Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-23
SPORTING NELANHE.
Something About the Western Trip Of
the Linden Grove Team.
The Bowling Champion will be
Here-Gossip Concerning the Cy-
@ clers-Present Situation in the
Interstate League--Other Live
News, Local and Telegraphic.

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News, Local and Telegraphic.
Bowling enthusiasts in every city
east of Kansas City are deeply interest
ed in how the Brooklyn club of the In
ter-State League. in past the Linden
Groves. win fare on it's coming tour
through the West. It is the first time
a venture of this kind was ever at
tempted by bowlers. and the sphere
wielders Of Greater New York and vi
cinity are more anxious about the fut-
ure welfare Of their pets than all 9TH
ers. as they ain fully know the effects
likely TO result from changing alleys
nearly every night. The climate of
the various places viii also have some
effect on the work OF the players. In
spite OF AN this. however. the ten play
ers selected. who are to-day acknOwl-
edged as the best I'm the great metrOp-
oils. are confident of leaving each city
with flying cOlOrs. OF course time
viii only tell how true the prediction
viii prove
One thing is certain the men have
very hard campaign before them They
VIII bowl nearly every after
noon and evening from the
time they leave New York UNI
til they reach home. which viii proba-
bly, cover "a period of sixteen days.
Considerable depends on the outcome
of the trip. i'm addition TO the results of
the games i'm each city When Mana
ger Earpf conceived the idea of taking
a team of bOwlers 90 the far West z ia
Buffalo and Wheeling. w. Va. it was
for several reasons, and If an ends we'll
bowling viii most assuredly become as
much of a national pasJime I'm winter
as base ban is i'm summer. The chief
objects of the trip are 20 study the
methods of bOwlers In Other cities.
show them how the game is rolled in
the two greatest cities In the Union
New York and Brooklyn. soon TO be
Greater New Y0rk-and i'm this way
hope TO bring about uniformity i'm the
playing rules. which does not exist at
present. and also. if possible. bring
every bowling association whose ac-
Cu1intance is made into the American
Bowling Congress. which. if done. viii
be the means of forming national
body for bOwlers similar to the L. A.
w. for cyclers. With AN this i'm view.
Manager Karpf arranged the trip. and
from present indications it will un-
doubleday prove success. In fact. it
VIII Doe one continuous ovation from
start 90 finish Tn am the games TO
be rolled the Eastern men viii roll the
same kind of balls used i'm Eastern
tournaments. and. when convenient.
the same style pins, a complete outfit
being presented sd the club last week
by Ernest STANCE. the well-knOwu bowl
ing goods manufacturer of New York
city.
The trip as arranged To- date follows:
March %. Goshen. y Y. March "A
and %. Buffalo championship games):
March 27 and IS. Wheeling. w. Va:
March % and go Cincinnati. o.: March
81 and April l. Chicago Ill., To has not
yet been decided whether to go further
West than Chicago. although Manager
Earpf may while at the Fair City. de-
eide 20 take the players TO st. Louis
sand Kansas City for two series i'm each
lcily. I'm case ST. Louis and Kansas
Nity are not visited. the team viii play
-, Columbus and Toledo. Ohio: Indian
apols Ind. and Buffalo while return
ing home. The trip must be completed
by April T. as the Interstate cham
pionship season begins in Brooklyn
April 13.
Bowling has as vet no recognized
worlds champion, but TO Nick Thyme.
who has been elected captain of the
team. belongs the honor. as he has de-
foated nearly every tenpin bowler of
any prominence i'm the Union. He has
met defeat ON only few occasions.
Thyme has been i'm the alleys since
1872 During that time ne has won
any number of prizes. In the old acad-
envy tournament of New York from
1883 TO 1883 he bowled with the AD0Ios.
and won one Of the individual prizes
each year. except this season. In in
dividual matches he has defeated some
OF the best players i'm the vicinity.
Thyme was one of the New York trio
who played In Buffalo last June. and
defeated the Imperial trio of that city
sixteen out of twenty games for a purse
of $1,000. Thyme average i'm this ser
les was 1913 pins per game. Thyme rolls
q speedy ball from the right side Of the
alley. and is always steady and reliable.
He knows the weak as well as the
srong points of a game. and confident
ly expects Co bring the team i'm ahead
Of New York and Buffalo i'm the League.
as well as against AN the crack clubs
of the West.