Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27
BOWLING GOSSIP.
Matches Talked of and Those Arranged
For the Local BowIers.

The coming week promises to be busy
one for the men who make up the Win
throp bowling teams. Both the big pin
and candlepin teams are scheduled to roll
several matches, so that up TO Friday
night there are games of some sort for
every evening.
Monday night James W. Davis and d.
w Potter viii roll fen strings of big pins
Davis is the challenging. party, and al
though there is nothing of pecuniary value
involved in the match, there is consdera-
BILE interest manifested by the friends OF
the men regarding ~ outcome.
Tuesday night the Dig pin team goes to
Marlboro to roll the last in the series of
five games with the team of that city The
Wnthrops lead thus far by So pins,
Tuesday night at the Winthrop alleys,
the Kabley foundry and Myman & Cor
don teams will compete. This is the sec
ond of series of three matches, In the
first the Wyman & Gordon men We're
given a handicap of 100 pins, but the
match Tuesday night will be even.
Wednesday night the Winthrop candle
pin team go to Webster to roll the last of
a series Of five games, in which Webster
leads by 81 pins.
Thursday the big pin team goes to Web
ster for the third in a series of five games,
in which the Winthrops lead by 19 pins.
The Winthrops eandlepin team go to
Leominster Thursday evening on invita-
tion from the team of that place An en-
joyable evening is promised, and the Win
throp boys are looking forward to a good
time, and incidentally to the winning of
the match.
p II. Hennesgey of the, Winthrop alleys
and p. II. Mccain of the Casino alleys
will go to Boston, March s, to take part in
an invitation match at the Boylston al
leys. Potter and White of the Winthrop
big pin team will also go down.
There will be a meeting of the captains
interesting in the forming of another anna
teur bowling league, similar to the one
which just ended a tournament at the
q
Four or five teams have signified their
| intention of entering the league already,
but the management of the alleys is de-
Esirous Of securing eight teams at beast to
enter. The prizes to be offered will be
diamond rings or gold watches, as the mer
prefer.
Friday night was remarkable from the
fact that it fi~ished on the scheduled date
whereas m~ of the amateur leagues
formed in this city have hung fire for sew
eral days or weeks after the time when
| they should have finished.
The totals of the various teams in the
tournament follows: Echoes. 14,3H LIE
Seuls, 14,190; Waverlys, 14,055; Belmonts.
East Worcesters, 1873; Normals, 1865.
Directly after the match Friday night
ranged to RON an exhibition match Thurs
day evening for prize valued at $25.
A series of games between members of
the Monarch and Vernon Bicycle Clubs
has been arranged, the first to be rolled
some night this week.
George r, Beaudette has made a neat
duplicate of the full score of the McCann-
Norton twelye-hour match, rolled Feb. 4,
done in green and black ink, which has
been handsomely framed and presented to
p. H. Mccain.
The date Of the second match between
the Babies and Hancock bowling teams has
not been decided yet, but will probably be
Tuesday or Wednesday at the Hancock all
leys.
The match between the bread and candy
makers of the Rogers Young Company, at
Whites, Saturday night, resulted in vic
tory for the former by 70 pins as follows: