The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-29
LOST IN THE LAST FRAME
The Palmas Defeated at
HaCkensack-- Bowling
and Sporting.

The Palmas are struggling against tate.
Cruel Dame Fortune toyed with them
last night. She carried them to the top
round of the ladder Of joy to hurl them at
the last moment into the slough Of dis
appointment and misery. For it was in
the final frame that The Palmas saw the
victory snatched from them.
From the start the Palmas held the lead
and at one time looked as ii they would
gather the game by a handsome major
lty. Then luck changed. The lead be-
gan TO dwindle, but they were in the van
when the closing frame opened n were
full of confidence. They had the adyan-
tage of ten, which their rivals had to
overcome. The margin was quickly
wiped out. Break followed break, While
the enemy sent in credit after credit, and
when the frame was half finished 1t WIS
evident that i'll luck was still pursuing
the Palma bows, and they were doomed
to defeat.
They may draw some consolation from
this fact that they came nearer than any
of the teams in the Association to defeat
ing the Oritanis at home. and put up the
best score made by q visiting club IN the
championship race.
The Palmas had q big delegation with
them to whoop it up. About forty adj
mirers accompanied them, u they
rooted IN great shape early in the race,
but lost their grip in the homestretch.,
The Palma's opened the game with .
strikes, 2 spares n 3 breaks, and had q
total of 1S4. The Oritanis had a singular
start. The first six men had credits, and
the last four breaks. The first and sixth
men had u strike, and between the strikes
were Sandwiched four spares. The total
for the frame was 149. Palma had the
lead by 35.
The Palmas made a gain of 10 in the
second frame With three strikes and
three spares they sent the total up to 1853.
The Oritanis made a great spare frame
of it. They had six spares and one strike
and closed the frame with 305. The third
frame ended with the Palmas IN the lead
by SO. They had four strikes and five
spares to two strikes II i've spares by
tine Oritanis. The Palmas went further
away in the fourth frame. They secured
alead of 116 pins and how Jersey City did
shout. The Palmas had two strikes and
three spares. The Oritanis broke badly
and had one strike and one spare,
In the fifth frame the Oritanis rolled in
fine shape. A peculiar circumstance was
thai the first and last man made breaks
while the eight men between them made
a credit. They had fou strikes and four
spares. The Palmas had one strike and
three spares. This completed the first
half. The totals were:-Palma, SIT; ORR
tani, TIC. The Jersey City BOWERS had
the lead by II pins. They had set a strong
gait, too, as they had half OF a 1884 game,
while the Oritanis had fifty per cent of a
1900 game. The Palmas dropped the pace
in the last half. Their total for the last
five frames was 739, which was IS less
than the total of the first half. The ORR.
tauis, on the other hand, improved in the
final frames. They made a total of 847
in the last five frames, which
was 101 better than the aggregate
Of the first five frames. 1t brought their
average TO within seven pins of a sixteen
hundred game. The Paluias closed with
Il fair average and a total that has won in
foul of the seventeen association games
bowled. Four OF the team bowled badly
and quit in the thirty block. Jordan,
Entrup, Gallagher and Clarke composed
the unlucky quartet. Carter. Leuly,
Lutz, Meyer and Hathaway bowled well
and bloomsbury was steady.
The tenth and fatal frame opened with
the Palmas ten ahead. They had made a
grad fight to maintain the advantage
for three frames. They were only $ ahead
in the seventh, B in the eighth, and had 10
the best of it when the last frame began.
Gallagher, Bloomsbury, Meyer and Jor-
dan had breaks. The reliable Hathaway
encouraged the Jersey City boys by max
ing a strike. Hope WINS ~dissipatea when
Entrup followed with q break. Leuly
and Carter. the stars. made strikes, and
Clarke contributed a spare, but it was too
late, for the Oritanis closed with five
strikes and two spares, and added $50 in
the frame to 1873 by the Pallnas. This
gain of AZ gave the Oritanis the victory
by 81 pins.
The sro,.e foIlOws.-