Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1929, Page 31

INCREASE S MADE INSIZE OF MAPLES; Introduction of New “Wood” Is Subtle—Bowling Body Is Responsible. BY R. D. THOMAS. SLIGHT increase in the di- ameter of the pin has had a zooming effect on Washington bowling scores this season. It was a change induced by the National Duckpin Bowling Congress and its introduction was subtle. No announcement has been made of it. So small as to be unnoticeable except to the keenest observers, the added di- ameter has put a point or two on all averages and it may be responsible for a new all-time record average. Brad- ley Mandley, the Stanford Paper Co. wizard, is a full point ahead of the rec- ord established by Jack Whalen in the District League last season and Brad, with only a few games to shoot, figures to hold the pace. He needs only a slight pick-up to finish with 120. The duckpin has, undergone many changes since the little ball game was invented, but authorities who have studied results this season believe the new pin has come to stay. New Pin Is Praised. “It is beyond doubt the best we have ever had,” said George Isemann, the National Duckpin Bowling Congress secretary today. The new pin bears the stamp of his organization and is being introduced wherever ghe congress gains territory. ‘Thus, it appears that the N. D. B. C. is succeeding where the Atlantic Coast Bowling Association failed. This pre- ‘war organization attempted to stand- ardize the game nationally, but its changes in pin and ball created dis- sension that was almost an uproar. Smaller pins and balls were used in New England than in this section and the A. C. B. A. tried to effect a com- promise. The popular ball here was 5 ‘inches in diameter. The New Eng- land sphere was 42 inches. The A. C. B. A. ball was 43;. Its pin was con- siderably smaller in the waist than the Baltimore and Washington maple. ‘Washington bowlers all but went loco the season A. C. B. A. paraphernalia was tried. In the end alley proprietors practically were compelled to return to the old order. Averages dropped woe- fully. Bad splits from excellent hits were more the rule than exception. ‘The premium was taken off skill. “Let the game alone!” was the cry following the A. C. B. A. experiment. And for 12 years no bowling reformer dared raise his voice. For that matter, none has yet. The new pin merely ‘was placed on the alleys by the powers that be without heed of what the bowl- " ers might think about a change. However, if a vote were taken there is little doubt it would be a unanimous one of approval. ‘Want Standard Ball. ‘The National Duckpin Bowling Con- gress might go even further. Most bowlers would welcome a bit of tinker- ing with the ball. The size is uniform and popular, but the spheres vary if weight. A few ounces difference is easily noticeable and is disconcerting, to say little. 3 One leading establishment received so many complaints this season that it conducted a thorough investigation. ' It doubted charges of disparities in the weights of its spheres. But diffierences of from 2 to 6 ounces were found and the manager made haste to correct the situation. Scores of balls were re- placed. A new make of ball is gaining pop- ularity. It is the same size as the other, 5 inches, but is composed of different material, and is of uniform weight. Because of its color, a scrambled red- dish brown and white, the bowlers have nick-named it the “calicomanium.” Howard Campbell, who tied for the singles championship in the N. D. B. C. tournameht, carried three of them to Richmond. It is understood that a protest has been raised against the edict of N. D. B. C. officials that the ties for first place in the men’s single, between ' Campbell and Jack Whalen, and the women's all-events, between Marjorie Bradt and Margaret Miltner, be rolled off at Richmond. “Would it be any less a true test if the games were rolled on neutral alleys in Washington?” is the question. All of the principals are Washingtonians. WOMEN IN SPORT EAM leaders of the District Women’s Tennis League are urged by the secretary to send in their ballots for the new officers 6f the club as plans for the Spring schedule are waiting upon the outcome of the election. It will be the duty of the new president and sec~ retary to set the date for the opening of the round robin series and to-com- plete the schedule. All team captains are requested also to round up their players and to fill in vacancies in their line wherever they occur, so that when the schedule is an- nounced, play may begin without delay. June 5 has been named by the Middle Atlantic Association as the date for NO IMORE tournament of the season—the Spring. invitation event of: the ‘Washington Golf and Country Club—are 'being rushed to com- pletion today, in.order that every phase of the many-sided pictire of operating a big tournament may be well in hand by April 29, when the entries for the event will close. With appointment of committees to handle the event last night by the elub golf’ committee, the tourney plans are expected to be well in hand by a week prior to the event. Prizes have' already been purch-.sed for five flights. . The tournament ugain, as last year, will be strictly & - personal invitation even in so far as guests from clubs about Washington are concerned. Invitations will be sent to clubs which.are members of the Middle Atlantic Golf Association, and are 40 miles or more from Wash- ington, but no blanket invitations will be sent to clubs within a radius of 40 miles of the Capital. "Entries will close April 29, and it is hoped that the entire field may be qualified on one day— Wednesday, May 1. If the committee finds the entry list to be larger than ex- pected, however, many of the entrants from the Washington Club will be asked to qualify on Tuesday, April 20, reserv- ing the fiolowing day for qualification by guests of the club. The event will close on May 3, thus leaving the course open for members over the week end. Chairman Fred D. Paxton of the golf committee was unable to attend the meeting, over which R. J. Morman pre- sided. Following are the members of the 1929 golf committee: A. W. Howard, John I. Powers, C. C. Carlin, Walter R. McCallum, Risley G. Hunt, Ben L. Fuller, 8. L. Mosby, J. Logan Hopkins, O. L. Veerhoff, Dr. James T. McClenahan, Charles H. Doing, jr.; Dr. T. J. Rice, R. J. Wise, Charles B. Stewart, R. J. Mmrmn Harry D. Cashman, V. C. Dickey, L. Garnett, D. L. Elmore and E. J. Swift. The committee accepted a tender made by Watson B. Miller to present & prize for a “duffers” -tournament, and appointed a committee to confer with Miller on the details. Morman was again named chairman of the handicap committee to revise handicaps under the terms of the Calkins system and thus bring them in line with the regulations of the District Golf Associaiton. Under the Calkins system the handi- caps of members will be determined by taking the average of the three best scores, minus 70—the par-of the course —plus 1. Thus where the average score is 82 strokes, the resulting handi- cap will be 13. lnuxeputthelnnd.l- cap allowance at the Wi n_club has been detremined by taking three- fourths of the difference between a member’s fair average score—and the par of the course. Morman explained that this. system has not worked out equitably ~where members played in handicap tournaments on other courses, FINAL plans' for the opening golf the closed individual championships of the league. Frances Krucoff won the singles challenge cup in this event permanently last year, so a new trophy will be put into competmon this season. Swimmers of “the Capitol Athletic Club will meet for their weekly tank’| practice tomorrow night at 6:30 in the E street Y. M. C. A. pool. Friday night the club plans to hold a card party at the Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast at 8 o'clock, for the benefit of the organization’s sport equipment fund. Chevy Chase and Rosedale playground sketers who have been followed by a in-jinx”. ever since last Fall, when Saturday morning on the Plaza playground court. Plans were made for game last Saturday, but the old inx was on hand and rained out the tle aspiran Miss * chk Whiting will referee the contest. VETERAN PIN STAR. Max Zoschke, veteran Milwaukee bowler who has been toppling the pins for .nearly 30 years has lost but two important matches in 10 years. He hes Chase Club today set April 12 for the 'I;u of its annual meeting, and at the same time ‘an: that a tour- ney will be held during the season for a cup to-be presented as a memorial to Morven Thom ‘late chairman APRu. Foov* of | ent | AUESS Ycu "WON'T PLAY - on- You're * GorN' To HeTcH IT- YoU'RE GOIN'/, To KETOW T, Aw* HAW- HAW ~ HAW- You'RE GOIN | ¢ To WeTCH T Tuc LITTLE BULLY WHO PICKED ON EVERBODY 1N TOWN AND THOUGHT HE WAS ANOTHER JOHN L.‘GOES To MEET HIS MATCH AND NO SYMPATHY FROM THe REST oF THE COLD WORLD. . . Plans Being Completed Today For Op'emng Golf Event Here 7 the golf and grounds committee of the club. A vote will'be taken at'the an- nual meeun{n to change the age of ‘membership the association from 57 to 55 years. A seniors’ tourney will be held on Friday, April 12, and Bnturdly April 13, at handicap medal play, 18 holes. Competitors may play 18 holes either day or 9 holes each day. The president of the assoclation has pre- sented a prize to be played for during the season and several tourneys will also be held for prizes donated by other members of the Chevy Chase Club, A ringer tourney for the seniors will start. April 12 lnd end on October 26. On Saturday, April 13, a putting tour- ney will be held for the seniors. Kal:nl R. MacKensie of Cal?mbtl‘l, one of the proposed contgstants in the exhibition match, May l’i", that will mark the opening of the new nine holes at the Manor Club, may find it possible to . He intends to withhold a defi- nite declination of the invitation of Chairman Garrity of the Manor golf committee until he finds he cannot be here. Miller B. Stevinson of Columbia, District amateur champion; Maurice J. MecCarthy of Washington, intercol- legiate title holder, and Harry G. Pitt o( )unor Middle Atlantic Golf Asso- ion champion, will be the other par- vjelptnu In case MacKenzie cannot play, an attempt may be made to se- cure J. Voigt as the fourth member of the quartet. The Couniry Club of Virginia has an- nounced that it cannot hold the women's champlonship of the Middle Atlantic Golf Association next Fall because the Virginia State Golf Association has awarded to the club the women’s State championship. The club does not want to hold two women’s titular events in one ‘year. -The mid-Atlantic, tion will select another course for the holdinz of the event. The men’s cham- of the association will be play- C.| & ed at the Baltimore Country Club the first week in June. ‘Walter F. Hall, formerly professional at the Rock Creek Park public course, has -been, appointed professional and manager of the Annapolis Roads Coun- try Club of Annaj Md. He will take over his new duties within a few days, and plans to signalize the open- ing ‘of ‘the course with a professional exhibition match, which may ‘include the. services of J. Monro Hunter and George Dmenb-ul , famed Indian Spring golf dt o-nremdn schedule of club golf events is being drawn up by the golf committee of the Washington Golf and Country Club. A tombstone event will be held on May 30 and the golf com- mittee will stage a miniature tourna- ment on July 4, while still another min- iature tourney will be played on Labor day. Early in Beptember the 1||nlor played and the club ehmfionship faumey will be held dmmhfi&mmuuflyofio ber. lnhnkhthlnuncmm- ney, to be played tomorrow at East Potomac Park, were tuning u?umelr games today in preparation for event, The tourne, utobcnu-hoh medal event. C. of the title, will not Ju ERE’S the pass word to real smoke _enjoye:~ ' ment. counter, han to any 3 over a quar- ter and ask for the famous Fivi ePack of King Edwards. Smoke one b:rnd you’ hkenpmlnnuuflnnmnu- Congress tournamen BOWIE RACES April 2 to April 13 ‘W. B. & A. Special Trains direct to Grandstand. Leave e House Station every 20 minutes after 12:30 P.M. Use the railroad, avoid expenise nd_delays resulting from couened raffic on the way. llfi‘l‘mi-ll’fi- i ¥ assocla- Tee Ball Off Left Heel for Results BY SOL METZGER. Abe Mitchell and other long drivers—James Braid, Phil Findlay and Munroe Huntér—tee the ball for the drive at a point just about opvoalt-.the left heel. It. will .be noted that they gain their distance in the air. They depend upon carry and not upon roll. ‘The reason they so tee the ball is that the clubhead here meets it at the lowest point of their swing GALL 16 through. Thus, the loft of the face of the driver plus the fact that it is from the turf after m'l.ll.n the ball at mu point cause the bal to ny UPWAr polnt off the left heel is the Jowest point of the arc of the swing because the drive is a swing of the club with the straight left arm. At stance you naturally place the clubhead on the ‘turf at this point. (Copytight. 1929.) BOWLING LISTS REMAIN Eniries for the Washington City Duckpin Association chmplfluhlr will close next Saturday llll‘nl‘ it tion purposes sion. Inasmuch as the classification committee won’t be able to function until all the figures are in, the asso- Tiaking the most of the unexpected of :‘p':n time by fattening the entry Tn the meantime, the scorers are urged . To KETCH, OPEN UNTIL SATURDAY | | FIVE l}.G. BUXERS OH You're GO’ T NOW. PAPA SAID FOR ME To TelL You To COME OUT To THE WOoD ~ SHED RIGHT AWAY' AN' AN'AN' HE'S GOT A BIG LONG SWITCH Too NoW=~ MOST OF WOMEN’S GOLF CHOICES WIN By the Assoclated Press. PINEHURST, N, C., April 3.—The second round of the North and South women's tournament 'was under way today with eight of America’s leading feminine golfers still in eompetition. ‘The defending champion, Mrs. O. 8. Hill of Kansas City, was among those who fell by the wayside- ysmdny, but the other favorites survived. Glenna Collett, national champion, maintained her pace-setting - clip md defeated Virginia Holzberger, atlantic champion, 3—2. Today she wu matched against Maureen Orcutt, who survived yesterday by virtue-of a 4and 3 victory over Mrs. J. D. Chapman of Connecticut. Helen chh of Long Island, paired against Marion Turpie, the Southern cham) , won yesterday from Mrs. er of Boston after a :luely contested match by 2 and 1. Turpie’s victim was Mrs. Ronald Bu- low of Philadelphia, and her margin of victory, 4 and 3. ia'Van Wie of Chicago de(ented a fel townswoman, . Melvin with Virginia Wilson. Miss Wilson won m M,lh Martha Parker of New York, a ld!thqu.leroiRudm( Pa.; who de- throned yesterday, was matched lllln!t Louise Fordyce, ot e vee )y & 4 an decision over Peggy Wattles of Buffalo. 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Bordeau won from D. Green of the City Club, Wash- ington, last night and Trail won from J. Offshanty of Holabird. In another 175-pound class bout Miner will engage R. Smithson of Fort . SPORTS." Howard, Neither took in the pre- part pre: Last night's summaries: m-roum cLAss. M. H. A, !Otnl. Ol'. Glllh. Wllhhl(’l..n : '"C . from 8. e ‘Techuieal’ Knotkouts ‘second e mlm. Jewish Community Center, Wash- ington, won from A. Delano, Belair Technical nulut. second roun A, Meo] C., won from T. Cosielior Holubira. Technical Knockout sec: J. 1y, Veterans of Forelgn Wars, ‘Washington, won fi 3 . Veibington. ‘won from A. Sione, Belair A A lon, 113-POUND CLASS. [ Izzv Caplan, unattached, won from Dong- ls3 Bwetman, ity Ciub, ‘Washington. ~De- 126-POUND CLASS. L. Kain, Holabird. won from P. le, ¥ori, Hovie, ‘Peehmical kuockout, Rist found. George Schneider, Americus A. C. won from J. Heuchens, Locust Point.” Decision. 175-POUND CLASS. leau, J. C. C. Washington, L. Bos tram Do Geen, . 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