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Show BOWLERS ENTHUSIASTIC OVER COMING CONGRESS Elect Delegates at. Meeting Last Night; Will Charge Admission. Ad-mission. "See .America First, But Stnrt From tho Salt Lnko End," was practically the hlopnn nf the large concourse of bowlers who nesembltHl fit tho Commercial club last ovenlng to grt together on the proposition propo-sition to boost for tho meeting of th Western Bowling congress, which In booked to come oft In this city, starting next "Wednesday. Tho territory covered hy thin orgnnl7.a-tlon orgnnl7.a-tlon cmbraceH that part of the map west of tho MlHsourl river, extending north to tho Canadian line and south to the Gulf of Mexico, and teams are apt to blow In to take part In tho tournament from Jenkins known where. Sec. Jenkins Starts Brdl Rolling-. Mr. A. U Jenkins Is from Seattle, and holds tho position of secretary In the Western Bowling congress, and since his arrival In tho city activity In bowling circles has received si bundle of acceleration, accelera-tion, until the prospects for :i successful tournament next week aro so bright that It Is bound to be successful. IIo understands his business, nnd Injected In-jected the right spirit Into tho pin distributing dis-tributing nrtlstB last night, working up Iho enthusiasm necessary to such an extent. ex-tent. From communications ho has received ho expects at least twenty-live to thirty-five thirty-five tenms, all of which usually carry an fxtrn. man; and Beveral doublo learns, which means nn attendance of nearly 200 bowlers. Large Attendance Expected. One "two-men'" team Is expected from Tncoma; Seattle Is expected to send on one live-men team, Spokane two, Butto one or two, Portland one, Los Angeles two. San Francisco two, Ogdcn one. Salt Lako four or live, while from Denver comes the word that at least four full teams will enter the contest. In all probability thcro will bo fully ten teams entered from Utah, and thero Is Just a possibility that Provo and Logan may enter. In a letter received by Secretary Secre-tary Jenkins from tho Cache valley hunch, entry blanks are asked for, and their disposition to come In Is manifested. At the regular meeting last night It was decided to charge admission to tho games at the price of 25 cents for a slnglo ticket, with season tickets selling for $1. Delegates were elected to the congress from the City league ns follows' A. W. Smith and Henry Evans Alternates, W. S. Zchrlng and S. Williams. Commercial league: J. W. Collins and R. Ruttlc. Alternates. W. II. Kllpatrlck and I. S. Klrkwood. Committee Meets Today. Tho alloys and schedule committee, consisting con-sisting of Messrs. Zimmerman. Qulnn. Secretary Jenkins. J. W. Collins and Dr. Klrkwood, will meet this afternoon to decide de-cide on tho place of action and the dates. The Crown alleys will probably be agreed upon us the place for the championship cham-pionship events, owing to tho larger seating capacity, while the preliminary contests and special side games, of which there promises to be many, will be held on the Palaco surfaces. |