The Calumet news., 1910-02-04
nfIR0IT IS PREPARING
FOR BOWLING TOURNEY
R;o Fight is Expected for Next
Biz Convention Of the
Pin SpillerS.
ATTENDANCE WILL BE LARGE

ro,roit Teb. d.-That n fight will
,ator,olize in Detroit for the 1911
ling congress is apparent by the
"orsistent efforts of both Buffalo ana
o. IonIs 10 land the event. In fact
80 Time is promised and anticipated
, secretary Langtry of the American
povyllne congress who is now I'm the
city -,
Among those who are boosting hard
,or 81 Louis is Gov. Hadley, His
letter to Mr.. Langtry follows;
"At the request of the conventions
,,reou of the Business Mems league
of 81 Louis, / wish to urge upon your
ossoeiation the favorable consideration
:, the invitation which has been ex-
tended TO YOU to hold your next meet
inc nj the city of st. Louis. The peo-
nle of st. Louis have n well-estab-
Iisbed reputation for their agreeable
,rtertainment of conventions of this
character and the railroad and hotel
occommodations make ii suitable
and desirable place for holding conven-
tons"
Buffalo Plans Display.
In the meantime the Buffalo bowlers
are Manning to make n "big noise"
They will invade Detroit i'm large num-
oers st. Louis pin-spillers are also
coming i'm force. In fact, they will be
ca strong that March will be desig-
mated "St Louis Day" on this day
only st. Louis bowlers will compete.
Other days allotted are as follows:
March Cincinnati day.
March S-Toledo day.
March IL and 12-Chicago day.
March . or IA will be Wisconsin day
Garry Hermann, president of the
National Baseball commission, will
head the Cincinnati delegation. Mr.
Hermann, at the same time, will oil
the WAYS for his election TO the post
of grand exalted ruler of the Elks, the
Elks convention also being listed here
but later in the year. The Cincinnati
bowlers intend to do considerable mis-
slonary work i'm Mr.. Herrmann's behalf
while here.
Entries continue to pour i'm and Sec
Langtry declares that all existing rec
ords will be beaten. In explaining the
situation. Sec. Langtry added that II
would be necessary to bowl steadily
from a. m. until / n. m. i'm order to
complete the schedule. There will be
no let-up.
There will be fully so more five-man
teams bowling here than at Pittsburg,
a matter Of $50 more pin -spillers. Eight
teams are coming from Madison. Wis,
and this city has n population of but
10000 or thereabouts. Ohio will send
the largest representative gathering i'm
view of the fact that former A. Il. G.
tournaments have been held at Cleve-
land and Cincinnati. The delegation
from Chicago will crowd the 500 mark.
w. V. Thompson, manager of the
bowling department of the Brunswick
BalkeCOllender company, and Supt.
Lange Of Chicago, are recent arrivals in
Detroit. They arranged for several
car loads Of material to be unloaded
so that work on the alleys can be start
ed by Monday next. A large force of
workmen, working "a hours a day.
using three shifts, will tackle the prop
osition. This will be necessary in or
der to have the alleys ready.
The workmen will start on the sub
foundation on Monday and start in
stalling the alleys on the first floor
the middle of the week. The six al
leys on the first floor have been pur-
chased by James r. Hayes, of the
Wayne and will be used for match
and practice games. Fourteen alleys
Will be put on the second floor.