The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-03-30
LIVELY LOCAL LEAGUE.
A Successful and Pleasant
Season at an End.
GROWN STRONGER AND BETTER.
How the Erratic Volunteers Helped
the Independents --Sport-
ing Notes.
GROWN STRONGER AND BETTER.


The season of the Jersey City Amateur
Bowling League is practically over. The
schedule has been faithfully carried out,
the records have been made, and all that
remains is the extra game to be rolled to
determine whether the second honor is to
80 to the Fairmounts or the Centurys.
The league was founded by enthusiasts
tic young men, lovers of the exhilarating
sport. II was an experiment. but now all
doubt as to 1t resting on an uncertain
foundation has been dissipated-the
league has come TO stay. 1t is fixture,
and next year it will be stronger and bet
ter There will be no running about
seeking clubs, no occasion fer persuasion:
The league is an unqualified success, and
the clubs will rap ut the door and ask to
be admitted
The League has met with bnt one seri-
Gus obstacle. This they coarageously
and promptly surmounted. The silly
efforts OF a rival paper to crush IL be-
cause the League directors had decided
to direct its business without dlctation
had no effect, and the organization went
sailing along smoothly until its voyage
was completed.
II has been successful in its mission,
and nearly hundred young gentlemen
who were utter strangers when the
League was instituted know each other
and are friends The meetings have
shown the growth Of this fraternal feel
ing, and the games at the
close Of the season have been ex-
ceedingly happy. The League did well
selecting its officers, as they lire energetic
md competent aud no small amount of
praise is due to them, as they have very
materially aided in making the League
what ills The Board OF Directors have
done we'll
At the opening OF the season it was
doubtful which club would win the first
honor All were confident of possessing
the talent TO do it except the Central CLUB,
who were novices and entered the League
as d school OF instruction and 70 have Z
jolly time. They did not err. They have
gained the knowledge they sought aud
have had 4 merry time. The Lafayettes
too have extracted much fun from the
meeting.
The struggle for the laureIs has been
earnestly contested. 1t goes to the indie
ptndents- No team worked harder for
the prize. OF course. the winners owe a
sincere i thank youv TO the v Volunteers.
whose errRtic work has made them con-
spieupns in the fight
The Volunteers were thrice beaten by
the independents, the only club that
tlfashed them more than twice. The
Volunteers defeated the Centurys when
that club had an elegant chance for first
place.
Then they whipped the Fairmounts on
the latter's own ground and vanquished
them when the Volunteers alone stood
between them and first place. This, too,
when the Volunteers had RUIZ hopelessly
behind and were considered as easy vie
tinls.
The Independents won games from
the GentralE, 3 each from the Lafayettes
and Volunteers, and each from the Cen.
flr.9.
to the Genturys and Fairmounts and Que
each to the Lafayettes and Volunteers.
the Centurys won 2 each from the
Independents. Volunteers and Fair
mounts, and lost to each of these clubs
They won 8 and lost TO Lafayette and
won from the Centrals
The Fairmounts quit even. with won
and 2 lost, with the Centurys, Volunteers
and Independents They won from La
fnyette and from the Centurys, but one
OF the Central games was forfeited.
The Volunteers finished with losses
and games even. They won ten and lost
ten. fhey quit even with the Centurys
? and lost 2
They took three from and lost one
game to the Centrals and surrendered
THRICE and vanquished once the Inde-
pendents.
The Lafayettes won Q and lost 2 in the
games with the Volunteers and the Cen
trails. and won from the Independents
and from the Centurys. They lost to
each OF these, and gave 4 TO the Fair
mounts.
The Centrals did not expect to win,
but captured three games by superior
bowling and one by forfeit
They defeated Lafayette twice, the
Volunteers once, and received the for
fejted game from the Farmounts
They lost 4 each to the Centurys and
Independents, each to the Volunteers
and Fairmounts and 2 to Lafayette
They did well.
The one surprise is that the Volunteers
were not higher
The tie game between the Fairmounts
and Centurys will be decided on neutral
alleys In lew days.