Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-17
Inauguration of the Bowling Season
by Triangular Contest Last
Night at Bellefield
Is MARKED WITH GREAT SUCCESS.
Captain Brown Tells of Some Remarkable
Youngsters Which Will Cuta
Figure Next Season.
WANT JACKSON AND SLAVIN TO FIGHT.
Fsg Ends Of Sports Which Occurred Yesterday, and
Glance at Those to Come.

Bowling as a recreative and healthfUl
sport has no equal, and its popularity in
this country is rapidly increasing. In the
Eastern cities, especially New York, there
are innumerable clubs, and the interest
taken in ii is coming west.
Last night the old English game was
formally inaugura.ed in Pit;sburg at the
Bellefeld Club House, and if the initial at
tempt 20 introduce it is a criterion there
Will be plenty of the indoor sport this
winter.
In England, Northumberland has always
been the center of bowling, and the young
and old indulge in it with as much vim as
Americans do in baseball.
The club house at Bellefeld was comfort
ably filled with representatives of leading
families from East Liberty, Belleield, Oak
land and Pittsburg, all of whom displayed
great enthusiasm in the game as their re-
spective clubs made 'spare'' or "strike. /"
Besides the interest which tine game alone
induces. series of contests will take place
among three clubs: the Bellefield, Linden
and East End Gymnastic Clubs, for mag
nificent silver cup, offered by d. Herbert
Hostetter. The season has hardly opened
took part las: night were trifie nervous,
and showed lack of deHterity in control
ling The bail.
The Belefeld club showed up in good
form, which their vanquished opponents
attribute to constant practice. The East
End GYMS say they have not had the
opportunity TO perfect themselves, owing to
their inferior ailevs. Notwithstanding the
excuses offered for poor scores, there was
sufficient interest taken by determined
PLAYERS TO assure bowling great
success for the coming winter
According to the programme number of
series will be played, and there is no tell
ing when the cup will be handed over for
permanent ownership In order to have
full title to the trophy one club must win
three successive series. As each series
comes off weak players will be substituted
bv members who have demonstrated
right to try by making envia-
BILE scores in practice. Therefore,
bv the time the season ends great many
games will have been played. The next
series is scheduled for November so at
the Linden Club House. The referees of
last nights games were j. f. Schwartz, C.
S. Gray and w. L. Cosgrove.
Among tn several hundred people who
witnessed the event were:
W. I. Gerdes, Wm. Holmes, Henry
Lloyd. J. ". Lloyd, Major W. c. Moreland,
DIR. Calvin King, John Stevenson, w. c.
Stewart, c. /. McCutcheon. D. Herbert
Eostetter. c. A. Werner, Albert Beymer,
u. W. c. BidwelI,J. G. Wainwright, W. X
MCDOWELL, Frank Laughlin, John w. Her.
ron. a. G. Borland, John A. Davis and
many others equally prominent in society
The occasion was enhanced by liberal at
tendance Of ladies, who took much interest
in the scores of their favorite club
the East End Gymnastic Club had large
representation present, and it was conceded
shat their club would carry off the first
series, but the score shows for itself.
appended in the full score: