The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
BUFFALO BOWLING
TOURNEY STARTS
New Workers Hope to Grab
Off PlUms.
PRIZE MONEY TOTALS $4,000
. Entries Include Nearly 400 Five
man Teams, 500 Two-man Teams,
and 1,5OO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of
the Previous Winners mt All
n. b. A. Tournaments.

Buffalo, Feb. 25.-The bowling world
has shifted its 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
international tournament of the National
Bowling Association. The tournament
will open tonight in Convention Hall and
continue II March Is WhiIe the conven-
ton will be held on March IS. ...
Although. the National Bowling Asso-
citation is essentially an Eastern organ
ization. the central. location of Buffalo has
attracted a large number Of entries from
the Middle West AMI from Canada.
The mcst prominent bowlers in the
country will compete, and the promoters
are confident of seeing some new world
records established.
The entries include nearly 100 ive-man
teams. 500 two-man teams. and 1,5oo in
.oividuaIs. while the cash prizes to be dis
tributed range from 10000 to $4,000.
New York City sent a big representa-
ton. and feels confident of carrying OF
the hogs share of the purse, as 1t did
in the Baltimore tournament in 1909. In
this meet the Chalmers team, of Detroit.
Mich. Won the fvc-man team event with
a total score of 2gl7; with the Corin-
thians No G. OF New York. second; the
Rrunswicks. OF New York. third. and
Yonkers New York. fourth.
First honors in the two-man event were
CAPTURED by Burdine- -Eckstein. of Wash
ingtOn, D c, with a score of 1885; kram-
er-Prio. of Brooklyn. finishing second
with 1851: Observation-Disclosures, of Bal
tinlorc. third, with 1,2c.
individual honors were won by Tony
Prio. Of Brooklyn. with score of 705 for
three games. This equaled the world S
record in this event. established a few
months previous at the American Bowling
Congress tournament by Thomas Haley,
Of Detroit In this event H. Ritter. of
Philadelphia, came in second with a
score Of SO: G. Froman. OF Newark, third,
with score OF GA. and L, Lucke, Of
Brooklyn. fourth with a score of $40.
Many of the teams which competed in
the American Bowling Congress tourna-
ment at St Louis are entered for the
Buffalo meet and in this connection the
results OF the 81. Louis contest are un-
usually interesting, as afording method
OF comparison.
In this meet. Chicago carried off the
majority of the five-man events, taking
the first FIVE places.
The highest score. 2924, was made by
the FlerOers. This is thirty-eight below
by ths Lipmans, of Chicago, in the A. B.
e. tournament of PittsburS. The best
this team could do in the St. Louis meet
was eleventh.
First place in the individual event was
captured by ]. B1ouin. of Chicago, with
a total for three games of 6sL The
worlds record for this event is 7o5. as
stated above.
Mr.. Hartley and L. Seller. of East
Liverpool, captured first honors in the two
man event, with score of 1.246. The
worlds record for this event is Isis, and
was established by John McGuirk and
John Grady, of Paterson. n. J.. in the
n. B. A. tournament held at Rochester in
IaGS
Jimmy Smith, OF Buffalo. had the high
est individual average in all events, his
score being 1913, which is e below the
worlds record. established by Thomas
Haley, OF Detroit. Mich. at the a. B. c.
tournament in Detroit in 1910
Smith is one of the active workers in
the Buffalo toarnanent