Show I OFFICIAL HEAD OF W 8 C HERE President A W Martin Attend Meeting of Western Bowlers VIEWS ON NEEDS OF SPORT SAYS PROFESSIONALISM SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED The betterment of the sport ot of bowl bowling big ing to keep it clean and drive drie out every of professionalism making it strIctly a game is the sub substance substance stance of an interview given out last evening by President A W V Martin of the Western Vestern Bowling congress Mr r lI Martin rtin is a resident of Oakland Cat Cal and arrived in Salt Lake yester yesterday ester esterd d day y to preside at the annual meeting of the congress s scheduled for tomorrow mornIng and incidentally take part in inthe the thu championshIps held here d during ting the week Mr Martin Is a of the famous Imps bowling team of S n Fran iee co and expects to take hIs place in their lineup when the tournament opens N Is Against Professionalism Mr lIr Martin said I 1 have talked wIth every member of tile the executive commit committee tee and think they agree with me when I say that one of the prime objects of th Western Vestern Bowling congress is to drive out the element clement of professionalism that has gained a remarkable foothold in bowling circles the country hile the congress may not be able to tomake tomake make rules at this time prohIbiting the playing for cash I believe a resolution should be passed by th the congress stamp stamping stamping ing its disapproval of it P has been a great drawback to the sport In California but this season a war has been waged against it b by the members of the Western Bowl Bowling lag ing congress and it is fast disappear disappearing ing There were a number of expert bowl bowlers ers era hanging around San Francisco who made their living by playing games for small sides bets beLa Some of the alleys were in the habit of hanging ut u cash prizes for high averages This pot was also a special attraction to these same bowlers Now we have practically driven this practice from the thc California alleys and not a single one of them offers caf cash h prizes Run Sport on Its Merits Another feature of the Western estern Bowl Bowling Bowling ing congress which will h lp the sport is the fact that the congress in no way caters to the large manufacturers of bowling supplies Not a single cent has ever been accepted from an any of them and the Western Yes tern Bowling congress is free freeto freeto to make its rules in the interest of sport and not of some favored manu manufacturer manufacturer W S Salt SaIt Lake s member of the executive committee arrived in Salt Lake yesterday after an extended trip cast erst in the interest of the congress at once got busy with the other members of the local committee and See Sec r Jenkins in getting ready for the opening of the tomorrow morn morning morning ing DurIng the da day Jenkins received telegrams from practIcally every big city In the west either stating that teams had left for Salt Lake or that the they would leave during the day and night Among the arrivals yesterday were Dr A W v Merrell of Oakland CaLf Cal and P J Mc McGrath Ic Grath of San Francisco both members o of the executive committee |