The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-12
Preparatio ellUnderI
W ay for Attending
Big Tournament.
BLILEY ORDERS
AND MEN OBEY
Big Captain Of Times Dispatcl,
Team Jollies ALI With Good
NatureEntry Money Sent
On, and Pinspillers Prac-
tice Daily Quinn Makes
Some Comments.

One OF tho surest signs Of abounding
interest Is to sec men counting tho
days before any given event is to take
place That's just what is happening
among the local bowlers. They are
preparing for the National Bowling
Tournament to BIO held In Buffalo. be-
ginning February %, and continuing
to March IS. s}
Over at the Newport Alleys. where
nearly all Of the ipracticing takes place,
there is n great big calendar, iu@
over and take a look at 1t. and you
VIII find that each day is being reli-
Eiously chalked on, &nnd further, just
ask any bowler. haphazard, how many
days 1t is before tho tournament takes
places. and he Will answer You with a.
promptnesS and precision which should
prove startling. a6
Captain and Manager Frank Bliley
has sent on the check to cover the en-
trance fees Of his men. Tho letter
went forward yesterday, with tho en-
try blanks properly made out At n
meeting of the Richmond Bowling AS
ISOLATION 1t was dec',icd to enter the +
team as The Times dispatch team OF
the Richmond Bowling Association,
Proper and suitable Initials have been
ordered for the shirts OF the men, and
when they grace the alleys in the
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thing doing. K,
Wnnt TO Howl April IA. IS
Whitman Shilling. Sutterlin, VIII
liams and Blair Will compose the team.
with Bliley rs captain and manager.
Two two-mnn teams, composed or
Whitman and Splitting, and williams
and Blair have also been entered, and
Whitman and Blair are entered as lii
dividuals. Under this arrangements
the Richmond bowlers will .be repre-
scented in every. class y
Practice has commenced in earliest.
While tho locals have asked for April
IA as tho date on Witch they desire
to bowl It may be that that date can
not be secured. Because of this fact
i the men are not going to be caught
mapping should they have to leave
earlier than they desire. Bliley has a
voico like foghorn, and he is con-
tinually behind his charges urging
them on. In fact, the big fellow IS
some bowler himself, and he can sot
mighty fast pace for tho young.
sters. Particular attention Is being
given right now to getting the spares
Al! manner of difficult chances are
spread out on the alley and each man
given an opportunity to show how far
he can CO. Each man Is almost a
suretire on railroaders and there will
be little chance OF losing out because
OF any such misses. as was the case
with one Of the best teams at the st,
Louis meet. AZ
VIII Get in the Money.
AS matter OF fact. bowling}is being
taken mighty seriously by tho people
Of Richmond. And this is true OF thou
sands who have never enjoyed sin
sic moments sport on the alleys. The
fact that the Richmond team went to
Buffalo last year, without moments
preparation and finished twenty sixth.
out Of $50 teams. gettin.: in the prize
money list has awakened many to tho
possibilities 3
Naturally, the men who will rep
resent Tho imes-Dispatch and the
city OF Richmond this year at Buffalo
do not expect to he the champions OF
tho world. Bowling Is not supported
In Richmond as 1t Is In Cincinnati,
Chicago. New York. Philadelphia, ST.
Louis and Baltimore. But the men
on tho local team expect to finish well
up In the heap. They are starting with
the proper spirit
Any one Interested should take a
visit to the alleys and watch tho
carnestness with which practice is
going on. Every single miss is criti-
cizcd by the onloolsers. but not In a
spirit Of unfriendlincss. Rather Is the
criticism In the nature OF hopefni ad
vice: Even those who are not able to
go to the big tournament are hopeful
for the Richmond team Thsy want
to see the men make a great showing.
and for this reason take a sort OF per-
sonal pride IN the working of the
team.
whitman Won'k Predict.
Whitman. who has already won his
spnrs on the alleys. was out in a state.
ment last night 1t went something
like this: IT don't want TO make my
predictions. because If do some Of my
friends will have chance to come
back ut me. but take from me hat The
! Times DISPATCH team Is not going to
finish last ut Buffalo. s5
Frank Bliley Is the ,ght man in
he right place. lie has mack OF
keeping men together and OF Instill-
Ing in them the proper spirit. HeE
never knows when to Quit. and Is not
beaten until tho last frame Is rolled In
tho last game. Even then IL some
thing has gone wrong. he haa nm ex-
cnse for It. You can't help WORKING
like a beaver for q man like Eliley.sy
Then remember that we will have Il
SpillinG md Sutterlin and Williams ard
Blair. Every ono Of them good bowl
ors. not the f1ighty grandstand kind.
but the steady plodders. who can al
ways he counted upon to roll up q !,
good average score. And the haEt OF (