South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-03
LOCAL BOWLERS ARE
PREPARING FOR BIG
CITY TOURNAMENT
Thirteenth Annual Event VIII
be Staged the Latter Part
of the Month.

With the entries for the state tour
nament out Of the way local bowl
ers will clean the deck for the final
combat OF the season. which By way
SIS the most classic OF all the shows
the City tournament The thirteenth
annual event OF the season viii be
staged during the latter part Of the
month and the entries viii close next
Saturday night az midnight.
The show IS not one OF profit or
pccuniary gain to the bOwlers, but
rather one OF honor in which the
championships OF the various events
OF the city arc involved And while
some OF the best bowlers in the coun-
try reside I'm our midst, IL does not
necessarily follow that these tried
and seasoned men viii carry off all
OF the glory. The entrance fee is
nominal and within the reach OF all,
being ono dollar for each event
Business Men Are Interested.
And there is also more than honor
and glory in store for tie bowlers
who viii participate iU the annual
show Tho committee in charge Of
the tournament have gone out and
got the merchants and business men
or the city interested i'm the affair
and they are going to add substan-
TALLY to the prize list this year. Re
ports from this committee IS very
encouraging and will also add pres
tige 20 the big show.
There are more than $50 teams in
the city affiliated with the South
Bend Bowling Association and they
are an eligible to participate. Bowl
ers who are not members of the as
sociation can take part I'm the tour
nament only by paying the usual fee.
Bowlers must adhere strictly 70 the
rule of belonging 20 the team under
which they are sanctioned. otherwise
they will be treated as uon-members.
Have Pine League Races.
With the closing OF the season in
sight many leagues are spending
forth their best efforts 10 retain their
important places at the top OF the
heap. while those IN the running are
leaving nothing undone I'm order TO
forge 10 the front With the result
there are many interesting races in
progress Then there are those IN
the rear OF the procession who are
striving 10 ward off the stigma OF
defeat
Perhaps the best race in the city
Is thart Of the Federal league at the
Elks Temple. where the entire COM
plement Of six clubs are within four
games of each other Three of these,
the Charms, Grits and Tails are tied,
for the top with the very low per-
centage Of .53S. only one and half
games above the even play. This is
remarkable TO say the least especi-
ally when considered that the organ
izat!on is conducted on a handicap
bas.E Two other leagues at the
Elks Temple are also badly con-
gCsted.
There arc several other leagues
where the teams are well congested.
The American and National leagues
At the Studebaker Club are furnish.
ing a hair raising finish. The Cen
trail league has plenty of cCmpeti-
ton. Three teams are lighting hard
i'm the West side league and the two
leagues at the Eagles home are Siv-
Ing the fans much food for talk.
BoinslNi Leads Honor Roll.
once more the veteran Cas-. Boin-
ski landed the coveted position Of
leadership in weekly News-Times
honor roll for double century per-
formers. Last week he turned in
25S at the Elks Temple IN the Elks
league for high score. which is three
pins more than HIS nearest competi-
tor. Fred Knoblock. who turned IN
Poff. Of the Eagles league drew the
other award. with 246.
This week gave another illustra-
ton OF how hard the boys are bat
Ting the sticks and their achieve
ments are distributed in every or
-anization i'm the city. The complete
list of double century performers
during the week is as follows: