The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-05

ROLLING The BALLS
Many BoWlers Spent Hours
at Practice on the
Alleys.
JERSEY CITY LEAGUE
An Effort Will Be Made to Re-
organize lt-Games on the
Gridiron-Bowling Green
Club Won.

"A meeting Tor the I0rnlation VI lAS
Jersey City Bowling League will be held
next Friday evening at the Woods Hall
alleys. 1t is evident. with the increased
enthusiasm in bowling this year, that
the game will be more exciting that ever,
and that the local league will be a great
er success. The competitions Will De
more spirited, and there will be stronger
teams entered. The Lindens who won the
prize last year, will have about the same
team, and the others will be stronger.
The membership will not be as large
probably as last year because OF a rule
which will prevent the Lindens, Clintons
and Doolittles from entering TWO teams.
There will be new material, however, ana
the outlook is bright for another big sea-
son on the local alleys in the struggles
between the numerous cracks for the TO-
cal championship. Every club is request
ed to be ON hand, and others that may de-
sire to become members of the league are
requested to be present at the session on
Friday.
The Halliday Club will be organized this
evening on Vooz's Halliday street alleys.
The regular season is now in full blast
in this city. Clubs have formed and the
bcwlers will be at work all along the line
by the end of his week.
The Doolittle Club will have a meeting
this evening on the Woods Hall alleys.
| Spirited bowling will take place and the
club will have a busy time in their trials
for records.
The bowling season was opened Satllr-
day night on the Columbia Club alleys in
Hoboken. They have stirred up a great
er interest in bowling this season and ex-
| pect to travel in fast company, as they
will enter a team in the Athletic League
and another in the Suburban League. The
club will begin a tournament to fill places
\ on the teams.
The trolley League will be completed
tomorrow night at a meeting of the or
ganizers, to be held at the Newark Bay
Boat Club alleys. The members will be
the New Jersey Athletic Club, Newark
Bay Boat Club, Bayonne Rowing Assoc1-
alton, New Jersey Bowling Club, Jersey
City Club and the Palma Club. Officers
! have been elected and the committees
and prizes will be decided upon The
| season will begin the latter part of this
month.
The Chapter Club has been organized
at the Quartette Club alleys, and the sea-
son opened Saturday evening. The Off
| GERS are:-President, Miss R.. Raab; Sec
| rotary, Mrs. r. Schmidt; Treasurer, Mrs.
C. Whitman; Captain, Mr.. c.. Whitman;
| Mr.. and Mrs. Selnow. Mr.. and Mrs. Rim
gle, Mr.. and Mrs. Memking, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Finstenfeld. Mrs. Glaab. Mrs.
Raab, Miss Dierks, Mrs. Kreuzemann,
Mrs. Hellstern, Mr.. Lederhilger and Mr..
Geisel.
The championship season of the Ameri-
can National Tournament began . last
night on Thom's alleys. 1t opened un-
Ger promising conditions and the games
were very interesting. The Arlingtons
put up the highest team score total, but
were beaten in the first game by the
Gothams, who captured the series. The
score
FIRST GAME.
Arlington-H. Boermermann, $50; Rem
pei, ISL; ]. BoemeTmann, 1870; Mass, lol;
w. Meyer, 1874. Total, S02.
Gotham-Ostertag, ISL; Dannenfelser,
1893; Setter, l45; Lehman, lac; Schlichte,
los. Total, SIG.
SECOND GAME.
Observation-Disclosures, 179; Strack, 234;;
Scheible, l47; Demmler, 143;; Klingehoffer,
ArlingtonIH. Boemermann, ia; Rempel,
1877; ]. B~oemermann, 1872; Mass, zO2; w.
MY Vi IVY. iOlo1s cs1.
THIRD GAME.
Gotham-Ostertag, 1855; Dannenfelser,
1872; Setter, Isl; Lehman, 1853; Schlichte.
Observation-Disclosures, 179; Strack. 152;
Scheible, 1863; Demmler, ISL; klingelhof-
fer, 131. Total, So.
The G~emuthlickers have started work on
the alleys and will bowl at Odd Fellows
Hall.
games last night, pounded out these scores
on their own alleys
Flohr, 1872; WIGHT, 1872; Hachmann, 1S3;
Reichert. $50; Wutzdorf, 104; L. Maurer,
81; 2; Wissel, 13S; Koschel, 13S; Melchoir,
SchunIe. ISL; Schach, l26; Engel. 14S.
The Night Owls are in their accus-
toned haunts this season, and will be at
work on Meyers alleys. They began
of games, the best Of which gave this re-
Brooks, 10; Brandes. 1874; Boyd. 40;
Bottcher, 125; Heinrichs. 161; Moller, 1873;
Krohn, 100; Osborne. 1850; Puck. 122; Pc
termann, 140; Reinking, 1850; Smith, 1854;
Il. Schnebbe, 10; Scholz, log.
Pigeon Fancsers Receive Prizes.
The first annual banquet of the Jersey
City Pigeon Club was held recently in
honor of the successful year experienced
in pigeon flying. The club is in a pros
porous condition, and their record in long
distance races is second to none in this
vicinity. The closing event was held at
Mnller's, No. $3.50 Summit avenue The
prize winners were rewarded with diplo-
mas, after which followed a social time,
in which tho 7uamhers taok mart 70