The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-28
THE RAGE.
All the Enthusiasts are In
terested in the Work
in Prospect.
NATIONAL TOURNAMENT
Fully organized and Ready for
the Opening Round = Sharp
Shooters at the Targets.

M
The first Important tournament of the
season will begin next Monday night in
New York. 1t will be the annual games
for the championship in the national
tournament, in which the best teams in
this part Of the country are entered. n
teams will be made UP of five men, the
same as last year.. A meeting was held
last night on Thum's alleys, which att
traeted a noted representation OF bowling
clubs. The representatives of clubs last
night at the meeting will act as the
Board of Managers. They w~ere:-Goth-
am Bowling Club, A. Lehmann: Airing
ton Bowling Club, ]. Boemmermann; Lin
den Grove Bowling Club, f. Epstein; Me-
tropolitan Bowling Club. Charles K.
Starr; Bloomingdale Bowling Club, e.
Demmler; Pin Knight Bowling Club, E.
A. Fries; 'Adelphi Bowling Club, G. M.
Williams; Lotus Bowling Club. Wiinam
Gerdes; Lamstaedter Bowling Club, y.
Hahn; Orchard Bowling Club, 7. w.
Timpe; Glendall Bowling Club. H. b.
Koechling;; Empire Bowling Club, D. c.
La Due; Monarch Bowling Club, A. ".
Smith; Fidelia Bowling Club, William
An1ann; Blocker Bowling Club, A. Bon
neau; Oriental Bowling Club, Louis Stein;
Spartan Bowling Club, Joseph Thum;
Rosedale Bowling Club, Phillip Lehrbach;
Albion Bowling Club, J. j. Clingen; Cor
inthian Bowling Club, Samuel Waiter.
With the exception of j. J. Clingen, WHO
was elected president, the other officials
who will serve the organization held the
same positions last season, namely:-D.
C. La Due, vice president; Joseph VIM
genfeld, secretary, and Joseph Thum,
treasurer. c. K. Starr, William Gerdes,
E. E. Demmler and A. onnea were APP
pointed the Executive Committee.
The American Bowling Congress rules
were adopted, but a number of the dele
gates wanted one section changed which
reads to the effect that any bowler play
ing on a team in the preliminary series
and failing to qualify should be barred
from taking part in the regular tourna-
ment, with any club of which he is a
member. A vote was taken, but only
five delegates voted in favor of changing
the rule. The clubs drew for positions
in the first round of games with the fol-
lowing result
Monday, Oct. darlington, Gotham and
Bloomingdale.
Tuesday, Oct. 5-Lamstaedter, Empire,
and Golden Rod.
Fidelia.
THURSDAY. Oct. LRosedale, Blocker,
and Adelphi.
Knight.
Monday, Oct. 11-Corinthian. Spartan,
and Monarch.
Tuesday, Oct. 12-Linden Grove, Orch
ard and Metropolitan.
The Klendike Bowling Club of Union
Hill has completed all arrangements for
the season, and will howl on Wehnke's
alleys. The officers are:-W. e. Wehnke,
Captain; John Rub, Secretary; Gus Claus,
Treasurer. There are twenty members,
among whom is Major Gustave Scholp of
North Bergen.
The Hilltop Club will be organized at
Ohman's alleys in West Hobcken, Octo-
Der 5.
The Clio Wheelmen will open its season
this evening at Heye's alleys. The club
will develop members for the teams that
will be entered in the Associated Cyelers
and Jersey City Leagues.
The Doolittle Club will nave its regu-
lar meeting this evening on the Woods
Hall alleys. The members are smash
ing out the records in a clever manner,
and nave gotten early in form.
The Prospective Bowling Club is some
thing more than a prospect and will be
very much of a reality this season. Their
officers are:-President, Miss Henrietta
Fleischhein; Secretary, Miss Annie
Scheck; Captain and Treasurer, Miss Min
ME Wichmann. The club will bowl every
Friday night on the Casino alleys in West
Hoboken.
The original Klondike Club of West
Hoboken at the regular meeting at the
Gesellen Verein alleys rolled these rec
ords:-Father Hasel, l19; Emil kugel-
mann, $50; NJ. Ley. l2z;; George Bove, 100;
Ferd ~Josehanek, HI; Fred kestfelder, 1902;
H.. Wolf, lis; Peter Jerker, IL; John Link,
u; JOIN Link, IFS; Alex. Breberstein. 120.
The efforts of the promoters of the
North Hudson Bowling League to reor-
ganize the league for this season met
with poor success. The second call for a
meeting was issued for last Saturday, but
for the second time failed to attract
enough members to make it an object
and the formation was once more de-
layed.
The townsville Club has been organized
and officers chosen.
The Americas Bowling Club will roll
this season on Ohman's alleys in West