The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-24
MECCA OF BOWLING
~WORLO IS BUFFALO
National Bowling Associa-
ton Tournament Will
Start Saturday.
american News Service)

Buffalo. Feb. 24.-The bowling
world has shifted it's gaze from ST.
Louis. where the annual tournament
of the American Bowling Congress
recently closed, to this city, which
will be the scene of the fifth interna-
tional tournament of the National
will open on Saturday in Convention
hall and continue to March IS, while
the convention will be held on March
IS.
Although the National Bowling as
ISOLATION is essentially an Eastern or
ganization, the central location of Buff
falo has attracted large NUMBER OF
entries from the Middle West and
from Canada.
The most prominent bowlers in the
country will compete, and the promot-
ers are confident of seeing some new
worlds records established.
The entries include nearly 400 five
men teams, 500 two man teams and
$500 individuals. while the cash priz
es to be distributed range from $50,
900 to $4,000.
New York City will send big rep
resentation, and feels confident Of
carrying off the hogs share of the
purse, as it did in the Baltimore
tournament in 1909. In this meet
hn rhn1 Df Not
Michigan, won the five-men team
event with a total score of 2917; will
the Corinthians No. 6, of New York
second: the Brunswicks of New York
third and Yonkers, N. Y, fourth.
First honors in the two-men even
| were captured by Burdine-Eckstein, o
| Washington, d. c., with score o
1905; Kramer-Prio of Brooklyn, fin
ishing second with 1864; Kriethton
Lendbetter of Baltimore, third, will
| 1912.
Individual honors were won by Ton!
Prio, of Brooklyn with a score of 70i
| for three games. This equaled thu
worlds record in this event establish
ed few months previous at the Amer
| lStiA Do"liHS, SoA6ACoo NouI -.
Thomas Haley, OF Detroit. In thi
event H. Ritter, of Philadelphia CAM
in second with a score of $40; G. Fro
man, of Newark, third, with a scor
of GA: and l.. Lucke, of Brooklyn
fourth. with a score of 60.
Many of the teams which contest
ed in the American Bowling Congress
| or I
for the Buffalo meet, and in this cor
nection, the results of the st. Loui
contest unusually interesting, as a
fording a method of comparison.
In this meet Chicago carried off tn
majority of the five-men events, tai
ing the first five places.
The highest score, 1924. was mad
by the Flenners. This is 3s below tn
worlds record which was establishe
by the Lipmans. of Chicago in the
b. c. tournament of Pittsburg. TIL
best this team could do in the S
Louis meet, was eleventh.
First place in the individual ever
was captured by J. Blouin, of Chicag
with a total score for three games {
event is 705, as stated above.
Mr.. Hartley and l.. Seller, of Eas
Liverpool captured first honors in tn
two-men event. with score of 1874
The worlds record for this event
| 1918, and was established by job
McGuirk and John Grady, of Pate
son. n J.. in the N. B. A. tournamer
held at Rochester in 1908.
Jimmy Smith, of Buffalo, had til
highest individual average in a
events, his score being 1919, which
AZ below the worlds record establish
ed by Thomas Haley, Of Detroi
Michigan, at the A. B. c. tournamer
in Detroit in 1910.
Smith is one of the active worker
in the Buffalo tournament.