The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-05-20
BIG TENP|N TOURNEY
Details Being Completed For Ma
tional Event In New York.
RECORD BREAKING ENTRY.
Over Seven Hundred Fivs-man Teams,
One Thousand Seven Hundred Two
Man Teams and More Than Three
Thousand individuals Will Compete.

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Thousand individuals Will Compete.
If everything pine up to expecta-
ton the coming National Bowling as
ISOLATION tournament, to be held in
Madison Square Garden, New York,
May "a to June II, will be the great
est event Of its kind ever held In this
country. Teams from all over the
country and some from abroad have
announced their intention Of compel
ing In the big tourney. Recently Sec
rotary Wyman and President Cordes
Of the United Tournament company,
under whose auspices the tournament
is to be held, declared that their esti-
mate Of 500 1ye-man teams was too
low and that matters have been ar
ranged so that 100 could easily be ac-
commodated.
The probable number Of two man
teams is placed at LOO, and there will
be more than 1880 individual contest
ants. This will bring the total num-
Der Of men competing up to the largest
figure that has eyer been attained In a
bowling tournament. In view Of this
record Of entries 1t Is thought 1t will
be necessary to place the ban on re-
celving them prior to May 3, as was
originally planned.
The states which will lend FIVE man
teams and the number from each are as
follows: New York state exclusive Of
Greater New York;. 100; New Jersey,
100; Pennsylvania. 80; Delaware, 10;
Maryland, %; Ohio, 80; Illinois, II;
Connecticut, 20; Missouri, g.; Canada,
10; Indiana. 3: Kentucky. 5; Wiscon-
sin, 3; Michigan, 5; Vermont, 8; Min
nesota, 8; Massachusetts. 8; Rhode Is
land. 8; District of Columbia, 3; Iowa,
2; southern states, 10. New York city
is expected to enter nearly enough to
complete a list of 700
An Important step has been accom-
plished II the obtaining of special rail-
road rates for the tournament b
visiting bowlers being able to come to
New York at a cost Of one fare and
three-ffths for the round trip. the rate
being effective on all railroads.
An appropriate question that has
been asked many times and even now
is puzzling the minds Of those bowlers
who are not classed as experts Is,
what chance has a team of 'dubs' In
a national bowling tournament? The
answer is quite easy A team OF so
called "dubs" has every chance In the
world. Moreover, an unpretentious
bowler has every opportunity TO win
the individual championship. This
may be considered a remarkable state
ment, but past records have proved 1t
to be true. Nor has this proof been
shown in national tournaments alone,
but in many other competitions. A lit
tie bit Of luck goes a long way In
bowling, and the game of tenpins Is
such that any man has an equal
chance In a series Of three games with
the most accomplished pin knight.
Any man who can bowl at all has a
very good chance in a big national
tournament.
In the first place, it takes a few
games before an expert bowler can
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find its p~eculIarities and suit his deltv-
cry to the existing conditions. An or
binary bowler will simply shoot away
at the head pin. trusting to luck, and.
ten chances to one, he will be lar
ahead In the first three games A to-
tai disregard for alley p~eculiarities in
a national tournament has brought
home the championship to more than
n man not classed as an expert
while the cracks were trying hard to
find a spot that was not to be
found.
The alleys In a national tournament
are brand new: consequently. having
never been rolled on, there Is only the
for the pocket to be done II
one would win. Therefore a bowler
who rolls with only one idea In mind
to hit the head pin where it ought to
hit-stands an even chance with
any crack. In a long series an UMPIRE
~tentious bowler has very little. chance.
but in a short series of three games 1t
has beer shown time and again that
has an excellent chance.
In the n. B. A. tournament In Roch-
n. Y, last year John McGuirk
and John Grady of Paterson. n. j.
rolled a worlds two man record and
won the championship. Neither man
Is an expert. In fact. they were both
scouting around for partners and
teamed up out of sympathy. Grady
with his sixty years and McGuirk
with his twenty-three forming the
youth and old age duo. And the re
suit was 1.31S. a record that still stands
In this kind of tournament.
The so called dub" has every
chance In the world. and it is safe to
that the team that wins the
guaranteed first prize of $1,000 viii be
a team hat win not be made up Of
stars.