The Washington herald., 1910-02-27
BOWLING TOURNEY
Big Event Booked for Balti-
more in April.
ADDRESS BY MAYOR MAHOOI
Beat Talent In Country VIII Com
pete for National Championship
H0nors, Including knights from
Washfngton-New York to Send
Seventy-aye Teams.

The mayor and city council OF Baiti-
more. together with many Of the pronl-
nent city officials, have enrolled them
selves as members of the National Bowl
ing Association IN acknowledgment OF
the forthcoming tournament 10 be held
in that city in April. Mayor Mahool has
further consented TO make an address OF
welcome to the visitors on the opening
night and to extend the hospitality of the
city. Congressman John Kronmiller will
also make an address, and these two
prominent citizens will be among the
dozen representative visitors, including
the officers OF the National Bowling AS
ISOLATION, and BaltimOreans TO throw the
first balls down the alley.
The opening night VIII be further en-
livened by spirited contests between two
teams. composed wholly of city council
men. another team composed OF employees
OF the sewerage commission, and still an
other team consisting of courthouse EN-
pIoyes. and probably two teams repre-
senting the FIRE and police departments.
In addition, challenges have been sent
by the counciimanic teams to similar
teams in Philadelphia and Richmond, and
owing TO the extremely friendly relations
existing between the councilmen Of the
three cities. due to g series OF intercity
baseball games last summer. 1t Is ex-
pected the challenges viii be accepted
and municipal teams from the cities men
toned will be on hand for the opening on
April 8, and. altogether. this occasion
promises TO be gala affair and to launch
the great tenpin tournament with a prop
er amount of enthusiasm.
Alec Dunbar. known from coast TO
coast. is in Baltimore assisting the tour
nament officials in arousIng local enthu-
siasm for the tournament Mr.. Dunbar.
especially, is to take duekpin bowlers and
incipient tenpln bowlers and polish them
Cd for competition in the big AFFAIR. He
is meeting with great deal Of success
and has also interested many of Balti-
more's prominent corporations and firms
IN the scheme TO enter teams to represent
their respective businesses,
The garage. which viii house the big
tournament, IS Of absolutely fireproof
construction and contestants and specta-
tors need. therefore, have not the slight
est fear on account OF fire. In addition
TO the existing gallery which encircles
the tournament hall on three sides. a
grand stand is to be erected back of the
runways. which win give clear and un-
DISTRACTED view of every one Of the
twelve tournament alleys.
~ The latest advlces from all points con-
firm the previous estimate that there will
be at least $50 five-men teams entered IN
the tournament, and the enthusiasm is in
creasing every hour
New York, with at least 70 teams, and
possibly 100. expects to head the list, but
Baltimore is making heroic efforts to
hold first place in this respect. Philadel-
phia looks good for forty teams, Wash
ington for thirty, Boston and PittsbuTg
for ten each. while Cincinnati. Cleveland,
Indianapolis, Columbus, and numerous
other points west of the Ohio River will
be represented. New Jersey will turn
out strong at the Baltimore tournament
and expects 10 have a larger representa-
ton than ever before, while inquiries
from interior points in New York and
Pennsylvania indicate a record-breaking
attendance from those sections.
In answer 10 numerous inquiries re-
ceived by the Baltimore Bowling TourDa-
ment Company relative to the bonus OF
Is per cent offered 70 the winning teams
in each class, providing the existing Ma
tional Bowling Association records are
broken, Secretary Hazleton desires to
say that the offer is made in good faith
and without any reservation whatever
For instance, should the first prize for
the five-man event amount to S70O. and
should the winning team exceed the pres
ent five-man N B. A. record, . per cent,
or $40, will be added to the prize money,
and the same offer applies in connection
with the two-man and individual events.
The National Bowling Association rec
ords. as they exist to-day. are as follows: