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Show BOWLERS LIKE Spokane Proposition Means Much, Salt Lake City Should Get Representation at April Meeting. Enthusiasm Roused and Sport Gets" Impetus Here Meeting to Be Held. Bowling talk Is heard on overy corner Just now. despite tho faot that winter Is drawing to an end. Tho coming Spokane congress and tournament Is the cause. Salt Lake City has boon Invited to send a team for tho tournament and to sond representatives to tho congress, which will organlzo the Western Bowling league. And Salt Lako bowlers aro ready and anxious to. do these things. League Is Wolcome. Tho Western league ' ls n welcome proposition. Tho East the Atlantic coast n particular controls tho American leaguo entirely. As a consequence, tho West, with Its different conditions and different needs, doesn't got a show. Beyond Be-yond all this, from a local standpoint. Is tho question of lowered expenso In sending send-ing teams and representatives, with a better show of making their city known in competition. As a consequence, Salt Lako bowlers like this Idea of a Western league and will work to tho end that such a league be successful. City Stands Well. This city shows up well with any Western West-ern city in bowling and, moro than that, tho bowlors of this city aro Improving rapidly. Already Salt Lako has ono record rec-ord Bcoro of 300, made on the Palaco alloys al-loys by Haines. And Salt Lake Cltv hon no leaguo that will comparo In ago with thoso of other Western cities. A meeting will be hold within a few days to consider the doUills toward sending send-ing representatives and a team to Spo- , kano next month. Tho thing has awakened awak-ened a lot of Interest among' local enthusiasts en-thusiasts In tho gamo and has already dono a great deal toward helping the sport locally In tho past tho cltv hao been unrepresented ln bowling gatherings. Now tho fact that representation Is at hand makes overy one feel better. Lots of Good Bowlers. On tho Pacific coast a number of cities, including Seattlo, Portland, San Fran-cIbco. Fran-cIbco. Tacoma and Bclllngham, have-plenty have-plenty of good bowlors. They havo had tho game for some time. In the Interior Spokane. Butte. Helena, Salt Lake. Denver Den-ver und other cities nro equally well situated. situ-ated. Bowling has coma to stay In tho West, and this new leaguo will make It hotter liked, by every one than It has over been. Next winter In Salt Lake City flhould seo three or four good leagues and I all alleys full every night. j 0 |