South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-07
SOUTH BEND TEAMS
WILL COMPETE AT
BUFFALO SATURDAY
BucktaiIs and Specials to En-
ter Five-Men Team. Also
Doubles and Singles.
BY JEHosorHAT SPARE.

During the current week the first
delegation OF South Bend bowIers
will leave for Buffalo 70 take part
in the tournament Of the AmericaQ
Bowling Congress The two clubs
on that squad are the Bucktails
and Specials. The former IS COM
posed OF Carl MOhn, George Scha-
fer. j. Y Cashier. Walker Wilmer,
Charles Bredcmus and r. 4.
Schnclle The Specials are made up
Of Wilbur Harlin. C. NJ LOntz. Otto
Totzke and O.. MaIotts the latter
pair being from Benton Harbor.
These two teams are scheduled
20 comTete next Saturday and sun
day, rolling the five men event
ON tho former and the doubles and
angles on Sunday. The squad will
leave here en- two divisions, four of
the Bucktails leaving here on Tues
day Among these is r.. a. Schnelle,
who IS the local delegate to the an
nusI meeting OF the Congress and
is also a member of the executive
committee. The latter body meets
on March 9th. while the meeting
OF the Congress convenes March II.
Sport We'll Governed.
For q sport as prominent as that
of bowling. which comprises rep
resentatives from an walks OF life
i'm the United States and Canada.
which are governed 10y me Ameri-
can Bowling Congress there Is not
another body i'm which the execu-
tives receive TO remuneration for
their services. Every member OF
the organization. with the exception
Of the secretary. receive no compen-
sation whatever and devote their
activities purely for the best inter-
ests Of the sport
Because of the cosmopolitan con-
struction OF the bowling fraternity
many questionable things develop
and IL requires supreme vigilance
in the matter OF legislation 20 keep
the sport from becoming involved
IN disreputable dealings Every
subsidiary organization throughout
the country abides by the decisions
Of the rulings OF the A b. 9. and
All it's democratic memberships has
absolute faith and confidence in the
governing body.
Studebakcr Annual Clash.
The annual clash of the Stude-
bakers. representing the cream OF
bowlers from the Detroit and South
Rend plants. is now under full sway.
The trophy at stake is the A. r.
Erskine cup, which has been the
prize for several years. A stipula-
tion provides that the trophy must
he won three times in succession be-
for permanent ownership can be
claimed and the first was won by
the South Bend plant last year. Con
sequently a new trophy has been
provided.
Qualification for right of compe-
tition Is open TO ali members OF the
organization and the players at
tanning the highest average for
series OF 45 games must then COM
pete in a seUi-final series OF six
games. which was decided on sat
urady. The members To qualify are
carl Kruger. Walter Pischke. Ed
die Sommers. George Werntz Gloyd
+. Richards and A. Abraham. The
final series with Detroit bowlers
will begin next saturday which will
be home and home games.
NtuEG tACiuug IAAtF-.
There are many interesting league
races in force throught the city
which has given the game great inn
petus this season. i'm the fact of un-
favorable weather conditions. OF
the Is clubs i'm the oliver league,
tive Of them are tied for first place
while nine clubs following are with
i'm five games of the leaders The
foul game tie for first place was
broken in the Eagles league but
the entire membership of the or
ganization is only five games from
TOT 20 bottom
Only three games separate the
first five teams i'm the Lathe Works
league and the first five clubs in
the OrpheUm Trio games are sep
arated nv four games. Strife IA
fierce In the Federal league. with
the ProuEs and beers making the
running for tho top seat the evens.
The Commercial and Antlers
leagues have "a great battle for
second place although the leaders
in these two league are making a
runaway race of il. The two stu
debaker leagues. whose schedules
run Tor the ~ Itthsf ~tt~NfIir are AilAir
compact and the leaders are con
stautly threatened.
Again the South Bend Texacos
took their Chicago contemporaries
into camp I'm match played ar
chicago last week. the locals win
ming by about $50 pins Carl Nohn
led the attack with Sis. The event
was polished off with a big banquet
In which the Hoosiers showed off
o good advantage as we'll
Friu Leads Honor Roll.
IL is refreshing 20 see the new
boys come 20 the front i'm the bowl
Ing game and is further evidence
of the rapid strides the sport IS
making. During the pass week
Dick Fritz. ~ the Wilson Brothers
league. lead the News-Times Honor
Roll with the fine score Of 263. He
was followed closely by Louis
Knarr. OF the oliver league. who
staged 25S for second honors. And
another youugster. Mike Hanly. or
the Eagles league. third place with