Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-14

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None of the big teams expected to go is
missing.
The proverbial slowness of clubs and
bowlers to get in their entries caused an
avalanche of applications to flow in to
Langtry the last few days of the week,
| over $4,000 in cash being received in two
! days last week, while over 81 coo was taken
| in yesterday morning, eight clubs from Chi
cago alone coming in at the eleventh hour.
Come at Eleventh Hour.
| This heavy influx at the close completely
showed the secretary under in the matter
| of keeping track of the entries, and while
| he had a fair idea how the entries in the
| doubles and singles were coming in, he lost
all track of them by last night. The estab-
! lshed ratio of one. two and four for the re-
Spect1Ve contests has failed to keep up in
| the present tournament and it is probab BILE
that the doubles will be limited to $50 or
400 while the individuals will not run over
| the 75O mark.
! The showing is conceded to be a wonder
ful one Hearty support has been accorded
| the officials by Milwaukee and other Wis
consin cities Thirty-five clubs are in from
milwaukee, while thirty have applied from
the state.
A rough draft of the entries from the
larger cities in the country which contrib
uted teams of five men shows the following
In line: st. Paul, 8; st. Louis. 5; Indian
apolis, s.; Cincinnati. ); Cleveland. t. Buff
falo. L. Detroit, Z: Baltimore, i; Louisville
2; Denver, 1; Columbus, 4: Toledo, 8; Seat
tie. 1: Butte. /; Pittsburg. 3; Washington
~, .; ST. ice, Mo-, /. and Des Mones, 2.
All Cities Send Teams.
Numerous smaller cities have sent in single
clubs. while hardly bowling center of any
Importance is missing in either the doubles
or singles
The vast number of entries has brought
in over $4,000 in cash to the tournament
committee from which will be deducted
10 per cent Tor expenses, leaving about
S11 900 available for prizes. Out of this will
be taken $120 for eight medals for the win
ners. while 500 will be deducted as the
special prize for the high average man in
all three events. While the officials refuse
to announce definitely the prize list it is
expected that the first prizes in the three
events will be respectively $3.50. $3.50 and
$500. There will be forty-fve prizes for the
hve-men teams, seventyfive for the doubles
and 100 for the individuals, the largest prize
list ever offered for competition in any line
| of sport
Automatic pin spoilers will in all proba-
bility be used at the tournament, solely,
however, for the reason that it is possible
to run off game in shorter time with them
than setting the pins by hand.
No Friction Expected.
A restraining order was secured from the
federal court yesterday afternoon in Mil
waukee preventing any outside firm of man
ufacturers from securing an injunction
against the tournament or hampering it in
any way. With this order the tournament
promoters will give the settlers a trial, al
though they admit they arc suffering from
opposition from the pin boys, who claim
the machines overwork them.
Promptly with the closing of the entries
the promoters turned their attention to the
politics of the sport, and Secretary Lang
try of the local tournament committee is
being doomed for national secretary. If
figures prepared by Langrry's managers
are reliable he should win easily, his
| friends claim to control ffty-one votes in
| the congress to thirtyseven for Karpf. This
leaves out Chicago in the consideration,
| which. according to the figures furnished,
| will not cut any figure in the control of the
election.
Schedules are expected to be out by to-
morrow morning.