Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-02-18
BIG BOWLING tourney is ON
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
AMERICAN CONGRESS.
Individual And Team Bowlers Ali
Over The Country Are Now
Gathered In The
Cream City.

Milwaukee,, MS. FeD. lc.-lnAF i
yidual and term bowlers from all oyee
the country are gathered in the Cream
City TO take part IN the annual meet
ing and tournament of the American
Bowling Congress, which begins IN
the Exposition Building this afternoon
to continue through all OF next week.
From New York. Philadelphia and
Washington in the East TO Anaconda,
Denver and several Pacific coast cities
in the West the alley men have swarm
ed here TO compete for the SlO, OuV
prizes. and to enroll themselves as
guests of the Milwaukee Bowling As
sociation. host for the championship
tournament. Experts at the game pre-
dict the hottest kind of competitions
in all the events, fiye-men, two-men
aud individual. Chicago and Milwau-
kee are naturally the most largely rep
resented and the bowlers from these
two cities are counting upon carry
ing away many prizes.
But all the way west from New
York. cities have sent in delegations,
and Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Erie,
st. Joseph, Kansas City and st.
Louis. men are here, anxious TO CON-
pare their skill with that of the better
known players. The sixteen alleys
are new, fresh pins are to be set up
daily. aud none of the competitors
have been allowed TO practice upon the
tournament alleys. While these con-
ditions will initiate against high
scoring, it is expected that some rec
| ords of the American Bowling Con-
qress will go by the board before the
| tournament ID concluded next Satur-
day.
Sessions of the American Bowling
Congress, controlling organization OF
the game. will begin next Monday.
| That the sessions this year are to be OF
much Importance is shown by the gen
| eral demand for revision of certain
rules and general shaking up OF the
| Congress SO that it may become a
worthy governing body of so impor-
| tant sport as bowling. The feeling
| that the commercial side Of the sport
should be forced into the background
| is the consensus of opinion among the
deleagtes here. Just what will be
done cannot be stated definitely, but
| il is certain that an effort will be
made to amend many rules, among
! them the eligibility rule, which is
conceded to be altogether undesirable
| BY those who have tried TO organize
| bowlers for the national tournament.
Secretary Langtry, of the Milwaukee
Bowling Tournament Company, has
| drafted q rule which he will present
| TO the delegates, as follows;
"To qualify as a contestant In ali
annual tournament of the American
Bowling Congress at least five days
prior to the date of the closing of the
entries in accordance with Rule Of
| the by laws.
| Ito bowl ON a team entered in the
annual tournament. each individual
bowler must be bona fde member OF
the American Bowling Congress in
| good standing.
Ito become a bona fide member of
the American Bowling Congress 1t
| will be necessary for each individual
| TO join the American Bowling Con-
gress and pay annual dues of % cents
at least five days prior to the date OF
| the closing of entries for an annual
| tournament.
"A bona fide member of the ,Ameri-
can Bowling Congress may bowl on
any team he may enter with, provld-
! ing the other members of the team are
| bona fide members of the American
Bowling Congress. but each individual
can enter with but one fiye-man team,
one twu.man team and once in the in
| diyidual contestof each congress.
The salient point of this proposed
amendment is that individuals ana
not clubs become members of the
American Bowling Congress, and the
cumbersome and unnecessary city
bowling associations are done away
with, following the lines of the Anna
teur Athletic Union and the League
of American Wheelmen