Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07
MUCH INTEREST In BOWLING.
LEAGUE GAMES HAVE ADDED MANY
DEVOTEES TO THE SPORT.
First Half of the Tournament Ends
with This Week and the sched-
uIc Promises Some Inter-
eAtInE Contests.

The fine sport OF bowling Is having a
great boom in Kansas City and the alleys
are kept warm, not only oy the bowlers
who ere members Of the Ten clubs which
make up tne IeaE4e who are now com
peting for honor ard championship trophies
in the tournament. but by an army Of Other
deyotees OF the game who are not con-
ne6ted with any Of the teams but who have
been Induced 10 take up the sport by
the Interest and enthusiasm aroused b. the
tournament games Bowling is a sport IN
which young and Old. professional and bus
iness men alike can take part and en-
Joy. It does not require any great amount
of strength, for some Of the most sk!llful
boRlers are men who are small and light,
yet who have the knack Of correct deliv-
cry combined with the accurate aim 50
necessary 10 success.
With the game this evening, on thu
Grand alleys. the ninth and last series 0;
games in the first half Of the tournament
will open and the games scheduled for the
week promise the mos: interesting sport.
This evening the Stock Yards and Mis-
sour!s will meet. and as there is d strong
but friendly rivalry between these two
evenly matched teams, the game shoIld,
and doubtless will be a well contested one
throughout and the winners will probably
have but a small margin. 1t is about an
even thing between the teams. To-mor,
row evening the redoubtable Owls, who
last week firmly established themselves in
first place by their defeat of the Acmes,
will meet the strong Viking five, and the
game will be one OF the most exciting
and hardest fought of the week The Owls
viii not have the advantage Of being on
their home alleys, where they have never
met defeat, and as the Vikings usually bowl
a strong game on the Grand alleys the
outcome Of the game is by no means Ger,
tain. and a victory for the Vikings Is
certainly among the possibilities.
On Wednesday evening the Bellevuea will
try conclusions with the Pastimes, and
while the game looks Ike an easy one for
the Bellevues, they may be surprised, for
the Pastimes viii be strengthened by the
addition Of three new and strong bOwIers
and Will put up the best game they have
rolled this season. Thursday night the
Kansas Citys Will bowl the EIectrics, and
this should be another very interesting
game. with the chances in favor of the
Kansas Citys. The first half will close on
Friday night with a game between the
Acmes and the Stock Yards. which will
furnish fitting windup for the week.
President W. II. Nichols will call a
meeting for some evening this week at the
Grand alleys OF the executive board for the
consideration of important business. The
schedule for the second half, which begins
next week without an intermission, is
ready for adoption and there is also a pro-
test by Captain Franklin. of the Missouris
OF the game which the Vikings won from
his team on the ground that Captain Law
son. Of the Vikings, consented to post
ponement The question of prizes for the
high average bowlers will be taken up and
q committee named to solicit and and allot
them. The question will also be brought
Of what shall be done in case two or more
teams shall tie for the championship and II
will be definitely settled how such a tie
shall be bowled off.