The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-25
MORE ENTRIES RECEIVED
ALL-STARS WILL HAVE TWO FIVE
MEN TEAMS IN TOURNAMENT.
Crescents Enter Team-PrObably
Seventy-Five Teams Will Bowl
indianapolis Averages.

The All-Stars tail-enders in the Indian
apolis Bowling League, the club that don't
want to win, will enter two five-men teams
I'm the national tournament. This is the
club which includes Mayor Bookwalter on
it's active staff, and for which he has piled
up by heroic efforts the towering average
of III. The mayors average is not the
best recommendation the club has, how
ever, for there is Councilman Wynne, whose
avoirdupois is equaled only by his grace
full attitudes in delivering the ball; also ex-
Coroner Brayton, who was a feature of the
Indianapolis delegation at Buffalo. and
Charles c. Perry. who is making strenuous
efforts to multiply his average; also
Baron Rothschild, the treasurer of the
doubtless have Mayor Bookwalter and
Capt. Harry 7. Hearsey as the strong in
dividuals of their first team.
The Crescents entered yesterday five
men team, and Jesse Pritchett and Fred
Gielow entered the singles and doubles.
The coming week is expected to bring the
bulk of the entries from out of the city
and all from the city. The entries close
Feb. 1, a week from to-day, but entries
mailed from other places upon that day
will be legal If received later.
Milwaukee and Louisville are making ex-
tensive preparations in their campaigns for
the 1904 tournament. Louisville has raised
the guarantee fund of 5000. which is neces-
sary to insure the financing of the tourna-
ment, and Milwaukee is equally as well pre-
pared in a financial way. The Louisville
delegation will be headed by Mayor Grain
ger and Robert Brown, and Judge L. r.
Gordon ar n nyyla or
he is orator, will make the speech
presenting Louisville to the American
Bowling Congress. The Louisville bowlers
held a meeting last night, at which sub
committees made reports showing that the
delegation while here will be amply pro-
vided to keep open house for the delegates.
features incident to keeping open house;
in fact. it has reputation in that respect.
The Wisconsin Bowling Association has Sc
lected as the 1904 tournament committee
Mayor David s. Rose, Charles +. Mol, John
Koerner and William Dusold. This COM
mittee has issued circular to all members
of the bowling congress.
SEvENTY-FIvE TEAMS.
From the correspondence of Secretary
Bryson it is safe to assume that seventy
five five-men teams will be approximately
the number 10 enter This does not make a
liberal allowance for New York, which is
not counted on for more than half a dozen
teams. Fifteen teams at least will come
from Chicago. The same number will en-
ter from Indianapolis. Louisville will send
six or seven, Cleveland, ST. Louis Column
bus, Cincinnati and Detroit will altogether
send fifteen teams. The remainder will be
made up OF one and two from each city.
Peoria, ILL., promises three teams. Kansas
City two, Des Moines two Minneapolis and
ST. Paul two, and there will be a number
scattered through Indiana. Illinois and
Ohio. San Francisco and Denver have ar
ranged to send teams. The only disappoint-
ing turn which the affairs of the tourna-
ment has taken has been in reference to
New York. New York promised much, but
has yet to show that there is any serious
purpose to make these promises good.
The loaded ball question is still in state
of agitation. 1t need not be. The condi-
tons are plain as to leave no room for
controversy in reference to 1t. The only
rule in reference to the use of balls is Rule
IL of the American Bowling Congress.
which is:
1.-The ball shall not in any case exceed
twenty-seven inches in circumference. Any
sized ball of less circumference than twen-
ty-seven inches may be used in the game.
The rules do not even require that the
ball be of wood. If Sandow entered and
cared to roll solid ball of lead the rules
could not prevent him, so there liz no room
for controversy on this point unless 1t be
that the manufacturing interests have sold
all the loaded balls they can at So each and
now want to outlaw them so as to sell
new ones. The New Workers profess to be
indignant that the loaded ball is not ex-
cluded in the national tournament. Ever
DIR. Timm, who is regarded In the East as
the leader Of bowling, telegraphed Mayor
Bookwalter for his decision In the matter
The mayor answered that the rules did no,
weight. DR.. Timm probably knew this be-
fore he telegraphed. But the New Workers