Evening star., 1937-11-26
CO FOR TW0B|RDS
WITH ONE THROW
Meeting to Plan for Next
Ringer Campaign Will
Follow Pin Party.
By ROD THOMAS.

BY ROD THOMAS.
ORSESHOE pitching and bowl
~ ing, games calling for almost
identical requisites, will merge,
q 4 in q sense, in the tenth an
nual Evening Star Yuletide Duckpin
Tournament.
Harry Woodfield. secretary of the
District Horseshoe Pitchers Associa-
tion. today announced plans for a
bowling party open only to horseshoe
beavers to be held in conjunction with
The Stars maple-shooting orgy which
Is getting under way now and will end
on January l.
Every bowling plant in the Wash
ington metropolitan area is staging q
section of the Yuletide tournament, q
handicap affair in which a qualifying
set Of five games is rolled, with Is
per cent Of the entrants at each estab-
lishment carrying on into flve-game
final in which nearly all of $500
purse will be split. There is no entry
fee nor any other obligation. An en-
trant rolls five consecutive games at
the alley Of his or her choosing, be-
fore witnesses assigned by an alley
manager, and if he or she lands among
the high scorers, gets a crack at the
big cash.
ROll-oh Dates Vary.
THE alley managers are setting their
own dates for the roll-offs, which
will take place from December rs to
January l. The preliminary set may
be rolled at any time before December
26. Preliminary and final must be shot
ut the same establishment.
Woodf1eld aims to slay two birds
with one sling. The horseshoe flippers
were to gather anyway this winter to
lay out campaign for next season.
We'll have some fun while we're
about it," said Woodfield in propos-
Ing the horseshoe pitchers bowling
tournament, a suggestion quickly ac-
cepted, and one by the way that met
with the hearty approval of j. w.
Wood, superintendent of the Lucky
Strike. Wood several years ago put
on a bowling party for the ringer
ties and planted a seed that now
will bring forth probably a worth
while crop Of business.
Woodf1eld will announce the date
later. 1t is likely to be a Sunday
afternoon. with the bowling to be
followed by meeting of the Dis
trict Horseshoe Pitchers Association.
The horseshoe secretary has i'm
posed upon himself a complicated
job. The ringer tossers' scores will
count in The Star tournament, and
many OF them will be without handi-
caps. To obtain q handicap in the
Yuletide competition a bowler must
present q league average, otherwise
shoot from scratch, which is 125 for
men and 112 for women.
VIII Have Separate Handicapa,
THE horseshoe tossers in competing
i against one another will have
handicaps separate from The Star
tournament. and these Woodfield
must determine. A trophy Will ~
provided by Vent Speaker o. r.
Harris & Co., who used to fline a
nasty iron, at one time claiming the
championship Of Alabama.
Those desiring to compete In the
horseshoe pitchers event should turn
IN their entries at the Lucky Strike
or at The Star sports department.
with the entry blanks marked Horse
shoes" Entry blanks are obtainable
1t any bowling plant in Washington
and nearby counties of Maryland and
Virginia.
Leaders Of the Washington Women,s
Ouckpin Association will meet this
evening at $50 at the Arcadia to
plan q drive for Star tournament
entries.