New-York tribune., 1912-04-30
IMPERIAL DOWLERS VIM
Capture Special Prize in To,Irns,
for Metropolitan Title.
MANY CLUBS HOLDING oFr
Planed Alleys Have Their r..
rors and Stars Will Wait "a
the Last Minute.

} TO the Imperial Club. Of Jersc r,.,.
I the distinction OF winning the spAc,., se1
offered by the New York Sowling Asso..s
ton for the team rolling the hlghe., 80.
for three games during the first thrAs a. 'a'
/ of the metropolitan championship ,o,-
ment which IS now under way ., 80
! White Elephant alleys. "''
This competition for four titles of c..
New York-five-men, two-men, indiv,,,.,
and all around-is rolled on plane,, .,,.r-
and tho stronger teams have held os
their request for dates until the lat,sr
of the tournament. The local eoy.r.,.' '
| body offered u special prize for the 80
rolling during the first three days q, a.
tournament, for the purpose OF oS,s,,,n-
this tendency. The Imperials not only cam ;
ured the special prize but are now Issd,r.
for the championship with 2.750.
None of the doubles nor singles tha, tai.
the alleys yesterday afternoon dIs,urno,
the leaders in these divisions. Rlo.sa.,,
and Schultz, of the Underwood cluh :,
Brooklyn, lead the two-men with A ,o,,,
of l,l&. while the individual leader Is Ir..
tus Boch Of Jersey City the famous ,nts,.
state bowler, whose total was s35. an ave-.
age Of 212.
SO far the following clubs have co,,.
peted: Oneida, No and No. .: Trip,s Y
Underwood, Rockaway Beach c,,s,or,
House No. 2. Fern Council. R. A.; Casino
Rldgeheld Park. n. j.; Columbian cluh
Long Island City; Broadway Aresss
Bleecker Imperial No. 1, Jersey cI,,,,
Hackensack Wheelmen, Adirondack coun'
ell, r. A; Ansonla, No. and No. and
Excelsior.
The tournament will continue for two
weeks longer. and some Of ths best box,sr.
In the East will take the maple strips IN.
cluding Alexander v Dunbar. Glenn Rid.
dell. Fred b. Egelhoff, all former greafer
New York champions; John Roster. pres
ent interclty champion; William CordeS
founder Of the National Bowling Assoc,a.
ton and the first man to roll 800 In q tour.
nament. and Frederick Schwartz. a FOR.
mer national champion.
This is the second time that this tourna.
ment has been held. The idea was con.
ceived last year by William B. Multord
tnalIUlan OF tUe louI ndIueIb committee OK
the New York Bowling Association, who is
at present the head of the committee IN
charge. The tournament will be most
successful" said Mr.. Mulford last night.
our entry compares favorably with that
OF any other city tournament ever held,
and the bowlers are intensely enthusiastic
over IT,"
1t was said by a bowling authority las,
night that the new plan Of membership IN
the New York Bowling Assoclation--that
of individual registration, instead Of tho
present form of club membership-wi
make the tournament another year even
larger than that OF the National Bowling
Association recently held in. Paterson.
Among the fve men teams that took ths
alleys last night were two from The SIX
League, Suskana Silks, OrttaHi FIELD Club.
Hackensack, y. j.; Comet, New York;
Black Diamond. Thompkins and Superbas
Brooklyn. None OF them changed tbs
standing Of the leaders
Contrary TO the national tournament cus'
tom, loaded or "dodo'' balls ere not per-
mitted in the metropolitan championship
For the first time in this city the "doc'
tored" sphere has been barred. Two balls
have been rejected so far-one fot being
loaded and the other for being over weight.