Evening times-Republican., 1902-02-13
MAY CHOOSE THIS CITY
Executive Committee Iowa State
Bowling Association Meets
Here Today.
To Decide on Location for the
Annual Tournament This
Winter.

Marshalltown is likely to be selected
by the executive committee of the Iowa
State Bowling Association as the place
for holding the annual tournament of
the association, this winter.
The executive committee of the asso-
citation met in this city this afternoon,
the meeting having been called for the
purpose Of deciding upon the location
sence of some of the members, who did
not arrive until this afternoon, the real
business was not arrived at until the
meeting this afternoon, which was
o'clock.
The prospects seem excellent for
Marshalltown being chosen as the tour
nament city for this winter. Des
Moines Dubuque and this city are the
candidates for the honor, altho practi
cally Dubuque and Marshalltown are
the only cities in the race, Des Moines
having been the meeting place of the
tournament last year. According to the
constitution of the state association the
tournaments are not to be permanently
located in any one city, and 1t is not
likely Des Moines claim for this year
will be considered. DubuQue's location
is against it's selection, as it is SO far
away from the center of the state that
1t is feared the attendance will suffer.
Those present at the meeting were
George M. S,earns, of Des Moines, pres
ident of the Iowa State Bowling Asso-
citation, and treasurer of the American
Bowling Congress: Mr. George Schrein-
or, of Dubuque, treasurer of the state
association; Mr.. William McNerney, of
Boone, a member of the executive COM
mittec; Mr.. w. V. Thompson, of Chi
cago, vice president of the American
Bowling Congress and general manager
of the bowling alley business of the
Brunswick Bake Collender Company.
The other members of the executive
committee, who were not present at the
meeting, are j. Edward Gibson. secre-
tary of the state association, Des
Moines T. H. Corrick, of Ottumwa: r.
NJ. KunZ, of Dubuque, and +. e. North
up, of this city.
The committee. at its meeting today,
considered favorably the arranging of
preliminary games on the home alleys
for all teams contesting in the state
tournament. The records of such
games will be sent to President Stearns
for compilation and publication. Mr..
Stearns is seriously considering the
starting of bowling paper, in which
the various records Of the teams of the
state are to be published from time to
time.
The matter OF having all alleys regis
tered was talked over at the meeting.
The idea is to secure uniform regula-
ton in alleys and is work that Is to
be carried on thruout the United States,
being the result of a recent decision of
the American Bowling Congress, at
Buffalo. When all of the alleys of the
state are of regulation length and width
certificates of authority to hold match
games will be issued, and the certifi-
Gates placed in conspicuous place on
the alleys. Records on other than reg
ulation alleys will not be considered by
the state association. Mr.. Stearns has
been given the authority by the Ameri-
can Bowling Congress to promote this
work In Iowa.
The team of the Marshalltown Bowl
ing Club has planned an evenings
amusement at the Clifford Owings an
rex, and will meet the visiting bowlers
In match contest.