The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-09

an fashioned parade through
ceremonies are scheduled to get under
Members of the Kiwanis, Rotary !
and Optimist Clubs, along with a
pair of Thompson & McKinnon
quintets, who are scheduled on the
initial shift. will form the nucleus
of the downtown procession which
is to form at the Indiana Bowl
ing Alleys at 7.
Amid the screeching of fire and
police sirens, four BUSES carrying
the clubs pinmen, floats and a
score of other private cars will
traverse streets of the business dis
trict carrying red fire and various
noise making contrivances. The
paraders will head north on Me-
ridian-st and east to the coliseum
after their downtown march.
Mel, King to Start
Neil G. King, local pinman and
sixth vice president of the Ameri-
can Bowling Congress, is to act as
master of ceremonies, and at tbs
he will open the first of two tnau-
gural programs scheduled. After
Rev. F. S. c. Wicks delivers the in
vocation, Mayor Kern will welcome
the Congress to the city. Paul Gro
sier, president of the indianapolis
A. B. G. Tournament Corporation,
promoter of the event, then will Of
fer the facilities housed in the two
buildings to the American Bowling
Congress. A. E. Jankowsky presi-
dent of the organization, will sac
cept" the equipment on behalf OF
the gigantic pin fraternity he heads,
and will call upon Gov. McNutt to
toss the first ball down the shiny
new alleys. With the delivery OF the
Governors spinning spheroid the 81
day program attracting pinmen
from 1913 cities throughout the ma
ton will be under way.
Hail, the Paraders!
The paraders will have arrived at
the site of hostilities by this time
and Immediately following the Gov
errors initial toss will take the first
whirl at the elusive naples. Mem
bers of the 80 teams will be CARRIED
in white trousers and shirts and will
be cheered on by hundreds of men,
bers of their organizations who are
to occupy a reserved section in the
stands.
The official national inaugural
ceremony is to get under way at
1920 and will be described over a
nationwide hookup of the National
Broadcasting System by Norman
Barry ace announcer. Barry will in
troduce Gov. McNutt, who will offer
word or welcome to the thousands
of pinmen scheduled to appear dur
ing the event. Lieut.. Gov. M. Cliff
ford Townsend and Curtis w. Roll,
Chief Justice of the Indiana Su-
preme Court, are scheduled for short
addresses, after which JankoWski is
to send out a word of greeting to
the nation. The Governor, along
with other high state officials, will
then go into action as members of
the Statehouse squad, who are to
occupy the 80 alleys on the second
shift. The broadcast of the program
will go on the air through the chan
nels of station WIRE.
flanagan to Direct Movies
Steve flanagan, publicity man,
and a member of the advertising
staff of the Brunswick Bake Col
lender Co., who installed the alleys,
arrived in the city yesterday from
New York along with Larry SHIFTS.
flanagan and SHIFTS, Chicago pub
licity man, who has been in the
city several days, will have charge
of the filming of the initial nights
activities. From a huge platform
at the east end of the coliseum, a
battery of news-reel cameras will
grind out hundreds of yards of film
that will place before the eyes of
the nation the spectacle of the great
indoor classic.
Yesterdays open house" at the
scene of the tournament attracted
approximately $4,000 sight-seers.
Through the courtesy of local off,
Gals, the Coliseum and adjoining
exposition Building were thrown
open to the public for inspection.
And what sight greeted the visi-
tors! The north end of the Expo
sition Building, known to State Fair
patrons as the cow barn." is a
miniature city. Offices, check rooms,
cafeteria, tavern, pressroonns, tele-
graph offices, souvenier booths, bar
Der shop and various other conces-
sions for the convenience of partici-
pants and spectators are housed in
the section.
The Great Transformation
In the mammoth Coliseum, the
guests saw the usually bare walls
transformed into the most elabor-
ate bowling plant that ever housed
the tournament. Covering the tan
bark floor, that has felt the hoof
beats of galloping horses and the
screeching tires of miniature race
cars. are 80 brightly shellacked
bowling alleys. Draperies of various
hues adorn the ceilings and ends of
the building and huge scoreboards
extend far up at the rear of the
alleys. Long rows Of scorekeepers'
boxes extend behind the 80 drives,
while in the center. press plat
form, the first of its kind in tourney
history, gives local and visiting
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