South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-30
LOCAL BOWLERS
To DEFEND THEIR
TITLES At CARY
State HonorS Are Held by
South Blenders and They Ex-
peCt to Duplicate FeatS-
Season About at a Close.

Announcement from headquarters
Of the Indiana State Bowling associa-
ton. whose tournament will be held
at Gary this year. April 8 to %. re-
veals the largest entry list In the his
tory Of the organization, with an
entry of 104 teams. The largest
previous entry was IS five-men teams
at South Bend in 1912. The city Of
Gary alone has entered 5S teams, one
Of which represents the city admins
tratiOn, headed by the mayor, who
will open the tournament and roll the
first ball. The local entries Of Gary
is larger than the combined entries OF
two tournaments held by the Organiza-
ton at Indianapolis.
South Bend will be well represented
at the tournament this year as IA
f1ve-men teams, % two-men teams and
ga individuals have entered, which IS
20 per cent Of the entire entry, an
excellent representation. All of the
present championships are held by
South Bend bOwlerS, the fve-men
event by the Silver Edges, the two
men event by Cashier and Hart, and
Lloyd Richards the individual honors.
all of whom are entered to defend
their titles.
awarded April Is and 19 To roll their
events. which will be known as South
Bend days. Although the entry list
comprises about rs bowle1's at least
100 will make the trip, as many
ardent rooters and boosters have sig
niAed their intentions of accompanying
the players. Arrangements are now
under way to take care of them. A
special train OF cars has already been
chartered Of the South Shore lines,
which VIII leave South Bend at $50
p. m. Of the 18th. Very likely ElbePs
band will be engaged to escort them.
Schedules Nearing Close.
Most of the local league schedules
are nearing their close. the first Of
which to finish being the Studebal0er
league. Two more weeks Of games are
on the calendar and exciting things
appear to be in store for them. Dur
ing the entire season, the Reaches,
Spokes and Skeins have had most of
the battle to themselves and 1t
promises to be maintained 10 the end.
However, a chance for elimination is
possible this week when the Skeins
and Spokes are scheduled for battle.
while the Reaches have II rather easy
against the Studebakers, an arrange
ment apparently unfair at so import
ant . period.
But should the unexpected happen,
the Studebakers win two from the
leaders and the Skeins win a pair
from the Spokes, which is not impos-
sible. then the three teams Will enter
the final weeks play on even terms.
An erroneous report OF games played
Wednesday between Spokes and Boil
sters showed the latter to have won
three games. However, a revision Of
handicaps went into effect last week.
which was ignored, and, as the games
were all very close II was found with
the prevailing handicaps applied that
the Spokes had won two Of the games,
which enables them to maintain their
tie with the Reaches.
Scratch Play Gains Favor.
While the Singers still lead in two
leagues, the c. A. club and Factory
organizations. their advantage was in
creased in the former but consider
ably cut in the latter The Factory
league today presents the most com
pact percentage column OF al as there
are but four games separting the first
and last teams IN the standing or
clubs This is remarkable when con-
sidered that the league is conducted
on a strictly scratch basis. no handi-
cap being allowed to any OF the play
erS.
The Factory league has enjoyed the
greatest success in point Of huctua-
ton in the percentage column than
that of any other league. which Is
undoubtedly due to the handicap II
is a matter OF history that the for
tunes OF all bowlers vary and that
slumps enter into their stride at Ger
tain periods. Under the handicap sys-
tenn. frequently revised. when these
slumps occur, the player is consoled
with the assurance that he will be
favored allowance. which will give him
an advantage over his opponents In