Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
MARKED SUCCESS
IN NIB. A. JOURNEYS
Past Events Have Been
Scenes of Good
Rolling.

| The annual edition Of the Bowlers
| Guide, containing Official statistics Of the
last tournament of the National Bowling
| Association. with records for all years
| in that body. has been issued by the
Brunswick Observation-Disclosures Company. and
embodies some very valuable information
| not only to the contestants in the tour
| ney-the seventh annual event of which
! started last night at Rochester-but to
bowIers at large. Washington bowlers
Jared very poorly last year at the Pater-
son meet, the book shows, although the
Palace quint, composed OF Miller, ALI
son, Brown, Field and Krauss, won sac
with team total Of 2, 7O5. Chamber Of
Commerce, with Cooper, Hammer, Meyers,
Garrett and Barber comprising the team.
won $50 with a 2,679 score. Cooper and
Garrett and Brown and Krauss won
small prizes in the doubles.
Records In all classes since the tour
ney's beginning follow:
Five-man teams. 1907. Atlantic City,
Corinthians. New York, 2,814; 1908. Roch-
ester, Brunswicks, New York, 1888; 19O0.
thians No. 8, New York. $3.50; 1910, Baltt-
more. Chalmers-Detroit, Chicago, 2,917;
1911, Buffalo, Bonds, Cleveland, 2,969;
1912, Paterson, Grand Central. Rochester,
Nelson. Brooklyn. 1.220; 1908, McGuirk
and Grady, Paterson, 1918; 1909. Satter-
thwait and Rodgers, Philadelphia. 1928;
1910. Burdine and Eckstine. Washington.
13O5; 1911. Kelsey and johnson, New
Haven. 1855; 1912. Johnson and Lindsey.
F.. sauer. New York. eo7; 1908. F.
Schwartz. Brooklyn. 697; 1909. e.
Thompson, Brooklyn, $50; 1910, T. PRO,
Brooklyn, 7O5; 1911. Joe West, Buffalo,
events-19o7. John VOORHEES,. Brooklyn.
1856: 1908, Larry Erdman, Brooklyn,
1885; 1909. F. Hegeman, Brooklyn, 1.9OS:
1910. George Freeman, Newark. 1,016;
s191f, George Brunt. Paterson, 1,S04;
"1011,, George Bangart, Chicago, 1904;
1912, Mortimer Lindsey. New Haven,
2,O31. Tiled; each given a medal.
The N. b. A. records follow:
Five-man-Grand Centrals, Rochester,
1897, made at Paterson.
Johnson, New Haven, 1855. made at
Buffalo.
Individual-rony Prio. Brooklyn. 7O5.
made at Baltimore.
High game-F1ve-man-Spa Machine
Company. Indianapolis. 1.069. made at
High game-Two-man-John McGuirk
and John ]. Grady, 523, made at Poches-
ter.
Individual high score-Otto Kalusch.
Rochester, 2SS, made at Buffalo.
Individual average, all events mine
games}-Mortimer Lindsey, New Haven,
2.O31 leverage. 1856. made at Paterson.
Tournaments Promote Game.
That the annual competitive tourna-
ments are best for the interest Of the
game is the Guides contention:
From the day when periods ofs time
were marked by Olympiads instead Of
years in token Of the Olympic games Of
Greece. the tournament or public contest
Of skill has been used to promote in
terest In favor1te pasdmes Of all kinds.
It is a noteworthy fact that all sports
requiring skill. science or training de-
of one form or another. Prohibit public
exhibitions OF the manly art Of self-de-
Tense and the science Of pugflism would
live only in the memory Of olden time.
Limit horse racing to private trials OF
speed and there would be no high-bred
racing stock. Eliminate the features Of
championship rivalry from the game Of
base ball and cOnfine the sport to simple
exhibitions Of scientific ball playing and
the pastime would soon become extinct.
There was little or no interest in bowling
as q national. sport until the American
Bowling Congress decided to run tour
nament in connection with their annual
meetings.
The first American Bowling Congress
tournament was held in Chicago, and
was virtually an experiment, although it
proved to be q very successful meet. The
following year In Buffalo the attendance
was much larger, and at Indianapolis
the following season they had greater
number Of entries than both Chicago and
Buffalo.
"The National Bowling Association.
which was formed almost seven years ago
to control the game in the eastern part
Of the United States, met with remark
able success in the management OF its
tournaments at Atlantic City. Rochester,
Madison Square Garden. New York; Bal
tirnore and Paterson. The tournament at
Buffalo in 1911 set q new record In all
three events.
Benefits Overshadow Injuries.
Bowling, like all other athletic sports,
has its benefits and injuries to the human
system. In bowling tenpans. however,
with the finger-hole ball. the finger or
thumb will give out before you can injure
any part Of your body. Bowling IL a
truly democratic, cosmopolitan and so
ciable game. serving at the same time the
purpose Of wholesome. clean sport and
muscular exercise without any OF the OBJ
jectionable features found in many other
pastimes. 1t brings into play every mus
| Gle of the body without overtaxing the
strength or developing one organ at the
expense Of another. and no physician has
vet been found to sound a note Of warn
| ing against it. while on the contrary ply
| sicians are giving it their unqualified In
| dorsement.
I'm the exciting hustle or struggle for the
almighty dollar few consider time as
valuable as money. 1t can scarcely be
| wondered at that many OF the competi-
| tors in the race lose health: both Of body
| and mind Nothing enfeebles and lowers
! the physical and mental tone more than
| an entire giving up of all the energies to
| one single pursuit; the overworked mer-
| chant, however. has only to bestow an
| occasional day upon any Of the various
| athletic exercises within his reach and he
| speedily RECEIVERS himself. and instead OF
| losing way in the course which he is pur-
SUING. he is enabled to do more than
make up the lost time which his absence
| has occasioned by the increased vigol
| which his change of scene and occupation
| has given him. This is SO well understood
| I'm our large cities that many of our frs,
merchants make regular practice of de.
| voting one or two days each week te
| some kind Of amusement. They take
/ however. to various methods, but all ac'
/ upon the principle OF unbending the bow
/ to enable It to regain its spring.
Gambling Phase Harmful.