The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-16
BOVLFRS DISCUSS
TOURNAMENT PLANS
St. Paul Association to Select
Team for Cleveland
Meeting.

In the tournament of the American
Bowling congress for the current sea-
son, which will be held at Cleveland
Feb. Z, the captain of the representa-
tive team of the st. Paul association
will be elected by the members of the
team, and he will have full power to
select from the six men who Will con-
stitute the team, the five who shall
play in the tournament games. The
team, whose entrance fees will be paid
by the city association, will be. re-
quired to turn over to the association
all prize money which it may win.
These points were decided at meet
ing of the city association held at the
Windsor hotel yesterday afternoon. The
association is constituted Of represen-
tatives of the various clubs of the city.
The question of what players shall
make up the representative team is to
be decided by the results of an open
tournament now in progress, and the
team will consist of the six men show
ing the best scores.
The question of the captains author
ity was raised by representative who
inclined to the opinion that the right
games should be determined by their
relative scores in the local tournament,
and that the low man of the six should
be the one to be 'benched" This idea
proved to be generally unpopular, and
several other members arose in sue
cession to advocate the plan of giving
full power to the captain to decide
among his players. 1t was argued that
even the best bowlers have their "off
days" and that the captain should, for
the good of his team, have authority
to bench even the high-score man if
he should be playing out of form.
1t was decided that it would be for
the best interests of the team that
the members of the team themselves,
rather than the association, should
choose the captain.
Samuel Karpf, of Dayton, Ohio, Sec
rotary of the American Bowling con-
greSs, was present at the meeting, and
was consulted upon number of ques-
lions of local legislation.
In accordance with a report from the
committee on alleys, and the advice
of Mr.. Karpf, it was decided that it
would be impracticable to adhere
strictly to the rules of the American
Bowling congress in certifying alleys
for association games.
1t was agreed that certificates that
may be issued to all alleys which con-
form to the rules to the extent that
they are from Al to AZ inches wide, so
feet in length from the foul line to
the head pin, with 2 feet 10 inches
from that to the end of the alley, and
one foot from the Or 10 pin to the
side board; and that further require
ments as to dimensions of cutters, etc.,
may be ignored.
1t was also decided to enter the six
men of the. representative team in all
of the competitive games of the tour
nament, consisting of the single double
and team contests, and will involve the
payment of entrance fees amounting
to $S5. 1t was agreed that this will
give every one of the six men all the
playing he could desire
The dance to raise funds to send the
team to Cleveland next February will
be held at Mozart hall Nov. "a, and
the committee in charge of the ar
rangements reported gratifying sale
of tickets