The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-09

The first annual tournament of the
Richmond Bowling association will
be officially scheduled at the Newport
alleys tomorrow night, when Whit
Whitman. the promoter of the tourna-
ment. and Sam Williams. president of
will make the opening addresses.
The Bishop Shirt Co, and the Bin
swanger Co. teams will he the first
to take the ducks for national honors,
and a large crowd VIII be on hand to
welcome the affair
Representatives from the Peters
burg Bowling association viii also be
at the opening.
The entries for the tournament have
by far exceeded all expectation. and
nothing bat the highest praise can
be expressed for the officials and the.
howiers in coming Ia the front in
such large mum bers and working heart
and heart TO make the tournament
one Of the greatest bowling festivals
ever held in the South.
The prize list will run into several
hundred dollars and one great feature
Is that each class wifi control It's own
entries. This alone has created great
Interest among the howlers and every
one Will be on an equal footing TO be
ON his metal TO win championship hon
ors.
Some Of Richmond's best business
men have been selected by the officials
TO serve on the schedule score and
foul line committee. And they viii
strike hard in order to see that every
one gets "a square deal
Mr. Frank Williams will be the
chief of the executive committee, and
he will have as his assistant the fol-
lowing well-known howlers to help
Z n ty,9 st,s ,fa httr IN Sls
Schedule mmittee-Overmann
whitman, Williams, Mcfarland. Rou-
sey, Blair, Roy, Graves.
Score ommittee-Sweeney Graves,
Barrow, Gilbert, Houchens. Van Diem,
Official Umpires-Bailey. Bultz, o.
Sutterlin. j, Meyers. f. Martin, Hayes
and Davis.
The Newport alleys will be hand
somely decorated for the occasion
and win present a most 'spectaiar
view.
Prizes will be offered in each in
dixidual class; and also in the all
events. Mr. Blair OF the Newport
alleys has offered to give TO the bene-
fit OF the bowlers twenty-five dollars
10 be divided in the all-events and
7 high score and high totals. and every
bowler should receive something for
his work.
The entry list is exceedingly large
and has opened the eyes of the Of
! Ecials for such a fine showing. Bowl
ers should remember that every dol
lar sent in for entries will go in for
pri2es in this great meet. All bowlers
must have mem bership cards of the
Richmond Bowling association.
Petersburg Fine showing.
/ The Petersburg bowlers have made
the local boys sit up and take notice
by their fine showing, as they have
entered six fiye-man teams and also
a very large number in the doubles
and single events The local boys
( will strive hard to show the boys
( from across the Appomattox a big
/ time when they come over TO bowl
( All howlers must be on tho alley
( fifteen minutes before they are sche-
/ tluled To bowl
The following is a complete list of
entries OF the iive-man teams, doubles
+ and single events, as furnished by
I Secretary Goetz
Five-Man Teams.
The Vaughan r obertson Drug
+ company, Richmond
] Rtnswanger a. Company Richmond.
/ Bishop Shirt company. Richmond.
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad,
! Richmond,
/ The Jack Rabbits, Richmond.
/ The Remington Typewriter COM
pany, Richmond.
The Athletes. Petersburg.
/ The Cockades, Petersburg.
The Coolers. Petersburg.
/ The Grey, Petersburg.
The Olympics, Petersburg.
! The Smashers, Petersburg