New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-15
Well Known Follower of
Game Says Journeys Are
Too Greatly Restricted.
NO ENCOURAGEMENT
FOR AVERAGE PLAYER
Engagement Lists at Big Alleys
Show That Rolling for
Fun" Is General.

game in it's broadest scope until mucn
greater recognition and announcement are
given the followers OF the alley game VINO
roll in competitions especially arranged
for social. commercial or fraternal groups.
This was the opinion expressed by n wen
known student Of the game last week
The opinion is not entirely new, for u
has been expressed countless times in the
asst decade even by so well known a man
as John Cllngen. former president of inc
New York Bowling Association, during
his administration.
The time has come when this much
talked OF step must be taken" said the
speaker. IF a census of bowlers cou'd
be made IL would be found that two-thirds
OF the tournaments are closed TO those OF
a certain qualification. There are, then.
vast number OF persons who roll merely
for the fun OF the game. I'm private par
ties and so on. and these people are IN
every walk OF he. I'll warrant you II this
academy alone could be canyasscd suf-
Gent proof would be found right here
This conversation took place In Thum 5
White Elephant Academy. and. suitins the
action 10 the word. reference was made TO
Ansem Endreas. the manager. Endreas
produced his hook OF engagements. The
result was astonishing to even a man
familiar with bowling from beginning 10
end.
The faculty OF the Stuyvesant High
School cores one afternoon a week for a
, few hours OF bowling There are no tour
naments I'm which this club is engaged.
but they roll regularly and in an organ
lied manner Then the women teachers OF
Public School have a pair Of the private
clLb alleys one afternoon each week.
Stenographers. secretaries and women
clerks OF the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany have another party each week.
Passing down the list, big oil COM
pany has a bowling club at Thum 8. where
! the managers Of various branches meet
regularly. one OF the Transatlantic steam
ship lines, two banking houses. con
tracing Irm. department store in TINS
city a printing institution and tobacco
firm are others from the employees OF
which clubs have been organized for
bowling purposes.
Department heads OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad and a band OF two dozen or
more students OF the Ohio State Uni
versity. who happen to he taking courses
in this city. have their evening or after
noon each week on the alleys
Post & McCord. architects. have en-
gagged twelve alleys for a single days
tournament for their employees. The firm
pays the expenses. taking this method
OF giving their workers a treat. much the
| IL, io
Each year for the last Ave seasons
tournament OF this kind has been run of
Already arrangements have been made
for 1915. The first week in March will be
the time
Lest year the International Florists
Association held a tournament all one
day and evening at the White Elephant
using twenty alleys for the purpose. In
addition TO the foregoing instances there
are dozens of private parties for when
alleys are engaged during the week. In
fact. the old style OF open game, wherein
| the low man is stuck for the high
mans game. seems TO have become passe.
Instead there are dozens OF parties
made ND OF friends. and without outsds
| Interference. OF course. open games sun
continue FOR there are hundreds who pre-
| fer that form OF competition. But for
every one in the open games there are
dozen in parties or in some bowling CLUB
To turn for moment to the tourna~
ment phase OF bowling in the same acah-
envy. there are no less than six confined
10 certain classes 81 people. For In
\ stance, there is the knights OF Columbus
League. in which two dozen OF the vari-
Gus councils in the city are represented
by teams. In the Silk League, fifteen
teams. each representing some big silk
! house in this city, are competing. AZ
many banking institutions have combina-
| lions i'm the Bank Clerks League, and
the same illustration may be used in the
Architects, Trust Companies and Whole
sale Drug leagues.
Considering some OF the other academies
, in the city II is found that the Royal
Arcanum rolls at the Riverside, the Bronx
Royal Arcanum and the Harlem Navy
AZ the Harlem Palace, the Edison League
at Lerbach & Brokers Broadway Pal
ace. the Stationers' at the Park Row and
AZ the National the Eastern Ladies Bowl
ing Congress holds forth.
over In Brooklyn there are the Knights
! of Columbus. the Bank Clerks and the
Morning Newspaper at the Grand Gen.
trial: Royal Arcanum and Improved Order
Of Heptasophs at the Superba: Modern
| Woodman OF America. odd Fellows and
Jr. o. L. A. NJ at the Gotham Palace:
Kings County Red Men and Ben Franklin
at the Broadway. and the Independent
Foresters. Kings County Royal Arcanum.
Long Island Navy and Custom House at
the Universal
This makes a total OF twenty-five OF
these tournaments in New York and
Brooklyn Averaging 100 bowlers TO q
league, Il reveals the fact that there are
$500 actual competitors IN addition to
those who follow the fortunes OF tho
various teams. There are more spectators
than bowlers at many OF the games.
Last year the greatest number Of regis
trat.ons in the New York Bowling Asso-
citation was about $780, and none OF the
bowlers in the foregoing closed compe-
titions was enrolled unless II happened
that he also took part in open tourna-
ments.