The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-18
PALMA'S SPARE B0WLERS.
THEY ROLL UP HANDSOME To7dL
IN TINT COLUMN,

THEY ROLL Ur A HANDSOME T0IdL
IN TH4T COLUMN,
And Defeat tho Staten Island Clubs
Team, by a Small NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Fine Acknowledgements Tie at Yonlx-
ers-BDwline and Athletics.
The Palmas had a close call last night.
rang up a sixteen hundred game,
q yet the result depended on the two last
y .bewlers,in the final frame to win. i
z Had they made breaks the Jersey City
boys would have returned with heavy
4 hearts. They came back %jubilant.
Clarke and Carter sent Che last balls
down the ale VS. for the Palnlas and they
went home, Each made a,clever spare.
The Islanders last man made 4 break
and the victory was the Palmas by thir-
teen pins. sg
The Palmas put up a remarkable game.
The spare is the true test of skill in
bowling, and the Jersey boys had a total
of f~ifty-one5 spares. This total is the best
thauahas been made i'll the games of the
Amateur Bowling Association this sea-
son by ten
-Four Of the team were each credited
with six spares, three made five each and
three had four spares each. They made
seventeen spares more than their oppo-
nents who bad great luck in strikes, and
made twenty-seven strikes which ex-
@eeeded the number made by the Palma's
. by seven 7aH3.a
The Islanders had the better luck in
punching their credits. The Palmas had
one double h~eader--that is two consecu-
s tive strikes to the credit of any player.
They went to Gallagher, who sent all the
pins down with the first ball in the first
and second frames.
The Islanders had five double headers,
= l. H. 1Naxa. %r, ~1 u~ y - ,,4o
consecutive strikes, and one, Henry, had
six consecutive strikes. The punching of
7 strikes is what swells a score.
An amusing feature of the game was
the fact that Henry, who put up the fine
score of 226, complained of beiug i'll be-
fore the am and was not inclined to
roll. He yielded to persuasion and went
in. he Palmas hope the next time they
meet the. Islanders that Henry will be in
robust health.
The Palmas opened with 3 strikes, 4
spares and 3sbreaEs, and closed the first
frame with I66. The Islanders had 2
strikes, 3 spares and 5 breaks and their
total was i59. The Palmas thus opened
with q lead of seven Plus.
In the second frame the Islanders were
ia grand luck. They made 5 strikes. 3
spares and 2 breaks, and a total of IT'S.
Thu Palmas had against them 2 strikes,
5 spares. and 8 spares, and 1853 in the frame.
LIS ASdu WTAo W oA0 AoldhuSiS Wy oeh
pins.
In the third frame the Palmas went
five further in the rear. They made /
strike, 9 spares and 3 breaks a total of 1876
to 4 strikes, 4 spares and 3 breaks and a
total OF 100 by the Islanders.
In the fourth frame the Palmas recoV-
cred the lead aud secured it by twelve
pins. They put up . strikes, 8 spares and
2 breaks and sent up a total Of 1858 for the
frame. The Islanders had 2 strikes, 3
spares and 5 breaks and added only 141.
In the fifth frame the Palmas KEEP up
their steady gait, while the Islanders
work was ragged. The Palmas widened
the gap by So when the frame closed.
They had 1 strike, s spares and / break,
with d total of IT'S. The Islanders mad /
strike, 1spareand 8 breaks, and the small
figs fres for the frame of 121.
In the sixth frame the Islanders made
q splendid rally. They increased their
total by 1877 on 4 strikes, 4 spares and 2
breaks. The Jersey boys moved along
evenly, and with 8 strikes, 3 spares and 4
breaks and a total of 153 maintained their
lead by 80.
The Islandersput up q big score in the
seventh frame and cut down the lead OF
tlle Jerseytnen BY twenty, leaving them
the small margin of a dozeu. The Palmas
continued their steady jog and ON 5
strikes, 4 spares and 3 breaks put up 1871.
The Islanders had III on 3 strikes. 5
spures afldg2 breaks. ~
There was d change OF only one pin in
the eighth frame and the gain was made
b the Islanders, who reduced Palma's
lead by one as they added 167 to Pallna's
1856. The latter had 1 strike, z spares, and
2 breaks to l strike, 6 spares and B breaks
by the Island boys.
The Islanders fell away in the ninth
frame and the Palmas by a singular CO.
incidence improved their lead by the
same figures they won the game by-l3.
1t was a bad frame for the S.. /. a.. G. The
JerseyInen made153 on 2 strikes, 4 spares
ands4 breaks. The Islanders rolled up
$40 Q q 3 strikes. 2 spares andA5 breaks.
The frame Closed with the Palmas in
command8bys "a pins.
In the tenth andlastframe the Islanders
made a grand effort to overcome the lead
oftheir a~dversaries but the Palmas were
as regular and steady as clock work. The
Islanders could1Only cash out eleven from
the lead of their opponents. They put up
1874 on 2 strikes, 3spares and 5 breaks, and
the Pa1mas had 1873 on 2 strikes, 4spares
and 4 breaks. The two last spares settled
it. q. 81
The totals by frames show that the
Palmass did notfnduIge in any spasmodic
boWlinggandsthe total of each frame was
near the ll60 notch. The frame totals of
the Islanders fiuctuated considerably.
Not one of the J%erseymen fell below
the $50 mark, seven were in
the fifty block with an average
ofl55.y G~allagher's 1S6, Behfen's IT'S and
HathaWay's 1862 furnished the surplus,
which carried the average over The 100
The islanders did well, with the excep-
ton of Merevan and Merrick. who failed
to get up to the twenty block.
The scare follows:
PALMA. tNas 1sst STATEN ISLAND A. q.