Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16
P|TTSBU|C CHOSEN
FOR THlNEXT MEET
Hermann A9in President
and "Pop" Melrs First Vice
President ofAmerican
Bowling Cogress.

CINCINNATI. Ohio. f5ruary i5.-The
American Bowling Congrs In convention
here this afternoon selecd Pittsburg as
the next meeting place by vote Of 1O2 to
So. Detroit received fifty-ne votes.
The following officers We unanimously
reelected:
President. August Herman OF Cincin-
natl: first vice president, d Meyers OF
Washington, ID. c.; second ce president,
Adam Hahn of Pittsburg; thi vice presi-
dent, Fred Cosewisch of St,Daul: treas
urer. Frank L. Pasdeloup of ,icago; Sec
rotary. Abraham Langtry OF ilwaukee.
Executive committee-L. Budden.
baum. Indianapolis; o. Best. Milwaukee,:
J. H. Haeger. Louisville: Wiam Fette.
Wheeling; NJ A. Phillips, st. Luis: c. A.
Nichols, Kansas City: G. A.Metzger.
Pittsburg: Emil Schmidt. acinnati:
Judge Howard. Chicago.
President Hermann appointt j. III.
Haeger. Robert Bryson. j. w. Mcormick.
William d. Alexander and Sam Arpf as
a conference committee.
Smith and Dunbar Protestd.
Protests were filed today aganstSnith
and Dunbar playing as substitute for
TCthill and Nelson. the National BWling
Association bowling champions. il the
two-man championship contest ;nnopced
as a special event for this ,fter,oon.
Owing to the lateness of the pptest the
tournament committee decided 10 allow
Smith and Dunbar to play. thequesaon
of eligibility being left for later decision,
and the substitute team at onl began
the contest with a great run. leading
thei- opponents by nearly 100 ONT score
by Smith and Dunbar of 424 in tie frst
game.
Some remarkable bowling was wihessd
today in a match game between "Jihm.'
Smith of the Corinthians of Newark. \
J., and Dave" Woodbury. of the Chicago
Colts" Smith won the match, making a
tota. score of 1.U12 in five games. an
average of about pa. Woodbury's score
was 933 for the five games. The feature
OF the first shift was a match contest
between two Milwaukee women-Mrs. NJ.
Riemer and Mrs. f. Blau. Mrs. Blau
won, rolling 453 to Mrs. Riemer's $50
Smith and Dunbar made a total score
of 1.20S. or five pins higher than the best
score in the regular runs of the prese nj
congress. Their first opponents, Noigt
and Everhard of Kansas City. the West
erl Bowling Association champions, scored
only go.
Smith and Dunbar must. in turn. also
beat the Canadian and American cham
pions to win this match. and even then
NAV be disqualified because of being sub
stituteS.
The best score of the forenoon was made
by Nelson and Mrosek OF Chicago. their
mark of 1.24J giving the third place in
the two-man teams standing.
The High Scores.
The high scores in the nrst shift were:
Gerst and Miller Pittsburg. 1,O91; Gram
and Schneider St. Louis. l.O7l: Wagner
and Pfeiffer. Cincinnati, 1.0tY; Cancel
and Smith, Grand Rapids. 1,O62; Nall and
Lear. Wheeling, 1860
On the second shift the leaders were:
Nelson and Mrosek. Chicago. Lab:
Persch and Morbach. Chicago. l.l76:
Faick and Halter. Wheeling, !, l65; Strot-
man and Isham, Cincinnati. l.ll6; Hem
ming and Woodbury., Milwaukee. i, lO5.
The high scores of the third shift of two
men teams were:
DE Lang and Swanson, Chicago. l.l45;
Byme and Bliss, Chicago. L122: Peterson
and Bangart, Chicago. LOO: Botke and
Lipman. Milwaukee, 1868; Himme stein
and Goetzinger. Milwaukee. 1.037.
Woodbury. and Stoke of Chicago, who
held the Canadian Bowling Association
championship for two men teams, defeat
ed Richter and Bigley Of Louisville. the
A. B. c. champions in the two men team
championship contest this afternoon by
score of ,1o5 to ], LBS Woodbury. and
Stoke will meet Smith and Dunbar 10
decide the championship in this class.
The high scores on the fourth shift or
the two men teams We're:
Linden and Erdman. Newark, LIS:
Jones and Riemer, Milwaukee. 1917;
Miller and Wright. Louisville. LOS; Pa, a
and Carlson, Chicago, LOGS; Stretch and
Hofe, Chicago. LOGS.