The Washington times., 1910-02-26
Capital BowlerS Not as En-
thuSiaStic as in Pre-
viouS Years.
BALTIMORE TOURNEY
is MORE ATTRACTIVE
Decreased Expense List Will Swell
Washington Entries for
Oriole Event.

Records in entries have been broken,
and it is expected that records in the
various events will be smashed In the
annual meet Of the American Bowling
Congress, which starts at Detroit to-
night.
Last year at the meet Of the congress
in Pittsburg 37S five-men teams were en-
tered. Detroit viii have an increase
over this Of thirty-two. or a total or
40 teams. and there will also be a CORE
spending increase in entries in the dOu-
bles and singles.
Capital Entries Few.
But while the representation through
out the country will be much larger
than in former years, the local delega-
ton will be smaller than has repre-
scented the Capital City in any previous
congress Of the parent teupin assOcia~
ton This is but natural, as the meet
of the American Bowling Congress
rival. the National Bowling Association
which is a thriving three-year infant
offspring of the parent American Bowl
ing Congress, holds its annual tourney
at Baltimore. With the entrance money
the same in each national body. II IS A
natural sequence that many teams
which have heretofore participated in
the American Bowling Congress tourna-
ments will prefer d S1.25 fare to Balti-
more and return rather than cough up a
large mileage ticket to the city by the
Lakes, with an equal chance Of getting
in the COIN at either meet
Until few years ago the American
Bowling Congress reiEned supreme
throughout the middle West and East,
but since the organization Of its East
ern rival It's operations have been most
ly confined TO the middle West States,
and that our burg should send any
representation whatever IN view OF the
proximity of the headquarters OF the
y. b. AS meet in the Oriolc City, tes-
tifes 10 the enthusiasm of the local de-
votes Of the big pin game.
Those Whc Go.
Last year four fve-men teams tripped
" the meet at PittsburE-the Fat Men,
Bureau, ~OTientais. and Unions. This
seasons joyous aggregation will be
composed Of two ffve-men teams. sever
twO-men pairs. and fifteen contestants
in the singles.
The fve-men teams, including an ex-
ira emergency man, will be the Cham
Der Of Commerce, leaders in the District
Bowling League. and the Bureaus. who
rank second in the Departmental
League. The teams viii be composed
as follows: Chamber Of Commerce
Buck Allison, sonny" Hammer
Rosy" Shaffer, 1--WE While" Miller
Rae" Doyle, 'SeCy' Knox. and Harry
Krauss, the peer Of Washington!
maple stingers.
Bureaus: Teddy HelmeriCks, Bob
bic" Jones. sandy Loud. Hardie
Lord, and Milovitch.
In addition 10 the above Myers an
Chadwick, Of the railway Y. NJ Q. A
viii take a chance at the simoleums il
the pair seance.
The big pin shows starts tonight, bu
the local boys do not take the alley
until 7.30 O'Clock Monday, March
Following the fve-men teams on tn
7th come the doubles on the mornini
Of the S1h, and the singles IN the even
ing Of the same date OF the fOreEoInj
Krauss. coupled witt Spiers. cOppe
first place in 1904 in the doubles a
Cleveland, and in Milwaukee Lord an
Hardie took In second place in tn
doubles, so as many representatives o
former winners are in the game the7
seems hopes Of bringing back more o
the coin than ever before