Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-06
OMAHA BOWLERS
ROLL AT TOLEDO
Two letter Teams, Storz, Metz and
Luxus Will Represent Gate City
at Bowling Congress.
EXPECT TO COP SOME OF COIN

Schedules for the largest American
Bowling Congress tournament ever held
have been received by the local bowlers
This seasons big event. which opened
Friday night in Toledo will far surpass
all others ever held. Seven hundred and
fifty-six five-man squads. 1900 two-man
teams and 5000 singles entries will COM
pete the matches lasting continuously
from March 3 to 2S. The record entry
formerly was that OF the tournament
held in Chicago in 1919 when 500 teams
were entered.
The mammoth affair this year will re-
quire an outlay of $4,000 to pay the ex-
penses Of conducting It. 1t takes the
work of several hustlers over a period
OF a year to prepare for 1t. A hundred
workmen are employed for thirty DAYS
prior to the opening. installing sixteen
new alleys never rolled on before and
reconstructing the interior OF a large
auditorium which will seat from 1900 to
1890 spectators. A tournament company
OF 100 men is organized to prepare for
and boost the entry list. These are as
sisted by forty American Bowling Con-
gress representatives in as many cities
throughout the country A clerical force
OF fifteen conduct and handle the scores
and records during the tournament. Forty
scorekeepers. forty pinboys ten gate
Keepers. twenty alley cleaners and pol
ishers. eight foul line men and five tele-
graph operators are employed. to saw
nothing of the many newspapermen who
cover the matches.
All Cities Entered.
Toledo alone has entered 212 teams, Chi
cago. ninety-eight; Cleveland. forty; Gin
cinnati, Detroit and Dayton. thirty each.
Buffalo. Columbus. Pittsburgh, Grand
Rapids, st. Louis, Louisville. South Bend
and Milwaukee are sending large entries.
Philadelphia. Washington, INDIANAPOLIS
and Peoria follow with twelve or fifteen
teams apiece. St. Paul, New Haven.
Bowling Green. Kenosha, Des Moines.
p Omaha Kansas City. Fort WAYNE.
Wheeling jamestown and numerous other
cities have entred from five to ten teams.
n score of smaller cities have entered
from one to five teams.
Omaha's entry will be five teams. the
strongest In the city. The two letters
Old Age teams will be the first TO com
pete both appearing in the schedule for
March IS and n. The Omaha league let
ters VII have in their lineup a
zimmerman, captain; NJ. Stunz. w
Schoenman, r. Balzer and c. Bland. The
South Side letters will have j. Fitzgerald.
captain, II. Fritcher p. Peterson. p.
Chedd and S. Ham,
The Metz and Luxus roll OH the 18th
and 18th. The Metz lineup will be T.
Neale, captain; NJ. Huntington. r. Fan
ton, F. Conrad and j. Jarosh The Luxus
lineup will be w. Golf. captain: G. Nc
Carthy. J. Doherty. A. Wartchow and w.
Learn.
The Storz team, which won fifth place
at Peoria last year. will roll on the 2Sd
and 24th. Six men will make the trip.
They are C. Cochran, captain c. Cain,
}. Martin, G. Toman, X, Sciple and f.
Terrell.
Every man in the above lineups are
seasoned Tournaments bowlers, having ap-
peared in several large tournaments held
in the past. WITH a $4,000 prize fund to
shoot for this galaxy of pin topplers is
cure to return with a good share of the
prize fund.
Plans for state Tourney.
At tho meeting OF the board of direc-
tors Of the Nebraska State Bowling as
ISOLATION last Sunday. plans for the com
Buffum Of Lincoln is already busy hust-
ling entries for the big event which
cured several entries and has been as
sured Of many morn. Lincoln bowlers
themselves ain enter from twenty to
thirty teams. Omaha will send from
twelve to fifteen sounds and Fremont il
sure of for.
With Columbus. SCHUYLER. Grand Island.
Wahoo. Prague and sevc;s' other towns
having a fiourishing play and strong
teams the entry should go Well above tho
fifty mark. Omaha bowlers made whole
but this season they wlll be pitted against
much stronger and experienced teams
than they faced last year.
the prize fund will be large which alone
should attract huge entry from here.
Bowling Notes.
The Murphy-Did-Its have the bunting
cinched in the Gate city league.
a sight We never can expect 70 see,
shoes.
Old Bowlers' home and is back among
the regular bowlers.
Terrell's new four-holed ball is produc-
ing results. There is sim room Tor one
hole n the sphere.
Why shouldn't the Clara Bellies lead the
Booster league2 Five of their men lead
in the individual column.
Fitz rolled high one in his series IL
pulled out with 69S total
The Palos and Midland Glass and Pain
teams are staging a good race for tbs
cellar position in the Booster league.
That Updike Grain bunch, championI
OF the Grain Exchange league say they
can repeat In the new Farnam league.
Dad Huntington has paid off all tn,
prize money and everybody Is satisfied
Considering the low entry fee. the priz,
fund was a good one
The Lewis Buffet team rolled the high
ono for the Gate City league Thursday
night, They piled up 1901 total against
the Mickey GibsOns.
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