Evening star., 1950-01-08
Army Engineer Post
Revealed as Hotbed
OF Maple Shooting
BY Rod Thomas

"A WI1OPpulS UOCSt In Cllc GeQplQ
division of The Stars 22nd annual
bowling tournament came from an
unexpected source last night when
Fort Belvoir, Va. announced q
mass entry.
It wasn't widely known that the
Army engineering center is a hot
bed of maple shooting.
The news came from Mai.
Ernest A. Schleuder, post ex-
change officer. who revealed that
more than 80 teams in q half
dozen leagues will be urged this
week to enter their entire mem
berships in the tournament. A
major portion Of the center's
bowlers already are in line for the
month-long competition, Maj.
Schleuder said. Full participation,
he added, was advocated by the
center's athletic council.
The Fort Belvoir leagues, with
number of teams in each, are:
Engineer Center Regiment, 18;
Engineers School. 16; Engineer
Center Post, 18; Engineer Center
Mixed, Is; Engineer Research and
Development Laboratory, IL and
Post Ladies. 6.
Post Has "a Lanes.
On the post are "a lanes, d.
vided into several layoutS, one
installed recently.
1t is possible that Fort Belyoir
will come up with an entry as
large as the goal set for the entire
tenpin division by Dick Johnston,
president, and Matt Bennie, Sec
retary, Of the Washington Tenpin
Association. They hoped for 1900
entries. an increase of 20 per cent
over last year. Four hundred
Belvoir bowlers, taking three
turns each in the tournament,
would turn the trick. A league
member is entitled to enter every
time he competes in an official
match, each time paying the 81
entry fee.
'The Star tournament has won
lot of friends down here" Maj.
Schleuder phoned, because of its
help to the Bowlers' Victory Le-
gion." The BV1, which shares in
the tournament receipts, is follow
ing through on a war effort in
which it sent countless thousands
of recreational and other articles
to overseas Yanks. Itsnow is bent
oh making life happier for long
hoSpitaliZed veterans.
The tournament, which opened
last Wednesday night, will swing
into full action tomorrow night |
with the post-holiday rush to the
~mapleways. It will wind up jan
usfy 31.
545 Set on Opening Night.
What seemed to some an evil
blast apparently scattered a lot
of good when John Compton en-
tered from Brookland Recreation,
fired a remarkable score of 545 in
the duckpin division on opening
night. ~
Compton's performance, in the |
Michigan Park League. turned a
brilliant spotlight squarely on the
most attractive prize list-this ac-
cording to the National Bowling
Council-in the history of the
sport.
There are 1900 guaranteed
prizes and Compton, if he wins
the top award. will be enriched
by little more than a number of |,
others. In virtually all major
bowling events the winner is lin
tied to a 20-to-1 payof on his in
vestment.
In The Stars event, which has
received a special dispensation
from the National Duckpin Con-
gress because of the BVL, win
ner may be paid 200 to /. Those
in the payoff collecting only 20
to / on their 81 investment will
be found far down the list. /
The tournament is being rolled
at more than 80 establishments
In the Washington area. Any
bowling plant manager will give
the simple details to those not
informed, or they may phone
tournament headquarters at Ma
tional 1880. L.