Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-02-16
STATE bOWLERS
MEET SUNDAY
Bryan One Of Five Texas Cities Com.
posing the leaoue-Be In
Session Two Days.

The creek tenpin bowlers OF five
Texas citNs - congregate In Hous.
ton Sunday and Monday for the second
annual tournament of the State Ten.
pin Bowling League. This is not an
organization league as is the Turn.
verein Cooked Hat League, but an
open bowling association represented
In Houston by the tenpin players Of
the Houston Turnverein.
Two Houston men are the officials
OF the league. w. Il. Richie is presi.
dent and W. !. Lighthouse. secretary.
The five Texas cities at present
composing the league are Houston.
Bryan. LAGRANGE. Victoria and Gal.
weston. Brennan Is the real home
OF the Turnverein tenpin movement
as the star teams OF the city have
been noted for good many years.
The formation OF the state league
grew out OF the competitions between
Brennan and other Texas cities.
The first annual tournament OF the
Tenpin League was held last year In
Brennan on Feb. go. with but three
teams contesting. these representing
Houston, Brennan and LAGRANGE. The
result was a clean sweep for Brenham
In every class OF competition.
c. W. Lemm Of Brenham Germania
won the number one singles and T. y.
Bolts OF the same club the number
two singles. The doubles also regis.
tered clean victory for the Germania
teams OF Brennan. W. Ehlert and Ed
Schmidt taking the honors in number
one and W. 4. Bernd and +. l.. Ans.
Ter In number two.
BRENNAN Germania led the number
one teams and also the number two.
In every competition Houston Turn.
verein ran second.
With the increase In interest In
Houston and elsewhere and the enter.
ing OF three more teams. the competi.
tion this year Is expected to be much
closer than In 1915 and the local bowl.
ers look forward to wrestling the
honors from the famous Germania
teams. The same idea seems to pre-.
vail in Victoria. LAGRANGE and Gal.
weston. however. while at BRENNAN.
Germania is confident Of another
series OF victories.
The coming state tournament will
be conducted on the local Turnverein
alleys, which have recently been en-.
larged to the point where they can
easily accommodate the big crowd.
There are now four tenpin alleys in.
stead OF two. and the two old ones
have been remodeled until they are
second to none in the Southwest.
The bowling will be under the ma.
tional rules. and competition in sin.
giles, doubles and team play. thirty
frames each, will take place.
Most OF Sunday will he devoted to
preliminary bowling. while on Monday
the big events are to take place.
On Sunday. the annual meeting OF
the association will be held at the
Turnverein. Any necessary changes
in constitution and bylaws will be
made then, and officers for the ensu.
ing year elected. Plans will also be
laid for the Improvement in the league.
As II stands. the tenpin bowling
league is the largest bowling associa.
ton in the state. tenpin or cooked hat.
Features OF the Monday entertain.
ment OF the visiting bowlers will In.
clude banquet at $3.50 at the Turn.
yerein and a dance later on that
night The bowling. OF course. will be
concluded Monday afternoon.
As this is the first time the local
Turnverein has entertained the league,
the Houston tenpin men ar anxious to
make II a banner event both In com.
petition and hospitality.
Trophies and prizes for the various
events were bought last week. The
two major cups were put up by the
association last year. but the other
trophies are to go on for permanent
ossession.-Houston Post.