South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-23
LOCAL BOWLERS
ARE PREPARING
FOR CARY MEET
Expected That Twenty Teams
From This City Will Take
Part in State tournament
Season Nearing End.


state tournament viii be held next
month. Every indication points 70
this years state event being by FAR
the largest in the history Of the or
ganizatiOn. The greatest entry before
recorded was 6S five-rnen teams. who
competed at South Bend in 1912.
Compared with this Gary alone has
made IS entries in the five-men event
already and they hope to surpass the
so mark before the entries close.
which is next Wednesday.
South Bend is going 20 have an
exceptionally large entry i'm the state
tournament. possibly 20 teams in all.
Every league in the city viii be rep
resented 10y at least one entry, the
larger organizations with more. The
Elks viii surely send eight teams with
the probability Of making II a dozen.
Three clubs at least VIII take a chance
from the G. A. club and the Stude-
bakers are figuring on sending two
or three teams. The Waltherr and
Factory leagues win also have rep
TesentatiOn.
Teams already having made entry
are the Silver Edges. Antlers. HubeTs
Elks, Tails. Fawns, winners and
PrOngs from the Elks' league; the
g. a. C.'s. cubs and Athletics from
the g. a club: Studebakers from the
Studebaker league; Neversweats from
the Waltherr league; Singers from the
Factory league and the HOOsier
Creams. South Bend has been given
the choice OF playing their games on
two Saturday and sunday dates and
have selected April is and 19. The
South Bend contingent is being looked
after by r. A. Schnelle and arrange
ments are being made TO transport the
local bOwlers in special cars.
Local Schedules Nearing End.
While the schedules OF all the local
bowling organizations are nearing
their end it is significant that not
single league in operation has its 1914
championship settled in advance. AS
a rule some teams obtain an early
lead in a league and make the
championship race procession. But
this season finds an unusually close
competition in every bowling organ
izatiOn in the city.
This week snds the Studebaker
league showing tC-tEe best advantage.
Two teams. the Reaches and SpOkes
are tied for FIRST place. and, the Skeins
are but two games behind, while the
Tongues are good fourth The
Reaches are one of two teams, VINO
have been at the top OF the percent
age column throughout the season.
They have been obliged to share their
honors with others. principally the
SpOkes and Skeins who have been
on their heels constantly and prom
Use 10 wage the warfare during the
remaining games on the schedule.
Two CLUBS. WnlCn nave lldQe al SdlldlL
fight against great odds are the
Tongues and AXles. Those two teams
were unfortunate in getting "A bad
start and lowered at the bottom for
many weeks, but now occupy very
prominent positions
AntIers Maintain Advantage.
The only team which shares the
honors with the Reaches in leading
throughout the season are the Ant
lers In the Antlers league. Capt.
Chaffee's team has been seriously
threatened at various stages of the
season but have not been tied since
the third week of the present SEIZED
ule. For two weeks the Fawns shared
the honors and the PrOngs filled in
one week The latter are now in sec
ond place. two games in the rear OF
the Autlers
Considerable warfare has been
waged I'm the Elks league throughout
the season and the preferred posi-
ton has been shifted about consider
ably st one period of the season
there were seven clubs within two
games OF each other hut during the
past couple of weeks the HOOfs have
been very prominent They were
threatened by the Charms last week
but a three win for the HOotS and
like loss for the Charms leaves a
three-games difference 60 overcome.
But the leaders are not secure In their
present position especially with the
Tylers coming on with a rush. The
Tylers are dangerous institution and
their splitting of 3096 pins last week
proves that they should have COM
peted at Buffalo. This is formld-
able aggregation Captaiued by John
DOran and contains such famous
bowlers as Charles Schueu. record
204 Neiby Casnner Kies and Helm
rich.
Singers Lead Two Leagues.
n
show TO advantage in more than one
league, yet the Singers have things
their own way in the Factory and
O. a. club leagues Singers appear
90 have mania for leading In ath-
letc events as they won the champ
ionship in the Factory baseball league
last summer and are now going well
in the bowling game. The percentage
table OF the q. a club league presents
a peculiar situation i'm that but three
teams OF the eight show better than
800
The Standards OF the Waltherr
league have been at the head of their
race longer than any other team in
the city hui their schedule has been
ina progress since last fall. The
Standards have led the way through
ont the season. except one week when
they were superseded by The Inter
states. who are now In third place
Factory League Averages
As an organization eyiuCiDg COM
Eeuiality the Factory league has
something on others. During the
course of the season complete trans
formations have been affected. The
Watch Co. who opened the season as
invincible. are now i'm the rear while
the Singers Ions occunied the other
end OF the column. Changing of po-
sitious appears 20 Doe "a mania and
there is no telling where 10 viii end.
individual ayera ges OF the several
PLAYERS have been compiled by Secv.
Fernando which show some good per
fermances FOR the new Organization.
Zilkv or the Sfudch kers leads and
is the only one with au average OF
$50.