Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-01
IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS
WASHINGTON WANTS
1912 BOWLING PLUM

DETROIT March 1.-"WashingtOn. d.
c.. in 1912 was the word received from
the Capital city this morning. Washing
ton will attend this and the 1911 meet.
which will without doubt be held in ST.
Louis, with this slogan. and from infor-
nation at hand the bowlers of the city
on the Potomac are determined in their
efforts to land for that city the 1912 tour
nament OF the American Bowling Con-
gress. Many lures are held out to the
bowers of the country by the city beau
tiful, chief among these being that OF the
seat of the national government. Coupled
with this will be the session of Congress,
which will be held during the visit of the
pin knights.
A large entry list would be furnished
the Potomacs and with the backing of
the Chamber of Commerce pin knights
alone, the success of the tourney finan-
cially would be assured. If the bowlers
congregate in the Capital city to run Off
the twelfth annual conclave of the pin
artists, the meet would be held in Con-
vention Hall. That large and commodl-
Gus auditorium would give ample seating
capacity and, IL necessary, fifty alleys
could be played. While the western ana
journey to make. the entry list would be
swelled by the eastern teams and the
seaboard devotees of the game beca
of their proximity to Washington.
Samuel Karpf. ex-secretary of the
American Bowling Congress. of Dayton.
Ohio put his name on the register this
morning. and stated that you can put
me on record that Dayton. Ohio, will.
without a doubt, land the 1912 tourney
The Gem city is much encouraged in view
of the fact that the building in Columbus
Ohio, in which the tourney of 1912 was
expected to be held. collapsed last week.
Rolling in the second set of singles
yesterday afternoon of the tenth annual
tourney of the A. B. c., Otto Wahi OF
Cleveland. with scores Of 191, 1SS and 2oI,
topped the individual field with remark
able total of 636 His score of 251 stands
as a record to shoot at for the bowlers in
all events Second honors of the after
noon were carried off by Joe Gruber also
of Cleveland, with scores of 21o. IA and
ls9. a grand total of 626. These two
totals are the only ones over the six
hundred mark. S. Forester, with grand
total of 57S. holds third honors. The sec
ond highest individual score of the after
noon was posted by J. f. Smith, local
ite PAL Eleven double centuries featured
the bowling of the afternoon in the in
dividual event. which shows what is liable
to happen when the old-timers line up.
Twenty-Five two-man teams lined up on
the alleys yesterday AFTERNOON At = . CLOCK
and inaugurated the two-man event of
the tenth annual tournament of the A. b.
c. Mediocre scores ruled.
In the second trials. G. Mowatt and E.
johnson hung up a total of LEO, while
Otto Wahl and Joe Gruber of the Cleve-
land press five. landed a second. batter
ing the NAPLES for Lib. J. Forster and A.
Karkau. their teammates, took third
berth with 1.101.
Good totals were very much in evil
dence last night, seven five-man teams
passing the mark of .. 475. which was held
by the X. of c five for first honors. The
Colonials of Madison. posted scores of
sol. 1919 and 800 for grand total of
2,sO3 pins. which places them comfort
ably in first place and gives them ex
cellent chance for a good slice of the
prize money. Their second total of 1919
stands high for the team scores and the
team that beats 1t will have to shoot.
Second team honors went to the Blue
Ribbon quintet of Erie. Pa. with grand
total of 1856. The Wayne five of Pitts
burg showed up we'll with grand total
of 1854. putting 1t in fourth place up
to date. and with an equal break In luck
would have had a much better total. The
Socials. another. strong Pittsburg five
failed to roll near their standard. mainly
on account of splits, and their efforts
were good for only 2.207.