Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-04-05

CAN BOWLING CONGRESS.
clocklike precision for sixteen to eight.
cen hours daily. The crash of the pins,
together with the perfect scoring sys-
TEN and the agility of the neatly uni
formed pin boys in resetting the pins,
will draw and hold the attention of
the spectators for hours at time.
During the time the bowlers are not
in action on the alleys they will be in
the hands Of the entertainment COM
mittee seeing the sights of Greater
Pittsburg.
Secretary Langtry of the American
bowling congress has said that APO
teams, scattered from Mobile, Ala, to
Toronto and from Vancouver to Bos-
ton, will be at the meet.
Should Langtry's 420 team estimate
prove correct it would mean prize
list of $4,000 in Pittsburg, which
would cut up into prizes rivaing Il
famous German meet of twenty years
ago, where Il small house and lot were
given the winner which stands as the
record prize in bowling in the world.
400 teams is distributed as follows:
Allegheny county, 1875 Pennsylvania,
outside of Allegheny county, 30; New
York state, 20; Baltimore, 81 Washing
ton, 10; Cleveland, 20; Cincinnati, 30;
Ohio, outside of Cleveland and Cincin-
natl, 80; West Virginia, II; Kentucky,
q; Missouri, including St Louis, II;
Omaha, .; Denver, l; Iowa. . Mime
sofa, 6; Wisconsin, 10; Chicago, 80;
Illinois, outside of Chicago, IL; In
diana, 10; Michigan, 90; Canada, 3;
Little Rock, Ark, /; Mobile, Ala, l;
total, 400.
At the Pittsburg tournament the
regular bowler will be given a seat
without extra charge in the DuQuesne
Gardens, where he can witness the
games The high man on every five
man team is to be awarded GolG
medal with the name of the team en-.
graved thereon.
The international matches are being
arranged between 1903 champions %
the following associations: American
Bowling Congress, National Bowling
association. Canadian Bowlers' asso
citation, Middle Western Bowling as
ISOLATION. There were no contests
held in the Western Bowling Congress
territory last year, hence no cham
pions from that section. Suitable
prizes will be awarded in these events
No entry fee is to be charged t.
contestants in the women's cham
pionships. Further, the Pittsburg
Bowling Tournament association will
offer $16O for women contestants and
has set the prize list as follows;
First prize, five women team event.
500; second prize, five women team
event, $50; first prize, two women
team event. $50; second prize, two
women team event, $50; first prize,
individual women event, $40; second
prize, individual women event. $40.
On account of the difficulty of the
board scorers to keep track Of the
bowlers. who are changing from alley
to alley after each game, it has been
decided to place on the left arm Of
the leader Of his team or the individ-
u..l, as the case may be, the number
of the alley on which he starts his
game, attaching these numbers with
the same method as is used on the
race track in numbering the jockey.
This will also keep the official score
correct and afford the spectator an
opportunity of following the game in
diligently. This is entirely new de-
parture and should prove extremely
popular. The scorers booths will be
fully ten feet from the bowler with a
wire fence to keep the bowler from
striking up an acquaintance, thereby
removing any temptations in that d.
FACTION.