Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-12
.OMAHA'S BOWLERS
AFTER FIRST PRIZE
Big Middle West Tournament
at st. Louis Attracts Two
Hundred Teams.
BRANDEIs' MEN ARE GOOD

The stage is all set in st. Louis
for the largest middle west tourna-
ment ever held. Entries closed Fri
day night and while all had not been
received yesterday it is known that
200 teams will participate. This sea-
sons list of entries includes teams
from cities not previously identified
with the association, Milwaukee, with
three; indianapolis, with two; Cincin-
natl, with one; Detroit, with four;
Tulsa, Memphis, Hot springs, Kan
kakee, Kenosha and Oklahoma City
with one each are newcomers in the
organization. Peoria, with thirty-one
teams; Chicago, eighteen; Kansas
City, nine, and Des Moines, nine, are
the cities sending the-iargest delega-
tons, all except Chicago having as
their main object the landing OF next
seasons tournament. Smaller entries
have been received form old standbys
such as St. Joseph, Sioux City, Wich-
tia, Pueblo, Minneapolis, St. Paul,
Marshalltown, Mason City, Cedar
Rapids, Dubuque, Fremont, Lincoln
and Omaha. All of these have en-
tered from one to four teams each.
All these entries, together with a st.
Louis entry OF 100 teams, make the
total up around the 200 mark, way out
ahead of Omaha's record mark of l26
teams last year.
Many Stars.
These teams have in their lineup
the classiest bunch Of stars ever APP
pearing on middle west runway and
select brand of bowling will be
displayed before the public. Aside
from the regular tournament bowling.
several large money matches will be
staged, chief amopg these being be.
tween Jimmy Bloain Of Chicago and
the bowler accepting his challenge for
a $500 match during the progress OF
the tournament. The Fremont, Ncb.,
team will play the Jack Daniels team
OF St. Louis and the Free Press team
Of Milwaukee will roll special match
with the Detroit Journals, and the Ru-
binis OF Chicago will play the Capitol
Alley Five, champions Of Indianapolis
and Indiana. Other big matches at
tracing widespread attention will be
rolled.
Extensive preparations have been
made by the St. Louis officials for an
elaborate cnterramnea. OF the visiting
tenpin men.
Omaha's entry to Mound City is
disappointing considering the number
OF entries in past seasons. Only three
teams responded to the call and two
OF these are pickup teams, organized
among those who became conscience
stricken when they noted the small
entry from here. The Brandeis Stores
team is the only regular league squad
to enter and two picked teams called
the Omaha Alleys and Farnam Alleys
will GO The light entry Is mainly
due to election results. Most of Oma-
has tournament teams represent the
large breweries and the arrangements
OF these did not feel disposed to enter
their lineups. On the Brandeis team
will be r. G. Fanton, captain; E.
Terrell, G, Toman, H. Mccoy, F.
Kieny and ]. Martin.
Omaha Alleys: dad" Huntington,
captain; X. Sciple, w. Haarmann, c.
Cochran, J. Jarosh.
Farnam Alleys: w. L. Schoenman.
captain; c. Weekes, Fl. Fritscher, ].
Fitzgerald, F, Karr, J. Jarosh and E.
Tracy.
Strong Bowlers.
While this representation is not as
strong as former ones, the lineups
contain several Of Omaha's strongest
pin topplers and they are sure Of
making good showing.
One local item of interest is the
definite announcement OF M. R. (Dad)
Huntington that the new Omaha al
leys would be opened on Saturday,
November IS. The alleys are already
laid and the work OF interior finish
Ing is nearing completion. As an
opener Dad expects to stage big
sweepstakes tournament. All star
teams from Des Moines, Lincoln and
Fremont will enter this and seven To-
cal quintets will enter. The entry fee
will be SIS a team, the money to be
split three ways.