A. B. C. Congress

To the 8,000,000 U. S. citizens who bowl, the letters A. B. C. stand, not for something children learn at school, but for the American Bowling Congress, in session for the past month at Indianapolis. Compared to the Congress at Indianapolis, the Congress at Washington is a midget. The A. B. C. has 300,000 members, of whom 15,000 made the trip to Indianapolis. The tournament, No. 1 event of the year for U. S. bowlers, costs $200,000, of which half is distributed to contestants as prizes. The rest goes for 32 brand-new alleys with colored gutters and chromium chalk-trays, 30,000 brand-new pins, later sold to the highest bidder, salaries to 200 pin-boys and scorekeepers. After five weeks of record attendance, the Congress last week was preparing to adjourn. Doings:

P: Onetime Pin-Boy Johnny Murphy of Indianapolis, 21, was leading in the All-Events, with a total score of 2,006.

P: Charles Warren of Springfield, Ill., with a three-game total of 735, out of a possible 900, appeared to be winner of the singles.

P: With two days to play, it looked as if Indianapolis' Falls City Hi-Bru five, with 3,089 points, would be the fourth home team in 36 years to win the A. B. C. team championship.

P: Five Honolulu bowlers with a feeble 2,679 total did little to justify their long trip. Indiana's Governor Paul Vories McNutt, opening the Congress, was lucky to bowl a preposterously low score of 87. After 97,000 games had been rolled, no bowler had made a perfect score (300 points). A. B. C. delegates voted to hold the 1937 Congress in Manhattan.

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