The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-01
BIG BOWLING BOOM.
The Amateur Bowling AS
sociation's Fine Start
Notes.

Doubt no longer exists regarding the
Amateur Bowling Association. Many
predicted that it would be either avery
weak organization this season or it would
not m~aterialize. The prophets erred. The
association has not only moved but IT will
be stronger than it was a year ago. All
the clubs that were in ii last year have
entered. and two other prominent clubs
have asked to be admitted. 1t was q hv
club body last season, it will be q seven
club association this year, perhaps eight,
as it is whispered that another leading
Essex county organization is inclined to
enter.
This settles the question concerning the
popularity of ten men team. MIR. Cole,
of the Staten Island A. C.. who was one
of the delegates present, alluded to this
very subject in an earnest address. He
compared the interest aroused by the ten
d five men teams, his club has both,
and said the five men team limited the
interest to q few and was not con-
ducive to the development of bowl
ing talent in the club. The ten
men team made more places for the
bowlers to practise and improve as it af-
forded an opportunity for at least a score
of players to bowl in the championship
games and thus their ambition to become
first class bowlcrS was aroused and it
destroyed in a large measure the dispo it.
ion to c~riticiSe the action of the Bowling
Committee in its unsatisfactory task IN
designating the five star and prevented
jealousy. He spoke from experience
gained last season n de-
clared that the ten men team
organization vas bound to survive as
long as clubs with such numerical
strength exist as those in the association.
In small clubs the inability to secure a
team nT fen r0mn1fpnt h0ylnrg Wn11Id
make the teams OF five acceptable, but in
the large bodies the teams of ten were
necessary to keep alive the interest.
Mr.. Cole was not the only representa-
tive from the Staten Island A. G. present
at the meeting held in the Palma club
house last night. Mr.. j. I. Headley, Jr.,
was also a delegate. The Oritani Field
Club was represented by M. b.. Heilner,
the president OF the association, who oc-
cupied the chair, and w. 2. Eilery, who
is the secretary of b Association. Mr..
@. Y. Dinirck appeared for the Elizabeth
A. c., and the Palmas were represented
by Judge William Clarke, Jr., S. Hath
away, Jr., and Judge +. L. Lockwood.
The Jersey City A. G. sent a brief but
satisfactory message over the telephone.
It vas Were in it,"
Applications We're received from the
New Jersey A. c., who will temporarily
use the alleys of the Staten Island A. c.
and Elizabeth A. G. for it's home games.
and from the Riverside A. c., OF Newark.
A committee was appointed to ascertain
the condition of the alleys OF he Newark
club. The rules of the new Ameri-
can Bowling League were adopted.
Messrs. j. H. w. Cole and 4.
Hathaway, Jr., were selected as the
Schedule Committee. 1t was decided
to open the tournament in the second
week of November. Individual prizes
will be offered this year to the players
making the two highest scores and aver
ages in a certain percentage of games.
The percentage is yet to be liked.
The meeting was enthusiastic, and the
Amateur Bowling Association has made
an auspiciouS start.