The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-21


The fair of the Wayne Athletic Club
will close tonight at the club rooms on
Newark opposite Palisade venue A
strong effort will be made to dispose OF
the large stock of handsome useful arti-
cles and if low prices will do it then it
will be done, as the figures have been put
at the lowest possible price.
A number of articles will be disposed of
by chance, and nothing in this line will
be carried over, as the books have been
almost filled to the limit. Only a few
chances are open. The close will be in
teresting, as the Cable, Lorillard and
Hamilton Clubs will send large delega-
tons to compete for the elegant banner.
The Cables now lead with 125 to their
credit.
The Lorillards are close, with Ill. The
The Hamiltons are .reServing their votes
for the eleventh hour. The money re-
allied will be employed in %equipping a
GYMNASIUM.
The fair of the Hudson County Wheel
men will terminate this evening, and
those in quest of pretty goods can secure
them at reasonable prices as the shelves
will be cleared If possible.
There is an abundance OF books, staple
and fancy articles to select from. A live
ly trade was done last night. The delega-
lions from the several bicycle clubs in the
State were present and they had a happy
time.
Strikes, Spares and Breaks.
The League game scheduled for New
Years day between the Lafoyettes and
Fairmounts has been postponed until
January 3.
The Hudsons and Americas will bowl
their return game at Muller's alleys on
December 80.
The final game between the B~elvideres
of this city, and the Phoenix OF Mott
Haven, will be bowled next Monday on
the Montgomery alleys at Newark.
The Hudsons and Belvideres will roll
their return game at Muller's on January
The next League games will be bowled
next Monday evening.
The Fairmounts will bowl on the In
dependent Clubs alleys and the
Volunteers will bowl on the Century
Clubs alleys.
There will be bowling for a handsome
gold medal at Colonel Browns alleys on
Christmas afternoon and night. 1t will
be the head pin game from a sixty foot
chalk line.
The khkows will take action at their
next meeting On the terms of the match
game with the Hudsons. They have the
option of bowling from a short line or
bowling twelve men against ten of the
Hudsons.
The medal contest held at Steutzel's
Alleys on Noble street, by the Excelsiors,
Thursday night, resulted as follows:-E.
.Jaccard, 1872; Fred. Boos. 1872; Fred. Boos,
169; John Klein, 1853; w. Rode, 159; j..
Donovan, 141.
The Independents glorious over their
victory Of last evening, viii endeavor to
roll high scores in practice at Metropoli-
tan Hall this evening.
Edmund Jaccard. of the Excelsiors, is
the star bowler of the club. His score
approaches iveay near the 200 mark in
The seconds of the j. C. A. G. are
Lalas. A game between them and the
firsts would be interesting.
For youngsters who are only ''larnin'"
how to bowl the boys of the J.. q. A. C..
and the e. A. G. are apt pupils and are
making rapid progress. Two in the nine
ties. one in the eighties, three in the sew
entities and two in the sixties is an excel
lentsrecord.
Hewetson made q poor start last night.
AT the fifth frame his score vas only 65.
In the last five frames he shook the pins
lively for five strikes, n an extra and a
spare.- Heswung in rs in the last frame
and had u total OF 1872,
Bowling is a queer, uncertain game.
Scudder was way in the rearin the match
game. He made only 129. In a practice
came after the match he rolled 226.
THE Spartans of Hoboken bowled in bad
form last night in the Pomeroy tourna-
ment and lost W games,