Evening star., 1941-12-07
Patriotism and Huge
Prize LIST Inspire
Mammoth Field
Ideol Setup Of Stur's
Annual Handicap Event
Is Tough to Ignore
By ROD THOMAS.

on a rough guess, 100000 soldiers
are about to fall in defense of the
old boy. All, however, will be mer
of wood.
Which is another way to say that
firing will start tomorrow night and
continue through next Sunday in
qualification round of The Stars De-
fense Bond bowling tournament.
Inspired by opportunity to lend a
hand in national defense and at the
same time benefit personally in a
big way thousands of men and wo-
men will lay a dollar each on the
line to be pooled into a prize fund
expected to transcend any heretofore
in the history of duckpins. 1t will
be wilaCked into many pieces but
some of them will be exceeding large
and none so small that any bowler
in the land wouldn't covet it. How
big the prize fund will depend upon
the number of contestants.
With the vast majority of entrants
expected to use their league games
this week in the qualification test,
each must turn in his paid-up slip
Mass Entries Recommended.
Many already are ION the line
with we'll invested bucks, in some
instances leagues having entered
their entire memberships with ap-
propriations from prize funds. This
procedure still is recommended. Ac-
Cording to the foremost bowling au-
thorities of the entire country the
general setup of the Washington
tournament. already adopted as a
model for defense savings maple
shooting events to be held in hun
dreds of cities. is such that any
league bowler, not to speak of many
non-leaguers. would be extremely
dollar-in- pocket conscious to pass it
up. If it's a bargain for a bowler
surely it's one for league and if an
appropriation from the prize fund
would throw akilter the plans Of the
league. it would seem a cinch to re-
place the dough with an extra week S
assessment after Christmas bills are
paid.
Inducements Are Many.
If last wears entry of l6908 IS
matched. the prize fund, measured
in defense savings. in which all
awards will be made, will be ap-
proximatelv $1,000.
Here is how such mellon would
be sliced:
Special prizes in the preliminary
for men:
For high set with handlcaps:
First. 5000: second $50; third,
s125; fourth. 800; fifth, SIS; sixth,
$50: seventh. s25.
For high sets without handicaps:
First. 5000; second, $3.50; third,
s125; fourth. 500. ...
For high games with handlcaps,
something entirely new: First, slOO;
second. SIS: third. $50: fourth. SIS.
For high games without handi-
caps: First. 500; second, SIS; third,
$50: fourth. s25.
Special prizes in the final for
men:
High sets without handicaps:
First. 5000. second, $50; third,
500: fourth. s75 fifth, $50.
High games without handlcaps:
First. 5000; second, 500; third, s75;
fourth, $50 fifth. S25.
High games without handicaps:
First. $50: second, 500, third, s7o;
fourth. $50: fifth. s25.
Main prize list in the final for
men:
First, $1,000: second. $500: third,
s4oo; fourth. $500; fifth, 5000; sixth,
SITS; seventh. $50; eighth. slZ5.
Ninth and tenth. 500 each.
Ten prizes of s75 each.
Fiftv-fve prizes Of $50 each.
Seventy-fve of s25 each.
Look These Over, Girls.
Tn last wears field were two men
FOR every woman, and if the same
number and ratio prevail this time
the vomens prize list will be ABOUT
as follows:
High sets with han
dicaps: First, 500; second, 3d.
third. $50: fourth. S25.
High sets without handicaps;
First SIS; second. $50; third. S25.
High games with handicaps:
First. s75: second $50; third. s25-
High games without handlcaps:
First. SIS; second. $50; third, s25.
Specials in rolloff-High sets with
out handicaps: First, sl00; second
s75. third. $50. fourth. S25.
High games with handicaps: First,
SIS: second. $50; third, s25.
High games without handlcaps:
First. SIS: second. $50; third. s25.
And in the main scramble:
First. $500: second, $3.50; third,
5000: fourth, Sis: fifth, $3.50; sixth,
S125: seventh. Sl00.
Eighth. ninth and tenth, SIS each.
Twenty-Five prizes of $50 each.
Forty of S25 each.
This has been called the dream
prize list of duckpins, but it is easily
attainable depending upon whether
most of the citys regular bowlers
would invest a dollar each in them
selves and national defense.
Astor Clarke, the No. l duckpin
bowler Of the country, will have nc
better chance to pluck the guaran-
teed 81 900 first prize in the mems
division than the bowler with the
lowest league average in the city
The woman buffers" will fire or
even terms with the Lorraine Gulli
and Lucy Roses for the $500 bono
that heads their prize list. The full
handicap system of the tournamen
guarantees league bowlers equal op
portunity, with mems scratch at II!
and women's at 120.
Non-Leaguers Get Handicaps.
Bowlers without league averages
this or last season, will be rated OF
averages of lis for men and l0
for women.
AS you may have noted in look
ing over the conjectural prize list
numerous attractive awards will b
made In the qualification round, bu
that the bulk of the spoils will b
distributed in the rolloff. One-hal
of the contestants at each alley vii
qualify for the rolloff and qualifler
will shoot the final at the plant
where they fired the preliminary.
Every effort has been made to &C
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