The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
Getting Armnry in Shame.

out al the armory there is busy
scene. Carpenters are busy building plat
forms for seats. carpenters hammering
way for dear life on the wooden strips
on which the pin knights will battle for
glory. and perhaps $4,000 in coin \ big
sign will adorn the front Of the armory.
bearing the words Welcome and
American Bowling Congress In addi
ton there will be lot OF stTeameTs down
the front Of the building and across Free
man streets Inside OF the building coli
ored lights viii be used. and there will be
thousands Of them. The bowlers who at
tend other tournaments are going 10 be
agreeabIy surprised when they see the
layout in the aTmory.
A committee has been appointed TO ar
range for a programme for the opening
night. There will probably 5e ar ad-
dress Of welcome delivered by the mayor,
and also one delivered by President Herr
mann. II has been suggested that eignt-
cen prominent citizens roll the first ball
down the alleys. According 10 present
arrangements sixteen Cincinnati teams
and TWO ladies' teams viii open the tour
nament.
The various breweries around Cincia-
uati-and there are quite a number of
them-will do their share in helping out
the local association. Already arrange
ments have been made with the different
breWeTias whereby each one will hold
one Of those unique, Yet satisfying, enter
tainments in the shape Of a beefsteak fry.
There viii he one Of these entertainments
each evening az a different brewery, and
each and every bowler that attends viii
have at least one opportunity, and posi-
bly, more. of attending these functions.
/ The bOwlers Of Cincinnati are adopts AT
running these little affairs in which good
| fellowship is bound 10 crop out. and every
Out-0f-tOWn bowler VINO comes here will
be amply entertained along these lines.
international Contests.
/ The plan to have the international
| championship decided in three nights
tplav. each team meeting the ether for =
! series OF games was looked on with
/ favor but no final action was taken.
one point is. settlsd-the tournament will
run from February 10 February . II
will take that long IN run II OF II 300
1 teams enter. The alleys viii all be filled
nightly President Herman declares him
self in favor OF special features because
/
/ bowling. He says:
! There are several special features that
have been suggested and If possible. ali
Of them will be staged. OF course the big
extra attraction at the tournament will
/ he the bowling of various women's clubs
/ for cash prizes. hats &c Next in i'm
portance-and some ungsiIaut will say
/ that ii is really more important than the
ladies' contests-iS the big championship
match between 1907 champions Of the Ma
/ tional Bowling Association, the Canadian
/ Bowling Association, the Western Bowl
! ing Association, and the American Bowl
ing Congress
Then there will be the baseball play
ers' events. limited to five-men teams,
made uD entirely Of baseball players.
While no prize has been fixed for this
event as yet. it viii be decided upon this
week. Presumably there also will be
prizes for two men baseball teams and
individual baseball players
Men with Perfect scores.
Another special event that we are con-
lsidering is an individual match Of bowlers
who have made 800. There are two bowl
ers in Fort Wayne who recently made
tnerfact scores: Milwaukee and Indianapo-
lis claimed one or two; Cincinnati has
1.-TWO and now comes Philadelphia with
William Denney. a 800 man, who Will
lenter which viii be entered in our tour
nament. It seems to me that a special
prize ought to be offered to get these
stars together in a match and If il can
POSSIBLY be done this feature will be
added to the tourney
i. Pittsburg and Detroit probably will
fight il out for the next convention. LO-
cally. the sentiment is in favor of Pitts
burg. but there is the objection that it /.
an Ohio Valley city. and would make III,
fourth Ohio Valley city in four years
The delegation has announced that they
will not paint Cincinnati red in entertain
Ing the bowlers at this convention. bu
still will make a strong bid for the mex
tournament,