The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-03
BACKED A STAR BOWLER.
And the Jersey Boys Lost Their
cash---Fine Scores Rolled---
Wheelmen's Election
Athletics.

A large delegation of Jersey City men
crossed the ferry at an early hour this
morning from New York. Silent and
melancholy q stranger would have i'm
agihed they were returning from the side
of a dear friend who had just surren-
dered the ghost. 1t was q case of grip,
lost grip. They had light purses and
heavy hearts. and were footsore and
weary. There was an awful prospect of
an enforced absence from their homes
for a night, and alarmed wives.
mothers and relatives. haunting the
police stations looking Tor lost boys.
They approached the ticket taker at the
ferry. He intensified their sadness. 1t was
too early ia the new year to break his good
resolution not to be caught again by the
confidence game wllich had cost him a
months salary during the past twelve
months by accommodating penniless pas
sengers. Fortunately Il mar they knew
arrived. He had been playing in luck
aud had, just enough left to carry them
over the river. The subdued quiet crowd
had seen the first OF the series OF the
match anne between Nick Thyme. the
crack bowler Of the Fifth Ward club, OF
New York, and Frank Muller, OF the Hud-
son club OF this city. They have to bowl
three series OF games, each fowSl00 IL side.
1t was not the loss of the first stake
that made the Jerseynnen weary. They
were so confident that Muller would win
that they gathered together all the cash
they could raise and plunged heavily on
their fayorite. The Workers were obiic-
ing and allowed ITO bets to go begging.
Wagers were not only laid on the series
but on every game, as the Workers were
de erililed to sepd the .Jerseylnen home
with empty purses, and they succeeded
The game was rolled gu the Acatseiny
re tar.fnf -. Af..41 - - 40
hest, but for a time he mnde it interest
lug. He showed the lack of proper trttifl-
ing as he tired toward the end, and when
his opponent gave signs of weakening he
could not rally we'll enough to win. He
was pumped and exhausted. Had
he Kept up his good work he
would probably have won the first set, as
Thyme did not reach verytaIl scores IN the
last two games.
Thyme won the first game by 2S pins,
the second by 5, the third went to Muller
by %, rhe fourth to Tyne by 32-he put
mp 20S in the game-the fifth was taken
by Muller by 2G, and he also captured the
sixth by z. rh Jersey delegation just
whooped it up in lively style and con
cluded TO ride home in coaches. Muller
WA hitting the pins in great style, and
hal recovered the lost ground. The
competitors were then a tie; each had
Won three games and betting was hot.
III GStChtn uC pue UP io1 etHt
won by %. Then Muller broke badly
aud dropped low. Thyme also lost his
grip, hut not SO completely as his rival
and he won the eight and ninth games OF
the series with totals of l5s and 100,
respectively. to $50 and l42 stacked up
against them by Muller.
The total nami,er OF points made by
Thyme was ,5S1, iii average Of 1898; by
Muller. 1918, an average OF 1873 20.
Tnyne's total exceeded that of M1ller's
by 63 pins. In the sixth game he won he
had HIS pins more than Muller, and in the.
three games the latter won he had s.
pins more than Thyme.
The next series will be rolled on Mrl-
ler's alleys, Newark avenile, on Friday of
next week, when the Jersey boys expect
to regaintileir losses an | infiict the same
tortn e On the Yorkersthatthe Jerseyfnen
experienced this morning when they id
despair stool on the melancholy side Of
There's No place Like Home" and fam
eiea they heard s the ec hf ssa from n1.; easeg
melody. "Where is My Wandering Boy
Tssight ~