New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02
PRAISE GENESEE ALLEYS
Rochester Well Able to Handle
National Bowling Tourney.
GRAND CENTRALS SET MARK
Break Worlds Record Total
for Three Games and
Also a Single One.

Much comment OF favorable nature
has been heard on the local alleys since
the announcement that Gcnesee Hall.
Rochester. is 10 be tho scene OF tho sew
cnth annual Tournament of the National
Bowling Association for three weeks, he
ginning about March q. Moreover out
SIDE Of the surprise occ1sloned by the
selection Of Rochester when II Was con-
sid,red likely that Newark. PHILADELPHIA
and Syracuse all stood an excellent chanc"
Of Gaining the plum, tho mon chosen to
manage the to'.rnaulcnt are well known
here
Michael j Costa. - Philadelphia pro-
u,oter ard one of the charter members
o: lie y. T.. ~. has been sci"c'ed a.
manager. Tic viii direct the manage
mcrt cf The tournament, leaving the de-
tails 10 his assistant Major Vi. ". Gage
OF the home city. Major Gage was the
manager OF The second annual touFnamen,
on these same alleys in 1908. AMI was 4
valuable aid a. Madison Ssuare GARDEN
tho followinG year. Several ofhcIa!s OF
tho Garden affair said Yesterday that
Major Gage alone would assure the sue
cess Of tire 1913 meeting and would prac-
tically make Up for the loss 81 tune III
selecting the city for this year.
In C;cnesee Hall there arc sixteen
alleys OF the latest approved type VII"
accommodations for several hInored
spcetators The building was incoih'
plcte H. 1878. and the number OF teams
that rolled there was trihe more imam
the hundred mark There Is likeiy TO ne
several times that number this year, TOT
bowling has doomed wonderfully In 'he
last four years. and with the completed
building. In which there is large dance
hall and skating rink to be used for pau
dock. coat rooms. dressing quarters Of
fees. etc. the facilities for running OF
much larger tournament are consioered
excellent. Moreover. there is ample room
for the annual convention 81 the Natiohal
Bowling Association. held regularly IN
con junction with the tournament.
Rochester Is the bowling centre oil
Northern New York. while Buffalo. only
about nfty miles away. has a big city as
ISOLATION which will be OF peculiar valne
to tournament II this kind close al
hand
II is yet too early TO estimate the mum
Der OF teams from greater Ne" lorA
that will visit Rochester. but there are
those who believe that nifty would not De
too great a number TO predict. The tour
psment. il il planned. will be held just at
tho time when bowling is having grand
wind-up preparatory 10 d summer oil rest
II will De- recalled that the Grand Cen
trail club. Of Rochester. won the national
chsmpionship in Paterson last March
,Vith a worlds record Of $50 since tnei!
the members of this team nave pecn
burning up the alleys WIN '"corIS ",
quite a variety. several weeks ago Lar
sutton former Western champion an"
JInfeIand broke "A worlds national tourna-
ment record by rolling l.i25 IN tWo-ilei
series of the New York STATE League, ru'
IL was not a worlds competitive I'Co'.i
However, only q week or so ago w w
thrre games that has never been cquaIe''
an any allev The total Was 5.ts', OF
team average OF il65.2. IN" previous
mark was made by the Interstate beaeue
team OF Brooklyn In specn' NM
against Buffalo on the old Grand 'entIa'
tt~s Prooklyu some seven years ago
and was an average OF Lis. ,.,.,a ,h. a.,
IL seems to have been overlooked Una
when the Rochester team mace us NOhi
T.rr,il score for three games the secoIu
'I-,d.s rccord also went by the Doard.
This record was a total Of l.2l6 for SIN
Gle game. another tally never rOl IL ",iS
where before. Previous 10 TINS UNI ~
renord was l.207 and was made by the
Howard Majors. Of Chicago. in that Glay
- ,e1- and two years later was equaiIe'l
nv the Burkos. OF st. Louis on drives VI
'',T ,apSornance OF the Rochester team
4, oaryeilous In detail and the scores
- M ~" 90 ihat occasion are likely 10 stahi
for many years ,.,to,.
Tod