Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 292, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1916 — BOWLING STARS PLAN [ARTICLE]

BOWLING STARS PLAN

Interested in New Interstate Tenpin Contest. Association Recently Organized In Detroit Will Be First to Conduct Intercity Schedule —Provides National Circuit. Bowling stars in every city will be Interested in the new Interstate Individual championship Bowling association, recently organized at Detroit. The association will be the first to conduct an intercity bowling schedule, and it provides an extensive national for Individual champion bowlers representing 12 of the principal cities of the United States. To produce champions to represent each of the large cities in this national circuit, separate preliminary tournaments open only to high class bowlers, will be held in each of the 12 cities selected during the month of April. 1917. In the preliminary tournaments eadh entrant muSt content in 50 games in blocks of five games, in the manner and ’time scheduled. and the bowler securing the highest total of pins son the 50 .games will be declared the citjr champion of this association and he will win the honor of representing his city in the final tournament for the interstate individual bowling championship. (> Champion« to Tour. When all of the city championships have been decided the 12 efty champions will make a tour of the 12 cities in the national circuit, in a body, from May 15 to June 1, 1917. The road schedule will be so arranged that each of the 12 city champions will meet each other in contests comprising seven, games each, making a total of 84 games, to be congested by each city chdmpion in the finals. The bowler securing the greatest number of pins in his 84 games will be winner of the tournament and will be awarded the individual championship honors. Prizes for Finals. The prizes for the finals will aggregate nearly 52,500, besides a magnificent diamond medal,.emblematic of thte individual championship of this association, will be awarded to the winner. • • Necessary committees to handle the first year tournament were provided for and a constitution, by-laws and rules were adopted. Franchises were awarded to Detroit, Toledo, Chicago, New York; St. Louis, Cleveland, Syracuse and Buffalo. The remaining four franchises will be placed among four of the following cities: Columbus, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Newark, Brooklyn, Rochester-and Pittsburgh.