The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-20
lead IN THE LEAGUE
Institutes Defeats Send the
Jersey City Y. M. c. A.
to the Front.
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The Jersey City team will probably win
the championship in section A of the Y.
II. c. A. League. They have several
by an an unexpected defeat have allowed
the advantage TO slip from them. they
continued to keep on even terms with the
Institute team, inferior powlers who have
had extraordinary luck. The luck OF the
Institute boys deserted them on Saturday
night and they lost two games. This puts
the Jersey City boys in first place. They
have two games to bowl this evening to
complete the series. They will meet the
Mott Haven team on the Madison avenue
alleys. The Jersey bowlers are better by
a hundred pins than their opponents and
il they bowl steadily they should win
both games. One will be sufficient to give
them the laureis. They are confident but
wnnt their nerve as thew have had many
chances 10 win. but lost by becoming
ratified at the finish. If the Jersey boys
lose botn their games this evening, three
teams will be tied for first place-Jersey
City, Institute aud Twenty-third street.
Ii Jersey wins q game. the other two
teams will AVE to bow for the second
hopors, ana as Twenty-tntr,i Street has
the superior team they will likely win,
unless the Institutes regain their luck.
They were defeated or Saturday by close
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pins. aud The other by five pins. The
record of the leaders is Jersey City won
80, lost g.; Institute and Tweuty-third
Street each won % and lost IL. There will
be no game between the second team this
evening, as Mott Ravens Section B team
disbanued several weeks age.
The Union A. C. leads IN the Hudson
County tournament with u clean record.
'rhey nave played six games and won all.
The average OF the team is not as high as
several others, but they have had the
good fortune, when they made poor
scores, to have opponents who did worse.
The Spartans also have q clean record.
but they AVE bowled four games. Their
average is higher than that Of the Unions
by many points. The latter have, how
ever, defeated the strongest clubs IN the
League. The Valencia and Atlantic
tearns are on even terms With 5 victories
and l defeat. The Hour aud Night Owl
teams follow with 4 victories aud 3 de-
feats. The Autocrats made a fine start, but
have retrograded and now have 8 Vic
tories and 3 defeats. The Americus team
has won 2 and lost 2. The Independents
aud Gemuthlichars have won 2 and lost
4. The Pioneers have won l and lost 2,
uu d the Hilltop. Mclaughlin, Friendship
and Young Men teams are u of the
limit. They have each won a game and
met with 5 reverses. Thu Spartans have
made The best score In the tournament;
They put up GIG. They bowl tonight and
viii meet the Autocrats and McLaugh-
lips of this city.
The New Jersey Bowling Clubs team is
not conspicuous in the contest for cha M |
pionship of the A. A. B. U. They ale
eleventh. with two victories and four de-
feats. The Recreation. Phouix and Pin
Knight teams are even In first station,
with five victories and one defeat.
The Puritan Athletic Clubs team oc-
cupies the placs of honor in the South
Hudson League. The team has played
two games and won both. The Iroauois
is second by defeating the Garfelds. and
the latter is last with two defeats. If the
Pnritans continue to bowl as they have i'll
the first two games, they will have a
walkover for the prize.