The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-01
NATIONAL INTEREST IN
COMING TOURNAMENT
One Thousand BowlerS VIII Be
Present at the Cleveland
Meeting.
WILL BE, SPECTACULAR

CHICAGO. JAN 31.-A bowling tourna-
ment to last a whole week is to commence
at Cleveland, o., Feb. s, with representa-
ton from Chicago that will throw all other
cities and towns of the country into the
shade About one-fourth of all the contest
ants in the several events will be from this
city. Not less than 40, and possibly 49, of
the champion bowlers of Cook county are
listed as competitors, and it is expected that
IS per cent. of the $1,000 cash prizes will
come to this city.
Nearly 1000 players are entered for the
tournament, which is to be the greatest
event of the kind ever known in the history
of the worlds great athletic sports 1t is to
be the fourth annual tournament of the Ma
tonal Bowlers' Association. 1t will be en-
tirely an affair of "tenpins," ninepins and
other forms of the bowling game being ex-
cluded from the programme.
1t will be one of the most spectacular In
door tournaments ever held in the country.
A special hall-one of the largest in the city
of Cleyeland-has been hired for the occa-
sion. 1t is the Central Armory of Cleve-
land, in which seats capable of accommo-
dating 5000 spectators have been placed.
Play will go ell day and at night. About SOC
matches will be played.
Teams of five and two VIII play IN the
order named. Then will come the indlvid-
ual contests. Every bowler entered VIII
play in the team events and nm, IN the in the
newest and most improved kind are
now being installed in the hall at
Cleveland. and the National al b B0~ii ing
alleys removed from the scene and hall
cleared within two days after the close OF
the tournament
Chicago bowlers In the forthcoming tourna-
ment. Meetings are being held daily at the
several bowling centerS TO arrange Tor the
Chicago representation in the week or ex-
| citing midwinter sport in the Ohio town
Captains and managers of the teams In
tending to make the trips have established
| headquarters at Mussey's for the perfectine
of arrangements and completing of the Chi
cago entry lists. AT Ansons, Bensinger
and other large bowling alleys, as well as
| at Musseys. the members of the teams have
been in active practice daily for some
| weeks.
special train on the Lake Shore Rail
road is to carry the Chicago players tC
| Cleveland. The start is to be made Sunday
week the entry lists showed that twenty
| two teams of five players each were sched
| uled to make the trip and six to eight
| other teams were expected to enter from
| this city before the lists closed. On this
| basis IL was figured that about 80 twirler:
| would be found in the Chicago delegation
1 and that SIX or seven COdcneS, with a Spe
| cial commissariat department, would bt
| required for the makeup of the specia
| train.
In ID. A. Jones. of Milwaukee, the middl,
| West has the national champion at tht
| present time. Columbus, O.. has the ma
| tional champion team of two players
| O'Learys five" being the other nationa
| championship team.
| Among the Chicago players W. V. Thomp
| son is the high man." with an averag,
| alley record of 200 for three local leagues
the Chicagoes. Monroes and Phoenixes.
| of the National Bowling Association, tn,
| organizatio that has charge of the tourna
| ment.
| A prominent figure in the bowling gam
since the days of it's infancy, William V
| Thompson has probably done more TO pro
| mote the game and TO conserve its highes
| interests than any other individual A
| general manager of the bowling department
| of the Brunswick alke-Collender Com
| pany, the most important business interest
| have rested in his hands, and with tn
| continued marvellous growth of the gam
| they have assumed vast proportions De
| spite the demand made his time an,
| energy in business he is one of the mos
| active bowlers in the city. and has wol
| more trophies and prizes than any othe
| man in the world. He won the Illinoi
| State championship in 1900 was manage
| ago is still famous and took the Chicag
big three" to the coast last fall MI
| Thompson has been for several years frs
vice president of the American Bowlinj
| Congress. The trophies won by himsel
| and his team would stock a good rouseurn