New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21
ALLEY OWNERS IN
NOT WANT TOURNEY
Appear to Fear Effect Of
Establishment of Bio
Academy.
OPPOSITION WILL
NOT ALTER PLANS
N. B. A. Competitions Cert,;,
To Be Held, and Conditions
Will Be of Best.

At a recent meeting OF the g.r.
Alley Owners Association at caS;sall
Monarch Palace alleys the ioIloy,, :
resolution was passed:
at is the opinion Of the E,,,.-.
Alley Owners Association that a..
cial conditions do not warrant the ~
ing Of the National Bowling A..os;;s.'
ton tournament in New York ~,
year"
Subsequent T. that meeting Villa,
Cordes, president Of the assoeia,ia,
was quoted in "The Bowlers' JCarrsy
as follows:
ave, the alley owners, do not beg.,.
that an n. B. A. tournament held 1,
New York this season would be a sus'
cess, and for that reason we do M,
want 10 encourage its coming her.
The next time New York holds a tos,'
nament il must be a success, but ia,
time is not ripe just yet"
Several of the alley owners in IA,
city have gone on record as being up.
willing 10 financially support 4.
tournament OF the National Bovli,s
Association. After all their sreun.s,.
have been carefully sifted. IL appears y
be believed that the permanent essab.
lishment of big bowling plant i d,
Grand Central Palace would be inn.
cal to the interests Of the average mar
who owns an academy.
IL may be said on unquestioned 80.
thority that whether or not the teur,a.
ment is held on those alleys, the slley,
will be built and the academy erat.
lished. One bowler in touch with u.
situation spoke yesterday as follows:
Judging from the situation as IN.
derstand it, the alley owners are actin,
the part Of the dog in the mang.,.
! They cannot eat and do not want ary
one else to eat. Il is settled that Il,
new alleys will be built, and the aun.
Der will be at least twelve, II ne
twenty-four. What difference, then
whether the National Bowling Associa.
ton holds it's tournament In New yors
or elsewhere The alleys will be rev
of the best manufacture and every,
thing will be of the hnest. -,
IL appreciate the fact that there'srs
political forces working against ths
present governing bodies in tenpin.
William V. ThOmpson's attempt u or.
ganize a district branch of what BE
called the Atlantic Coast Bowling As
ISOLATION in Philadelphia last fall gaze
away the whole thing.
"Since then the duck and candle pin
bowlers have organized themselves into
the Atlantic Coast Bowling Association,
and in that particular capacity 4 Is
proving to be a very useful Orrra-
ton. We have the n. B. A. for Ten
pins. and ii may not be a far cry to
the time when the two associations
will at least have working undss.
standing, If they do not actually al
filiate,
"Reverting TO the Eastern Ais'
Owners, Association, it would be wei
for thenito look to their own interest
before attempting TO put obstacles =
the way Of all that makes for good
clean tenpins. I happen 20 know ths
f.. even If this resolution was adopte'
and announced ii was not a unanInou
proposition. in so far as the total mem
bership was concerned. In other wcrc'
there are those alley owners w
heartily favor the n. B., A. and a
that goes with It, and who will sup
port the tournament in a whole-souls
manner
az believe that once the opposlr
alley owners realize that the ne'
academy will be established to eei
taintv. and that he y. B. A. is merel
doing what IL did in Rochester 10 Dol
1909 and 1913, all clamoring viii eeas'
as it should. A word to the wise
sufficient"