| Show JENKINS TAlKS TO THE BOWlERS Secretary Advises Alley Men to Make Up Te and Send Entries Early BY A L JENKINS Secretary Western Bowling Con Congress Congress gress As is only a short time before the entries for tor the big bowl Ing tournament will close the bowlers of Denver should begin at once to select their team membership and send In their entries to Secretary Frank Barks of the tho Denver Bowling association Entry blanks are now out and may mal be bad hod on application to lI Barks kins or oi at any bowling alley In the city All AJI entries must Positively be In by March llarch 1 1907 In order that the schedule committee may have ample time to corn com their work before beCore opening ot of the tourney March 7 It shoUld be understood that there Is to be no placed on the mak makeup up of m l In C re are aro many 10 the tho local le leagues gues which have hae front to ten members hi their clubs it should seven seyen be known that these extra players are el to organize teams and compete in the th e tourne tourney the same as regular league teams te ams Big Purse for Team It IH ha been decided to put up l as fi frat prize for th thO n teams to corn com peto p ete rhia is R a much larger prize than han t bowlers were ever given a chance chanco to I compete c for tor In any of the national tour aments n of the past rue rho liberal prIzes that are arc to be given in this tournament will Insure a large at t of bowlers from all over the west w est The latest reports from Seattle and a nd Portland are to the tho effect that active I reparations p are aro beIng made mado by the tho bowl ers e rg ot of both those clUes cities to attend the big bi tourney t In March Salt Lake reports the bowlers in lint fine i ton anti and the men want It known 1 t carry away a large piece p of the tho prize money Butte bowlers w ere actively engaged as long ago as No November ember vember v In raising a fund to meet the ex cx expenses p of sending their representatives to this his t meeting It Is problematical yet as aso to t o how many teams Omaha and Kansas City C ity will send but it is thought that the arge l prizes to be gIven will have the ef f of drawing a larger attendance from those hose t cities than was at first anticipated Teams From Northwest Reports from Spokane Imply that at least east l one team will come from there this year y ear With the distribution or of the tho entry blanks lanks b throughout the territory governed by b y the Western Yes tern Bowling congress It will be b e only n a short time until a conservative estimate e ot of the number ot of outside teams which will attend the tourney can be made madeA A matter of that should re receive eive c prompt attention by th the bowlers ot of is the tho of delegates and Ind alternates a to represent their leagues at this his t ot of the congress The elec ion tion t ot of officers takes place at this meet Ing i ng and It should be remembered that an a ll officers of the Western Bowling con congress grass gress are elected by the votes of the dole gates g ates There will be a president first second s and third vIce president anda and ta secretary s and treasurer to elect at this meeting as wen well as an executive commit tee t ee ot of eight members Local bowlers should hould s also secure their individual mern mem cards at once in order that they may be eligible to vote for the delegates who represent them In this meeting ot of the congress |
