Evening star., 1946-03-31
|WCDA Has Over 1000
Teams Eligible for
City Pin Tourney
By Ben McAIwee

By Ben McAlwee
With the 12-club Selective Service
loop of which Dutch Imirie and
Eddie Espey, veteran bowlers. are
mainsprings, latest to become a
member of the Washington City
Duckpin Association, Secretary
Harry B. Dixon, last night an
nounced the organization now
boasts more than 1000 sanctioned
teams.
On the go these days striving to
gain big entry for the 36th annual
city tournament which opens April
II at Lucky Strike. the busy secre-
tary said he wasn't sure that all
bowlers understand they must be-
long to sanctioned league if they
would compete in the tournament.
The fee is $3.50 per team. The
deadline for entries is midnight
next Saturday.
Again giving their full support
to the WDCA, bowlers of the Ma
sonic League, at their annual meet
ing and election of officers, selected
April % as the date they will fire
in the tournament.
The new president of the frater-
nal loop is Orville Brown of Roose-
welt Lodge, who succeeded Charley
Rook of Stansbury Lodge. Brown
was to be named top officer two
years ago. but he entered the
armed forces and the honor was
withheld until his return. John
Dietch of National Lodge again will
serve as vice president. Arvllle
L. Ebersole of Albert Pike Lodge
was reelected secretary-treasurer
for the 23rd consecutive year and
Ray Cross of Hope Lodge was
chosen scorer for the 21st time.
The league will bowl again next
season at Colonial Village.
Sending in the membership fees
for all 20 teams, Viola Bechtold
president, has indicated that the
2O-club C. & P. Telephone Ladies
League will be strongly represented
in the 25th annual Washington
Womens Duckpin Association tour
nament which opens May at
Brookland Recreation.
Lorraine GULL, secretary OF the
WWDC, reminds league scorers to
send in their averages as OF April
6. This is necessary to classify cor
rectly all teams, doubles and singles.
Entries close April Is.
Like Old Man River, Tad Howard,
dean of the Capitals bowling alley
proprietors and managers, just Keeps
rollin' along after more than three
decades around the maple spllllng
He now is general manager OF the
Silver Spring drives. The popular
bowling pioneer was manager OF
Convention Hall when this landmark
was swept by fire last month. Until
last fall, when he succeeded Harry
(Hap) Burtner at the Hall, he was
proprietor of Rendezvous for some
10 years. Before that his long serv-
ice as a bowling leader saw him at
many drives including the old Cas-
ino, Coliseum, Northeast Temple and
Recreation.
A meeting to reorganize the Real
Estate League for next season Will
be held at $50 Thursday evening IN
the Real Estate Board Office, 14l7
K street. Interested boWlerS are
asked to attend or call Tom Schaf-
fert at National 1908.
The fourth annual Hyattsvllle
Open handicap for men and women
at Hyattsville Recreation and the
renewal of the April Fool Women's
doubles at Takoma Recreation will
be the top tournament attractions
this afternoon and tonight. Both
affairs start at 2 and continue until
closing.
DR.. E. E. Hobbs of Silver Spring
will be the mems defending cham
pion in the flve-game Hyattsville
event while Lois Gladding, Brook
land Recreation star, will attempt
to retain her top laurels in the
women's division.
Among the couples firing in the
Tekoma five-game event will be
Frances Allen. a 92-average Fort
Davis League roller. and Lorraine
GULL: Frances Lotus, Washington
Ladies League. and Bing Moen; Ros-
allie Tucker Of Takoma and Ruth
King, the Bethesda Bowling Center
star, and Hazel Glover, scorer of the
Washington Ladies loop, and Miss
Gladding.
Several Baltimore duos are eX-
pected to compete. Only couples
with combined averages of 2l0 or
under are eligible Ruth McClintic
and Sue Stokes we're the 1914 win
ners. Last year the tournament was
Cancelled because of the war.