The Washington times., 1915-05-10
Capital and Syracuse
In Battle for Tourney
BowIers Will Decide at Meeting Today to Where Atlantic
Coast Associations Meeting for Next Year Will Be Held.
Capital Is Favored by Many Delegations.
S-o@o ~ SucA
By KIRK C.. MILLER.

ROSTON. Mass. May l0-PlayinS
politics Of most intricate nature In
which the virtues OF Washington ana
Syracuse y. Y. as tournament cities
took the leading part. occupied the
thirty bowlers and William +. GUIDE ana
his brother Adolph. OF Washington, all
day Sunday and early today.
At n session Of the Atlantic Coast
Bowling Association to be held at the
Lenox Hotel today, the city in which
its 1915 tournament will be held Is to be
decided. and the scrap for the annual
classic has narrowed down TO Washing
ton and Syracuse. with Washington
favored by the majority of the New
England bowiers.
With the Capitolians lined up In full
force at the Lenox and the Syracuse
detachment strongly installed In the
Copley SQUARE the fight for next year 8
Tournament has. to an extent. detracted
from the bowling Of the past week
While Syracuse has a membership In
the A. G. r. \. of nearly 100 bowlers
against 10 OF Washington. the sympa- :
thies OF Boston, Lawrence. Lowell and
Providence are with the District dele
gates and this help is expected to prove
Sufficient to offset the influence of SYRIA
Cuse. with its one ally. Rochester
W npn the lJIh wy was
decided. Washington backed Boston
from the beginning. and this assistance
is to lie returned to them in the present
night to attract next year event. The
present Is the FIRST year that the A e.
b. A. has been in existence, and the
organization is weak in the vicinity Of
Washington. Baltimore and Philadel-
phia have both failed to aff' with
the infant body which has SUI ~eeded IN
placing the three forms of bowling.
IL, pIpo nIl
uniform basis of competition.
In order to prCmulRate the good work
which the association has done in thus
making uniform the great winter sport.
strongly connected and If the 1915
/ tournament Is given to Washington II is
| thought that the retcent cities of Balti'
more and Philadelphia will see their
| ways clear to come into the fold.
| Through the maze of politics which
| has been tactfully carried on between
| TIE two cities. 1t has been impossible to
| ascertain the financial officers which arc
| to be made, but the present officers of
| the association have made it clear thst
| the financial consideration is not TO
| oNerShadow an opportunity to strength
| en- the association in the way of en-
! bracinG more territory and for this rea-
! son the proximity of Washington tu
| Baltimore and Philadelphia is likely "a
have a distinct magnetic bearing on the
| outcome Of today's important session.
| Besides the naming Of the 1916 tournA
| ment city. the election of officers foI
| the ensuing wear is to take place. VIII.
| lam +. GUIDE, of Washington, has M
| opposition as president and he can have
that honor again for the mere accept,
! anCe.
All five duCkpin teams representing
Washington, get their first taste OF
! Atlantic Coast Bowling Association
tournament rolling tonight when five
| allevs of the monster Mechanics Hall
| will be turned over to them for the COM
| pletion of the fiVe-men team scores.
| Doubles and singles in duckpins will
| be disposed of tomorrow, and Wednes-
dav Will find the one tenpin team from
the District firing away at the big
| naples. This tenpin team Is made uE
| largely of duck rollers who wish to try
their luck with the large naples. Harry
| Krauss and Eddie MCKnew being the
only veteran big pin spillers on its
/ personnel.
| This pair Is also entered in the doubles
| and singles OF tenpins, as Is Major IT,
| Rohh, Of the Brunswick team. Until the
| howlers arrived here II was thought All
= OF the Washingtonians had been schsd,