The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-25
Rival Cities
Grid Forces
for Ballots
New York and Detroit to
Wage Intensive Duel
for Pin Site
BY BERNARD HARMON

votes to their respective cities when
the balloting to decide the site of
the 1887 tournament begins at the
annual meeting of the Congress in
Tomlinson Hall Friday afternoon.
The Gotham forces we're aug
mented yesterday by C. N. Nichols,
director of the New York City De-
partment of Conventions, and jim
Wilson, past president of the
American Bowling Congress. The
Empire State delegation has estab-
1ished headquarters at the Lincoln
Mayor F1orella La Guardia is eX-
pected to personally invite the
members Of the national bowling
fraternity to hold their next classic
in his city. Advance agents last
night believed that the mayor
would make the trip here by plane
Friday morning. However, in event
that official duties prevent his ap-
pearance here, Borough President
Levy Of the big city, is to act as his
representative and is expected to
introduce the citys leader who is to
ioifer the invitation through an am
splif1ed long-distance telephone con-
sversation.
A special train carrying more
than 100 additional New York rep
resentatives is scheduled to arrive
here Thursday morning. They are
TO be met al the Union Station by
the American Legion Drum and
IBugle Corps and are to stage a
parade over the downtown streets
,en route to their Lincoln head
quarters.
Detroiters in City
A trio of Detroit pin leaders ar
rived this morning and opened the
auto city headquarters in the Sew
erin. Howard Mccullough, past
president of the Detroit city associa-
zion, Jack Sedan, of the Detroit
lConTention Bureau, and Herman
yPherry, long affiliated with the pin
game in the Michigan metropolis
Salong with several newspaper men,
make up the ballot-seeking group
aCity officials, along with a host of
entrants in the tournament, are to
Vnrrive tomorrow night in several
chartered railway coaches.
In the meantime, the executive
committee of the Congress went
into a huddle at the SEVERN at 10
this morning to discuss contem-
plated changes in the rules and by
laws of the organization. Treas
,,1lrer Frank Pasdeloup arrived here
yesterday for the meeting and i'm
'mediately wen to the Playground to
Cook over the tournament. President
Augie Jankowsky was among last
nights arrivals, along with several
other officials of the pin group.
Buffalo Pinman Totals 705
Frank Caruana, member of the
touted H. VIM. Pollack Poster
Prints of Buffalo, went into first
iplace in the individual events
standings on the final shift yester-
day afternoon. With counts of 225,
246 and 234 he totaled 7O5 pins,
which was one better than the 704
posted by Louis Levine, the Chi
cago ace, last Sunday. His brilliant
singles series combined with a $50
in the team events and a COS in
the doubles gave him an aggregate
of 1861 over the nine game route
The total was good for seventh
place in the all-events standings.
Joe Burmeister, Faribault
'(Minn) kegeler participating in his
first A. B. G. tournament tossed
games of 268, 189 and 221 for a 678
total that gained him fifth place in
the individual standings IIilmer
Solander of Iron River, Mich, also
gave the pins severe flashing, con-
meeting for GIL that gave him a
tie for eighth place. He had games
of 2S6. 257 and 178. One change
was registered among the leaders of
the two-man event. Michael Gaines
and William Sullivan of Elizabeth.
N. j., combined totals of 61S and
622 for 1910 that put them in
fifth place.
Oklahomans Go Big
The largest crowd of the tourna-
ment packed the Coliseum last night
as the three squads of team entries
took over the drives Almost 5000
persons were assembled behind the
alleys, and were treated to some
nifty exhibitions, especially by the
Champlin Refining Co. of Enid,
Okla. The boys from the Southwest
ern oil fields, seeking A. B. c. laurels
for their first time, cracked out
a 291l total that placed them in
second place in the five-man di-
vision. Paced by Casey Mills 637
the fivesome tackled up games of
934, 1881 and 937. Other quintets in
action during the evening failed to
penetrate the standings of the top
ten.
Today'S daylight activities on the
Coliseum drives included two
squads each Of doubles and singles
entrants. The doubles were carded
at ii o'clock this morning and 1890
this afternoon, while the individuals
were to see action at HAS and
lis.
Cincy Stars on Tonight
The after-sundown program will
find three full squads trying their
luck at the tourney naples. The
initial squad. scheduled at $50, in
cludes local and state booster
teams, while the $50 squad is to
bring out several classy aggrega-
lions from various parts of the
country, along with two star local
quintetS. Percy Henry's Lieber
Layers and Bill Hollis Harpers
Garage are the indianapolis teams
that will bear watching.
The windup of the days firing
should develop some real scoring
for full squad of 80 teams from
Cincinnati and vicinity are to step
across the runway leading to the
alleys In search of scores that Will
land them well up in the tourna-
ment's prize list.