Evening star., 1941-11-29
Makes Mass Entry
For First Time in
0uarter-Century
Other Loree Leagues
At Convention Hall
Falling Into Line
By ROD THOMAS.

For the first time in a quarter
century the Masonic Bowling Asso-
citation will enter virtually its entire
membership in tournament not
restricted to the fraternity.
Ray Cross, secretary scorer, an
nounced today, following a canvass
of Masonic bowling captains at Con-
vention Hall last night, the % team
organization will be on the firing
line in toto next week in the quail
fication round of The Stars national
Defense bond tournament, first OF
maple shooting parties TO be held
throughout the country to swell your
Uncle Sans bank roll, all prizes TO
be In defense savings.
Not since 1916. when it entered
the Atlantic Coast Bowling Associa-
ton championships, with duckpins,
tenpins and candleplns Souped, has
the Masonic Bowling Association
gone over the side for a tourna-
ment not confined to its member
ship. The league in spirit is more
traternal than competitive.
Burtner Makes Good Start.
After finishing his performance
last night in the Masonic loop,
Harry K. Burtner, Convention Hall
manager, checked the prospective
mass entries into the bond tourna-
ment of the worlds largest one-floor
bowling plant and found, besides the
Masons, these:
Safeway League, "a teams: Capital
Transit, %; Electric Utilities En-
ployes' Union. 20; General Account
ing Office tmen), II; United States
Chamber of Commerce women, s..
These. however. merely scratched
the surface of the Halls mine OF
entries into which next week will be
sunk pick and shovel, the same ap-
plying to all other duckpin plants
in the Washington Metropolitan
Area, with a few exceptions. Some
Of the alley managers already worked
out the lode, or come close. as in the
case of Julian sHimmelfarb of the
Penn Recreation He moved near
to a cleanup when H. B. Some
IIldn SSCI vi NAiS
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co. Mems League, announced its
intention to compete in a body
With a few organizations to line up
young Himmelfarb has turned in
one of the top jobs Of the tourna-
ment.
Everything Will Be Okay, Monk.
At the Arcadia though, Monk
Fraser, another hustler, was cha
grined because two captains of the
Ladies Independent League weren't
present when the other IA voted to
enter the organization en- masSe.
At the King Pin young Jimmy
Moore popped vest button telling
Boss Bill Wood about the King Pin
Ladies League being in solid and
Charley Parker at the New Recrea-
ton. wallowing in entries, wept, &C
eording to Lefty Wooden, when
member of the Elks League strayed
into foreign pastures.
Alley men, it seems, are more con-
eerned over the coming tournament
than any city-wide event IN many
years.
Astor Clarke at the Lafayette,
after a check last night, figured
himself home with the pork in
x5o bond bet with Hugh Arbaugh
of Silver Spring on total entries IN
the tournament, although every
league bowler at the suburban plant
has been sold.
Gait Davis, operator of bowling
alley at RosSlyn, who once, on
similar wager made the enterprls-
ing Arbaugh, now president OF Met
ropolitan Washington Duckpin OPP
orators Association. buy his race
horse a weeks supply of hay, has
said nothing about the 1941 tourna-
mont for publication except this:
rs the window closed on this race?'
Which summons the thought that
the 18th annual Star tournament, TO
open q week from Monday, offers
ths greatest odds for a 81 invest
ment In tbs history OF bowling. In
the mems division, II last years
f,eld i. eeualed. will be 1874 prizes IN
Defense savings with a top award
Of q 81 900 bond and low prize OF
q s25 bond, with q full handicap
system giving all an equal oppor-
tunity.
Women will compete among
themselves, for prizes approximat-
Ing one-half those Of the men. both
In size and number, If the proper
tons Of last years entry prevail.
Any alley manager or attendant
will acquaint a bowler with the sim
nile details of the tournament. which
will appear from time to time In
these columns.