The Detroit times., 1910-03-15
RIOTERS PREPARE
GRAND SEND-OFF
FOR TOURNEY
Banner Crowd of the National Bowl.
ing Tournament Expected Tuesday
Night and Local Men Will Have
Plenty of ENCOURAGEMENT
Ko-Kos, of New York. Got Into
Select Company Monday Night
With Score of 1881 Pins.

WAYNE GARDENS. March IL
After more than two weeks OF confirm.
ons bowling. the national bowling tour.
lament OF 1910 - drawing TO a close.
All the foreign cracks have had the,~
chahce az the pins aud Ii is now I'M In
me Detroit marksmen TO try 10 eounI
ne scores that are up. A full souad
or IA local teams will attempt tho
TASK Tuesday evening and the single,
anc doubles marks will be gone after
Wednesday
According 10 the talk among the
bowlers the largest crowd OF the er.
NE tourney will be present 10 cheer
Ire local men 10 their best efforts.
! Some or the good Detroit teams ha,.
snol already, but the squad that makes
The final stand on the tournament
drives contains some OF the best pin
knights In the city. Including the chan
pton Cadillacs. aud there Is more than
a chance that/some OF the teams In
| The First Ten" will be crowded out.
| Ii is hoping a great deal TO hazard an
opinion that the 1850 OF the Cosmos
team will be surpassed. but that Is lar
! from impossible. The alleys have
been worn rather smooth again AMI
The locals find their footing slippery,
I%hich results in caution and lessened
chance OF big scores.
ko 10 Team in the Money.
Another bunch OF New York experts
showed their class Monday night when
the ko 10 five rolled 2.s3l They cane
IT. the final squad ana got their stand
ing In fourth place by consistent roll.
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II. Cohn. L. Wes;phal and NJ. Quinn,
all noted New York experts.
The bowling Monday was not re.
markable in either the singles or
doubles " NJ Auser. OF New Castle.
was high in the singles with 623. white
McMichael and Knox, OF Philadelphia.
rolled l,l9l in the doubles. getting 466
in the final game.
Ritchey. or Chicago. leader in the
singles. will carry away lot OF prize
Honey. He appears tC be sure OF about
$500 in prize money besides a couple
OF valuable medals for the singles and
all-eyents championship. Jimmy Smith.
Iof Buffalo, former champion, got 6t1
In his three tries at the pins.
Match Games Many.
The boys were all out after little
side money Monday night on the prac.
tice alleys. and some of them got Il
and some OF them did not. There wera
a great many match games for large
side bets all of which were OF more or
less interest on account OF the prom.
inence OF the bowiers who were com
peting
Louis Siler was up to his old tricks
again and won as, much as he lost
The first game that NJ rolled was
with Glenn Riddell OF New York. and
the game was for the best three games
out OF five for $50 a side Siler beat
Ridell three games straight Louis
then went against y. j. Ridell also OF
New York. this match also being for
the best three out OF five. and Rdell
defeated him. Siler has only been de.
feated twice In match games. and the
strange part OF 1t is that both OF hil
conquerors were old men in the bowl.
Ing game. The young fellows seem to
all meet their match when they try
to defeat Siler p j. Ridell. who de.
feated him Monday night. and r. Men
niger. OF Detroit. are the only men
who have beaten him. Siler- has won
more matches than any other man AT
the tournament
Denny, OF Philadelphia. took s25 OF
BOD Menninger's money in match
game in which he proved too much for
the old Detroit expert.
That Alley SquabbIe.
w. V. thompson. local manager OF
lthe brunswick Bake Collender Co.
who is in charge ot the alleys nj tina
lowing tournament st the Wayne Gar
dehs, denies story which has got
into circulation that he IL afraid 10
aaVe the alleys scrubbed because his
nrm intends to cell them after the
tournament and IT, afraid that II water
IL put on the alleys they could not lie
sold advantageously. Tuesday morn
ing, when seen at the Gardens. Thomp
son was very indignant over the whole
affair.
Who over heard of tournament a.
leys being scrubbed" he remarked
I'm sure that | never have WHY. IL
We had those alleys scrubbed. the fIst
squad or bowlers that went on would
not be able to do anything. The CHIEF
reason that there are no very high
scores Is that the bowlers have never
before been forced 10 use practically
new pins every time that they bowl IA
for being afraid that water would
spoil the alleys. I would Just as soon
pour water on the alleys and rub II
off again az not The kicking on the
part OF the bowlers is merely case
lOf poor excuse being better than
none"
Abe Langtry. secretary OF the bowl.
ing tournament. to whom the story
about the alleys was, credited. abso.
lutely denied giving out any such state
ment. II have not given out any story
81 the sort" h" declared Thursday
morning. "All the kicking that has
been done is on the part OF the bowlers
themselves.
II will say this. though: The gist ~
tho whole affair Is that the Brunswick
Balke-Collender people are afraid TO
WASH those alleys because IL will lower
their value when ihey come to dispose
Cf them
Tenny McGraw. president OF the De
itTOit CITY Bowling Tournament Co.
wanted to exclude the newspaperman
who wrote the alley story from the
Gardens. What his reasons for mixing
IN dispute between the bowling sup.
lilies company and a newspaper man
are. is no1 known