The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17
MANY BOWLERS
At TOURNEY
st. Louis Predicts Three Hun
dred Teams Will Compete
in National Event.

St Louis. Feb. 16.-Entries for the St.
Louis tournament are arriving with such
increasing regularity as TO occasion sur
prise to the most sanguine of the games
followers. Preliminary estimates OF en-
tries furnished by enthusiasts are. as a
rule, likely to show a considerable de-
crease when the day arrives for the open
ing game, but present indications here
tend 10 show an exception 10 the gem
eral rule in the case OF the St. Louis
meet. On the contrary, a majority Of the
preliminary estimates of entries show
healthy and decided increase. For in
stance. Perry O. Hills of Cleveland. mem
Der of the A. B. c. executive committee.
during an early season visit to st. Louis
guaranteed four teams from his city. He
later increased this estimate to six
The other day Mr.. Gilbert, OF the same
city, in forwarding the entry of his own
team Che state champions) gave positive
assurance of the entrapee of eight teams.
inal estimate for Louisville was ten
teams. This has been increased to fifteen
st. Paufs first figures called for eight
teams. The latest advices from that city
are that its representation will be from
twelve to fifteen five-men teams. Late
advices from Cincinnati place her entry
at from thirty TO forty teams. and so on
down the line. Last Sundays mail
brought eleven entries from Detroit.
Many Teams Says Secretary.
Secretary Sweeney of the local tourna-
ment committee says regarding the
phase In eBdeavoring TO follow out the
general policy of our local body 1 have
heretofore refrained from giving out any
estimate of probable entries TO the ST
Louis meet until in position to state def
initely the facts. Guessing is hazardous
and apt 10 mislead or confuse. However.
after careful consideration and basing my
calculations upon the number of entries
already received and upon the written adj
Hfan aN mo in ftl.aTr lsafa N~sa
cities are in position to know absolutely.
] can safely say that were we in position
TO begin operations few days hence we
would have 2S7 teams in line Mark you,
the date of closing the entry list is near
~ a month away, and every mail brings
one or more / have no reason to think
there will be fewer than 800 teams at St
Louis in March and this number may be
exceeded if present indications may be
considered reliable.
Stifel Reports Enthusiasm.
President Otto F. Stifel has just re-
turned from an extended eastern trip
having visited a majority of the larger
cities east cf Cincinnati, including Wash
ington. Baltimore and New York. His
journey was not made in direct connec-
ton with the tournament, yet he found
time TO meet the boWlers of the various
cities and boom the game. Mr.. Stifel re-
ports great enthusiasm among eastern
bowlers, especially at Washington, from
which point he expects a representation
of four teams. New York, he says. is
not as enthusiastic about the Atlantic
city meet as was expected. and he be
heves the, New York representation at
st Louis would be generous were cOnd-
tons not what they are. Atlantic City
will draw teams more because of it's con-
venience to the big town than because OF
particular loyalty TO the new organiza-
ton President Stifel has assurances
that lead him to believe the eastern con-
tlngent Will be much larger than was
thought possible a month ago