The Washington herald., 1911-01-06
By Glen, COLLINS.

Cincinnati, one of the strongest A. B. c.
cities in the Unispd States, threatens to
dravO away from the parent body and
affiliate with the National Bowling Con-
gress. The Porkopolis newspapers have
been running stories to the effect that
the. bowlers of that city are not satisfied
with the treatment accorded them by the
St. Louis bowlers in the tournament
there four years ago. and will not at
tend this year. but will so to the Ma
tional Bowling Association tournament at
Buffalo in March. Martin Kern, one of
the best known bowlers Of the Mound
City, has the following to say in regard
to the reports:
For the life of nae l cannot figure
where the Cincinnati bowlers have any
kick. ST. Louis has always had a warm
/ place for Cincinnati bowlers, which is
natural, because almost all of the leading
bcwlers in ST. Louis came from that
city.
julie Schmitt, AL Bell, George Qualey,
Jack Beresford. J. J. Pf1euger. and my
self come from that city. and will boost
for it every time. During the last tour
nament / worked hard for my old city,
and Garry Hermann will bear me out
in this statement. We did everything
possible in the last tournament here to
make things pleasant for the Cincinnati
bowlers and, under the circumstances
a: that time. st. Paul got four votes
from St Louis. The st. Louis men had
promised Louisville three votes. and kept
their word. and l cannot for the life of
me see why they should not have done
so.
''All the rest of the bowlers had prom
ised their votes for Cincinnati and they
worked hard and voted for the Ohio
city. In return, the Cincinnati bowlers
voted in a body against ID. J. Sweeney.
of this city, who was secretary Of the
bowling congress at that time. Sweeney,
in return for this. bowled in all three
events at Cincinnati, and worked as hard
as any man for the Cincinnati tourna-
ment and has boosted the game as hard
or harder than any man / know OF.
81 am confident that the Cincinnati
newspaper men or some one else have
made mistake. I have always been
friend of Otto Goetz and Emil Schmitt.
and ! figure that they should think back
to the old times when they treated my1
self and family royalty during their
tournament.
Il think the whole trouble is from last
year at Detroit. Cincinnati was a party
to the contest there. and was a friend OF
st. Louis. We took no part in the con-
test there. and merely voted for the
recommendations of the executive COM
mittee, even after our man. Mr.. Drake,
was unable to attend the meetings. l
am sure Cincinnati will remember how
Loyalty we supported them. when we sent
eighteen teams to their tournament, and
that they will show their loyalty to the
a. b. c., which honored Garry Herr
Manu. their most esteemed citizen. by
eiecting him to the presidency and 4 life
membership in the organization.
Manager Fletcher, of the local branch
of tile Brunswick k-Balke-Collender Com
pany. reports that he has delivered the
new pins oManager Brown, of the Pal
ace alleys, which are to be used during
the coming city association tournament
The date for closing the entries to the
City Association is only about two weeks
away and the men who are going intD
the different events are urged to send in
their enyies at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
Abe Langtry tells a good story that
shows how widespread the fame of the
A. B. c. is While the tournament was
going on in Cincinnati Langtry received
an entry from Montreal written in
French. Abe went to an interpreter and
had the message translated y Then, not
to be outdone. the secretary wired dear
Francois in German that his blank had
been duly filled out. This was too much
for the Canadian, and he disappeared
forthwith.
Another bowling association has made
its appearance in the internationA}-which
will hold it's second annual tournament
at ST Paul some time next March. This
organization had over 200 teams entered