New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
BOWLING WAR IN SIGH /
New York Men Object to III.
Double Tax Now Imposed.
NO ACTION ON "DoDo" Bali,
William Kirk Chosen Presidens
of the Association for a.
Second Term.

faterson' ~, D. Mafch H.-War clors
gathered at the annual convention n, a..
National Bowling Association here tod,
Some Of the New York men opposed a.
25-cent tax on each registered bowler :,
though representatives for all other c,,.
favored the plan until some better on. 81
be devised TO provide funds for the o..
erning body.
In New York the CITY Association t,,..
each club s. annually for memhsr,h,,
while the National Association impoa.,
tax of q cents on each individual bowl,
In other cities the system is 10 tax ,,,,
bowler % cents for the national fee ana
additional taxation Of IS or 25 cents for ~.
local bodies. It is the double taxator >.
which certain OF the New York bos,.,,
object The delegates were in session In.
I'll a late hour discussing the matter ana
electing officers and the debate was q,
spirited that for time il was difficult :.
restore order
The long programme Of important l.,,,.
lation was forced 10 the board Of gov...
nors and probably will hang fire for s.v.
eral months. notably the loaded or dodo,
ball question. The matter Of awardir,
next years convention and tournament ala,
was left to the board Of governors nsv
contender for the privilege appeared |,
Boston. the home OF the duck and candl.
pin game
There was an element produced to.as,
among the New York delegation which
plans to make the entire registration MA,
individual throughout. assessing 50 cent? n,
each individual bowler, the proceeds 10 h.
divided between the New York and ths
National Bowling associations.
This spirit was so strong that William
Kirk, Of Wilmington, Del, was reelected
president against his wishes. John Ro.
mary. Of Paterson, was elected 10 succeed
Joseph Thum. Of New York, as firs, vice.
president. Thum did not wish recollection.
r. f. Krause. of Utica, succeeds j. A.
Hazeiton. of Baltimore as second vice.
president. Elmer f.. DUNCAN. of Phiadsl.
phla. was reelected treasurer, while Frank
y. Woodwork. Of Brooklyn was reelected
secretary. The re-electiOns were largely
due ~ the desire of the delegates 10 keen
the present administration In office to tide
over the present crisis.
New members OF the board NJ governor,
are Louis Buen. of PHILADELPHIA. Georz,
Curtis. OF Paterson: Fred Roth, of Pater.
son Bernard J. Naurer, Of Syracuse ~ s.
Williams, of Richmond, Va, and JOSEPH
Thum. Of New York. Those reelected tol.
low: Charles p. Cohn. Of New York; VIII.
lam Cordes, ~ Brooklyn, founder Of TIA
National Bowling Associs ton. who led ths
poll: John J. Fitzgerald. Of Paterson =. j.
Maier. of Rochester; +. ". Pierson os
Newark. c. A. Parker. Of New York, W. B.
Milford. Of New York: Dr. F. " Tate ot
Albany. and W r. stevenson ~ Wheeling
w. Va.
G. Leslie milford. president NJ The New
York Bowling Association was defeaSed fo-
place on the board of governors. Charles
p Cohn was the subject of considerable
agitation. but he was reelected by good
ma iority Cohn Is tho champion of the new
plan Of individual registration.
The registration matter has come down
70 A question for the New York Bowling
Association 10 decide, as II Is the only SUD-
sidiary Of the national association mat nss
not adopted that plan. 1t was said tonight
that a determined effort would he put toT'
ward 10 bring tho now plan into sfAc' a.
though the opposition claimed considsracs
strength
New leaders came IN the front In the i~o'
man fixture Of the tournament > W
Cooper and ". r. Kitchell. of tho Mero's
Club of New York. landed first place, WIN
l 2o7. due chiefly 70 the excellent torm Of
<itchelI. The latter Is membership Secre'
tarv Of the New York Bowling Assocla'
,ion. and Tailed 2l6. 2lS and 2l9. HIS part
ner gava him ordinary support. Win ~
las and 1870
Rodman La MoreauN and Nap''eon y,
Belle, of the Canadian Athletic 'lHo' o'
Montreal rolled into second place VIA
ao3 The form OF Ia NoreauN was me-'
credita bic, for h. scored 81, 2iH and IA
while mis- partner rolled 49, 2'i ana -
T. Cannon and ]. Magen"y ~ fh'ale'P"H
took nth position. with LES.
In the fve-man competition the NeE'''
Club of New York. Is nov second "i''
, s36. tho Annex CLUB. Of Albany ioi'"
with 2.sl7: the stenton team, Of Fh'ao''.
phia. ninth. with 2.73t and Hotel 40 D. y
Trenton. tenth. with 2.7@5.
l. Beacher Of Monticello. y ', maze
sensational attempt At takWs the leFo ~
to-night's individual gamos, rolling ~ 70
began indifferently with l7S. but talheu ~
remarkable fashion IN tn" Se'ono ""I
os, following II with 2H Had Beecher nd'
an ordinary run Of luck In the urs' -a'",
he would have beaten tho wor'd : fe''''
with ease. Hits that were apparently "
feet resulted in splits. -,.s
Albert Schwebke. Of the Algonquin INV NV
NJ New York. was In excellent iettie.
veteran rolled cleanly, getting sy'' q, ""' 's
"a, for total OF 669, an average oi ~
which takes third position. S'h"e0N
breaks we're splits. lie did not "'S9 eo
snare. Seven other men rolled TOTALS u
or better. -...,,,..
The tournament management anho'"'-
tonight the six leaders for the an ld''.s. ~.
American championship. calculated III
total pins for nine games. "iilan'
Kitchelt. OF New York, through us
coIlent bowling to-day and to-nisht Wv,
tho lead with A total Of i.S52. or an a'etSe'
of 20S Kitchelt rolled SIS IN ms il'ui',I,
games Second OIL the'rst for spe''d' ~ t,' an
is George Gustafson, of BROOKLYN WV"
average of 2l4s-9. followed ny LEO h''I, :,
Of BROOKLYN. with 2c5; Harry hrausY, t,,,,. -
Washington 2ol 20, Henry ClausS' ol N :,
abeth 20o 80. and Charles schaeoe'
Brooklyn. 200 20. IL. sill
The competition FOR American u'',s :.
, ,.s,,r,ad IN the tvo.men fixtures V'
Monday afternoon at l;"" c'''N'