The Washington herald., 1910-12-19
BY "LEN, COLLINS.


During the next two weeks few league
games will be pulled of. as nearly every
league in the city allows for break in
its schedule which will cover the holi-
| days. Local bowlers, nevertheless, viii
have plenty of prize bowling before
/ them TO pass away the time. There is
hardly an alley in the city but what has
posted some very attractive prizes for the
men to roll for. foremost among these
being the TWO big tournaments in prog
ress at the Palace and Royal alleys
Manager Sherman, of the New y ork ave-
nue. alleys, has duckpin tournament on
that is attracting the attention OF nearly
every follower of the game, while the
Palace is running one OF the biggest ten
pin tournaments ever held in the District.
/ In both Of these tournaments the man
agement has posted more than 500 in
cash prizes. making II Well worth trying
/ for
From a tie between Lee Johns and Alec
| Dunbar a week ago, the Greater New
York individual championship has re-
solved into runaway race, with the IA
nous Newark bowler in the lead. Dur
/ ing the past week Dunbar received a big
setback. dropping two of his sets. while
Johns came through with asclean record.
| The biggest surprises of the season IN
| this great event have been the miserable
showing OF Glenn Riddel and Billy
/ Welngarth. Riddell after walking away
with first honors last season, was the
/ pronounced favorite over all the entrants
/ IN this seasons event. So Far his work
/ has been Of a second-cIass nature, and
! only the biggest kind of a reversal OF
/ form on his part and that OF Johns
would insure him Of duplicating last
: years record.
AS was to be expected. the proposed
league of bowling clubs, including the
cities Of 81. Louis, indianapolis. Chi
| cago. Louisville, Cincinnati. Detroit.
/ Cleveland. and Toledo, is not meeting
With the enthusiasm that was hoped for
on the part of the promoters. Bob
/ Bryson, of Indianapolis. president OF the
American Bowling Congress, fails 20 see
/ how such d league could be maintained.
/ Nearly all OF the enthusiastic bowlers
are business men who engage in the
sport for the pleasure there is in Il, he
said. and few OF them can afford the
I time TO visit other cities Mr. Bryson
says that another obstacle would be that
OF financing the league. Bowling is diff
/ ferent from baseball. and. after interest
4 in the nrst games OF "A bowling league
/ died out, there would be comparatively
! few persons willing 10 pay 10 see the
contests. The expenses of such a league
would be unusually heavy. he said. and
II is not likely that the project will meet
with enthusiasm when the promoters
/ spring il on the bOWlers at the A B. C.
/ tourney
! one OF the chief promoters of this pro-
posed league is well known TO the local
/ bowlers who have participated in the
4. B. c. championships. He is none
/ other than Martin Kern, One-time indi-
/ yidual champion
( Chicago has its annual bowling cham
pionships on, and from the looks of the
entry list. it is not many miles in back
/ of the A. +. c. in number OF teams.
doubles and singles, entered. In the i've
men there are no less than 20 teams down
I on the cards to shoot. while the two
men and individuals show $50 and LIS.
( respectively.
/ That the next tournament 10 be held
| under the auspices OF the American
/ Bowling Congress at st. Louis will
/ eclipse any other in point OF number OF
entries is almost an assured fact. Sec
| rotary Langtry reports that he has re-
ceived entries from Portland. Greg; from
/ British Columbia, California. and as faI
/ East as jamestown, n. Y St Louis
| will in all probability send at least l0
1 teams I'M he
/ State of Missouri is counted on for q
grand total of 90. Wisconsin is expected
10 furnish at least p, Michigan 40. Ohio
/ 30. Illinois 60, Indiana 30. and Kentucky
| .. This estimate, while il may fall short
as to some of the States, Will. neverthe-
less, be exceeded in others. That more
| than $50 teams will be entered in the
/ nve-men event is a certainty.
| The president of one Of Washington
most prosperous and biggest leagues was
approached the other day and questioned
in regard to the number of teams that be
expected his league to enter in the local
| tourney next month. Imagine the sur
| prise OF the writer when this officer IN
| formed him that he was totally at 8
| loss TO know, and. further, that he was
unable to say at the time as TO whether
his own team would be a competitor II
that Is the kind of way in which the
presidents OF the leagues are going to
work 10 help along the tournament, il
looks as though the tournament officials
made a mistake in placing the presidents
of all the leagues on the tournament
committee. Unless a little more inter-
est is shown by those men who are con-
nected with the tourney, they will find
out at the last moment that the local
affair is a frost If the tournament
committee expects TO accomplish any
thing. now is the time to get a line on
how the men stand and work accord