New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
BOWLERS HERE TO
PLAN TOURNAMENT
Details of Atlantic City
Championship Meeting
To Be Fixed.
ENTRY LIST MAY
MARK A RECORD
Albert Kittredge Makes a Score
of 299 i'm Match with
George Halter.

A dozen or more Of we'll known bowl
ers from Philadelphia are in this city to-
day for the purpose Of attending meet
ing Of the board OF governors Of the Ma
tlonal Bowling Association at the Hotel
Imperial tonight. TO go over details In
connection with the annual national
championship tournament to he held next
month I'm Atlantic City.
In the party are Elmer +. DUNCAN.
president OF the y 3. A: William Kirk.
former chief executive; Thomas Canon,
secretary of the Philadelphia Bowling
Association. and Henry J. Bergman, bet
ter known as Pop
Coming IN on trains arriving this morn
ing from other cities are Fred Mater Of
Rochester: r. L. Krause. OF Utica; W. h.
Ford. of New Haven. and Bernard Maur-
er. Of Syracuse. The remaining members
of the board of governors who will attend
are from nearby towns.
Major VI. W. Gage, the national secre-
.tary. will give report Of the progress
OF the preliminary work connected with
the progress OF the campaign for organl-
cation.
Since the National Bowling Association
was organized, some eight years ago, there
always has been crying need for more
thorough organization. but one thing after
another has prevented until now, and the
y b A. officials are bending their ener-
ges TO q permanently formed body, ma
tional in scope. which will regulate ten
pins on the highest plane, as was the idea
of the founders.
How well this plan has thus far been
carried out is shown by the fact that
Newark will send twenty teams TO At
lantic City from properly organized dis
trfct association.
George F. Duncan. as president OF the
Bergen County Bowling Association. re-
Gently had a conference with Major Gage,
and declared that several hundred more
members would be enrolled next season.
II H. Mahlenbrock has been largely in
tsrumental in getting together the Hudson
County Bowling Association, while the
Passaic County Bowling Association. with
headquarters IN Paterson. is once more
getting on a businesslike basis. Thus the
entire bowling field in Northern New Jer-
sew has been completely organized.
City associations have been formed In
Newburgh and Middletown, with view
20 covering Orange and Rockland coun-
ties Bridgeport is becoming alive, and
will cover the surrounding territory as
will New Haven. Mercer County In New
Jersey, is weak. but the Trenton bowlers
believe they will have q solid organiza-
ton another year.
New Brunswick has district organiza-
ton and Elizabeth also is anxious 10 get
one started. II may be seen that the ten
dency is to organize not merely tenn
porarily so as to enter teams in the ma
tional tournament. but to have these dis
trict associations actual working parts OF
The greater national formation.
II WILL be matters connected with this
forward movement as well as with the
national tournament with which the
hoard of governors will have TO deal to-
night. Major Gage said yesterday that
City teams from Greater New York had
been actually promised. and that in the
several previous years ne had managed
tournaments. 1903 at Rochester. 1909 in
New York. and 1918 in Rochester again.
terest
Il would not be al all surprised. saln
the secretary. "if the 800 mark was beat
en-. and we shall be We'll satisfied IT the
teams for the most part come from those
sections which are well organized ]
think that this Is the crux Of the situa-
ton. believe that bowling viii come
into IT'S rightful place before 1914 is mn
,shed. and that we shall have game
clear from obstacles, and with national
organization truly representative OF the
quarter million bowlers in the East
knights Of Columbus bowlers are All
enthusiasm over their Eastern champion
ship tournament which will begin at
Thun's White Elephant Academy on
March 30. This competition is something
entirely now in ten-pins and 1t viii be run
of along lines similar TO the metropon-
tan pionships. except That the ell
ribility rule makes 1t closed to members
81 the Knights OF Columbus without re-
gard 10 territorial limit.
rnv,,at,ons have been extended to all
councils OF the order In New York, New
Jersey and the New England states
rbere will be five-men. twO-men. individ-
nal and all-around competitions for which
fbe entry fee is 81 for each man, all or
,he fees being distributed in prizes.
G. Z. Kennedy. OF Santa Maria, and
ueu known bowler, has given the cham
nionship trophy for the five-men fixture
A solid gold medal Is given 20 the man
n,akinr the highest individual score in
anv competition by the New York Bowl
t,g Association. provided the winner Is a
registered bowler The outlook is at pres
on, for fifty fve-men teams, 10 two-men
and 20 persons singles. william a
schwab. former secretary OF the New
work. Bowling Association. VIII manage
the Knights OF Columbus tournament
Xavier and San Salvador councils WIN
rot or their tie for the X. Of G. cham
r,onshin this afternoon at Thum's. while
the FIRST games OF the inter-city series
between New York and Brooklyn are
carded for Tuesday evening at Thums
on Saturday evening the annual dinner OF
the league will be held al the St Denis.
II 10 probable that tho metropolitan
cbauuionship. which will be held this
vear al the Grand Central. Brooklyn. Will
begin May II and run for three weeks.
There Is talk Of Saturday evening, MAY
?. tslng the opening date. but this - de-
oiared inconvenicnt As soon az the ra-
iionai championship IL over Meiof Gage