St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-25
A BIT OF A HITCH.
There May Be No Bowling Be-
tween st. Paul and
Chicago.
ROW OVER FINGER BALLS.
Chicagoans Want to Use Them
Mr.. Foley Wants Them
Barred.
SULLIVAN is MUCH BETTER.
His Physician Thinks He Will
RecoveP--Base Ball and
Other Sports.

A hitch has evidently arisen in
the arrangements for the proposed
bowling tourney between Chicago
and st. Paul teams. The following
article, which appeared in yester-
days. Chicago Inter Ocean, ex-
plains the situation:
w. V. Thompson, of this city, for
warded letter yesterday to the Of
fee of the Brunswick Bake Col
lender company specifying the con-
ditions which the Plaza club want
observed to consummate the pro-
posed bowling match between their
organization and the Foley Star
club, of st. Paul The company
sent the following letter to Mr. Foley
at st. Paul:
CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 23.-Thomas
Foley, Esq.-Dear Sir: We are in re-
ceipt of a communication from w. V.
Thompson, of the Plaza Bowling alley,
in which he says in reply to your condi-
tons for match between teams of
bowlers from st. Paul and Chicago:
We have used nothing but finger balls
in Chicago for years. 1 don't under
stand why Mr.. Foley is so particular to
know how We deliver the ball re
don't care anything about their delivery.
No two bowlerS bowl alike We GER
tainly would not change our style of
bowling in order to get a match game.
We bowl according to the latest print
ed rules governing ten-pin match
games.
The only question with us is: Do
they bowl regulation size balls, alley
sixty feet. at regulation size and weight
pins, set up the proper distance apart?
We will have balls and pins weighed
and measured before the contest
If you cannot arrange the games as
first proposed, L would suggest we
bowl four games, the Foley Stars to
bowl in st. Paul and We to bowl here,
two games an evening, the club making
the highest score for the four games
to be considered the winner, the losing
club to pay all expenses. 1 will go to
st. Paul when the club in that city
bowls, and Mr.. Foley can come here
when we bowl. After such a contest, L
think we could arrange our proposed
championship contest more satisfactor-
lily.
Will you kindly inform us what you
intend to do in response to this propo-
sition of Mr.. Thompson? Yours very
truly,
BRUNSWICK-BAL KE-COnLENDER
COMPANY.
Foley'S proposition is that the
| players shall use balls with and with
| out finger holes, and this appears to
| be the stumbling block upon which
| the two organizations are liable to
! split. Bowlers are aware that there
! the two styles of balls. A player who
| has been in the habit of rolling en-
! tirely with handballS would be COM
| pletely at sea if suddenly required
to use finger holes, and vice versa.
1t would be pity, however, to see
| the contest fall through for this rea-
son. Foley's proposition seems rea-
sonable, and the Plaza club might
yield little in order to bring about
the proposed meeting. Foley's idea
/ is to play two games in each city, one
game with balls having finger holes
and one without This would place
the teams upon an equality, as they
would each use balls they were not
accustomed to, and also balls they
were in the habit of playing with
| at their regular meetings.
| The old style of bowling was the
hand ball. In Germany, where bowl
ing is favorite pastime, balls with
finger holes are rarely, if ever, seen
at any alley, and yet Germans are
credited with being the best bowlers
in the world. Balls with finger holes
have been introduced in this country
since bowling has become popular
here, but there are many styles of
games in vogue today in which
they are never used, even among
American bowlers.