South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-28
BOWLING LEAGUES
SHOW POOR FORM
General Condition OF Winter
Sport is Said to be
Unstable.
CBY JEHOsAPHAT SPARED

AB1 JEllO>AftAI SBAftE.l
While the bowling season has on
~ got fairly started already small
breaks are beginning to creep into
several organizations In the City
league. which is supposed TO contain
the majority Of the stars in the city
one club the Eagles has already
Withdrawn. A new club. the Cos
mopolitans has been organized and
put into the breach The Standard
Oil league is reported 10 be in a
shaky condition. while the Temple
I league has practically given up the
ghost
As 10 the latter organization.
which in the past was one Of the
| best leagues in the city. n reorgan-
I ization is 20 take place very shortly
and il is expected that the Temple
! league viii again take its place
among the best bowling bodies in
/ the city. IL is reported that similar
steps are being taken relative 10 the
( Standard oil league. as they have
/ plenty Of material TO recruit from
and fill the ranks 10 their full quota.
BOwlers Lack Stamina.
There are many reasons why
! bowling organizations go by the
! boards and among the principal all
ments are lack OF proper organiza-
/ ton and proper spirit of their
memb ers Players joining a bowl
/ ing league must not lose sight OF the
/ fact that there is but one club for
each OF the various positions in the
/ percentage column at one time. II
/ is not necessary to assume that once
! "A club reaches the highest position
7 in the percentage column that they
cannot be dislodged. To the con
( trary teams very seldom hold any
/ one position very long in a we'll reg
uIated league
/ For the most part weak hearted
and weak spirited players are them
selves responsible for any short
| coming OF their standing in their
respective leagues. The best OF
! teams and clubs meet with reverses
/ and meet them wish a determined
spirit of overcoming their weakness.
/ When such spirit exists a team
composed of that calibre of players
does not remain in the dumps TO any
! considerable degree but to the con-
trary will be found among these bat
I Ting for the highest honOrs in their
/ respective league.
Many Tournaments Coming.
! Bowlers everywhere appear 20
I have a greater mania than ever for
tournaments and il must be con
( coded that tournament play is the
greatest sport Of the game. 1t is
I the one ching that the real bowler
4 looks forward 10 as the highest
ideal Already posters are being eX-
hibited in the various establish
ments for tournaments scheduled
for various parts of the country, the
latest arrival being big event to
be held at Cincinnati during the
! Christmas holidays.
While no doubt Cincinnati will get
/ some entries from here as we'll as
other Of the big tournaments sched-
uled. il is likely that "a big tourna
ment will be held in South Bend
during the holidays During that
period nearly all of the various
leagues operating in the city will be
on a vacation Ii is proposed 70
I hold a Tri-State tournament in
South Bend during the Christmas
} holidays or rather an interstate af
fair, for. being located geographical
/ " as we are. there should be no diff
! fculty in procuring entries from In
diana. Illinois. Ohio and Michigan.
In harmony with the tournament
idea information has just been re-
ceivcd from Gary. where they are
J going TO stage a big Jack Pot affair
( during the latter part OF November.
They expect their tournament to run
about two weeks. which will give
outside bowlers three Saturdays and
sundays in the steel towr. They
expect 10 have entries from Chicago.
Fort WAYNE. Indianapolis and other
big bowling Centers.
Honor Men Increase.
A considerable number or play
ers has been added 10 our roll OF
honor this week over the preceding
one. although the general conditions
1 have not been the best to serve the
best purposes of the bowlers. And,
I IL is remarkable that so many young
I or new bowlers are holding the
/ prominent positions. This is not
: confined TO any one league but
rather the advance Of the recruit is
4 becoming general.
OF the eight leading positions Of
our honor roll there is but one
+ bowler among them. who can be
C'assed as a veteran. namely Wilbur
! HarIiu OF the Elks' league who
I landed i'm third place with $40. The
high pin man OF the week was Ed
/ Morgan OF the Eagles. who recorded
25S. while Carl King OF the Federal