South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-09
.IEORIA CLASSIC
To Be ELABORATE
eCretary Langtry Writes In
That He Is ReServing
Dates for Locals.
BY LEHOsAPHAT SPARE.

II south Bend bowlers really care
participate in the tournament OF
10 American Bowling Congress.
hich will be held at Peoria March
9TH until an indefinite date they
ust get their entries together and
o b quickly.
Do has been the custom OF local
0wlers in the East 20 attend the
~ classic IN a body. making it a
lrt OF vacation for the crowd, but
Mess the bowlers want 20 compete
uring the last days Of the tourna-
cent this feature Will be impOssi-
Ie
This is an unusual tournament
nd will surpass anything ever stag
d before b. the American Bowling
congress. The original dates were
O have been from March 10 until
darch 81, and the latter date has
.lready been extended until April @.
md il is reasonably certain that
his will have 20 be extended fur
her.
Locals Must Act Promptly.
Iu letter received by the writer
rom Sec'y Langtry today ne states
h4t has has room for six teams on
March 10. on the following day
here are four openings, on Thurs
lay. the 18th. there are five vacant
IIeys and on the 31st there are six.
sur on April 3. the last day. South
Send may haye as many as they
wish
The local bOwlers hardly care To-
zoo as late at the latter date. as it
.onnicts with the state tournam cnt
lates As there are about L clubs
Who have expressed a desire TO go be
lppears that il would be a splendid
dea 20 select two successive dates.
ay the 9Th and 18th. or 18th ana
9Th.
There will be a meeting held at
he Orpheum alleys on Wednesday
,ehng. when X. A Schuelle. the
Deal director OF the American
3owling Congr css. will be present
% receive the entries OF any OF the
Iubs who desire 70 take part in the
zig show All clubs desiring 90 gu
mould come prepared TO ost their
entrance fees at that time
state Tournament II Near.
Finding the congestion of entries
in the big show and selection OF
dates gone long before our bowlers
gave the matter a little thought. tie
writer wishes 20 take this oppor-
unity 10 warn the bowlers relative
to the state tournament. which viii
Dee Eeld AT Fort Wayne this year.
When the tournament was award
ed 10 Fort Wayne at the annual
meeting OF the directors last De
rember, indianapolis immediately
made reservations for % teams.
This has since been increased and
may be- still further augmented be
fore the close of the entries which
is March 81
Already l. teams Of the oliver
league have been formed and they
nave asked for reservation for
these teams as well Entry for the
oliver league may be increased q
couple of teams, as the local factory
organization takes very kindly to the
big state event as they obtain d
srcat deal OF pleasure from H.
Ilks at Detroit sunday
Three teams representing the -.
r. O.. EIks No. 235 win ron i'm the
Elks' national bowling tournament.
which began AT Detroit Sunday The
three teams making the trip are the
Gucktails. Orfuns and "a picked team
from the local Organization.
The Elks national bowling tOuru-
amcut is second i'm importance only
to the American Bowling CouEreN.
tournament and IL comprises most
OF the cracks who contest i'm the
big show The South Bend teams
viii roll their five men event an q
% clock Sunday evening and the
and singles the fouowing
forenoon.
BIC Glass for HOuOrs.
The largest class for our roll of
honor for the current season is be-
ing exploited I'm this issue. And
while they are not of abnormal size
they are of very substantial ma
ture This is especially true OF the
hoys who packed away 210 or better
as over half of the list is made up
Of that caliber.