Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
THE NATIONAL BOWL ING
TOURNAMENT.

National Bowling tournament which the
United Bowling clubs of New York pro-
pose to hold at Union Hill Park, N. j.,
antee prize fund of $4,000 has been Sc
cured, and the details of, the tournament
are rapidly being. shaped. DR.: II. Timm,
president OF the American Bowling con-
gress, is one Of the prime movers, and
he has interested many Of the most
prominent bowlers Of the country.
1t IS proposed to erect in the park
tWenty-six alleys, Of which six will be
devoted exclusively to women bowlers.
spectators. The contests that are likely
to attract the most attention will be
those for the championship of the
those for the championship of the
Two alleys viii be set aside for con-
tests in which it is hoped to prod uca
the Individual champion of the United
States. The German eighteen-inch al
ley games will be featured, as well as
the Italian bocce bowling and the va
rius games in which the grass is util-
lied instead of the wooden alleys.
Karpf, manager of the Greater
New York Bowling team, has written
". Y. Thompson. of the All-star team
OF Chicago, suggesting a series of match
es between the two teams, to be held
during this tournament.
That bowling is rapidly becoming one
OF the social fads in almost every part
VI Lac COullIy - d statement InaC Cd0S
not he denied. A few years g it was
a rare him to find good bowlers
among the men and women of any par
ticular social position, and yet to-day
the sport has won admirers in every
rank of society. In New York alone it
is estimated that the number of BOWL
ers who are members of regular clubs
is not less than 25, 600, and this does not
include the small army of admirers of
the sport who have never allied them
CoIVaC with ~ pro ,f0n %fO,~ W.
same condition of affairs exists in al
most every city, and thousands of per-
sons who had scarcely heard of the
sport a few years g now play it regu.
larly and practice almost every day.
In fact the revival of interest in the
sports amounts almost to a craze, but
it is a craze that, one can condemn. as
there is scarcely a more healthful form
of amusement than can be enjoyed.
This matter of bowling is very far
from being a new thing, however. the
sport having come down to us from
early in the Middle Ages. It was frst
introduced in this country by the Hol-
landers, when they played the FORE
Manhattan; out the social features, the
participation of women in the sport.
and the society accompaniment that
now go with it are entirely modern.
To-day is bowling, from the
staid old men, who ak about mine
pins and ten pins" to the younger
people of the second and third genera
lions. All are at !, playing in the al
leys nightly, and they are giving the
game a social position it has never had
before.
Tt is the bowling club that is doing
all this work., and the name of this club
Is legion. OF course a bowling alley as a
household feature is difficult to obtain,
especially in the city, where land is too
valuable to be devoted to such a purpose.
As the result every city has it's bowling
alleys that have been built for hire, and
these are now being secured by the or
CARNATIONS. For instance. the cluub
that hires the alley owns it for the night
it plays, and has undisputed control
over 1T during those hours. It is only
for club members and their invited
guests, and there they are at home.
They play their game. have all the social
visiting they want, rest from the bowl
ing, take a hand at cards or partners
for a dance. and have a general good
time through a long evening. Refresh
1nents are usually served M a more
enjoyable evening could scarcely be inn
agined.
These bowling parties'' are becoming