New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16
TENP|N ARMY RALLIES
Forty New York Teams Likely
to Roll at Rochester.
FEW STAR COMBINATIONS
Individual Registration Wins by
Popular Favor-Resume
of Records.


of Records.
Unless all signs fail. greater New York
Will send close to two hundred bowlers
TO the annual tournament of the National
Bowling Association in Rochester. begin
ming on April 2. There will he between
thirty and forty nve-man teams with A
proportionate entry in the singles and
doubles. Officials of the New York
Bowling Association, the local National
Bowling Association body. already have
assurances Of at least twenty-siX teams.
and the prospects are that number Will
be increased considerably. In 1908. when
the tournament was held in Rochester.
New York had Just twenty-six quintcts.
In Buffalo. in 1911. there were thirty
seven, and ffty-three in Paterson last
year.
There will he practically no all-star
combinations from this city, FOR each
expert bowler will go with his own team
The famous old Metropolitans. EN-
bracing many of the New York Athletic
Club members. will send two The Spar
tan Club. with Uncle Joe" Thum. will be
represented by two. There will be two
from the Pastime Club. two from Onawa
two from Brunswick and one each from
Algonquin. Mohawk. Presto, Riddel's
Metropoliians. Fidelia. national cham
pions in 1902 Bronx Central. Broadway
Arcade. Hudson. Corinthian and Mon
arch Palace
From Brooklyn there will be two from
Germania. two from Superba. former
city champions: two from Gotham Pail
ace and one each from Grand Central.
Imperial and Moheean These clubs
have assured the local governing body
of their intention Of visiting Rochester,
but there are dozen or more clubs on
the doubtful list
William II. Valentine. president of the
New York Bowling Association. an
nounccd at the meeting Of the organiza-
ton Friday night that the individual
registration a present amounted 10 1853
men and that he was receiving applica-
tons In handfuls He considered il a
complete vindication of the judgment or
those who advocated this method OF
membership
There seems 10 have been some con-
fusion in the West with regard TO worlds
records. There Is an inclination among
bowling promoters 20 claim worlds rec
ord every time something phenomenal
happens. and this is particularly true
when big competitions are held. AS a
matter Of fact. only one worlds record
was rolled at Toledo, where the Western
championships were recently concluded.
That was the 5000 total made by the
Flor de Knispels. Of 81. Paul This team
rolled ] .0G6. 937 and 1908. There is only
one reason in the world why national tour
namcnt records are looked upon as pre-
mier marks. and that Is because IT is the
only form Of competition where "A regu-
larry organized, responsible body places its
official stamp on such performances.
There is vast difference between ma
tional tournament records. competitive
records and open records. The Flor de
Knispd mark Of 1905 is the highest ever
rolled in "A tournament open to all bowlers,
! and is looked upon as worlds record
| because II Is authenticated by supervis-
| ing organization. Time and again, how
ever. teams have rolled the thousand
average For tournament bowling the
Maltops Of Rochester, formerly the Grand
Centrals. are far and away high with their
3.497. nearly 500 pins better than the
| Flor de Knispel tally. The Maltop per-
Torrance is the best ever heard OF In
tenpin history, whether open or COM
| petltive The Maltops, rolling az the
Grand Centrals. held the previous national
record made a. Paterson last year. OF
1897.
William J. Knox, OF the White Elephant
| club of Philadelphia, is the first man TO
roll 200 in a tournament OF this kind and,
for that matter, is one of only a few men
10 ever roll IL In competition Previous
10 Knox's remarkable score Otto Kali
lusch. Of Rochester. held the high mark,
with 2ss. made in Buffalo In 1911. Knox s
mark is looked upon as worlds record,
though John Roster, in the course Of his
long career, has made 300 on no less than
| fourteen occasions. a perfect score Is an
| achievement Of a lifetime.
Followjng is list Of authenticated
uorld,s national tournament records
| Five men. three games-t'lor de knispel.
Of ST. Paul. in A. b. c. tournament, To-
| Five men. one eame-Spracke Club. of
| indianapolis. in \. Is. y. tournament
| Paterson, 1912. 10ss.
Two men, three games-George Kelsey
| and charles j. johnson. Of New Haven,
in n. b. a. tournament. Bunaio, l9ll; 1855;
Two men. one game-John McGuirk and
| Jobn I Grady, Of Paterson, y. j., In
\ b. a. tournament. Rochester, 1908. 523.
| Individual. nine games tall around)-
Jimmy Smith. of Brooklyn, in Canadian
tournament, Toronto, 1872, 1000 average,
| 1ndivjdual. three games-Jimmy Smith,
NJ Brookiyn, in Canadian tournament.
| Toronto. 1912. III.
individual. one game-William j. Knox,
of Philadelphia, In A. Is. e. tournament
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