Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-24
BOWLING ME-: !: Els
COST FOR UN |:
Few Reaiize Expense Of Hold
Ing National Tenpin Event.
Detroit SPENDISjG Big SUN,

Before Doors Open at American Bowl
ing Congress Feb. rs Nearly $4,000
Will Have Been Expended-Bowlers
Themselves Put Up Money.
Few people have the slightest idea
Of how much money is required to pro
pare for aud conduct one of the annual
tournaments of the American bowling
congress. such as will be held in De
troit during February and March.
Probably a few hundred only of the
many thousands of bowlers scattered
in the different states could give any
idea of the finances required to make
this big winter sporting event a sue
cess.
To begin with, it will require be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000 to put in al
leys at the Wayne Gardens and pre-
pare that place for the pin spillers.
The alleys builders will have seventy
five expert mechanics for the better
part of the month doing this work.
During the last three months a con-
slant stream OF advertising matter has
been sent to every bowler within a
thousand miles of Detroit. All in all.
the Detroit Bowling Tournament COM
pany will have spent somewhere be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 before the
door are opened Feb. 26. Then there
will be thirty pin boys, thirty scorers
and q large crew of other workers en-
ployed for the seventeen days which
the tournament will run, all Of whom
must be paid good wages.
But this is only a start on what it
costs the bOWlerS Of the country to
conduct the tournament.
From present indications the entry
list will reach $50 fiye-man teams,
coming from as far east as Montreal
and Brooklyn, on the south Mobile.
and Denver and st. Paul on the west
and northwest. These men will spend
from 100000 to $4,000 in railroad fare
and probably twice that amount while
in the city Of Detroit, for bowlerS are
liberal when out on their annual jaunt.
From forty to fifty newspaper CORE
spondcnts attend the annual tourna-
ments and remain the entire three
weeks.
To the person who is not a bowler it
seems almost incredible to state that
these enthusiasts do all this to 90
after cash prizes, and that their own
money. The pot i'll Detroit will he
something like 100000. ard every cent
Of this is put up by the bowlers them
selves in entry fees.
Detroit and Michigan have many
thousand bowlers who have been I'M
able i'll the past to attend this big in
ternational event, SO that state will
undoubtedly turn out large.
The low railroad rate made, one and
one-half fare for the round trip, will
greatly assist in increasing the attend
ance in Detroit. Other cities that will
run special trains are Milwaukee, Lou
isville, st. Louis, Indianapolis and To
ronto.
Washington and st. Paul both prom
Use to turn out the largest crowds they
have ever sent to an American bowl
ing congress tournament.
From these facts and figures some
idea can be formed of what it means
to Detroit to have the tenth mterna-
national tournament, which opens Feb.
26 and closes March Is.
Detroit bowlers worked hard to land
this tournament, campaigning at st.
Louis and Cincinnati before being sue
cessful at Pittsburg last February:
also many Detroit bowlers have done
much good and effective work during
the last few months to make the event
a success, raising money and creating
local enthusiasm as we'll as handling
the general preparations.