Evening star., 1941-12-02
DiehI's Establishment
Is Pdcesetter in
Backing Event
Wood Made Treasurer;
Bowler in Puerto Rico
Flies to Compete
By ROD THOMAS.

by hOD lHOMAS.
Russell Diehl, who operates the
Brookland Recreation Center for
E-other-in-law Charley Tompkins,
builder breeZed into The Star De-
fense Bond Bowling Tournament
picture today in a spectacular way.
In paidup entries or pledged to
compete" said Diehl, we have ap-
proximately 1000 bowlers."
This would make Brookland,
considering the number of alley beds
Standout in a tournament chosen
b. Uncle Sam as a model for hun
dIeds to be held in cities through
out the country to peddle in prizes,
defense savings.
For the first time, on major
scale, bowlers of all classes will COM
pete on equal footing, due to full
handicaps.
A Singular Angle.
Funny angle on the tournament
out here" phoned Diehl.
IF we sign one more league the
plant will be in 100 per cent. What
can you do about rounding up The
Evening Star League?"
Some of the punks fear they'd
win the 81 900 bond top prize and
face a lot of lifted eyebrows, but
not so scrupulouS the sports de-
partment. unrepresented in the
league. Next Tuesday, entry fee OF
81 on the line. plus sundry other
risks, Walter McCallum, Francis
Stan. Jim Bergman, Larry Law
renee. Burt Hawkins. Lew Atchison,
Bill Dismer, George Huber, Bill
Ackerman. Ben McAlwee. Rod
Thomas and Glib Crockett, who
drew the caricature of Uncle Sam
on the tournament poster, will shoot
1t out at the nearby Hi-skor, with
Boss Denman Thompson, Sub-chief
Bill Hotel and J. B. Keller, death
on errors, watching the foul line.
At the same time will fire men,
bers of the headquarters staff of
the National Defense Savings Or
ganization, and if equal numbers
can be arranged it will be a match
With the qualification round to
open next Monday and continue
through the following Sunday, duck
pin leaders plan to devote every
night this week to tournament pro-
motion. This applies particularly
to alley operators. who, in a meet
ing yesterday, swapped ideas on how
to make the 14th annual Evening
Star event the outstanding affair
in the sports history
Mass entries of leagues, with extra
fees appropriated from prize funds;
Defense bond bowling parties of
non-leaguerS and the duckpin in
dustry's part in national defense
were topics that made yesterdays
meeting of the alley operators one
Of the most harmonious in the his
tory Of their organization.
j. w. Wood, superintendent of the
Lucky Strike, Hi-Skor and King
Pin, was named treasurer of the
tournament. with Richard L. Hobart,
secretary Of the Metropolitan Dis
trict Duckpin Operators Association,
as his assistant If The Star Tour
nament entry of last year is matched
Wood and Hobart will handle some
$1,000, measured in Defense savings,
in prizes alone.
Equal Chance for All.
The full handicap. equal-opportu-
nity-for-all plan of the tournament
is sweeping the country, but for high
enthusiasm we salute one John Wer-
ner, an employe of the Naval Air
Station at San Juan, Puerto Rico
who airmails a request that he be
permitted to shoot his qualification
set on December Is.
Werner for seven consecutive
years has competed in the tourna-
ment as a member of the knights
Of Columbus League at the Rendez-
vous and the Business Mems League
at Silver Spring.
Although next week has been des-
ignated qualification week" in the
tournament, with so per cent of the
entrants at each alley to survive for
a rolloff In which the bulk Of the
prizes will be awarded, the Tourna-
ment Committee likely will save a
spot for Werner, who will leave San
Juan by plane on December 10.
Complete information on the
tournament. declared by bowling au-
thorities throughout the country to
be the best bargain ever offered
maple shooters. may be obtained
from any alley manager.