South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-10
BOWLING ARTISTS
READY FOR RECORD
SEASON ON ALLEYS
State and City Champs Expect
Year TO Be Greatest In
Games History.

Almost 1000 South Bend bowiers
start their season Monday. With
an increase IN the ranks q the pin
artists amounting to about 500. ex-
Derts are confident that the greatest
year in bowling circles has JUST
started. Every bowling alley IN TINS
city has been engaged for the hrst
FIVE days OF the week and every
factory here has started Jr is start
ing a bowling league.
The premier bowlers OF the coun-
- get under way Wednesday night
when the city league opens. In the
line UP OF the organization are found
the last ear state champions. tne
Conservation Life FIVE. and the JET
ferson hotel quintette who captured
the city cha mpiOnshir last season.
divers First.
The oliver factory league was
practically the first bowling aggre-
CATION 20 start its activities. They
met and formed their organization
two weeks ago and rolled the first
balls down the Orpheum alleys one
week ago. They rolled their second
series OF matches Friday night.
The Indiana and Bell telephone
league IS scheduled TO open it's sea
son Monday night and at the same
time the Birdseu factory bowlers
will make their initial appearance.
Tuesday night the oil companies,
Commercial and Standard. grease
the polished alleys for the first time.
SO many candidates have appearei
10 try out for the various teams that
the officers Of tho league are consid-
ering the advisability Of starting a
rival league.
The women bOwlers have started
a campaign TO show that there are
as many Of tho fair eek Interested
in the sport as men. They claim
that they have turned out in al
most as great numbers with their
one years activity as the men have
in the entire length Of time they
have been rolling Claims for a
women's city league have been
heard and the Orpheum bowling al
ley will start just such an organiza-
ton in the next few weeks
Interest High.
Although the season Is just in its
infancy interest in the sport IS at
nnidseason height. The oliver fac
tory has had a League in action ev-
cry year since 1906 This IS the
first time. however. that there has
been the excitement stirring as fer
vently as IL is now.
The Gas COMPANY league is SEIZED
uIed 10 bowl Friday afternoons. Ar
rangements were started 10 accomo-
date a league OF "a bowlers. Thir-
tv-two appeared at the trial play
and fought for positions on the var
lous teams. Now the officials are
confronted with the question Of
what 10 do with the extra eight
pin men
Bankers to Bowl.
South Bends portly crew, those
suave and busy bankers, have de-
cided that bowling - the sport they
must indulge in. Quesionaires have
been sent out by members of last
years league in an effort 10 md ont
how many OF the financial minds
will turn from the art OF making u
worth $40 10 the practice Of max
ing one pin Kill ten pins. A number
have already signifed their willing
NSess 10 become affiliated with such
q league.
From the outset Of the season it
can easily be seen that bOwlcrs are
prepared 20 make this the Creates
season their sport ever had. Every
club in the city equipped with a
bowling alley already has its league
started. The few public bowling al
1ey-s the crowded TO overfiowlug. IL
NAV yet happen according to those
that know. that the morning will
be the only time that many bowlers
will have a chance 20 roll Certainly
when the sport lover shortens ms
nap to indulge IN bowling, interest
is at a fever heat.