South Bend news-times., 1922-12-04
ARRANGEMENTS FOR
BOWLING TOURNEY
WELL UNDER WAY
Great Interest Being Shown In
City Meet to be Held
During Holidays.
BY JEHOSOPHAT SPARE.

Preliminary arrangements for the
annual tournament OF the South
Bend Bowling association, which Will
be held during the Christmas hol-
idays. are progressing quite satisfac-
torily. Inasmuch as all OF the
leagues operating throughout the
, city are confident OF harboring the
best bowlers. the tourney has ere
ated intense rivalry as to which or
ganization has the best talent. And
this can only be established in act
ual contest.
All Of these things have their in
fuence in creating and stimulating
interest in the big chow, which
promises to surpass anything ever
staged before in the city. In this
connection bowlers should not lose
sight Of the fact that many Of the
leagues will close during the next
week or two, and in order to keep
their teams intact for the tourna-
ment each captain should see TO It
that entries are made before the
close OF their respective schedule
season.
Of organized bowling everywhere
and the fact that the local assOcia-
, ton has the largest membership, Il
big mass meeting of bowlers is 60
ing to be held at the Orpheum bowl
ing alleys next Sunday afternoon.
Speakers are going to be there TO
entertain the bowlers and tell Of
things n which all Of the fraternity
Is interested An invitation Is also
extended TO those who are not mem
bers of the organization, as all fol-
lowers OF the great indoor sport
should be interested.
Leagues HOmeward Bound.
Most Of the leagues are nearing
the end Of the fall schedules and
there IS a great deal of interest in
most OF the organizations. With
nine more games to play. all Of the
teams in the Temple league still
have a chance as only six games
separate the two extreme ends Of
the percentage columns. And there
are but five gamese which separate
the first four teams in the Singer
league, with nine more games on
, the schedule.
But in the majority of leagues the
congestion is not so severe and the
strife is confined to few teams for
the coveted position. The +. o. Z.
league still has four serious cOnten-
ders for the top place. the Antlers
: league continues its battle between
the Bucks and Jewels and the first
four teams ali have a chance in the
remaining two weeks Of Commercial
league schedule. A good race is in
progress between the Schuell Jewels
and Steamer Stars in the West Side
league But in the Rotary league
the No 6 team appears to have
things all to themselves, while the
I Claws and Bills have a prohibitive
lead in the Eagles and Elks leagues,
| respectively.
Reaches Seasons High Mark.
Because of the Thanksgiving Day
J holiday not all Of the leagues were
2 in action during the past week and
as a result the number Of double
centuries were not as numerous as
! iE other periods. But what they
\ ldtheu All Wudlt4tS bAtg lAaoA z NAAdiI
made up in quality to the extent that
! the high score mark of the season
was advanced to 269. Ernie Lott, Of
| the Hoofs, in the Elks league. being
J the proud pOssessor Of those hon
! ors. But for a bad break in the
final frame a perfect score might
/ have been recorded.
There were a number Of other
! good scores produced as Walter
I Pischl,e. with the Sox, also Of the
/ Elks league, turned in 259 for see
/ ond pace one OF the veterans Of
the game, Bill Solarek, rolling in
the South Bend Supply league, cash
! ed IN third place with 249. Every
! league in the city is represented N
I our honor roll this week, an unusual
performance. which shows that the
| bowlers are fast rounding into tour
/ nament form. Twenty-One players
in the Elks league AL produced one
or more double centuries.
The complete list Of double CEN
/ tury performers during the week is
--. Es-Fr