New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-19
BIC TENP|N CONTEST
Women BoWIers to Compete For
Worlds Championship.
NEED NOT BE CLUB MEMBERS.

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Be Conducted Under Rules Of East
ern Ladies' Bowling Contest-Fig-
ures For National Bowling Tourna-
ment Reach Huge Proportions.
Every woman bowler in America is
invited to enter the individual compe-
tition for the worlds championship to
be held in Madison Square Garden, in
New York, on May "a to June IL, dur
ing the three weeks given to the ma
tiona1 championships for men by the,
National Bowling association. Final
arrangements for the tournament have
been perfected with the United Tour
nament company, which has been or
gained to handle the National Bowl
ing association events.
This is the only tournament for wo-
men that will be held in the big gar
den. There will be no entry or other
fees of any kind, and every competitor
during the tournament. Club member
ship is unnecessary, as the entries are
all made by individual registration. In
recognition of the eastern ladies' bowl
ing congress, an organization of 800 or
more members, that has done so much
for bowling among women in the east,
the garden event will be conducted
under it's rules, which are the same as
those of the. New York Bowling asso.
citation.
The first prize will be a valuable
diamond emblem, probably in the form
of brooch or locket suitably engrav-
ed. This trophy will be recognized as
emblematic of the worlds champion
ship. Other medals of gold, silver and
bronze are for second, third and fourth
prizes. Each woman will roll three
games, total pins to count, as in the
individual competition for the men
and boys. Games will be rolled only
in the afternoon
Quite as much interest has been
awakened among the women in the
west over this tournament as among
those in the east and in Greater New
York. Miss Gertrude Hull Of Chicago,
who won the Olympic championship
at st. Louis; Miss Birdie Kern, daugh-
ter of Martin Kern of St. Louis, the
former national champion; Miss Herr
mann, daughter Of Garry Hermann Of
Cincinnati chairman of the national
: baseball commission; Miss Bergman Of
Philadelphia and many women bowl
ers of note will all be competitors for
the diamond medal.
In the garden they will meet for the
first time the best Of the east, among
them Mrs. P. ]. Riddell, who defeated
Mrs. Hull at Rochester last year, and
all the stars Of the eastern ladies'
bowling congress.
In this competition, as in that for
the men and boys, where tournament
conditions make the result extremely
open, every woman bowler will have
an equal chance to win the diamond
trophy and the worlds championship.
Rather remarkable are the results
when person with an inclination for
mathematics delves into figures per-
tanning to the national bowling cham
pionship tournament.
On the basis that 500 five man teams
will compete, there will be 10000
games rolled 100000 frames. Figur-
ing on eighteen balls to game, $780,
600 deliveries will be made.
With each ball travelling eighty-five
feet and back, or ITO feet to each de-
livery, means that 91,S00,000 feet, or
about 1886 miles, will be the dis
lance covered by bowling balls in the
garden. This is six times the distance
between New York and San Francisco.
Each ball weighing sixteen pounds,
a total weight Of S,64O,o0O pounds will
be lifted, or about 1920 tons, the
weight Of an ocean steamship. Each
bowler will lift and handle nearly half
a ton.
Approximately 100000 pins will be
knocked down, weight Of 17,550,00
pounds, or S,775 tons. The combined
weight Of the balls delivered and the
pins knocked down will be greater
than the weight of the steamship st.
Louis.
The time for bowling will extend
over eighteen days. There will be
$4,000 in prizes, $1,000 of which will
be given to the winning five man team.
There will be three distinct titular
COMPREHENSIVE man, two man and
individual.
Eighty-fve per cent Of all the en-
| trance fees are returned to the bowl
ers in prizes.
/ Thirty thousand score sheets will be
necessary to record the games, each
sheet having room for three games
and being issued in triplicate The
aerial scoring system, by which every
! person in the garden may follow the
! progress Of each ball rolled, will cost
$1,000 to INSTALL
One team will enter from Germany
and one or more teams from the Pa
cific coast The tournament will be the
largest bowling event ever held, both
in point Of entries and spectators. OF
course a mathematical person, fond OF