evening Star, to be held
during the Christmas holidays.
It will be rolled at every duckpin
establishment in the metropolitan
area.
Sweet music to the little operator
and to some of the major moguls comes
the announcement of one great change
In the scheme of the tournament as
rolled in the last several years.
This time there will be no voting on
the establishment to stage the roll
of for the simple reason that the final
set for the bulk of $500 in prize money
will not be concentrated at one plant.
Each alley will hold q five-game
preliminary and its own five-game roll
off. for which IS per cent of the field
In each instance will qualify. The
ma aior prizes will be awarded those who
shoot the high scores in the roll-of1s,
no matter upon what drives they COM
pete.
It's Something New.
"A ND here we have something un-
"A precedented in duckpins. Years
ago it would have been impractical due
to the varied conditions OF bowling al
leys. A score rolled at one plant
couldn't be compared evenly with
one shot at another. But due mainly to
the persistent efforts Of George 1se-
mann, secretary of the National Duck
pin Bowling Congress, efforts begun
many years ago, the duckpn drives OF
WASHINGTON are so uniform today that
all scores rolled upon them are rated
alike.
OF course, even with the drives all
of the highest grade, your average
bowler prefers some to others, and will
HE himself to the favored mapleways
for The Star tournament. But mas
much as the privilege is open to all,
there can be no reasonable argument
against the new arrangement, which,
by the way, has received the hearty
Endorsement Of the Washington City
Duckpin Association, the National
Duckpin Bowling Congress, and, OF
course, the alley operators-even Bill
Wood at the Lucky Strike, who was
making an annual business Of winning
the roll-of, which, under the former
conditions of the tournament, was q
most desirable hunk of business, COM
ing as it did at Q time when the
leagues were idle.
All Alleys viii Benefit.
BECAUSE Of this concentration OF
- business at one plant, most Of
the minor alley operators were luke
warm toward The Star tournament,
many of them claiming their drives
almost were deserted during the big
roll-off This year every establish
ment will benefit up to the hilt Of its
own enterprise, for each alley pilot
will be the manager of his own event,
with the bigger his entry the heavier
his income from the tournament.
The alley manager will set the date
for his roll-off and the deadline for
qualifying. As usual, the entrant will
pay only for the games rolled in the
qualifying set, and the alley will stake
the qualif1er to the five games Of the
ANAL There Is no entry fee.
The tournament management is
working on revision of handicaps-
upward-and the handicap scales for
men and women, the prize lists and
other details will be announced later.
In the meantime, you alley opera
tors, get busy on those dates, posters
and other arrangements, and keep this
department informed with all details.
They will be published.