The Washington herald., 1911-01-10
By .LENr COLLINS.

Edward Myers. familiarly known among
local bowlers as Pop" will be the next
president of the American Bowling Con-
gress the highest bowling tribunal in
the world.
Louis point to this effect, and it would
not be surprising to see the veteran local
khQwler at the head Of the national organ
ization. provided the St. Louis delega-
ton support him as they say they will.
Meyers is without a doubt the logical
man for the Office. In fact, he should
have been honored with the presidency
two years ago at Pittsburg. when Garry
Hermann stepped down and out Mey-
ers was practically robbed of the seat
by the Middle West delegation, VINO, after
promising to support the Washingtonian.
Topped at the last minute and cast their
votes for Robert H. Bryson, of Indian
apolis
Realizing that in the East the A. B. Z.
was gradually losing its foothold. the
Western bowlers have read the handwrit-
ing on the wall, and in q hope Of once
more regaining their lost prestige. have
hit upon the scheme of electing an East
ern man to the chair, believing that he
will be able to swing the teams in the
cities along the Atlantic Seaboard into
line. Right here it can be added that a
more worthy or better adapted man for
the Office cannot be found than Pop
Meyers.
The entries for the International tourna-
ment, to be held under the auspices of
the American Bowling Congress, at St.
Louis. starting January q. closed at mid
niOht Ia " With 1ocs
teams entered than at the Detroit conven-
ton last year. OF course. this number
includes only those which Secretary
Langtry has actually received, and does
not include the great number which will
be flowing in during the next few days
that were mailed at some distant place on
the date Of closing
Langtry, UP to and including last Fri
day night, had received so entries in
the five-man event, and figuring that
about fifty more will arrive. It will
easily be seen that the record Of 40l
set up at Detroit will be surpassed, thus
assuring the st. Louis tournament Of be-
ing the greatest ever held.
The city association omcials have at
the number Of teams which they are
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local tournament. Treasurer Brown has
placed the limit at thirty-five, while
some Of the other officers claim the num-
Der will be swelled to forty-five. The
writer all along has boosted for fifty.
and there is no reason why this num-
ber should not enter. There are nine
tenpin leagues in the city. representing
sixty-two teams, and q little more con-
centrated effort on the part Of the
tournament committee may result in
fifty being swung into line. Here's hop
ing the fifth annual tournament Of the
Washington Bowling Association proves
the most successful event ever held in
this city. Let the slogan be. Fifty
teams or more"
For the benefit Of those local bowlers
who do not know under what conditions
this big New York event is held, 1t is
only necessary to say that the rules stip-
ulate that the winner is determined by
the one who wins the first six games.
Following will be found battle royal
Harris.... "a IS n lS lN 13 l6 IA l7s $50
We wish to call the attention of the
duckpinners to the fact that now Is the
time to start on that small pin tourna-
ment. How about a meeting Of the
league presidents just to set the ball
rolling. With about seventy teams in
the field. a record-breaking entry list
would be assured.