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Show GOOD SEASON FOR BOWLERS Pin Sharks Enjoying Prosperity. Much Interest Manifested in the Sport by Salt Lake Enthusiasts. Utah "Will Probably Be Bepresented at the National Tourney in Milwaukee. Bait Lake bowlers are now enjoying their most prosperous season In tho history his-tory of tho sport In this city. A Hlx-club city leaguo was organized early In the fall and more Interest has been manifested in tho sport than ever before At this time the Tuxedo team leads the league by :i comfortable margin and according ac-cording to recent form they stand in a good way to win tho city championship '1 ho member of this aggregation are Mc Leod, Gamble, Gmver Smith. Talamantes and Hamilton They are as consistent performers as can be found In the league, and unless they experience a sudden slump, will land the pennant. rhe Stato record for single game is yo. held by Robert N, Young, s member of tho Brilliant team of the city league. For the Mrst time In tho history of the State a I 'tali re.im w ill probably compete In tho National tourney next month. During Dur-ing the past week tho teams In the city league have been rolling a series of match games to docid" what men w ill go. Tho Milwaukee National Tournament company has practically completed all the detail for the conduct of the national meet to be held here Feb. 18 to 2G, even to the appointment rf committees that will have charge of tho work of tho tournament tourna-ment proper and of furnishing entertainment entertain-ment for the visiting tenpln knlghL It Is safe to say that In no previous tournament of the American Bowling congress con-gress has so much attention been glen to perfecting plans for conducting the meet and these plena will be carried out to tho b tter the big itTair will be carried to a successful conclusion without the hltche that have characterized prevlojs meets and which have always mitigated against their entire success. With only active bowlers as stockholders In the conipanv, men who were Informed that the would not only he expected to put up their money for stock, but glv considerable time to working for the success suc-cess of the tournament, when they were asked to subscribe, this can be done Of these men only thceo who had the time to spare were placed on the committees and the list Is represented not only In a bowling but a business sense. The oom- mlttees appointed by President Moll are as follows-. Reception David S. Rose, William H Terry F U Simmons. William F Hughes. Ijeorge 1'i-rrigo. ) I II. Harpke, Adolph Kottdsky, William Dusold Albert Smith. I lot ei Fred Q EJverts, George W Perrlgo Per-rlgo William I Hughes. A. H I.angtry Programine George J. Koerner. Albert Smith, F. i. Simmons. Hout Charles K Moll George j. Koerner Koer-ner WIIHamDusold.il II Hnrpke. A. U Langtry, Adolph Kowalsky, William P. Hughe? Pri is Charles F Moll, A H. I.angtry Entertainment and schedule committees will Ik appointed after Mes-rs Moll and W H. Terry return from their missionary trip to tho e;ir,t Prize List to Be at Least $10,000. While the local managers have found that thc will be handicapped by III ad- l.-cl eglitlon at the Cleveland congress In getting entries, they havu discovered that the Interest in tho Hpurt throughout the COUOtrj Is ho much greater than (n the past that their early estimated of tho number of entries needs no revision now Sl- n-taiy Langtry Insists that thu lowest eallmute that ne :an put on the number of live men teams thnt will enter Is ltJG and this will gio $10.(O) to be distributed among the bowlers of the country In the flvo men. two men and Individual ents. Accord nc to the estimated list of prizes furnished by Secretary Langtry theio will be $3600 for the five mi n teams of wbb b the Urst prize will be $460. the second $3f0 and the third ISOO Tho rest of the money Is SO distributed that tho seventeenth team gels J and the teams that finish from twenty-second position to forty-fifth position posi-tion will each get $25. the lowest prize for flvo men teams. The first priz for the two men teams will be t0 and will bo distributed among seventy-three teams, the lowest prize being $10. The champion bowler of the country will get a prize of $CoO and J35O0 will be distributed among ISO men In the Individual event In addition valuable medals will be hung up for the members of the winning team or bowlor In each event, the championship medal In particular being especially attracts at-tracts e Eligibility Rule- a Handicap. At a recent meeting of the Milwaukee managers rind members of the executive board of tho American Howling congress tho uuc-stlon of the eligibility rule passed at tho last congress came up for consideration. consid-eration. It was pointed out that Milwaukee Mil-waukee was placed In the uncomfortable position of having to do tho work of the Organisers of the congre-99 In order to gc-t entries. They reported that bowlero throughout tho country were writing for Information as to how to organize city associations so that they would bo eligible eligi-ble to enter the big meet. Indicating that the governing body had apparently been dorallot In Its duties. 1L.tr aakd, that " the eligibility rule be amended, but were denied relief In this particular The result of this meeting wua' that tho ofllclal of tho American Lowllnff con gress promised to take up tho Question of organizing the bowlers Into city associations asso-ciations nnd do all thev could to assist Milwaukee m.-n nnd there is evidence that they aave t.gun their work- Meanwhlle the local men will continue their work along the lines they begun and get all the bowlers tacv can into t.h.0 national na-tional organization. To facilitate their work President Moll, who la alfio a member mem-ber of tho executive board of tne A. B. C.. ban construed ih ambiguously wnr.lcd eligibility inl. In concise form so that It may be clear to every' bowler Just what is necessary for him to do in order to have the opportunity of competing for the rich prlr.es In tho national tournament tourna-ment The opinion In a. follows: In ordor to bo ellclbU to bowl In th ni-tlnnal ni-tlnnal t. urtin nient to bo bold In Mllwau'e, February 1S-28, a club niunt bolnp to n lOC&l Olty Of 90c I nt I on. Which can bo organ!. ed with ono or morn club, befnro January 20. To org an I zo a city lumoclatlon nil that l necen-nary necen-nary Is to Bend Jt for each club. toc"ihr with tho names of tho prcnldent. Vloe-prssldent, o'. r. Itirv. 1111. 1 (rf-miury to tho secretory of th American Bowling c ngr- i In Dayton, O. A team muiit bowl unUr Its roRtBtf-rl name, but there Is no limit to the number of members. mem-bers. A member of any rlty oxsoclntlon Is ollglble to bowl In the two m-n and Individual oventa. Schedule. Will Bo Followed. As f ir as the actual bowling Is cc.n-eerned cc.n-eerned evorythlng r-oslhle will be done to accommodate rhe Increased number of contestants at this meet. 'With fourteen nlleyr.. t per cont moro than were built for the Cleveland meet, and tho tournar rornt beginning Saturday night. February Febru-ary 18. there ueed bo no bowling aftor 10 10 or 11 o clock nt night, and none In the morning W hen the ofllolal schedule 1 prepared by s committee composed'of ono man selected by tho A B C and two by the tournament company, sufficient suffi-cient lime will be allowed for each team and bowler, but thero will be no deviation devia-tion from tho time set by the schedule I his marred tho Cleveland meet when the management was two houri behind tho f-chldulo from the first night and b -. ling was going on until tho arnall boms of the morning and was resumed IWO hours before noon Another feature, which la well worth mentioning Is that the prlzo winners wdll be paid OS i""u js each evert Is decided and probably In gold so as to avoid tho annoanci of getting checks cashed, or of waiting for months for prlzo money-Perfect money-Perfect Building for Meet. "While much has been viltten about the Exposition building where tho tournament tourna-ment will be held, It is doubtful If the bowlers cf tho country realize how much more desirable It is for th purpose than any other tnilhliiig otfred for a like event. In addition to perfect lighting and heating appliances Its G0.000 Btpiaro feet of room on tho main floor will give ample spaco for the fourteen alleys to be built, seat upward of 0.) apectators. allow for a spacious palm garden and other entertainment features all under one roof To offset tne barnlike effect of tho Interior of so large a building, suit able decorations will be arranged eo that the building will not only bo commodious commodi-ous and comfortable, but attractive to Invitation Ball at Calumet Club It Is the opinion of President Moll Sec-rctarv Sec-rctarv Langtry, and other local bowlers who have attended all national tournaments tourna-ments of the American Bowdlng congress, that sufficient attention has not been puld to the entertainment of visitors by the cungress cities Milwaukee U a convention con-vention city and accuatomod to provldo amusement for tho strunctr within Its gates, so that tho plana to glvo the bow-! bow-! rs something to add pleasure to their lslt here meets with general approval. The most Important social affair of the Wick will be ball In honor of the bowlers bow-lers of 'he country Thursday night. February Feb-ruary 'Si The Calumet club, one of the foremost social organizations of the city, has agreed to turn oer Its well appointed ap-pointed mi commodious clubhouse to tho city's guests and the ball will be an ln-ltatlon ln-ltatlon affair Tho ballroom Is large enough to accommodate ono couples on th- floor at one time, and the affair will bo a most attractive ono. Moll and Terry Going East. It Is expected that there will b a big representation of bowlers from Greater Ni v York, and President Moll ami W H. (Adonis) Terry, the once famous baseball pitcher, win Is now one of the local bowling leaders will leave tomorrow for a lour of tho Eastern cities to secure se-cure entries. President Ebbets, owner of the Brooklyn Baseball club and a leader of tho bowlers of Greater New York, has promised them that their trip East win be generously rewarded Moil and Terry will probably visit Pittsburg, "Washington Billimoie. Philadelphia and Slew York, and on their return trip ile will stop at Buffalo. Cleveland and Detroit |
