The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28
B0WLERS|NGOTHAM
TOURNAMENT AT THE MADISON
SQUARE GARDEN.
Held Under the Auspices of the Ma
tiOnal Association; Crack Pin Ar
fists From All Over thes Country
Are in Attendance; Fifty Thousand
Dollars in Cash Prizes; Given An
International Tinge
Especial to The Free Press.l

New York, May 24-With the ar
the National Bowling association tour
nament in Madison Square Garden, it
becomes increasingly evident that the
meet will be the greatest gathering
of the pin artists that America has
ever known. The food of incoming
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 twenty eight alleys have been
installed to accommodate the record
breaking entry and visiting bowlers
declare that all the arrangements are
on a better and classier scale than at
any previous tourney The present
meet is the third annual bowling tour
nament and convention of the National
Bowling association. There will be
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ternational events and special match
games between champions will take
place daily and special championships
will be held for members of fraternal,
commercial and other organizations.
Crack Bowling Stars.
Among the crack bowling stars en-
tered in the tourney are Jimmy Smith,
three-time champion of Greater New
York; John ]. Voorhees,, whose name
as a bowler extends from coast to
coast; Fred Schwartie, the present ma
tional champion; John Roster, nation
al champion in 1902; Alex. V. Dun
bar former champion of Philadelphia ;
Fred b. Egelhoff. 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 Steel. W. V.
Thompson, Glen Fisher, Phil Wolf and
August Lipman and most of other
Chicago experts; John McGuirk and
John Grady, of Paterson, n. j.. horders
of the worlds two-man record; Eddie
Gerhard, the Buffalo champion; Ber-
ME Maurer of Syracuse; Dan Roster
of Erie; Alex tombstone. of Toronto !;
tional champion; Louis Franz of Cleve-
land; John Camel. manager of the
Cincinnati National league baseball
team; Bob Menninger of Detroit, and
Charley Mountain. of Milwaukee.
All Stand Chance of Winning
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 nave
always come to the front in national
tournaments, nor do national events
confine the instances where dark
horses have come to the front even
with worlds records. This means that
every man, whether an expert or not,
mas an excellent chane to get on a
winning streak and perform in a Won
derful manner, which streaks are pc
culiar to bowling and make the game
as fascinating as it is.
Besides the individual stars. quite
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 host of other prominent
combinations.
The annual convention of the asso-
citation will be held next Saturday, and
is likely to be marked by much rival
ry for the honor of securing next years
tournament. Buffalo and Baltimore
appear to have the best chances of
landing the plum, and the fight will
probably narrow down to these two
cities