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Show FATHER. OF BOWLING DIES IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK. Aug. 21. Thomas Curtis. -' first president of the American Bowling congress and known throughout the country coun-try as the "Father of bowl)ng in America," Amer-ica," died yesterday from typhoid fever at his home In Brooklyn. He was 79 years old. Until he fell 111 he had bowled every day for more than twenty years. In 1883 Curtis organized the first ten-pin bowling tournament in the United States. ; Within the next few years he assisted In organizing many clubs and became the author of the rules now regulating Un pin bowling throughout the country. 'i |