Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-04
BIG TENP|N TOURNEY
Record Broken in Number of
Entries for Intercity Event.
FORTY CUNTS MAY ROLL
In the Singles 204 Will Compete and
102 Two-Man Teams Are
Entered.
FORTY CUNTS MAY ROLL

Entries in the coming intercity tenpin
tournament closed last night. and. as has
been confidentaly predicted by the prime
movers in the affair. the number of par
Elephants will be greater than in any pre-
Vious bowling event in this city. With at
least four out-of-town blanks yet to be
checked off. a total of thirty-fOur five
man-team entries were received This is
larger by nine than in last years tourney,
and with the missing Baltimore entrants
added a grand total of forty teams will
be shown. In the two-man teams and
singles the figures are correspondence
high. loo in the former class being carded
to roll. with 2Oi individuals entered to
compete in the individuals.
Secretary Field and his corps Of assist
ants were swamped with applications last
night at the Palace alleys. A special
delivery letter bearing the entries of the
Brehms League of Baltimore, six teams
in all. started the ball rolling, and from
the time of it's receipt. 6 o'clock, until
midnight. the boardroom of the Palace
was a busy spot. The Monumental City
League sent in all eighty-five dollars in
entrance money, the largest amount re-
ceived. Richmond sent approximately
the number of teams and individuals that
had been promised for the Virginia city.
Fhe quints entered are the Richmonds,
1imes-Dispatch. Palace and Cook Print
ing Company. From the Brehms League
was entered the Brehms, lmperials, Mon
days. Mounts. Marylands and MontbellOs.
The other entries which are expected in
today's mail, are the Methopolitans and
FIVE other bowling quints connected with
the Baltimore City Association.
Washington carried out it's end in a
manner highly gratifying to local tenpin
enthusiasts OF the three big leagues
the Colonial, Departmental and District
only one failed to send a complete entry.
the Navy quint of the Departmental being
the delinquent five. The Colonials Will be
represented by the Iroquois. Continentals,
Pilgrims, Manhat.ans. Knickerbockers,
Pioneers. Virginians and Nationals. In
the District League the Florists, Cham
Der of Commerce. Palace. Colonials. G. p
Q. and Columbias are carded to take the
alleys. The Departmental will be repre-
sented by the Interiors, Agriculture War
Department. Commissioners, G. p. o. and
Bureau.
Three of the small tenpin organizations
fell down in the matter of team represent
tation. although the individual entry list
will be large. The Saengerbund League
will look to the Schumanns to uphold it's
prestige. while the Engineers Of the Pat
ent Examiners League and Track and
Roadway from the Washington Railway
Relief League round out the fve-man-
team contingent.
The arduOus task of checking off the en-
tries. classifying them and drawing up
a schedule was begun by Secretary Field
this morning. and the completed list of
teams. doubles and singles, together with
the dates upon which they are to bowl,
will be published later in the week. The
officers of the City Association have per-
formed yeoman service in their efforts to
give Washington its banner tenpin tour
nament, and every indication now is that
they will be entirely successful. Mon
day. February 10. is the date of the open
ing night. all the games being rolled in
the evening except in the case of part of
BaltimOre's schedule, the tentative ar
rangements being to roll the doubles and
singles from the Monumental City in the
afternoon. A Richmond and Baltimore
night will be set aside by the tourney
officials. and these occasions will prob
ably attract large crowds TO the Palace
alleys.