The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-22
NEXT ALB. c. GOES
TO WESTERN CITY
ST. Louis Gets 1907 TOurna-
ment by Large Majority.
MAY CAUSE DISRUPTION
Annual Election of 0fficers-Edward
Meyers, Local Man, Chosen
+ fer Committee.
MAY CAUSE DISRUPTION

LOUISVILLE, March 22.-Philadelphia
was defeated for the next national bowl
ing tournament by vote of 81 TO ~ az
yesterdays meeting Of the American
Bowling Congress. St. Paul getting q
solitary vote on the second ballot, ana
Robert ". Bryson. the Indianapolis man.
who ran the 1908 tournament so success
fully. was elected president. The result
came more through an injudicious re-
mark OF Charley Ebbetts. the Brooklyn
man. than through any desire on the
part of the West TO keep the tourna-
ment TO themselves.
Ebbetts stated just before the voting
took place that New York would attend
that meeting IN untold numbers, and
then would ask for the 1908 meet for
Madison Square Garden. City Attorney
Anderson. of st. Louis. turned the chance
remark into a boomerang for Philadel-
phia and alienated many Western votes.
Until then Philadelphia undoubtedly
stood best on the floor of the congress
and had enough votes to carry the meet.
Discord in Ranks.
The threat TO keep the tournament
East killed off their chances and the en-
tire Eastern delegation is enraged at
Quaker City deprived OF the tournament
both Baltz and Ebbetts withdrew their
names from the ticket. leaving Bryson
the only candidate and hts popularity
msde his choice unanimous
Immediately after the meeting the
Fasteners held a secret caucus TO dis
Cuss the proposition OF splitting the con-
gress. but ii was finally decided to take
no action in that respect until they had
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that Philadelphia viii run an independ-
ent tournament next year along the
lines Of the national meet. while retain
ing their national membership. The
Philadelphia headquarters closed ia
mediately on the vote and many of their
delegation caught a night train back.
Full Ticket Elected
Nearly all Of the Eastern bowIers are
here now and they arc unanimous in de-
,claring that this would be their last trip
West TO a national tournament The
full ticket elected at yesterdays meeting
was follows:
President, Robert II. Bryson, Of Indian
7 spolis; first vice president. Charles ].
Kaufman. Cincinnati; second vice presi-
dnt A. c. Arson. Chicago; third vice
president. T. ". Cornwich. ST. Paul
secretary. Sam Karpf. Dayton; treas
tice committee. W. McHermick. Toledo
William Fotte. Wheeling, w Va: Ed
- ward Meyers. Washington u. C: George
A. Metzger, Pittsburg: Percy G.. Mills
Cleveland; w. A. Terry. Milwaukee; J
II. Hagger. Louisville; Benjamin Joseph
louisville; 81. A Phillips. st. Louis.
Standing of Teams.
No chsnses among the leaders Of the
five-men, the two-men, and the single
ing Century No ]. IF Chicago, still leads
;he ive-men teams with a score of 2,7S4
Pfueser and Plueger, Of Cincinnati, to-
the two-men teams with 1,2l4, and L
Vandersyde stiH retains his lead among
the singles with $40
a new man. however. cr1wied up t
cecond place in the single class tonigh
IN the person of A SCHNEIDER. OF Detroit
who boWled 6Sl, and dIsplaces Jones. o