Show I t FRANK K BAKER BAKER- Dont Don't be discouraged if 1 O or even lower scores than thai that sn sneak ak into your YOur bowling bowling- activities now and then because you have lots Jots of company Clarence H. H Jonen secretary of the American Bowling congress says there are ale approximately registered as members mem mern- bers of the more than teams affiliated with the A. A B. B C. C and he estimates that not more than one-fourth one of 1 per cent of them average more than per game Jonen who visited Salt Lake City in behalf of the A. A B. B C further estimates that 83 per cent of the bowlers average less than for year aroUnd competition and says that perhaps 75 per c ct nt o of the nations nation's league bowlers are under the class Thousands of bowlers he points out are drawn from rom leagues or fraternal circuits which play only once a w week ek and are arc more interested in the sociability of the recreation than championship champion champion- shi ship hi play Higher averages of course mark the various city anc and unlimited circuits in which the better bowl bowlers rs shoot for worthwhile worthwhile worthwhile worth worth- while p prizes r izes S Salt Lake Lake Lle City bowlers are expected to join a number of other western estern cities this year in affiliating with the Amer American can congress Because of the great distances to the national tournaments which have never bc been n held west vest of Kansas City the from this region have le leaned ned tow toward rd the activities of or the Pacific Bowling congress Salt Lakers have brought home some of the prize money from the A. A AB B. B C. C meets though and they should be able to make malte worth while entries again Affiliation with the national convention convention convention conven conven- tion will also bring countrywide recognition to any record play which might take place in the city whereas it would go entirely unnoticed under the present situation The A. A B. B C. C is making a concentrated campaign for forthe forthe the support of the western cities now in the he hopes h pes of oi eventually developing a western and eastern division Bowling leaders began to regard the double tour tournament a- a me ment t as a necessity last spring after they had taken the A. A B. B C. C as far east as Syracuse N. N Y and had a a. record entry list of 2 2837 teams Because the densely populated eastern part of he the country can contribute so many teams it is imperative to have a tournament reasonably close to that section yet such a plan works a hardship on bowlers from the western half half- of the nation and the great grea traveling distance discourages the attendance of the westerners S SIf If the two sections could hold tournaments simultaneously the winners winners' in each division could be matched then for natio national al championships or r if the expenses of bringing the sectional winners winners winners win win- ners together should prove too high the comparative scores could be taken in determining the winners The latter plan would be just as feasible because entirely new alleys have to be built anyway anyway any any- w way y for all tournaments and all would have ha equal opportunities Whatever plans are arc developed bowling leaders everywhere every every- where be hp h they city state or national must remember to J plan for Jor the welfare of the great m masses because as the A. A B B. C. C secretary points out there are 75 low score bowlers bowl bowl- ers rs to eve every y average star I Spaghetti annoys Chicago first basemen more than opposing hurlers The stringy stuff gave Zeke Bonura of the White Sox a a stoma stomach h ache And now Phil Cavarretta of the Cubs is suffering suffering suffer suffer- ing lag from too man many helpings It is reported that Primo Erimo Camera Carnera win return to wr wrestling this fall all as though he hasn't t been grappling grap grap- pling all along The Philadelphia Athletics are to train at Fort M Myers ers Fla next spring for the twelfth consecutive year Wally who spent 15 years year in the th majors now is managing managing managing man man- Okla Okia club of the Western Western West West- aging and catching a bit for the Muskogee em ern association Jim Bagby Jr son of the old Cleveland luminary lumi lumi- 1 nary won seven straight and leads Piedmont league pitchers ers A year old Japanese bat boy who served the White Sox while they trained in Cal California ornia is with the club now None of the players c can n pronounce his name |