The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-06
LAST WEEK OF BOWLING
1. ID. CTS AND THE LYRAs WILL. SET
TIE THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
j. G. Mueller Has a Cinch ON the In
dividuaI PrfEe-Games with New
York BowIers.

It has been an interesting week in bowl
ing. There is but one more game for each
club to play to end the tournament, and the
fact that the two leaders were tied at the
beginning of the week caused much interest
in the games played by them. They are
still tied. both having lost games. The
Lyras lost to the All-Americans and the i.
B. C.'s lost to the German-Americans. If
the /. B. C.'s were present to root for the
All-Americans Thursday night, the Lyras
made themselves even,- with interest, at the
Lyra alleys Fricay night, when they lad he
extreme satisfaction of seeing their only
rivals defeated by a club which was not
considered a strong antagonist. 1t was a
humiliating defeat for the champions, and
one which was gloated over by their rivals.
Yesterday. it is said, the members of the
Indianapolis team did not dare walk the
streets for fear of the "guying" they would
get Those who have places of business
from which they could not well escape
suffered UNNECESSARILY. Every member Of
the Lyras who could possibly find the time
managed to drop into Mannfeld's and give
Will and George Manifold little dig.
Johnny Pau, of "dinky'' curve fame, also
came in for his full share, and Will Leppert,
Frank Kotteman, Will Off and Doc
Stocker were in no position to dodge.
The last weeks bowling settled the rela-
tive standing of the teams with the excep-
ton of two sets of ties which must be set
tied in the final games this week. 1t SO
happens that both games vail DC oeclsIve,
for the tied clubs meet each other. The
team that wins will win the championship.
The /. B. C.s are the favorites and there
is some betting on the result. The LyraS
are confident, however, and declare ii they
win they Will organize a street parade and
will pass the place of business OF every
member Of the l. B. C.'s team. The ALI
aQriC cd
for fifth place and will settle 1t in their
game Thursday night on the German House
alleys. The other clubs cannot change their
positions.
The indianapolis Bowling Club and the
Lyra Casino Bowling Club met last night
at the Lyra clubrooms and decided that the
final game of the tournament between them
should not be played at Tomlinson Hall, but
that it would be played on the Lyra alleys
as scheduled. This action was taken partly
because members of the league were de-
sirouS that the games be played as sched-
uled and partly on account of an unpleasant
rumor that was started following the talk
of having the game played on the tenn
porary alleys 1t was limited that the clubs
wanted to make some money out or the
game This caused some little irritation,
and the clubs have decided to carry out the
schedule.
The Lyra alleys will be made to accommo-
date about four hundred people Friday
night, so that all the members of the bowl
ing clubs and their invited guests can wit
ness the game Special invitations will be
issued. and the regular cards issued at the
opening of the tournament will not be ac-
cepted for admission. II. Bauer and VIII
Manifold, of the 1. B. C.'s, and Charles
Krauss and E. f. Gay, of the Lyras, con-
stitute committee which will prepare the
invitations and distribute them.
INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES.
There is little change in the individual
average table this week. The table follow
ing shows the averages of those players
who have participated in eleven or more
games: ftss