The Washington times., 1907-02-22
ALL HAVE A CHANCE
At ATLANTIC CITY
ConditionSin National Bowl
ing tournaments Favor
Little Known Teams.
WHAT THE FIGURES SHOW
No Five-Men Team Rolled Above $500
at Louisville Last Year-Call
z,4So Good Work.

The accessibility OF Atlantic City 90
the bowlers OF the East opens up cham
pionship possibilities to thousands who
have never before had the opportunity
TO try for the thousands Of dollars Of
lered in prize money at a national tour
nament.
Besides this. there is a general impress
sion that only the crack teams and in
dividuals viii compete and win AT At
lantic City next month. This IS a mis-
take, as the following facts and figures
VIII show:
For six years these premier events
have been held I'm the Western cities.
and last year. at Louisville. the quality
of play was above the average and yel
we have this exhibit:
Interesting Figures.
The low rive-men team rolled a grand
total of l,772.
Two low fve-men teams rolled about
1900.
Eight low fve-men teams rolled below
e,10O.
Twenty low fve-men team rolled be-
low ZOO.
1hirty-Cne sva--rs1 teams rolled
below 300.
Sixty-fcur low hye-mel, teams rolled
below 40
On, ..undred and twenty-five low five
men ,e~ms rolled below $500.
Firty-siX five-men teams rolled above
eco.
Fourteen fve-men teams rolled above
300.
No hvc-men teams rolled above 2,sO0.
Stars Fell Down.
Sixty per cent Of the teams entered
rolled below the grand total of 300 for
three games. or less than 1913 per game.
n total Of 2GO4 earned SIS of the prize
money; a total OF 2.79i won $3.50 and
took first place, while 2,SI9. rolled In
1913. is the highest ever pscored at any
OF these events.
Teams in the middle Of the standing.
from year to year. seem to run about
?. $50 for three games. and such posi-
ton and score, under the circumstances,
arc credit to any team outside Of the
all-star people. The best showing from
New York at Louisville was 2,6SI, and
The strong Newark team, with Vein
garth. Johns and Noack. scored but
2'G3l. Two teams from Philadelphia
went over the 300 mark.
NOAaAlAUHS dfUI Newcomers.
The conditions OF these tournaments
hurt TIE crack much more than the
medium bowler, and tend very strongly
toward leveliug the classes. All prac-
tice on the alleys is forbidden, the al
leys nave never been rolled on. the
games are for all the pins that can be
got and are not In contest in the usual
manner, and more potent than all. there
are only three OF them. every point of
which favors the team or the man with
chance" blow--in the form of three
or four strikes up the sleeve.
In long contest the stronger teams
or men would generally win. but for
such a short run. coupled with the pc
CELLAR method of scoring in the game OF
ten PINS. all that is required is a streak
only such as is Of common occurrence
and the medium bowler or team OBJ
tains good position. IL is the history
Of these events that dark horse teams
and individuals have finished away up
or won first honors, and many Of the
experts have gone down and away back
1900 Gets Money Back.
There is no recent Eastern precedent
to indicate the quality of rolling to be
expected at Atlantic City. but since the
best Of Eastern teams have gone West
IN former years, their showing is com
pounded in the above statistics and 1t
~ only fair to figure that the same gen
ga results will issue from the first
tournament OF the National Bowling AS
ISOLATION.
History seems to show that 2 300 for
three games IS respectable: that ? $50 Is
The composite average of competing
teams; that 1900 gets the entrance
money back: that 200 brings about $50. |
and that $500 takes probably 500 and
the championship title for one year. II
also shows that totals of 1 100 and l 800
or so would not break any "booby"
records.
Charles W. Morrison, proprietor OF
the Letort Spring Stock Farm. at Car
Isle Pa. is now living In New Ynr-Ir h,,A