South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-24
SOUTH BEND To
SEND 10 TEAMS
TO A. B. c. MEET.
May be Enlarged by Two
MOre-C0mmittee Named
to Work for 1917
Meeting Here.


Sunday afternoon at which con-
siderable business of Importance was
transacted. The number of teams
which reported that their teams
we're fully organized to take part in
the big tournament at Toledo was
Is. with the possibility of being aug
mented by two more. The local
bowlers have asked for the dates of
March % and "a to roll their events,
which days are TO be known as South
Bend days.
The naming Of IL delegates and
II alternates TO the national bowl
ing congress, to be held at Toledo
in March, will be up to a joint COM
mittee composed of representatives
of the City Bowling league and the
Chamber of Commerce.
Committees were appointed to look
after the welfare and convenience of
the bowlers while enroute, that In
charge of transportation consisting
Of Rudolph Alderman, S II. Gentle
and Lucius II. Miller; a committee
10 look after hotel and other matters,
consisting of Messrs. Oliver Address,
+. l.. Dennis, Fred Virgin, A. Achen-
bach. Dan Bardeen and Il. J. Engle-
drum.
In view of taking further action
on the posi- bility OF making bid for
the 1917 tournament of the Ameri-
can Bowling congress a committee
was appointed to confer with that
of the Chamber of Commerce, invit-
ing the latter to cooperate with the
bowling forces in making South Bend
day at the tournament a success and
also for the commercial body to as
sist in landing a tournament for
South Bend. The committee in
charge Of this matter consists of f.
L. Dennis, chairman; walter c.
Miller. III. V. Kimble, S. B. Robin
son and r. A. Schnelle.
Building Great Need.
While everything has been accom-
plished locally in the organization of
the bowling forces, with a desire to
land the tournament of the Amer
lean Bowling congress for next year,
a great deal has been neglected in
other necessary and essential chan
nels. South Bend now sports the
largest city bowling association in
the state of Indiana, surprising such
great bowling centers as Fort Wayne
and indianapolis The local assOcia-
ton is composed of LOG teams, many
Of which contain six and seven men,
which would bring the total member
ship near the 500 mark
C.pfb &c hofnu
very favOrably by the officials of the
American Bowling congress, con-
siderable correspondence TO that
effect being in the hands Of the Off
Gals of the local association. While
this is true, il is not equivalent to
being awarded a big tournament.
While a big local organization is
necessary for that purpose. a build
ing with sufficient floor space. cover
ing an area of at least 100 by $50
feet. is one of the essential requisites
Considerable effort seems to have
been made TO provide such a build
ing for not only a bowling tourna-
ment. but which would answer the
purpose of accommodating large
crowds for display and conventions
etc. but apparently without result
If such a building is still being con-
templated. with any reasonable as
surance of having the same COM
pleted in time before the holding of
the next tournament rolls around. a
strong effort could still be made TO
land the tournament, which will be
determined at a meeting 70 be held
at Toledo on March 9.
Bowlers Backed Strong.
In other cities actively in the field
to land the tournament for 1917 the
bowling forces receive considerable
assistance from their city admins
trations and their local commercial
and civic bodies. To enumerate them
all is unnecessary, but the most
forceful of them are Grand Rapids
and Dayton. Bowlers throughout
the United States have been flooded
with literature exploiting the many
features and advantages OF the city
of Grand Rapids, which is being
conducted by the Grand Rapids
association Of commerce, all of it
bearing the signature of Lee II.
Bierce, secretary of that hustling
organization.
Similar conditions exist elsewhere,
and the bowling forces are given the
combined assistance and cooperation
of their civic and commercial or
The business and COM
mercial interests of those communi-
ties realize and appreciate the vast
OF good which can be accom-
plished from 1000 or 5000 people
streaming in and out OF their cities
during the course of four weeks, all
OF whom will spend at least two or
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