The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-04
Chicago Making Great Plans
to Entertain BOwlers at
National Congress.
RECORD ENTRY LIST ASSURED
Chicago Men in Charge of the Great
Meeting Next Month Will Have All
of Latest Equipment and Prizes are
Expected to Pass all Former Amounts.

Chicago is completing plans for
handling the twelfth annual tourna-
ment Of the American Bowling Con
gress, which will be held IN Chicago
starting March 2 and lasting for three
full weeks For the first time in the
history of the congress the titles won
there will be branded as world S
championship official sanction hav
ing been secured by President Charles
A, Comiskey, the head of the Chicago
Bowling Tournament Company which
is running the event, from the national
body for the use of the ''world"
designation.
Beyond question the coming tourna-
ment will exceed all others both in
number of clubs entered and in size
of the prize list, the more conservative
estimates on the cash to be awarded
being placed at $4,000 while at the
other end the hopeful promoters figure
that nearly 100000 viii be distributed
after the smoke clears away Nation
al Secretary Abe Langtry figures on
only $50 clubs while National Treasur-
Ell Frank j.. Pasdeloup, who is also
member Of the Chicago Tournament
Company and better acquainted with
the Chicago situation, figures that it
will run over 500. Other estimates
run as high as no clubs, figuring that
Illinois alone will enter 400 clubs, or
almost as many as the greatest total
entry ever secured.
Accommodation in Chicago surpass
those of any other city. The great
international Amphitheatre, which lies
Just outside of the famous stock yards,
has been secured and the contract for
enough alleys to allow for the running
of, of 900 team tournament let to
the makers of the alleys which have
laid the drives at all but one of the
past eleven meets. In the matter of
hotels Chicago is pre-eminent and the
city could take care of the entire dele
cation to the national bowling meet in
one day, if necessary, without testing
the capacity of the local hostelries.
Assurances have been received from
the hotels that prices will not be adj
vanced during the big meet and the
entrants can find accommodations at
any price they desire.
With wealth of material to, pick
its members from the Chicago Bowl
ing Tournament Company was able to
secure for it's officers men known all
over the country by the bowlers while
for good measure it added two men
who stand in the, forefront OF baseball,
Charles A. Comiskey, the president of
the White SoX team of the American
League, and Albert r. Tearney, presi-
dent Of the Three / League, who was
recently mentioned Us q candidate for
the head of the National League.
"Commy" will be the host of the
visiting bowlers and he has attached
his personal guarantee that Chicago
will give the--visiting bowlers such
time as they never had before.
Financ ally the present company is
stronger than any which has ever been
organized. A total of $4,000 has been
issued in stock which has all been
taken up by the bowlers, the largest
individual holding being 100 a man
while there are 172 stockholders, all
active bowlers, on its books. Among
its vice presidents are President
Frank L. Pasdeloup; treasurer, Judge
Howard of the Chicago Bowling As
ISOLATION, Howard also being president
of the Illinois Bowling Association,
and as such the chief of some 10000
state rollers. w. S. Flenner, , w.
Monroe street, is the secretary and
4. is running the tournament with bust
ness administration.