The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-23

Tuesday, 10 a. m.-St Paul.
captain, Milwaukee.
p. m.--Oshkosh, Frank Favour, captain, Osh-
kosh; Stearns' Hawkeyes, No. 2, T. M. Crit
fifth, captain, Des Moines.
z p. m-Minneapols, Conrad Sandblom, cap
tain.
The above five-men bowling teams, rep
resenting northwestern states will roll to-
night and tomorrow at the national
tournament in Indianapolis. The Twin
City Sportsman team will not get a chance
to show it's ability until Wednesday
morning. Wednesday night the two-men
teams will begin work, and the singles
and doubles will occupy Thursday and
Friday.
The Minneapolis and st. Paul teams left
for indianapolis Saturday night over the
Great Western road in a special car.
About twenty bowlers comprised the
party. Minneapolis is represented by
Woolley, Sallander, Olness, Ruge and
Sandblom. The st. Paul team is COM
posed of Fl. c. Grayum, George Wander
funk, John Miller, A. D. Pinska, A. j.
Kampmann and Fred Thurman. The
Twin City SpOrtsman's team is made up
of bowlers from both towns. It includes
Fred Gosewich, Harry, Graham and Walter
Mailer Of st. Paul, and Otto Tosetti, Jake
Buehler and Ed Farr. of Minneapolis. To-
setti was the first man in Minneapolis and
| the second In the northwest to roll a per-
feet score.
The national bowling congress will meet
| in Indianapolis this morning at o'clock
The adoption of a constitution will be the
first business. It is proposed to change
the constitution to make the basis of rep
resentation by states instead of by tour
| naments, in order to recognize state or
ganizations
| AS to the use of loaded balls President
Bookwalter says the decision will probably
be comprise allowing loaded balls but
limiting the weight to 17k pounds. Said
he: 4,
| eve have legislation as to size. We will
fix the weight Wooden balls weighing
from ~ to 15 pounds have been weighted
| to 20 and % pounds. I think the result
will be to allow any kind Of wooden ball
loaded if desired up to II pounds. At the
congress this week the loaded ball will
have an advantage as the pins are
3 pounds 2 ounces instead of 8 pounds, 4
ounces -
The selection Of officers and the place
of the next convention win take place
Thursday. Cleveland, Milwaukee and
| Louisville are after the convention Chi
cago wants Frank Pasdelaup elected pres
ident Milwaukee's claims will be pre-
scented by Charles F. Mol, who heads. the
delegation. Louisville will be urged by
Judge Thomas r. Gordon of that city.
line executive COInmlCCee met last night
and decided to limit the weight of the
balls hereafter to 16 pounds, This is con-
sidered a compromise between the advo-
Gates and opponents Of the loaded ball.
Balls must be Of wood, but can be loaded
to 16 pounds at the option Of the players.
| A well favored proposition will come up
to-day for change in the constitution to
have the national congress hereafter con-
sist of one delegate from each team, in
stead, of one delegate and two alternates
from each league as the present congress
| is composed.
Mayor Rose OF Milwaukee wast attacked
with acute indigestion last night at din
ner. He had to leave the dining room
and has since been confined to his bed.
He arrived: yesterday afternoon with the
Milwaukee delegation to attend the ma
| tional bowling congress.
Good scores were made in the first
weeks play in the Inter Fraternity Bowl
! ing league Of the university. G. N. Smith
| Of the Beta Theta Pi team got high score
for the week with 242, and Joe Pierce OF
Alpha Delta Phi made 234. Kappa Sigma
made high team score with 1856, Beta
Theta second with S55.
Zeta Psi, winner Of last years tourna-
n1ent, met two defeats last week. The
standing at the end of the first week fol-
lox1y p r.