The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-20
WHO SHALL GO IN
QUEST OF HONOR?
INTEREST GROWING IN REFER
EscE TO ma BOWLING TOUR
NAmEST IN WASHINGTON.
SIX TEAMS GOING
ENTRANCE BLANKS To BE SENT
OUT THIS wEEK--MAY HAVE
ELIGIBILITY CONTESTS
HERE.

Just who will take part In the in
tercity bowling tournament in Wash
ington next month, is a subject which
In uppermost in the minds of local
bowers. The local alleys are full of
competent men, but as the personnel
from Washington and Baltimore both
will be of very high ciass, the local
leaders are in something of guam
dairy.
IL Is likely thst within a week the
local men may get together in pre-
ijmtnary work, and as a result OF That
flx upon the men 10 go torth 10 bring
back laurels from w 45nlngton.
Rowsey and Mcfarland have charge
Of the details. They have conferred
with the Washington leaders, and
what they do Ia the premises Will De
satisfactory to all concerned. From a
Washington paper comes tins.
seems assured that the tenpin game
THAT the participation Of the Bal
timore and Richmond bowlers in the
coming tenpin tournament Is gong
to add greatly 10 the interest OF the
affair set ms g. foregone conclusion,
and the enthusiasm with which the
ptn knights Of these two cities are
undoubtedly will go long way to-
ward making the tourney the most
succs ssfui tn the history of the local
A tty association In fact, pt now
seems assured that the tenpin COME
IN to receive an impetus from this
tournament such as II was much tn
nesu ana the Ike OF winch Ii mas
never before experienced. Washing
aEaa-4e 4ssassaafaa- s1ere
all falling away In the support ac-
corded the big pin sport. and the
bowiers as a unit jumped al this OPP
portunity to get back OF NOV ~.iiw a.
to boom the game. Al the meeting
at the Palace alleys, when the out
OF town Representatives TO the city as
sociation meeting were In attens afics,
gsl-logether spirit was the keynote
of the Assem- blage. Hermit Mcfarland
and Jake Rowsey, the men present
from the Virginia municipality, ex-
messed 1t as their belief that six
teams from their city would be rep
resented al the meet. c. r. Lee Scott
president of the Garage league OF .sai-
timore, one of the Monumental city
representatives. was OF the opinion
that flfteen teams would shoot In tns
tourney under the colors OF his city
lone OF the points raised tn'
meeting was In regard TO the entrance
of all teams and individuals from
The two cities outside OF Washins soi
In class A. II was the consens.~ss %
opinion at the first meeting of the
local body that inasmuch as the ioca
committees would have no wa %
ascertaining the class the. .out-of-towr
bowlers were 30 shoot In, II woulc
be necessary 10 assign all TO the rrs'
classification, but when the visiens
delegates showed them that the or
ranIzation of the ten,pin men In theil
cities was such as 10 make 1T JUS
"a EASY to classify their entrants ac-
cording to their home city average s
ss Ii, Washington, 1t was agreed ina
the three different grades would %
appIicabIe alike to all cities. rms
ella ssif,caffon is as follows: F1ve-mar
teams-Class A, teams having an av-
erage of $50 and over: class b, teams
having an average OF 500 to sac. aiic
class c, teams having an aVeragf
under 500 Two-man teams-Itasa
A. teams having an average OF sat
or over; class u, teams having ar
average of 310 to $50, and class c
teams having an average under $40
rrotvfnra.s-~ftass A. hewsers tssTing
an average Of ITS and over. Glass b
bowIcrs having an average OF 155 tc
TIA. and class C.. bowlers having ar
average under 1855.
Entrance blanks are In the hands
Of the printer. and should be ready
for distribution tomorrow"
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Braves, has the strongest kind OF en-.