Sport: A. B. C. Congress

To the 8,000,000 U. S. citizens who bowl, the letters A. B. C. stand, not for something children learn at school, but for the American Bowling Congress, in session for the past month at Indianapolis. Compared to the Congress at Indianapolis, the Congress at Washington is a midget. The A. B. C. has 300,000 members, of whom 15,000 made the trip to Indianapolis. The tournament, No. 1 event of the year for U. S. bowlers, costs $200,000, of which half is distributed to contestants as prizes. The rest goes for 32 brand-new alleys with colored gutters and chromium chalk-trays, 30,000 brand-new...

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