Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-19
BIG BOWLING TOURNEY
FIVE STATES TO COMPETE IN
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES.
Starts November 80 and Winning
Teams Will Be Sent to N. B.
A. Meet.

PHILADELPHIA, October 19.-The Ter
minal bowling alleys of this city will be
the battle-ground of tournament that
will be unique in the annals of the ten
pin game in that the contestants will not
only share in So per cent of the prize
money from the entrance fees, but the
teams will also have their entrance money
and expenses paid at the third annual
championship of the National Bowling
be the biggest and best ever given. 1t is
to be held in Madison Square Garden,
New York city, next May. and the United
Tournament Company of New York,
which will have it in charge, says that
the prize money will foot up $4,000, and
that the winning five-man team will be
guaranteed $1,000. This in itself should
assure the success of the local tourna-
ment, which is to be run under the direc-
ton of the Interstate Bowling Tourna-
ment Company.
The local affair promises to give the
bowlers of this city and vicinity their first
opportunity to test their skill against the
very best of the younger tenpn experts
OF the east and south without travelling a
great distance. The promoters of the
tournament will invite the bowlers of
Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Delaware.
Maryland and the District of Columbia to
enter the competition, and a record
breaking series is looked for, as all are
anxious t. show the.. ability and also win
the prizes.
Good Practice for National Series.
The local tourney will no doubt prove a
very good preliminary to the national
championships. The season which has
just opened promises to be the best ever
enjoyed by the great indoor sport. Both
the big sectional bodies, the American
Congress and the National Association.
will hold their annual events within easy
distance of this and adjoining cities, and
the prize money at both is expected to
total close to 100000. The American
Bowling Congress. of which August Herr
mann, chairman of the national base ball
commission. is president, will hold its
championships at Plttsburg in FEBRUARY.
The interstate tourney will be conducted
under the sanction of the National Bowl
ing Association, the affair having been
approved at meeting OF the local city
association October Il. National Asso-
citation rules will also govern the tourney.
In addition to an executive committee
made up of Henry j. Bergman, George
Moss and President Sylvester kellher OF
the Philadelphia association of the ma
tonal body, who will have immediate
charge. a representative committee of hf-
teen bowlers will help manage the tour
ney. This list will be announced in few
days.
The tourney will be rolled at the Termi-
nal Bowling Academy, No. 1894 FIlbert
street within few minutes walk of both
the Pennsylvania and Reading railroad
terminals.
Prize Money and Free Trip.
The entrance fee will be SIS per man in
each event. and IS per cent of all entrance
money will be returned to the bowlers in
prizes In addition TO the regular money
prizes, a special prize. that of sending the
individual, two-man team and also the
five-man team that knock down the
greatest number of pins in three games
to the Madison Square Garden champion
ships with entrance fee and all expenses
paid will assuredly make the tourney an
event which will attract the followers or
the game.
The tourney will start Monday. Novem-
her 30. and continue two weeks or longer.
The individual and twO-man teams Will
very likely roll in the afternoon and the
fye-man teams in the evening The near
ness of all the contestants to their nome
towns and the location of the alleys to
the big railroad stations will make 1t an
easy matter for the Out-of-town men to
arrive here and return home within a few
hours. schedule will be arranged with
the idea of scheduling the men as they
desire. and everything will be done to
make the visit Of the bowlers pleasant
occa SION To those who desire to stay
over a day or more. hotels are in the Inn
mediate vicinity and accommodations Will
be arranged for if des red