South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-18
STATE PIN MEET
HERE TO Be FAST
Indications are Tournament in
April Will Draw Record
Entry List.
BY JehOsephat Spare.

Considerable progress was made
by the officers of the Indiana Bowl
ing association during the past week
in the interest of the tournament
OF that BODY, which is TO be held in
this city during the month of April.
Secy s. II. Gentle made a swing
around a quartet of cities, visiting
Elkhart, Goshen. Ligonier and Fort
Wayne He returned with a SPLEEN
did report, praising the enthusiasm
shown in every city visited and is
sanguine that the coming tourna-
mentwil! be the largest in the his
tory OF the organization.
Next week Gentle expects TO visit
cities in the other direction. having
in mind LapOrte, Michigan City,
Gary. Hammond, Lafayette and pos
sibly Crown Point. Bowlers from
those cities always take great in
terest in the state tournament and
Z is likely that representations from
that district will be obtained at the
same ratio as those from the other
end of the state for the tournament.
In harmony with the campaign the
Bucktails will probably roll match
game with the famous Edelweiss
team at Gary next Saturday evening
or Sunday afternoon.
Enthusiasm and interest among
local bowlers is in accord with that
OF the officials and it is believed
that every club in every league in
the city will enter the tournament.
Business men are also getting into
the thing in the matter of Offering
specia, prizes for different events
IN tn tournament. The prizes offer
ed by the local business men and
manufacturers will be awarded for
events confined 10 that entirely OF
local bowlers, which will give the
home boys a chance TO get some
thing i'm return other tnan interest
and spirit of the thing
At Cincinnati Next Week.
South Bend bOwlerS entered in
the national tournament of the
American Bowling congress, which
opened at Cincinnati Saturday even
ing. leave for the scene of action
next sunday. The clubs going are
the George Cutter company. Silver
Edge and lie Caro- teams. They
will roll their hve-men events next
Monday evening. being scheduled on
the second squad. which begins play
at 1880 -. IN. Others scheduled on
the same SQUAD with whom local
howIers are familiar are the famous
Rubinis and Mineralities of Chicago.
The two-men and individual
events VIII he rolled on the follow
ing Tuesday. the local boys being
scheduled late in the afternoon.
They Will roll the latter event i'm
mediatelv after the completion of
the former. the singles being rolled
I'm the two-meu team formation,
which is new venture a. provided
by the law makers of the congress
az its last business meeting at Grand
Rapids % is believed this system
Will give the average bowler bet
Ter opportunity TO compete with tax
collectors" and ALLEY rats because
OF the terrific strain attendant upon
the individual event.
The south Bend teams are conf
posed of the following PLAYERS:
/ George Cutter company-Tom Shar-
. key. captain W. Messick. q. Van
/ Kirk. carl Mohu. George Schafer
and Arthur West the latter being
from Michigan City Silver Edge
team is captained by the famous
/ Fred Nergin state tWo-man champ;
I q. Dice. II. Ambos. Warren HiCkes.
I Charles Bredemus and Goat Ander-
son. the latter a national figure in
the game r. Bernhart captains the
/ lie Garos. whose roster is composed
of Richard Turner. Turner. Harvey
\ HaCer and Fl. q. and Hush Nor
\ risOn