The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-30
WHITES BAD TASTE.
His Discussion of His
Match With Orr
So Termed.
THE VICTOR'S STATEMENT.
Declares White Made Ere
quent Fouls and Has
& Rolled for Money.
The VICTOR'S STATEMENT.

A. Fred Whites comments on his re-
cent defeat in a 20-string candlepin
match by w. H. Orr has stirred up con-
siderable feeling among Orr's friends.
Mr.. Whites reference to a fault in No.
alley at the Casino alleys, where the
last half Of the match was bowled,
displeased ]. j. O'Neill, proprietor of
the alleys. Mr.. White, in his rehearsal
of the last half of the match, claimed
he was handicapped by what he terms
"a little unseen groove in the alley"
which prevented him rolling his ball
where he desired. Mr.. ONeill takes
decided exceptions to this statement,
ana says he can't understand how a
groove small enough to be q little, I'M
seen one could affect a PERSONS bowl
ing. He says. Mr.. White applies the
proper designation, when he says it is
an unseen" groove. Mr.. O'Neill has
spent several minutes of careful ex-
animation, and has failed to find the
groove
He makes no other comment on Mr..
whites ability as a roller although he
thinks Orr can beat White on any al
ley.
Mr.. Orr isn't so cool about the talk
Mr.. White made. He gave The Spy
the Following for publication: I'm re-
ply to A. f. Whites challenge to roll
me again, / wish to say if he will put
up a deposit with any paper in the city,
l VIII roll him for what he wants, after
my matchw with Staples, and also wish
to say that before White entered the
match Monday evening, he was scared.
lie has rolled better on the Casino all
Ieys than on any other alley in the city
He made the remark before the match
that he would beat me on my own al
ley, and l would beat him on Whites
alleys. For one who processes to be a
promoter of bowling, his squealing, in
my estimation, will not amount to
much. All l have to say is that If
he shows the color of his money, he
will be accommodated"
Mr.. Orr said, in addition: Mr. White
should not talk about being DESTROYS
of maintaining his amateur standing.
He rolls for money. / know he has rolled
for money, and it isn't more than three
or four days ago, either. Mr.. White
ought not talk about not desiring to
roll against me for money He has
rolled against me for money, and he
has done it several times. | can't I'M
derstand what kind of a person he is
to roll against me less than a week ago
for money and come out in a newspaper
interview to say he wants to preserve
his amateur standing, and for that
reason he will not roll for money.
Il think it shows decidedly bad taste
for Mr.. White to make any comment
on the match. He can't roll fairly
He slides over the mark frequently and
commits fouls thereby, which he did in
his game with me. He complained of
the slippery condition Of the floor, and
asked me if / would penalize him for
sliding over the mark. I let it go. The
first time it happened, he only got two
pins. Of course, these should not
have been counted, but l waived fouls,
and l don't know now how often he
went over after that. No attention was
paid to his fouling.
He can't claim the floor was any
more slippery than any alley, for a
bowler makes any alley as slippery as
glass after sliding on it a few times
as he does. He ought to keep his
mouth closed about the alley he rolled
ION. He has made better scores on that
alley than any other in the city The
trouble was that he lost his nerve. At
the start of the match, with half the
bunch on one side of the alley, he
couldn't hit a single pin, but would roll
off. III tell you what the trouble was.
He came here to the Casino alleys sew
eral times to practice for the match,
and rolled me few games. Each time
! beat him as badly as in the match
Monday night. He knew he was up
against it and couldn't roll"