The Washington times., 1905-01-04
Bowl ING TOURNEY
INCREASES PRIZES
Milwaukee Managers San
guine Of Great Success.
OVER TWO HUNDRED TEAMS
Every Large City in the Country VIII
Be Well Represented Special
Rates Offered

MILWAUKEE. Jan. 4-Oficials of the
milwaukee, National Bowling Tourna-
ment Company, who gave out an esti-
mated prize list aggregating a0o00 for
the national bowling tournament, which
IS to take place here. February 1925, now
md that their estimate, which was
based on $50 five-men teams, was alto
gether too conservative, and that from
present indications there will be not less
than 200 hve-men teams, which would
give them $4,000 to distribute in prizes.
which is almost double the sum offered
by Cleveland at the last meet
For time it was feared that the en-
forcement of the American Bowling
Congress rule relating to city associa-
tons, which has never before been strict
~ observed, would aeep the entries
down somewhat, but the increasing pop
ularity of the sport and the advanced
methods of promoting the tournament
and giving it publicity which have been
Instituted by the Milwaukee managers
has more than offset the effects of the
enforcement of this ill-adyised rule.
Letters of Inquiry.
From all sections of the country let
tiers of inquiry. requests for entry
blanks, as we'll as entries, are coming,
and in many instances from cities and
towns that were not counted upon In
addition, the reports from bowling CEN
tiers from which many entries were ex-
pected indicate that tbe most liberal es-
Inmates will be surpassed
Milwaukee and the State of Wiscon-
sin viii enter in the neighborhood of
10efteams while leaders of the sport in
Chicago, men who come in daily contact
with ne hoycIa fJ,ar ti,e. TEaSfar,,
metropolis will certainly send half a
hundred nye-men teams TO the Cream
CITY New York promises the Milwau-
kee managers twenty teams at the
Cleveland meeting, and If the trip of
President Moll and William H. fAdonis)
Terry OF the tournament company, who
are now IN the East to get entries, is
successful they may get this number
But to be on the safe side it can be es-
timated that Greater New York viii
send ten teams, and this will mean that
Philadelphia. Baltimore Washington
and other far East cities will also be
well represented Pittsburg has prom
Columbus (Ohio) six, Erie. (Pa.) three,
Toledo SOhio) four, Buffalo seven, Sy-
racuse On W five, Indianapolis, Denver,
Kansas City, and Detroit three each. and
cities scattered from Pawtucket r. l.
to Los Angeles, Cal, and Duluth to st.
Louis one and two EACH and it looks
as if the estimate of 200 teams was in
q deed conservative
Near Record List.
There are over $50 teams promised. and
it Is fair to estimate that there will be
quite a number Of entries seat in with
out preliminary correspondence and
which will be unexpected. While the
number of entries will probably not
reach the maximum figures, there IS
every reason to believe that the esti-
mates of The local officials viii not be
far out of the way
One thing that makes this tournament
to come from a distance is the railroad
rates Secretary Langtry has arranged
with the Western Passenger Association
for a round trip rate OF one fare plus 81
between Milwaukee and all points east
of Cheyenne. Wyo. So far the best
arrangements that could be made with
the Eastern roads is a round trip rate OF
one fare and third, but application ila
been made to the Central Passenger As
Soe.at1cn and the trunk lines for the
same rate as the Western roads have
giyeIi, and it is likely that this conces-
SIGN will be granted
Secretary Langtry was notified yester-
day that the concern with whom the
contract for the tournament ALLEYS was
let would have all the material on the
ground on the day that entries close
January 20, which viii give them a
month 10 lay the fourteen alleys With
this number, which is % per cent more
beginning Saturday night thus allowing
seven days. the boWlers will be given
plenty or time to roll their games WITHIN
reasonable hours