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Show WESTERN BOWLERS SUSPECT A PLAYER FROM CHICAGO DENVER, March 9. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Western Bowing centres, now holding; its second annual tournament here, a strong: feeling developed against the entries in the present pres-ent tournament of Eastern men whose sympathies are said to He entirely with the American Bowling; congress. It was claimed by several of the Western West-ern delegates, notably. M. J. Sheehan of Butte.-second vice-president of the Western, West-ern, that W. V. Thompson of Chicago, who is here with a two-men team, of which he is a member, is at heart unfriendly un-friendly to the Western. It was pointed out by Denver members of the committee that Thompson came to Denver last fall and' did his bet to force the Western Bowling congress to cnange its name to the Western Bowling association, In order, or-der, as it is claimed, that the American Bowling congress would not be injured. It was also asserted by committeemen that the fact that he is sending several five-men teams to the St. Louis meeting of the American, while bringing but a two-men two-men team here. Is an indication that he is working for the American. After a lengthy and exciting discussion it was finally decided to permit Thompson Thomp-son to bowl in the Denver tourney, but a resolution was adopted urging the congress to appoint a committee to confer with like committees from the American and National Na-tional congress with a view to dividing up the territory for the purpose of membership. member-ship. The Western lays claim to all the territory west of the Missouri river, although al-though the American officials. It is claimed, have been busy in Omaha, Kansas Kan-sas City, Chicago and St. Louis In attempting at-tempting to hold Its clubs in line. The sentiment prevails among adherents of the Western Bowling congress; that in order to strengthen Itself in its chosen territory, the Western should hold its next tournament either in Omaha or Kansas City, for by so doing It would draw teams from all the Missouri river towns. |