South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-05
EXPECT 300 TEAMS
TO ENTER A. B. c.
SeC'y langtry Says He Has
More Entries Now Than
Before at Same Time.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Feb. O.
City bowling associations all over
the country held their annual cleo
ton OF delegates 20 the American
Bowling Congress. scheduled in this
city on March and 10. Sunday.
Indications still point 10 500 teams
as entrants TO the big national tour
nament, held in conjunction with
the congress annually. the skepti-
cisrn of the promoters who predicted
only about 700 clubs having finally
browen down before a terrific
stream of entries that poured in all
last week. The home town now
looks as though il will press To-
ledo's home entry OF Pa clubs pref
" close. a count of the local en-
tries Sunday morning showing that
over 100 clubs had already furnish
ed their llne-ups to Secretary
Bierce. the Grand Rapids promoter.
Schedule Half Ready.
Secretary Abe Langtry. OF the A.
r. c.. who is handling all OF the out
side entries, wired here Sunday that
he had more entries in his hands
now than he ever had at a similar
period before. The list will not close
until Feb. IA. but he has over half
of the schedule drafted already.
a private letter to one OF the
home boosters from Langtry last
week contained the following: 81
am receiving entries from all direc-
tons and we are going 10 have the
biggest kind of a tournament. The
West will be represented this year
better than the East. | believe. as /
have three teams from Denver
alone, while the Twin Cities. Mime
apolis and St Paul will send down
a heavier delegation than they did
10 st. Louis in 1911. when they were
working for the next tournament.
Il am kept busy fifteen hours a
day answering queries. mailing
blanks. posters. filling entries and in
above water. | will leave for Grand
Rapids on Feb 10, and will remain
there until April l, the time in be-
tween being flled up with real reg
ular work Only a little more work
is needed and the Toledo record of
$50 teams will be beaten"
Peoria In Field Again.
Peoria is beginning TO loom as the
next tournament city, although Buff
falo is said to have an ace up its
sleeve that will trump the final trick
at the annual meeting. The Bisons
are drumming up entries from all
over northern New York and Lang
try's remark that the West will be
the heavy end of the entry list may
prove in correct
Pittsburgh. which has finally come
back strong with an entry Of fifteen
teams. is backing Buffalo. while it
il rumored that President William
Agnew. OF Cleveland is also more
than friendly 10 Buffalos claims,
chiefly on account of it's nearness TO
his home town. Cincinnati is also
lining up strong for the campaign
and will have a big entry. counting
the Columbus players who work
with them along political lines.
Chicago's Zoe teams will so down
TO Grand Rapids uninstructed as TO
the next tournament location, fol
lowing it's custom for years. and its
delegates will he amenable to rea-
son from all or the bidding cities.
The Windy City turned the 100
mark during the week and the end
is not yet in sight. The small tow
entry this year is bound 10 be heavy
as the whole state of Michigan will
enter clubs from its numerous ham
lets. while Wisconsin. Illinois. Ohio
and Indiana, its border states. have
been firing in entries right along
Work on Alleys.
Work on laying the alleys will be
started the coming week and the
sixteen drives will be rushed TO COM
pIetion in time for the big opening
on Mar. 8. Hardly a state, city or
national champion will be missing
this year. although few of them cal
culate on repeating their title vic
tories the way the Com Barrys did
last year when they added the o.
ledo medals 20 the ones won at
Peoria. and the way Larry Sutton
did when he won in 1912 at Chi
ca go after the Rochester man had
beaten Fred Brueggemann of Sioux