Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-31
TOURNEY TINE
KEEPS ALL BUSY
Great Variety Of Competitions Will
Be Staged on the
= Alleys.
LOCAL BowLERs TO TAKE TRIPS


seascn local bowlers VIII be Kept busy
outside of their regular league matches
with numerous tournaments, both locally
and IN other cities. The Gate city tour
nAmsnt will wind up today. The Her
cirands won the team event with score
Of 2.7N. In the doubles. Lindsay and
Crane were leading with Liza score.
The singles will be rolled this afternoon
and evening.
The annual city tournament. which
was scheduled TO start last night. has
been postponed a week. so as not 10
conflict with the Gate City tournament.
which wns extended over the same per-
lod to accommodate the large number OF
entries.
The postponsment will permit the Gate
City teams and individuals 20 enter In
the annual city championship competi
ton without oonfictinE with their own
tournament.
city Tournament.
The tournament viii be held February
and & The five-man event will
be rolled with one squad Saturday even
ing and another sunday morning at 10
o'clock. Doubles and singles will be
rolled Sunday afternoon and evening.
Entries close Thursday. February J.
new feature in this years tournament
will be she Burgess-Nash trophy TO be
given 20 the sll-event champion and 10
be retained by him one year Until the
next annual tournament.
An extra charge OF IS cents win be
made 20 every bowler entered In all three
events. The money collected In this man
ncr will be held by the treasurer until
tie next annual city champ onship tourna'
mcnt Il staged. II will then be turned
over 10 the holder OF the cup upon his
surrender OF same to the next champion.
This system will undoubtedly be used
each succeeding year. The trophy y
large beautiful design OF a tcn-pin and
hall. II viii be displayed in the windows
Of the donors. the Burgess-Nash company
during the coming week,
Hsntinston Handicap.
The next tournament attractlng local
Interest will be the annual Huntington
handicap tournament. This big event
viii attract the largest entry due to the
handicap system In which the weak or
second rate bowler n placed on an equal
basis with the first class pin topplers,
There Is large number of second and
third class bowlers In Omaha vino hunger
for tournament play and this one event
staged by Dad Huntington gives them
The chance they want. The tournament Is
OPEN TO the world on a handicap system.
which is based on the general averages
Of bowling leagues IN and around Omaha.
Special effort 70 made 70 secure entries
from towns ott IN the state and IN west
ern Iowa. Several nearby towns have the
towlln9 crars and are anxious 20 come 70
-. - 49, AZ
their own caiibre and receive q handicap
which enables them TO have an equal
show with stronger combinations.
0utsfaers 90 Come.
The MARIAN, Red Oak and Carroll. Ia.
teams have announced their intentions OF
entering and other entries are expected
from the state across the river. Teams
win nlso be sent from Lincoln. Fremont,
Columbus, schuyler. Grand Island and
Pender. The entry fec win be q per
man each event This amount viii In
elude the bowling. II opens February II
ana continues until all matches have beer
relied.
international at Mil city.
The big international tournament which
opens Ia Minneapolis February H. will
receive AZ least one entry from here. Th'
Pete Loeb squad have entered, and with
thir crack lineup they arc sure TO max,
a good account OF themselves. Last veal
the Burgess-Nash team was Omaha
sole entry In the bis northern meet. ans
they made a splendid showing. II thi
seasons entry does as well or better the1
VIII bring home a big piece Of the prix
money. as the prize fund this year 4
much larger than that Of last year
Teama for ga. u. a."
Five Omaha teams are sure 90 ente
the big American Bowling congress
tournament which opens In Toledo O
March A. The storx team has alread
received ~ dates. which viii be IN
last two days Of the tournament Marc
q and IS. The Inxus and Metz hAv
asked for March Is and 10 The tw
letters Old Age teams viii roll ON ON
% the above dates. These five team
will have IN their lineups thirty 9
Omaha's best ten-pin artists.
Nebraska Tourney.
The annual Nebraska state tOurnamer
h scheduled 20 open In lincoln April
ana continue until the sth. About thirt
entries are expected IN this seasons NEE
me Crescent alleys win b. cross plane
ana redrsssed ana put IN first-class cor
dition Tor the matches About ten omah
teams Vim enter Last year Omaha bow
ers walked away with practically all n
prize money ana intend 60 DO Il aga
this year. but Il current rumors Of q
murphy 10 aaIe Lake.