Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-08
BASE BALL PLAYERS TO BOWL
National Tournament at PftsburE
60 Draw from All Sections.

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PITTSBURG. Pa. Feb. L-CSpecial)-
Entries for the ninth annual tournament;
Of the American Bowling congress will
close here next Friday night. and secre-
tary Langtry OF the American Bowling
congress. VINO Is the general manager Of
the tournament. is already being flooded
with entries. From present Indications.
there is hardly a doubt tina the tourna-
ment will exceed in point Of size that Of
last year at Cincinnati when 32 five-men
teams took part. It Is expected that the
prize list will amount to S0y00. as against
$1,000 last year.
Secretary Langtry returned to the city a
few lays ago after an extended trip
through the middle west and was in a most
optimistic frame OF mind. He claims the
bowling centers in that section will send
many more teams than ever before and
says there vii, be at least 400 five-men
teams in the tournament.
Cne OF the great features Of the tourna-
ment will be the number OF special dates
Some time ago Chicago asked for a special
day and since this fact became known q
number of other cities have made similar
| applications. Among the dates arranged so
far is o'Leard day. March 6, when the 1908
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number q other Chicago teams; Cincin-
natl day. March 10: Allegheny day. March
II. and chicago day. March II
Another big feature win be Base BAH
day, which is scheduled for March J.
wild Bill Donovan has already entered
the Detroits. Miller Higgins will be here
with the ~Cinolnnatis. John CAMEL with the
Rcchesters. while Hans Wagner will have
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composed Of Cap" Ar son. Jimmy Callahan
and others ha~ also promised to be on
hand.
Railroad rates will be especially low this
year for the bowlers. Every passenger as
ISOLATION In territory from which the tour
nament can draw has agreed to acne and
ene-third fare for the round trip, far bet
ter than the Inducements offered In pre-
vious years. The central location of Pitts
burg. together with the low rates. lie a bis
asset for the tournament.
Duquesne Garden. where the tournament
will be held. IL one Of the finest buildings
of Its kind in the country and in the
amount Of floor space even exceeds the re-
doubtable Madison Square Garden. Six
teen alleys have been installed and all
will be used throughout the tournament
except on a few days when one pair will be
given up to the matches between the
v estern. eastern and Canadian champions
Of last year. while a few special matches
may also be held on them. The building Il
located only fifteen minutes ride from tn
hotel district OF the city and is reached by
ten different street car lines.
Special arrangements are being made By
the tournament officials for the entertain
ment Of the bowlers and among the affairs
scheduled are ~banquets for the visiting
delegates and excursion trips for the visit
ing women bowlers who will have a tour
nament Of their own without an entry fe'
being charged.
No authentic estimate of the number o.
entries can as yet be made from the var
kious cities, but Il IL certain that Greatel
Pfttsourg will have over 100 teams. Chicago
always the greatest support of the Ameri
can Bowling association. will be here will
Its usual quota Of about forty teams, Gin
cinnati promises thirty. Cleveland and st
Louis about twenty. Detroit and Indian
apolis fifteen and other cities in proper
tion. A big entry list will undoubtedl
come from the east. The officials OF tn
National Bowling association, which Il
promoting the tournament in Madison
Square Garden in May, know that the cas-
viii have to be represented here or tn
west will not support their tournament
I The New York Bowling association mad
application for membership some time ag
and fifteen teams are promised from
Greater New York. In addition Phila
delphia, Washington, Baltimore, Rocheste
and other eastern bowling centsrs will b
represented in fair numbers From tn
west there will be teams as far as Deuver
) Milwaukee, St. Paul. Minneapolis. De
l Moines, Omaha. Kansas City and othe
towns being expected to contribute thei
Usual share.