The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25
INTERNATIONAL BOWLING
TOURNAMENT next JULY,
ST. io,ISS COOKED HAT EXPERTS
10 tP ALL THE
LEADING PRIZES " THEIR
PARTICULAR LINE.

Tie international Bowling TcUrnamen. to-
toe held unScx the auspices Of the United
Bowling Clubs of New York City at Union
Iiu TaTk. = suburb Of the metropolis, dur
INK the week Of July 70 to -. is causing
widespread interest among the army Of
Dowlc-s throughout the country.
Thu star rollers IN nearly every city that
boasts Of one OF more alleys are banding
tnyms.ly-- together and org mixing into
clubs 10 attend the carnival. II Is already
safe ,o Soy that there l. not one Of them
that does not fee. confident Of returning
home with one o. more OF tile <rtvo worth
81 prizes a. stake. not even limiting at whGe
TIE championships tnat ~fc 10 ue Gi'ldeo
VIII go.
1t = surprising what On amount Of inter-
est i being shown f. the carnival by all
me DCWi,-S from ,he minor cities. True.
the greatest nuInh'r e.: teams will come
II IN the lfrSr-, ellis. but Tire smaller ones
al, going TO he well represented.
TIE Canadians. too. are gong 10 be on
hand 10 contest Tor hoEuEs il! the various
Americas &anIeS- Toronto his already ap-
Ihct for application blanks for its TWO lead
Ing teams. while Montreal and Ottawa viii
aiso Be represented ty At least fifteen
Cooked Iiai in Favor Here.
Il is hardly ,rrobahic tlat -. Louis Will
b." represented il many ~ the American
~~trlke-and-sparr gT az the hrar-piu t.i;pin
= 'Hr. The faVprite local game i cooked
hat. and the Ircd's believe they VIII clean
tf' al iNt lfsla-IS prizes III t-AL lai tltuiaE
line. htit IL l. not safe ior them to I.cl too
certain GtuUt this. because since the big
t~"NiF1H'Ht was INST announced some "r
IN" tl- icup-i teams throughout thu Ccuc-
IE, have drawn a ai-iU.I: line trough their
alleys, and are rapidly getting tho idea ..
now The game II cooked bat should he
New England VIII h strongly represented
IN the candle and Duck Tin competitions.
' rrcsst"r. aia-s-, practically The home ~
III" candle I'm roller las already selected
nv" teams iu~ tH" Cani!c pin tournament.
hat .EI"7'i 20 Increase this number to ten
before ." toufn.tmtnt- All the New Eng
land CITIES viii fellow the example set D.:
Worcester, and II Is possible that when the
list ~ entries for the Candle pin -umpeti-
iipn - CLOSED the teams entered viii nur2-
Der nearly two hundred
The int,r.S The fair sex Is showing in
the tournament Is not any .-ss than that
OF thcir St'ru'r .~'"Ed~- NOmeE's clubs
AZ" >TrincIuS up like mushrooms all over
~" country, ami from present Indications
th'r. IS SOM doubt as To- Whether the
number Of women EOVi.!S who will com
PCT" in The individual and team contests set
a,Nlue for them will not be as large as for
tEo men.
The hrs, prominent entry received cams
- " *. T. vas one from Miss Rose VI.
woman champion bowler az the world. only
a snort tini" ago sh" added new IauraIS tn
her credit by defeating W. V. Thomson of
Valuable Prizes offered.
The nIInner .art valu" Of The prizes IN
t'r Of t..u- entered.
~ an Illustration. II there are 40 teams
entered III tho StTikC-Ird-Spare game. ami
the entrance fee for this contest is $40 per
team. Il Will bring The total entrance 70"
~ 10 SiN". From this amount the com
nitt"e viii deduct a reasonable amount for
expenses tv'D AFT = TINS j. done. il is safe
{" say tEHt $.J-' will no lift q, divif.
among at least SeVeuty-fVe IF tho leading
teams IN iGl7 Cu1tFSt- This. EGweVrr. docs
hot include III" ul=ry haulsom- and ~pailv
trophies to ho .iiri hy The United t;owiin.
Tubs and leading merchants of the coun-
try
As a surety that all teams will receive
their prize and prize money. $I.5u has boon
deposited hv the general with
one of III" trust Compaui.s nf New York
Another feature at TIA" toUruams ut * that
q club can enter IS manv teams in eac,
competition as il chooses, but no pi4vcr car
play with more than one team in the same
competition.
Tho entry list to the individual toIrna-
ni'Et viii p" kept open until the last dav
Of III" carnival, as a player can take as
many 'trys for the prizes in these con
tests as he chooses.