The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-12
TOO Much FOR PORTLAND.
Boston's Crack BoWlers We're Vic
tOriOus.
DEFEATED PORTLAND PICKED
TEAM BY 1O1 PINS.

Game Played At Pines Alleys Last Night
witnessed By Big Crowd-Firse anu
Third Strings Gave Visitors q Lead
Which Portland Men Couldn't Over
come.
Boston sent picked bowling team
down here yesterday to meet ploKea
team picked from some of the star
bowlers of Pines alleys of this CITY.
The Portland team was defeated by tne
men from the Hub by just 10l pins. haa
LUCK seemed to follow the Portland men
from the start and the lead obtained py
the Boston men in the first ana 'hiru
strings won the game for them. Canule
pins were used in this game.
The Boston team reached here at noon,
accompanied by twenty or more entnu-
siasts. The rollers were all 'ciaok-a-
Jacks" and came down loaded ana
primed for a red hot game. The team
Boston sent TO meet the Portland players
was a great compliment to the powlers
of Portland In itself, for it was made up
of men who are acknowledged to be
hHUuK ulio U6Sb IulloLS III uhO SSoA'~ss
Among them was Shoafe. who holds
the worlds championship for high single
with score of 155. He has made many
big records in bowling tournaments IN
Boston, and is what may truly be called
u phenomenal roller. Sheafe looks to be
about 3S or 40 years old, and is a well
built athletic looking fellow. He was the
cynosure Of all eyes last night, but bore
the honors that were paid to him by the
pig crowd of spectators as If he were
used to such things and was recsiving
nothing more than his due. He bowls
remarkably swift ball, and Ia left handed.
When thu sphere leaves his hand IL shoots
up the alley as if it came from the mouth
Of gun, and the pins 60 down before 1t
as if they we're struck by q cyclone. His
work last night, however, was nothing
remarkable, as his total for five strings
of 44s was exeelled by at least two of the
Portland men. His highest single was
100, which was beaten by Bean and
Wildly of the Bostons and Merriweather
and Payson Of the Portlands.
Another man on the Boston team who
attracted considerable attention was Will
by, who finished the season last winter
in the Massachusetts tournament with
an average of 9s. Wildly has been bowling
for twenty-five years, and Is black
smith by trade. 1t is needless to say that
his arms are as hard as steel and the balls
he rolls riv al in force projectile from
modern rifle. All of the other Boston
men we're equal to these, and though
they defeated the Portland team easily
they acknowledged that luck had as
much to do with their big score as any
thing else.
1t was about 7.so o'clock when the
game commenced, and at that time there
was not seat to he had at Pines alleys.
Every one of the reserve chairs was occu-
pied and many members of the city gov
ernment past and present, had turned
out to gee the fun. The ''rooting" ON
both sides was enthusiastic, but of course
he P ortland men had little the best of
it. The crowd was very generous, how
ever. and lucky strikes on the part of the
Boston team were applauded loudly.
In the first string the Portland men
were little nervous, while the Boston
players went at their work like old
veterans and as il they were used to the
business. The nervousness on the part
of the home team was fatal, however, for
the visitors beat them out by fifty pins
in this string.
In the second string the Portland men
beat out the visitors by eighteen pins.
This was due to tho wonderful record OF
127 pins made by Merriweather, which
was the highest single for the game. in
fact the bowling of Merriwsather was the
feature of the evening and his fine work
was loudly chesred.
The Portlands met their Waterloo in
tho third string, when bad breaks and
poor bowling on their part with ex-
ceptionally fine work by Boston gave the
visitors the string by fifty three pins.
This rather discouraged the Portland
men and though they did fairly we'll
holding their own in the last string and
dropping only sixteen pins behind in the
fourth they were finally defeated by 101
| pins.
, little less nervousness on the part of
the Portland men at first, little more
| luck In breaks and even the ordinary
bowling such as these men are accustomed
to do every night If their lives, would
have made last nights game more inter-
esting. The whole score follows: