Evening star., 1948-12-10
Operators Plan
Vigorous Effort
In Annual Event
1000 Prizes at Stake
In Month of Firing
To Open January 4
By Rod Thomos

sNS0
A goal of 10000 entries in The
Stars 21st annual bowling tourna-
ment, an objective unprecedented
in duckpin history. was set today by
the Metropolitan Washington Bowl
ing Operators Association whose
members will receive no revenue
from the event but upon whom will
fall most of the burden Of conduct
ing 1t.
Plans for the tournament have
just been completed by q committee
consisting of Arville L. Ebersole,
chairman Of the National Bowling
Council; Paul K. Kenny Beck,
president and Harry B. Dixon, sec
retary of the Washington City
Duckpin Association; Ruth Di Misa,
president and Lorraine GULL, Sec
|retary of the Washington Women's
Duckpin Association; George B.
Seeley. president and Matt Bennie,
secretary Of the Washington Ten
pin Association; c. Edward Gold
berg, president and Evelyn Gay,
secretary of the operators associa-
ton, and the writer.
With 1000 cash prizes at stake,
four weeks of firing will begin Jan
uary 4 and continue through Janu-
ary 81 at all Of the IS maple plants
In the Capital area sanctioned by
the National Duckpin Congress.
Here's the Setup.
The simple setup OF the tourna-
ment is set forth on q poster which
shortly will decorate all Of the
establishments participating. Here
are the conditions:
Opens January (, closes Janu-
ary 81.
Entry fee, 81 covers entire cost
Of participation).
Full handicaps, with mems
scratch 128 and women's. 11s.
Open to members Of all leagues
In the Greater Washington area
bowling at establishments sane
toned by the National Duckpin
Congress. Bowling employees are
not eligible to compete at their
Only league scores will be count
ed and bowler may enter aS. many
times as he rolls in q league match,
each time turning ip the entry fee
to a league official or alley attend
ant before beginning his set.
A contestants handicap will be
based upon his average in the league
from which he enters at the time
he enters.
The prize fund will be made I'D
Of entry fees, with IS cents of each
accruing to the Bowlers' Victory Le-
gion.
Prizes will be paid in cash with
the mems and women's prize lists
separate.
There will be O separate division
for tenpin bowlers, conducted under
q setup identical with the duckpin-
ners.
For the fifth year the tourna-
ment Is dedicated to the Bowlers
Victory Legion, which Is engaged In
frightening the lives of long -suf-
fering men in the Veterans Admin
istration hospitals. The BVL Is do
ing q job which has won the hearty
endorsement Of President Truman,
Gen. Eisenhower, Gen. Macarthur,
officials of the Veterans Admin
istration and many others of note.
1t is following through on a bril-
liant war effort in which The Star
tournament had . leading part.
This event pioneered the BVL's Ma
tional War Bond drives that raised
$485 100000. The Star tournaments
Of 1874 and As accounted for .ap-
proximately $l6,000,000, with the
purchase of o bond substituted for
an entry fee.
In supporting the BVL in its post
war effort, the tournament has
grown phenomenally. In 1916 it at
tracted 8,272 entries; in 1947 the fig
ure was 1924, and last year, l6,048.
The prize fund for the 1948 event
set an all-time record for q sports
event here with s12,036, later sur
passed by the National Capital Open
golf tournaments $12,500. The
mems top award was 5000 and the
women's 500. A 10000 entry this
time would grow a $4,000 melon!