New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-02
bOWLERS NOT AROUSED
Metropolitan Pinmen Not Re.
SentfuI at Action of A. B. c.
DISCRIMI NAT0RY, SAY SOME
National Association Rejects
Plan to Set Up Territorial
Divisions.

| greater New y Ork with regard to the &C
| ton of the American Bowling Congress,
effective in 1914. in barring metropolitan
bowlors from tournaments in the West, is
someWna; OF the "Glad-of-it" kind, there
Is. none tie less. some feeling against
, what are said 20 be discriminatory meth
DDS.
Since the organization Of the National
Bowling Association. in 1906. the Ameri-
can Bowling Congress while apparently
very friendly. has made ovegtUres TO the
+ East ard has time and again disregarded
the National Bowling Association.
The latest move is the action barring
the New York bowlers from competing in
the Western tournament unless city as
ISOLATION be formed In New FORK IN the
proper manner" Charles p. Cohn. g
member OF the National Bowling Associa-
/ ton board of governors who aided IN
forming the association. spoke openly
yesterday.
I'm not surprised said Cohn. ut
! might have been expected. ! suppose they
/ think out there that we will let them roll
over US, that they can 90 again what
they have always tried 70 do-get us in
! line. collect our fees and then SIT on US
| The East has never been recognized. and
never will be IL the American Bowling
! Congress control Is In the West. unless
Of course We show that we are so strong
that We can hold our own with them. IL
they think Tor one moment that We can
not get along without them. they are
much mistaken.
The people at the mead of the Ameri-
|
people. The whole Institution is domi-
| mated by commercalism. by business men
who care nothing about the rank and file.
and simply mulct the bowlers out Of
- l3 Pc cent OF their entrance fees
At the last meeting OF the board or gov
errors OF the National Bowling Associa-
J ton letter was received from A. L.
: Langtry. secretary Of The Western body,
/ apprlsing the National Bowling Associa-
ton officials of the fact that the loaded
ball would be barred IN future, and ad-
vising OF contemplated action with re-
gard 10 the establishment OF territorial
| lines.
He proposed that one section bar the
teams Of the other section. The line was
to run from Buffalo TO Pittsburgh. then
| L. Wheeling Border cities could enter
either or both tournaments. but others In
the respective territories must stick 10
their own sections.
IF we establish territorial lines re-
piled william Kirk, president OF the n.
/ Is. A., then our name. National Bowling
| Association becomes a farce, for we de-
| liberately bar the bowlers from one Sec
I ton i'm preference 10 another, II makes
/ the broad lines on which our association
/ is founded become false doctrines. our
square deal motto meaningless. The name
OF the American Bowling Congress VIII
mean nothing, it will shut itself up In It's
/ shell; the national and International tour
nament you so widely advertise will be-
come "A myth.
! las long as | am president of this as
ISOLATION. and 1 feel as IL | can speak
for the thousands of bowlers enrolled in
our organization. there will be no limit
to our scope every bowler. no matter
, from what locality. will be welcomed and
will be treated man to man."
There was II report that Buffalo may
be the scene Of the next A. Ii. G. tourna-
ment, for political reasons" but that
| report was not credited here. because the
Buffalo bowlers viii. attend the Rochester
tournament full strength. one well
known alley owner, in touching on this
| phase said
"Of course. the A. Il. c. would be
thrown u Buffalo. Tor Cleveland threat
ems to leave the Congress unless IL can
use the loaded ball. We bar II here in
| New York. and properly so. but the n.
I Is A. as yet has not done so, preferring
/ to leave il To the local associations. The
| onio ials IN the West want to salve the
/ Cleveland people somehow,
! TWO teams of New York bOwlers will
! leave for Toledo tomorrow to compete
/ in the A. Il. c. tournament. Billy Cordes
VIII captain his Brooklyn All Stars, who
won the championship in Chicago last
year. The following Is the teams per,
I sonnet Jimmy Smith, called champion OF
the world Alexander '. Dunbar ami
Glenn Riddell. former intercity cham
I pons. Harold Horton greater New YORK
! Individual champion and Mortimer Lind
| soy. Rational all-around champion.
The second team viii he the Bergman
! five. captained by Paul Bergman and
composed OF Asa Harris. Johnny Noor;
! heis,. Mathew quinn, Lee X. johns ana
, William w. Weinearth.
The American Bowling Congress has
| reelected it's list OF officers and executive
committee in its entirety. as follows;
President George a. cJudge') How
ard. Chicago; iirst vice-president, e. ).
| RYAN, Detroit; second Nlce-presluent, H.
w. Brown. Louisville: third vice-presi-
dent, William Agnew. Cleveland; secre-
| tary, Abe l.. LangSry, Milwaukee,: treas
! urer. Frank l.. Pasdeloup, Chicago.
Executive committee.-Charles M; Bark
err. st. Louis w. G. Cook. Philadelphia;
4. c. r. Darling. Montreal; Frank Fox.
Indianapolis; q. O. Francisco. Denver;
J. G. Gazzolo. Toledo; f. W. Gosewisch.
81. Paul: r. q. Helmerlchs, Washington;
NJ. X. Huntington. Omaha John Koerner.
Milwaukee,; George G. Lowe, Kansas
| Cieiland. Dayton William +. Margsen,
CINCINNATI: ID. G. Morgan, jr., Wheeling;
! g. c. Ryan. Kenosha: H. 9; Schunk.
Sioux City: Louis See;haler, fitisour2l'
John r. smith, Buffalo, and A. J. Theme.