Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-02
MOZART LEAGUE.
A Review Of thaWork Of Teams Dur
lag the Summer Tournament--.The
League Was Very Successful, in
Spite OF an kLrly Break.


The Mozart summer bowling tourna-
ment just finished has been Dy laf Lne
most successful ever conducted mere,
and great credit is due the captains and
memoirs of the CLUBS tor the careful
manner in which they followed the
schedule.
1ne season opened with twelve
teams, but at the end of the first half
of the series the Tidal waves,
captained by the league presl-
dent, Mr. Joe Haziett, quit Ike a
quarter horse" They. 'funked out
right. This had d discouraglng erect
at nrst, but the ether clubs Responded
so well that the league was carried
through successfully. 1t is the lnteE-
ton to review the seasons WORK III a
brief manner, and it is Justly proper
that a start be made with the best team
the Bowlers.
The personnel of this club is too well
known to necessitate naming the play
ers. Their average OF 504 clearly
demonstrated that their team was the
best. They bowled steady game, I'M
proving each week. Some OF their men
opened the season as very ordinary
bowlers, but improved so much tnat
they may now be considered among the
stars OF course, Messrs. Henn1ng
and Richards are examples.
The C. C. c. was a team that was en-
tered not as pennant winners, although
thew came very close to being that.
Their mainstays were Gus Weltzell.
VINO bowled an average Of 166 in So
games, the best work ever done in this
city; and Will Stevenson, of Cincinnati
fame. These two men are OLD DoWlers,
while the rest OF the c. c. c. boys are
comparatively new at the business. The
All Alike finished in third place, but II
attendance had counted they would
have won in a walk, as they Tar out
distanced any other club; in fact their
attendance equalled that of two teams.
Like Riley's jim they were the
STORY tellin', song-singin', laughinest,
iolliest fellers you ever saw.
The Argonauts were really one OF the
very best teams in the league, but some
thing seemed lacking. They didn't do
all they might have done, although
they certainly did enough TO the G. e..
c.
The Sigsbee team finished fifth, but
had some of its members taken llttle
more interest in the teams welfare
there would undoubtedly have been an
other story TO tell, for there were many
very good bowlers on its list.
The sixth team, Eye ancient and hon
orable X. X. X" started at a heart
breaking pace and remained in front
for quite a while, but finally hit the
tCboggan.'
The Puritans, who cut quite a sWath
for a while, were made up of nearly all
new bowlers, and had knaqk OF get
ting together at times in a. way that
made the best of them hump. 1t was
this team that defeated the strong
Bowlers three games during the flrst
season, and nearly demofalized them.
If former work and averages count
for anything, the Fitzhugh Lee club
was the strongest in1 the league, but
failure TO get out all their good men
accounts for their, pSor showing. AL
Though in justice 10 Captain Brett, it
may be said that he never aspired to
come out on top, and didn't try very
hard, either.
The Old Cronies are just exactly what
their name signifies. Buck" Acker-
man says t1ty WOuluu l nave ldheH lHe
rag as a gift, which is probably true,
for they have number of old timers
who are nCt has beens," but they
didn't w. Yry hard: e,,,.,s u+
There can be nothing but praise for the
splendiJ way they responded every
week, They are beginners, but they
are coming"
The n. E. l. & A. A. team made their
debut in bowlerdom this summer. but
wil,jbe heard from in the future. They
| han the honor of being second in at
teJdance a remarkable fact, since the
bfys belong in the extreme northern
| pDEt Of the city. Will Jones, one Of
D. cir members. was one OF the two
In to bowl every game in the series,
! IL the Tidal Waves, the least said the
! better.