| Show I ANOTHER BIG MEET ASSURED A BC B C RIVAL I IR II R i iv 1 4 4 i 1 i 3 yN c I v S I i r t r 4 i 11 14 t j J Ii Iii i aW i I Iq q Ill Illi i Officials of the Baltimore Bowlin g Tournament Company and interior of Garage building where tournament tournament ment will be held From Prom left to right are Win vice president G 0 H K Pryor president J J A Hazelton secretary Gustavus Brown second vice president Baltimore March 26 With the tho closing do sing of ot the entries on Saturday the necessary preliminaries were completed for tor the fourth annual tournament of the National Bowling association which will be held In this city from April 9 to 30 under the auspices of at the Baltimore Bowling Tournament company It Is now estimated that teams will compete In the tournament and fully 2000 bowlers from tram the east and middle west will be present pres nt There are entries from Montreal Montrea Chi CM Chicago 1 cago Richmond and As the National Bowling association how however however however ever Is essentially an eastern organ organization organIzation the bulk of at the entries are from Washington Boston Baltimore and Greater New York Some of ot the lead leadIng leadIng Ing lug clubs that will anticipate In the competition are the Montreal Bowling club Montreal Canada Bond Bowling club Columbus 0 O Fat Mens club Washington Wa hington D C Spartans Algon quins Corinthians Ko Kos Subways Grand Centrals and about others from Greater New York The tournament will be held In the Garage building ore one of the tho largest bowling alleys In the world To the thir regular alleys twelve more have hav be been n added and these will be used for tor tournament purposes only In connection with the tournament the association will hold Its annual meeting on April 23 when the officers for the succeeding year will be elected and suggested changes In playing rules roles will be acted upon Record Prize List According to the list of entries and the amount of prize money this prom promises promIses promises to be the largest tournament In the history of the tho National Bowling asso association association elation This body was formed In 1906 1908 following a J disagreement between the tho eastern and western members of at the American Bowling congress The par parent parent parent ent organization was dominated by bowlers from the middle west and did not seem disposed to give the east a J chance on the tournament Accordingly the leading bowlers In Inthe Int Inthe the t e east fast held a meeting In Brooklyn In 1906 and decided to withdraw from the theA theA theA A B C and form torm a J separate organ organization organIzation organization The first tournament was waa held at At Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic lantic City In March 1907 under the auspices of at the Philadelphia Bowling association and proved very success successful successful successful ful Rochester was awarded the tournament tournament tournament ment In 1908 and this meet showed that the organization was growing In 1909 New York secured the tournament and held It In the Madison Square Garden At this meet teams doubles and over 1419 Individuals com coin competed the prize list being over This meet assured the permanency of ot the organization Despite the differences existing be between between between tween the two great controlling bodies there are a number of teams which be belong belong belong long to both organizations and participate participate pate In both annual tournaments |
