The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-07
WON BY MASCOTS.
Great Bowling Contest Be-
tween the Greenvil1e
Rifles and Kaiser
Coachmen.
THEY MADE A TERRIBLE NOISE
The Kaisers Raised the Greatest
Racket and Carried Off
the Prize.

oA " oA4o oStA9C by al vi
the Joseph Kaiser Coaching Club and
the Greenville Rifle Club was rolled on
the Metropolitan Hall alleys last night. 1T
was looked forward to not by the mem
bers of these two clubs alone, for two
hundred people watched the battle last
night with every sign of the most abb
sorbing interest.
1t was a battle of mascots. OF course
the bowling was of the highest order of
merit, but the best of bowlers cannot win
a game without a mascot. The Coach
ing Club had eight of them, so they
won the game. Nine for the Rifle Club,
If they had them, might nave changed
the result. But there is always an ex-
cuse for the loser. The winner needs
none.
When the first gam was won by the
Coaching Club. Mr.. Edward Barr, who
enjoys the unique privilege of shaking
hands with himself whatever the result,
since he is the President of both organi-
cations, was inconsolable. He is an ar
dent hacker of the Rifle Club. The sec
ond game was taken by the Rifle Club,
and Mr.. Barr was restored to his pristine
easinesS of mind.
In the meantime Mr.. Joseph Kaiser,
the genial proprietor Of Metropolitan
Hall. was undergoing these feelings in
an inverse order. These two cronies
chaffed each other numerically, first one
and then the other doing all the talking,
while the other a to listen and saw
wood.
No doubt Mr.. Kaiser and his team of
merry and. after last night, scientific
bowlers were spurred to greater effort
by the obloquy laid Upon them SO I'M
sparingly by, the winners of the game
last Thursday evening. This rubbing
it in" ranked in these estimable, peace
full citizens breasts, and they came last
night to do or die.
There was a terrible noise when the
Rifle Club came on the alley. Horns
of all sorts and almost innumerable
We're manned by the sh%arpshooters'
friends. Immense locusts were rafting
and whirring from that moment until
the last frame was rolled. The surpris-
ing thing about it was that all these
noiSe-producers seemed to be designed to
cheer on the Dangers of targets. There
was not a horn whose voice was raised
for the Kaisers. The game began in
this fashion: The Rifles were sympathiz-
ing with the. Coachmen because of the
absence of mascots and consequently the
loss of the game and series, but some-
how there was such a confident air about
the latter team that the Rifles took it
out of them in guying.
All went well until the second frame.
There was a difficult spare on the al
ley for one of the handlers of the rib
bons." All yes were on Robert Zeiger.
Could he make it with that terrible din
which spoke unalterable opposition ring
ing in his ears? No. He did not nave to.
Away out by the front door a peculiar
SOUND or series of sounds arose on the
alrp9dV SurCharUP0 air Was If ro3cio2
1t was hard to say. There was a Wheel
ing whistle that sounded like an auto
matte fife and drum corps without the
drums. There We're more horns and one
monster six feet long. There were hand
bells, sleigh-bells and a great big gong.
One man carried a crow-bar and raped
it with a hammer
This crew, eight of whom were mas
cots, marched all around the exterior of
the alleys the strains of Dixie THE
a ana s ssgWest E HaansF' d h5mfplek IN Ra @pon
the ears of the now s~pell-bound Rifle
Club, now far, now near; now loud, now
soft until they finally appeared at the
rear Of the alleys and filed down the ride.
Then the wheezy ffers mystery was ex-
planned. A hand organ was the Original
tor of those peculiar ound waves. This
organ is about thirty or more years old.
1t and a big brass gong constitute the
brass and string orchestra of Dick Uld-
rich: t was borrowed for the occasion
their best since this was their first ap-
p~earance in two years. The organ was
though. The pins in its roller had been
taken out one at a time polished with
emory cloth and set in again. If the
amateurs who did this work had ever re-
moved two at once there would nave been
q queer state of affairs in the repro
duction of some of the melodies mention
ed above
These rooters made that spare for
Zeiger and later, won the game for the
kaisers by their encouragement. Twice
the Rife Club rallied and tied the score,
In the second frame. after the Coaches
had started in the lead on the first frame,
the Rifles tied them-on the second with
ahead again but were tackled hard in the
fifth by the sure Shots" with TAI pins
to the Jehus TAI.
The hnal defeat was by 100 pins, with
games were won by l27 and 12S pins each.
The Rifles should AVE won If they
taecked IN Muller of their team, for he
had the high. score with 1872. Robert lei
highest score Of that team, $50. The
winning team captured also the beauti-
ful floral shorseshoe which the Greenyille
teams to battle for in addition to the
other hOnors.
Alter the. game a supper was served.
and 1t took four hours to discuss the
gong 'n'n Gouns nfks sYR ssae G5 sac s5rg
made tie hit Of the evening with his
very funny congratulatory speech in
yratulated the other team as readily.
The Coaching Club Quartette sang with
~reat feelilg that pathetic baIIad, I'm
Selling Kindling Wood from IDoo~ to
3 appllaab;. II this case q III Winners
yl1ps Mr. chsTlo;ck sans ful|ay song