The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-19

for several years and have continued toplay
season after season with but sligA change
of membership. The pastime has, besides,
many features to commend it. The elements
of scientific play and skill are applied to
sport of not too violent nature, and there
is an entire absence OF danger. In driving
balls with precision at q distant point there
is required keenness of vision and GOODNESS
of control, and there comes greater muscular
development and an increased grace and
freedom Of carriage. Some sports require
more skill, others more e1ertion. but
any, r anse es snese IS sdapted
alike to women, men of sedentary habits,
and to those most proficient in athletic
sports. There is further, a clearly defined
limit to team records-a limit that may
be more and more nearly appropriated. but
this connection that the Phoenix club Of
this city has record of 1886 out of posi-
BILE 5000 points. While it would be hazard
ous to say that this has not been excelled in
some remote alley or unheard-of game, yet
it is regarded as about the record score OF a
In the recent Herald amateur bowling tour
nament. which doubtless brought together
the best individual bowlers and teams that
ever met in bowling contest, the highest
for five-man team was $50 out OF posi-
BILE 1,5OO and the highest individual record
WIS zoo Out III q RO60AOA0 AAAO O0AoSy
City athletic club won the championship
with an individual average of 176 4-45. In
Brooklyn the Echo club has done some not
able bowling during the past season, as has
the Phoenix club of this city.
An especially interesting fact about
bowling is that the best bowlers are found,
not among the professionals. but among
those strictly amateurs. This fact has been
potent in giving a high standard to the
game, and in making it popular with all
classes. Aside from q multitude of indie
pendent clubs, there are clubs formed from
less to say that every athletic club has its
picked team Of representative bOwlers. The
Produce Exchange has an excellent team,
SO has the Consolidated Exchange, and
there are teams selected from the big houses
of Wall street, from the national banks,
from the silversmiths, and . host OF other
organizations, many Of the representatives
being expert bowlers. There is also much
bowling in the city clubs, and some Of them,
like the University club, of this city, and
the Lincoln club, of Brooklyn, hold elabo-
rate tournaments.
Nor is bowling confined to men. Women
have recently taken it up, and have shown
an ability to surmount those difficulties
which are supposed to obtain against their
| acquiring proficiency in sports requiring
free play of the arm, as in throwing the
ball. Some excellent bowling has been
zone curing Uu0 boa6On ny WO1uOAs Auo
new Ladies' Berkeley Athletic club has some
finely constructed alleys devoted exclusively
to women's use. Some very creditable
scores have been made also at the Knicker-
booker Bowling Clubs tournament by the
women as we'll as the men. The number of
clubs composed of both women and men is
very large, bowling parties having become
social feature, alleys being rented one
evening each week.
So popular, indeed, has the sport become,
says the writer of this article in Harper's
Weekly, that even now, before the season
is fairly closed, most of the alleys have
been engaged for next season, new ones are
being projected, new clubs are forming and
everything indicates increased prosperity
and interest in the game.
Meeting Of the Travellers Protective Associ-
alton at Denver, Colo, June 22d to
26tl, 1890.
For this meeting the Union Pacific will
sell return tickets to Denver, Colo, at a
single fare for the round trip. Tickets on
sale June 22d and 23d and not to be stamped
for return until June 9th, with final limit
of thirty days from date of sale. Going
journey must be begun on date of sale and
return journey on date Ticket is stamped
for return at Denver.