New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-01
GAGE DRAFTED BY
LOCAL BOWLERS
National Secretary VIII
Fill Same Office for
Committee Here.
MOYNAHAN CHOOSES
VETERANS AS AIDS
Amateur To"rnam ents Attrse.
More Interest tran Ever
in Sports History.

Patrick 4 Moynahan. chairman Of u,
METROPOLITAN championship committee a
the New York Bowling Association. whk.
uas recently allowed 20 select his ADJ
TINS marking ren phase IN the hls,~s
OF the game. announced yesterday TIA
the same officers would b. In charge th
year as last. with the exception o. "a.
secretary.
William A. schwab. OF the Knights 4
Columbus League. Vho served as se,r..
tary and manage. OF the tournament lar
wear. IS unable 10 ofTiciate AGAIN this sea.
son. Since the last metropolitan cham
pionship schwab has taken up the duue
Of corresponding and recording secretary
Of the New York Bowling Association
With the retirement OF SchWso as sec.
rotary OF the metropolitan champonshi,
committee il was necessary for Moyns-
han to lind q man thoroughly familiar
with tenpins in every phase. re az
pointed Major ". ". Gage as secrs;3y
Of the committee. The advent % CAGE $
Of more than usual significance. II
means that the efficiency system now n
vogue in the national tournament will y
carried out here.
Those occupying official positions %. TIE
national and New York organizations look
upon the appointment Of the major a.
significant. I'm that - Is taken 20 mean
the establishment Of permanent secrs-
tary for the two big bowling association
I'm Headquarters constantly open 70
bowlers and entirely indie, ndent u any
other business. II the two ASSOCIATIONS
can carry out their financial plans i~
another season there viii be no difficulty
in establishing such headquarters.
The committee IN charge OF the metro
politan championship, which undoubtedly
Will go to Brooklyn this year. as aireadT
forecasted in these columns. IS composes
as follows:
Patrick 4. Moynahan. Algonquin. chair-
man: H. r. Strauss. Empire Robert %
Maher, Belyidera: Robert FormbN h o.
=. League, and MaJcr VI W. Gage IN
perial, Brooklyn. secretary.
The bowling craze. which mas al"aD
been present amons the members OF the
improved order OF Heptasophs. IN Bioos'
lyn. has broken out stronger than ever
Always an interesting tournament am
one representing the purely amateur eis-
ment in tenplps. the Heptasophs VIII coa-
duct their competition on larger scare
Instead OF fifteen conclaves, each being
represented by a hve-man team iari'
will be- more than thirty concayes. -seh
one entering a three-man team.
Some conclaves will have tN' uarn
As usual. the tournament VIII be roha
AT the Superba Academy. and, instead
the customary two alleys. there VIII
four in use. 80 as to keep the scheduh
from getting too long. officials Of the
improved order OF Heptasophs IN TINS
state are deeply interested In the bowl
ing competition and plan 10 start con-
tests along these lines In many cites o.
the state. and it may be tina, the move
ment will grow into big state Itas.e
for Heptasoph members.
The first team OF Montague Concla'e
No. as. won the tournament this las'
season for the third consecutive yeaf'
This is a feat that has not been accom-
plished before. and. az 4 result. the mem-
bers OF the team feel justly PROUD OF
their bowling. The contest this year
came down to the last scheduled game
The league has been running ten years
and Montague has been a winner I'VE
times on four occasions the team vas
second.
There are some good men Representing
Montague. For instance. j. ". chaimei'
is captain. and has been a participant
not only in the Heptasoph League. but IN
ROYAL Arcanum competitions for num-
Der of years Then there IS Frank De
Mott. who is pacemaker. and gained col'
siderable prominence as tenpin afuR
when he competed several seasons ago
with the Brooklyn Interstate league ;cain
L. Manasse. Henry Miller and jimmy
Spinella are the remaining members. Is'
last named ia "southpaU.' re nA
made a brilliant record.
Those who are in touch with the Sar'
OF tenpIns are beginning 10 realize ina
sucn competitions as these form th
backbone OF bowling. There are mof'
tournaments OF the so-callcd closed virt1
than contests open 10 bo~lers az arg
and il is the closed league which nas
little or no representation IN go'efn'
mental tenpins When John Chnsen va
president Of the New York Bowling Ass''
citation. and later when chief ehecu'"'
OF the National Bowling Association 10
even spoke OF the necessity for eneou''
aging tournaments wherein the po"'es
were on a purely amateur status lie Vas
president Of the SILK League for man!
years.