Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-09
Singer, Once Victor,
Now Makes Strike
As Promoter
Young Pilot Stresses
Bargain to buffers;
J. Smith Rolls 1873
BY ROD THOMAS.

BY ROD THOMAS.
From any angle he tackles 1t
The Stars annual bowling tourna-
ment appears to be smooth going
for Young Julius Singer. Sew
eral years ago he won it. With
odds tremendously against him he
almost repeated.
That was when Julius was assist
ant manager of Convention Han.
His interest in the affair was more
as competitor than a promoter,
although he did we'll enough as
the latter, given a minor task.
This season finds the tall, we'll
groomed and personable young man
IS manager of the new Greenway
Bowl and concerned with The
Stars War saving tournament
mainly as a promoter.
In this role his score to date,
with the tournament two evenings
old. virtually is perfect His leagues,
approprlating entry fees from their
prize funds, have rolled In the
tournament en- masse. All others
have assured him they will follow
= suit so that the GreenWay, in its
first season, figures to make one
OF the ace showings in the event
The 100 per cent" leagues are the
Greenway Commercial, with IA
teams, the Greenway American. II
teams; GreenWay National, a.: Elec-
trical Utility Employees Union. Ia;
Greenway International Mixed, 10.
and ST. Francis Church, 8. That
would be total of 70 teams, or 800
individuals.
Misfires on Salesmanship.
An alley manager complained
last night that one league turned
me down fiat because most of its
members are new bowlers with low
averages"
Singer, as we'll as other bowling
leaders, use this point to sell the
tournament.
The lower the average" they
point out. 'the bigger the handicap
and the low average bowler is more
likely by far to shoot over his head
than the star. Given a full handi-
cap, his chance to win is greater
than the best bowlers."
A striking case is that of Laurel
V. Fenwick, Navy Yard toolmaker,
who, entering last season at the
hnacostia Spillway, qualified with
a handicap of III, then hit the
jackpot in the final with a gross
score Of sos. For the first time in
his brief bowling career Fenwick
topped 300 for a three-game set.
They Missed the Boat.
When FenWick dragged down his
prize of $1,000 bond. scores of
mediocre bowlers who hadn't en-
tered the bargain tournament
chorused: What chance I
missed" They, like Fenwick, re-
Gently had bowled scores far above
their averages. There were MANY
large prizes in last years tourna-
ment and many were on the line
this time
With the entry fee 81 and all
eualifers 80 per cent of the field
at each establishments to roll the
final without cost, the prelim will
continue throughout the week,
league sets to count Mems scratch
IS 1919 and womens 100.
Bowlers without league averages
are handicapped on scratch of
lis for men and 100 for women
with the Tournament Committee
reserving the right to reject any
entry, a safeguard against ringers
Averages as of last year are &C
ceptable.
Among the leagues that entered
last night in body was the house"
loop at the New Recreation. of
which Duke Warneke is president.
Only sensational performance of
the tournament so far is credited
to Wally Burton of the Prince
Georges County League, who on
opening night rolled a game of 2l2
and set. from scratch, of 463 at
Oscar Hiser's Hyattsville plant. He
crossed 400. He's three-way leader
among the men.
Jim Smith Shoots 1873.
Outstanding last night was a game
Of 1873 fired by Jim Smith of the
Nativity League at Tad Towards
Rendezvous. Jim shot the works in
his opening string His other games
were l2l and ia his set, 30-448.
Another heavy pinfall occurred at
Hyattsville, where Vera Neidecker
took the lead in the women's divi-
sion with 68-448, Blanche Williford
moved into second place with Slab
and Lee Shapiro rolled the mems
second best set from scratch of
435 His gross tally was 48-483, also
we'll up.
Ample time remains to join the
vast maple party. A bowler need
not employ league scores for the
qualification test but there must
be at least four to an alley. Nor
does one need to use his first league
set of the week. But he must turn
in his entry fee and application
form before firing