The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-12
LADY BOWLERS
ON LOCAL ALLEYS
huItn0mah Team Contests With One
Prom the 4. &c.
GAMES WERE VERY EXCITING
Each Team Took Two Canes. but the Home
Ladies' We're yistshOus Getting the
best Total oi rins.
GAMES WERE VERY EXCITING

The boulihs match between the ladles tesm,
oi the Mulinomab AmAirur Athletic club. Of
Portland, and the Asloiia Football club, which
toof place al the ialtrf's alleys yesterday amer
noon, Was the mo,, interesting aud exciting
ever played In this city. upio the momcn, tho
very lA,i bali Was rolled the result vas la doubt
and the victory Of the A ,. c iAdli by tho very
small lnafsin attest, ne ability of the visiting
tram, especially When II q, considered tina, the
fofmu were on their own sllsys-an advantage
diteul, io overcome
The great succe', II the series IL due TO the
fact lhai the teams arc evenly matched A. Il
10 po,,iblc Tor two teams to be win the eI-
cspiipu Il the Last game 70 was well nigh I'm.
possible to tell pe result until the scorer, had
announced the total, and he fact that the
local team hsd a bis lead 10 overcome placed
the las, game % doubt
The seating capacity Of The alleys was taxed
70 IL uimo,, and many turned away. unable
even T. secure standing room. The excl smen,
which attended ,hs games hep, the spectators
on the qui yivc. and The roofing made Il lppos
sibls for one to hear himself think" It wasA
noticeable fac, that the rorilahd ladies were OF
At all bothered by the rooisr. while the Wild
-hiyAh,' Of the enlhusiAsu seemed to grAie on
the nerves OF the local ladies' This was due TO
th" fact that local roollng II mild a. compared
with that OF Portland. The rooters we're vcfy
fhr. yelling quite a. much ior the visitors a, ior
the homo team.
The playing vas Of very sensational nature.
In the rrs game the team, were alno,, even
until thc las, players had bowled. Miss che
mine had rolled up 70 Tor the N. A. A. C. and
the other scores were very good Mrs IuEail'
Mr. Nurnilc lad Nn. Tiu,on had scored well
for The local team however. and won the game
by ave pins. the totals being 20 TO ?Si. In the
second game the home team went TO pieces,
making their poorest score, while the visitors
rolled their hi sheI game The latter took the
game By u pins, the scores beibg - 10 :iS
This gave the Portland lsdit, lead u 10 pins,
and, as they seemed TO have rEain,d their lo,,
con adcnce, thing, looked rather blue for the
A.F.c.
The third game WAS 40 excl tins as the yctiss,
sport could hope 10 see The local team TN
lshed hrst, is total being ?ls Mrs Cole WAS
the las, Of the visitors To bowl. shs had a
,,rlkc In the ninth frame aud II was necessary
that sho make two on il and three on tho alley
to wlR. Getting two pins with the second ball, |
Il was Necessary for her TO take the remaining |
pin. Ofcoune, there was a great deal OF excite.
meat, but Mrs. Cole was eQusl To the occasion |
aud picked on the pin amid the deafeniug az. |
plau>e Of the excited spectators, The caros,es
bestowed upon Mira Cole by the other members
NJ the team showed their appreciation Of her |
excellent play.
with two games against them and lead OF
Z pins TO overcome, matters looked bluer for |
he home team. However each lady went In
with a determination TO win and the team
played its best Mrs, Normiles - had much to
10 with the grand total, The Portland ladies
oil down, but il was due 'olelyto the fact that
he alleys upon which they last played are the
poorest The totals in This game were nj to
S As each team had taken two games it
vas necessary 10 determine the result by the
;rand total OF pins, which gave the victory TO
he A, Z, C. Miss Batkers ladies, however,
nay well feel proud OF the showing made, as
hey were N n great disadvantage In being ON
lrangS alleys In the return match there may
,e diferent story to tell.
The scores follow;