The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-24
NATIONAL BOWLING ASSOCIATION
OPENS MEETING IN METROP-
OILS TODAY.
stalled to Accommodate the Rec
ord Breaking Entry.

the National Bowling association tour
becomes increasingly evident that the
meet will be the greatest gath eriog
of the pin artists that America has
ever known. The flood of in ming
contestants which commenced Satur
day continued through yesterday and
reached high tide this morning, when
nearly every train into the city
brought one or more teams. The big
garden is now ready for the contests
which will be fought out inside it's
walls between today and June II. A
total of % alleys have been installed
to accommodate the record breaking
entry, and visiting bowlers declare
that all the arrangements are on a bet
ter and classier scale than at any pre-
vious tourney. The present meet is
the third annual bowling tournament
and convention of the National Bowl
ing association. There will be $4,000
awarded in cash prizes. international
events and special match games be-
tween champions will take place daily
and special championships will be held
for members of fraternal, commercial
and other organizations.
Among the crack bowling stars en-
tered in the tourney are Jimmy Smith,
three-t time champion of Greater New
York; John J. Voorhees,, whose name
as a bowler extends from coast to
coast; Fred Schwartz, the present ma
tional champion; John Roster, national
champion in 1902; Alex. V. Dunbar,
former champion of Philadelphia; Fred
B. Englehoff, former champion Of
Greater New York; Larry Sutton. of
Rochester, who recently won the A. B.
c. championship in Pittsburg; AL Eel
| bach, the famous bowler and ball
player of Columbus,O. Frank Brill.
Dave Woodbury., Gus Steele, w. "
Thompson, Glen Fisher, Phil Wolf and
August Lipman and a host of other
| Chicago experts; John McGuirk and
John Grady, of Paterson, N. j., holders
of the worlds tWo-man record; Eddie
| Gebhahd, the Buffalo Champion; Ber-
ME Maurer, of Syracuse; Dan Roster,
of Erie; Alex tombstone, of Toronto;
Martin Kern, of St. Louis, former ma
tional champion; Louis Franz, of
Cleveland; John Camel, manager of
the Cincinnati National League base
ball team; Bob Mennnger, of Detroit,
and Charley Mountain, of Milwaukee.
Even though the best of American
pin knights are entered, it does not
by any means indicate that the expert
| bowler stands the better chance OF
winning the title, for past records and
the fascinating popularity of the bowl
ing game show that dark horses have
always come to the front in national
tournaments. nor do national events
confine the instances where darh
horses have come to the front even
with worlds records. This means thai
every man, whether an expert or not
has an excellent chance to get on
winning streak and perform in Won
derful manner, which streaks are Pc
culiar to bowling and make the game
as fascinating as it is.
Besides the individual stars, quite
a few crack teams, particularly from
the west, have entered, such as the
Bonds. of Columbus, who took the ma
tional championship at Cincinnati last
year; the Brunswicks, of New York
present national champions; the Lip
mans of Chicago; Thompson's Colts
of Chicago; Cohen's Cutters, of Cleve-
land. and a host of other prominent
combinations.
The annual convention of the asso-
citation will be held next Saturday, ano
is likely to be marked by much rivalry
for the honor of securing next years
tournament. Buffalo and Baltimore
landing the plum, and the fight viii
| probably narrow down to these two
cities.
An international tinge has been add
ed to the tourney by the arrival OF ;
| team from Germany. The visitors vii
| be accorded every honor and VIII 81
| deliberately entertained, not only b.
| American bowlers. but by the various
| German-American societies of the me
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