San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-30
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. MONDAY JUNE so, 1890 PR


iOuS for such a great turn out of state
| bowl rs. You will find, said he, that
everybody is willing TO do his share to-
ward a great bowling tournament. Every
body will stand by il morally and tinan-
cially. and all il needs is some one 10 take
hold Of it,"
The question Of such tournament has
been discussed and it really looked as II
we We're TO have one, hut the matter was
dropped for some reason or other" said
Banner bowling man. You can just de-
pend upon it. the Banner club will knock
anything in the city or the state. There
is something that is more important, just
at present. than a state tournament The
different clubs ought TO get together and
formulate one set of rules for each OF the
different games" said Louis Brian TO the
reporter. land by these the different clubs
ought TO be guided. One-club, you will
find, plays Hamburg one way, another
plays it different and a third still different.
One club sets up the pins after each bal,
another after every two balls. One CLUB
clears the alley after every ball, another
lets the dead pins remain.
Another adviser of the sport, told the
writer about the same thing Says he,
The people here in the city do not play
the game called Hamburg, right Almost
every club plays it differently. If they
were to draft one set of rules, ii would
Here comes very trying point t'r
the reporter. He had to fnu
how different people towl,a and in doing so,
he heard some very hard things said about
the ladies. especially the tight lacing, but
stern duty demands that he faithfully re-
port every word spoken. The reporter,
personally, is a wOmaI 6uffragist from
way back: but he likes awOman strong in
mind-and waist.
How do, the people bowl and what
kind of bOwlerS are our ladies?" he asked
a member of the Casino club.
Some people learn to bowl in a very
short time. and Others will never be able
| to do SO in all their life. Almost
every good roller has his way of
make pretty good bOwIers. They make
a Steadier record than the men. Some
nights man will make an excellent score,
| other times they do miSerably bad, while
| a lady. if She is a fair bowler. will make a
good record every night. The reasons
are these: The ladies drop their balls
and let them creep down the alley; while
| the men throw a Swifter ball and put a
| scientific curve to them. But will tell
| why a lady can never make as good a
| bowler as man: it is because of her tight
| lacng. They ought TO wear Il uniform
| or certain dress and discard the corset.
| We will not torment the ladies by Civ
| ing the views Of some five or six other
| good bowlerS on the question of ''why
| don't women bowl as well as men," but
| wiz CLOSE with what Il prominent Turner
has To say on III" subject and then hear
| a woman for her side of the case. Says a
| gentleman of the TWnVcrein:
Some people learn to bowl very read
lily and some will never learn it, \ good
bowler will StOop and bring the ball as
| close 70 the floor as he can and then let il
Nv NlIt, tlsy,,, 1, =
I ball upon the alley some distance from
him you can put him down as poor
| bowler: in some clubs they are not per-
| mitted to throw the ball. There is where
| the trouble with the women folks
comes in. They are natural y
| pretty fair bOWlcrS. but their tight lacinl
| prevents them from STOPPING and from
throwing vigorous: ball. They general.
| ly pick up a small, light one, and throw
| upon the alley in such manner that il
| creepS mp TO the pins in feeble. half.
| afraid fashion. They are pretty GOOD
| hand at knocking the front and center
| pins. Whel all nine are standing, but it s
| the corner pins that they fail to catch
The reporter broke what he had heard
| from the gentlemen. to Il lady bowler as
| softly as he could, but the fire Of female
| indignation lCapt to her cheeks as she en-
| phatically replied: Yes. the men are al
ways talking of what we women can do
| We don't care. we know it is only done tC
| tease Us. Every gentleman knows that
the ladies, some of them, can bowl just as
| good as some of the men can. OF course
! the gentlemen try to make fun of us by
blowing at our balls, but there is Miss.
She can put as good turn on the balls as
! any man. No. it's so. she exclaimed with
such dark and determined frown that
the scribe was frightened into taking
| a premature leave with the female lawyer
still arguing her case before his tIectinq
shadows.