The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-13
Bowling Notes.

Otto Lieber, of the Social Turner's, is a
strong bowler.
Pap" Pfau and Barlow Hatfield are CIV
ing monthly prizes for high scores on their
alleys
The All-Americans won the series from
the Independent Turner's. They lost one
game to them by forfeit
There is a suspicion that the two leaders
are trying for a 1900 score. They have both
come very near doing the trick
The Lyra alleys will be hard to get for
postponed games. as they are rented for
every night not taken up by the league.
C; Won Hake, of the Lyras, was unable
to bowl with his team on Friday on ac-
count Of illness. His club suffered by his
absence.
The All-Americans are rolling a much
improved game, They will no doubt finish
the season in better position than they
now occupy.
David Wallace. of the County Officers
Team Tea has challenged Herman futile, of
the Marion Club alleys.
The proposition to have next seasons
clubs made up Of five men each instead of
ten is meeting favor all along the line and
will doubtless be accepted.
There will be a game this week between
team of five picked men of the Marion
Club and five from the Capital City team
1t will be played on the Marion Club alleys.
w. A. Sullivan and H. T. Noting have
been elected to membership by the German
American Bowling Club. Fl. P. Luther and
Theodore Stempfel have resigned from that
club.
The Social Turner's are now making a
game fight for third place. Their two vic
tories last week have put them close to the
Independent Turner's in the race for third
place.
not yet been made in the tournament this
season. The record for this season UP to
the. present is 80, two kings and a nine
strike.
If xrv;k1
luck in his favor. would have made the
highest score for the season. He was I'M
fortunate in getting split in his last two
frames.
The 1. B. c. are talking of trying the
nine-pin game for strikes and spares. This
makes much shorter game and will give
less time between mans turn and will
show better scores
Joe Schaf was not able to pull his team
out of the fire as usual. but it was not his
fault as his luck was not with him. He has
won two games for the Lyras by good bowl
ing in the last frame.
The Lyras had the most of their team at
the German House for practice on Thurs
dy evening. and had they rolled, as well in
tice, would have won the game.
The high score for a single inning so far
this season is 1855, made by the Capital
Citys aCainst the Old Guards The record
of the 80 tournament is 10, made by the
Social Turner's against the /. B. G.
The I. B. c. cut down the Lyra's lead
for total number Of pins 63 pins Friday.
The Lyras are still 306 pins in the lead. 1t
will take good strong bowling to make up
this lead in the remaining four games.
Philip Loos of the Social Turner's. is as
graceful a bowler as there is in the league.
His score Friday night was not large but
he made y in the last frame when they
were most needed, which helped much to
win the game
So far this season no club has bowled a
clean score for a single inning. that is 9
pins or over bowled by each man. Only
two bowlers have been successful in rolling
the twelve frames without making less than
9 each time. Iva Dicks and G. c.. Perry
have accomplished this, which is consid-
cred as an evidence of faultless bowling and
much h~rder to do than to rolf up a score
OF 10
The Social Turner's have been the thorn
in the Lyras side all season They have
won the series from them and could have
had all three games. The game they lost
TO them on tile Independent alleys should
have been theirs. as they had "A lead OF
10 pins when the last men started to bowl
A good bowler may have hard luck in a
game or two. but bowling is not dependent
on luck altogether. A bowler should be
judged by his delivery and by what he gets
with his second and third bali. What is ac-
complished with the first ball Is no doubt
more or less luck. as some balls that are
placed correctly sometimes leave a bad set
up, while others not near the right spot
viii make strike. When bowler has a
chance for spare with one or two pins
up he must do good bowling to get them
IL requires science TO make q spare.