Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-19
INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT.
OF the Observation-Disclosures Being
Perfected by the Committee in
New York.

OF the Bowlers-Arrangements Being
Perfected by the Committee in
New York.
The general committee in charge of
the international tournament to be
held in New York, July IA to %, in
tend to conduct the affair on similar
lines to former l.. A. W. meets. Each
day will be set aside for a different
purpose, but the many team and in
d1vidual alley competitions will be in
no way interfered with.
The festival will be opened on Sat
urday evening, July 14th, with an en-
tertainment and smoker, followed by a
banquet to the visiting teams and
players. This affair will be held at
beethoven Hall, a large and commod-
ious building, located in the heart OF
New York city. An elaborate pro-
gramme will be arranged, and I'M
doubtedly the visiting bowlers will
quickly realize what a taste of New
York hospitality as extended by bow
iers Is
The first day at the actual scene
of the many contests-Union Hill Park.
which is across the Hudson River, and
can be reached from any part of the
Metropolis below And street in twenty
minutes, will be known as Singers
Day" All the leading societies in the
east have promised to attend and en-
liven the day with appropriate songs
Il music. The only bowling that will
take place that day will be exhibition
contests between the East and West,
and the beginning of the individual
contests on eight alleys.
The tournament will be formally OPP
ened on Monday, July 10th, which will
be known as Dewey Day." for on that
day the hero of Manila Bay, who is
an honorary member of the United
Bowling Clubs, under whose auspices
the tournament will be held, will open
the tournament, by rolling the first
ball down the alleys. The pins he will
roll will be colored similar TO the Span
ish flag, 20 as to encourage the adj
miral on to a Ten Strike"
There will also be a monster parade
on that day, in which all the bowlers
of New York, and the visiting bowlers
will parade in uniforms, assisted by
the various uniformed societies of New
York and vicinity. Admiral Dewey
will. review the parade as they enter
the grounds. All the team COMPETE
lions for ladies' and gentlemens' clubs
will be opened in the afternoon and
continue every day until the last day
of the affair.
Tuesday, July 18th, will be Volkes-
fest Day, when the various German
societies will be on hand to greet the
bowlers. The Royal Arcanums will
join the contestants on Wednesday,
July 18th, while on the following day
the shooting societies will share in
the prize bowling and prize shooting.
Friday, July goth, will be a typical
bowlers day. 1t will be known as
Champions Day and the great Inter
City contest viii be decided in the
afternoon. All the leading bowling
cities will be represented in this COM
petition. Saturday will be Wheel
mems Day" and the cyclers and bow
lers will then rub shoulders. Sunday,
July 22nd, the closing day, has been
set aside as Turner's Day" All the
team competitions will close Saturday,
July 21st, and the prizes will be award
ed some time Sunday.
There will be numerous other attrac-
tions for those who will attend. In
short it will be a "Bowlers Fair or
as some have already styled it, a
"Bowler's Dream"
Entries to the Inter City champion
ship and the individual contests will
be received for a few more days.
Samuel Karpf. secretary-manager
western division. will continue his Of
fee in Dayton, O., until July 7th, from
which point all information will be
cheerfully furnished.