Evening star., 1943-04-18
Wo Duck Pioneer Honored City Event Opens tuesday Coumbi
He Alone Has Rolled
In Every Tourney
Held by WCDA
Red Cross, Bill Beatty,
Goodman Contests
On Tap for Today

On Tap for Today
Roy K. Whitford Of The Evening
Star League, only bowler to compete
tn every Washington City Duckpin
Association tournament, the first OF
which was held in 1910, will be sa-
luted by the Capitals governing pin
body Tuesday night. 1t having
named the opening night Of the 33d
annual championships at Columbia
In his honor.
The pioneer pinman, who helped
form the association and otherwise
played leading role in promoting
the duckpin game, was given special
recognition several years ago when
the WCDA presented him gold
card, emblematic of his continuous
membership.
Whitford, who sports a 96 average,
will be among the host of class c
singles contestants who inaugurate
the big event Tuesday night at 7
o'clock. Teams are scheduled at 8,
while the two-man competition in
the various classes is carded at 10.
For the first time the tournament
will be conducted under a handicap
system. Teams, doubles and singles
In the A, B and c classes will receive
a four-fifths handicap based on
their averages and the scratch In
each division.
Operators Sweeten Kitty.
Bowling establishments and news
papers have contributed approx
mately $500 In War savings as spe-
cial prizes.
Harry Dixon OF the Masonic and
Agriculture 1nterbureau League, In
his important job as WCDA secre-
tary, last night announced that the
entries would remain open until the
starting time of the tournament. He
warned that bowlers who so far
have signed up to roll only on teams
and who contemplate competing in
the singles and doubles must pay
their entrance fees for the latter
two events before rolling in the
team competition.
In order that the proper handi-
caps maybe given, Dixon again ur-
gently requests that all league
scorers send in their averages as of
April 3.
Meantime, another big week end
Of special events is on this afternoon
and tonight. The 18th of a series
of Red Cross benefits is slated at
Greenway Bowl, the second day S
rolling in the first annual Bill
Beatty Handicap at King Pin and
the finals in the Ellis Goodman
head-to-head elimination at Lafay-
cite.
Singer on the Job.
Julie Singer, Greenway manager,
who expects to be in the Army
shortly. will make every effort to
top the record field of 157 contest
ants that fired in the Red Gross
event three Sundays ago at Rosslyn.
The popular f1ve-game handicap, af-
fair two weeks ago drew 126 at Penn
Recreation and last Sunday, besides
the 1873 participants in the usual
singles event. 81 couples competed
in a Red Cross mixed doubles at
Silver Spring which gave the pa
triotic fund tidy boost of $21l.
Both the Red Cross and Bill Beat
ty tournaments start at 2 o'clock
and continue until midnight. En-
try in either affair is So and con-
testants will be allowed two-thrds
handicaps based on scratch Of 1873.
The quarter-flnaLs of head-to-
head elimination at Lafayette will
bring together eight of the city's
leading bowlers at o'clock. The
semifinal round is scheduled at 7:30
sharp with the final round following
Immediately.
AS the flnalists roll for the cham
pionship, the two defeated semi
f1nalists will shoot it .out for third
money.
Competing in the quarter finals
will be Tony Santini, Joe DiMisa,
Rex Stewart, Karl Gochenour, Ed
Nash, Bob Miciotto, Bill King and
Eddie Keith.
The opening nights schedule Of
the WCDA Tournaments.