The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
The total number of pins and the average
per game of the clubs is as follows:
Greater New York BOWERS.

One of the topics of conversation in bowl
ing circles from the Atlantic to the
Rockies and from Cape Cod to the
gulf is the 1899 tour of the
Greater New York bowlers, which
begins during the third week of the present
month and will cover "a period of nearly
six weeks, during which time they will play
about 1876 matches with teams of five men
and nearly 200 individual and team of two
games.
In one Of the exhibition games played in
Brooklyn recently the team, i've men,
scored d total of 1,06s pins, which is still the
high score team record of the season.
The schedule is a lengthy one The trip
in proper will begin Jan. 1919 with a two
days series at Philadelphia, after which
Harrisburg Wilkesbarre Baltimore Md,
Washington, D. c., Columbus, Cincinnati,
Dayton, London, Hamilton, Akron, Della
ware, Springfield, Lima, Lorraine, Kenton,
Toledo, e. Toledo and Marion, o.; Indian
apolis, I4awrenceburg, Frankfort, Anderson,
LOngansport and La Porte, Ind; Newport,
Lexington and Covington, KY; Chicago,
ILL.,, lansing Jackson, Saginaw, Bay City,
Detroit and Ann Arbor. Mich, returning
by way of Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, clean,
Rochester, Syracuse and Albany, N. Y.
Manager Sam Karpf. who has arranged
and will supervise the trip in person, is
veteran at sport having handled every
I4dSlCIn team lIldl went Oh lll6 IOdQ. tie
has probably done more to make bowling a
national pastime than any other person I'm
the country. He is secretary of the Inter-
state Bowling League, and also holds the
same office in the American Bowling Con-
gress, which is to bowlers what the L. A
w. is to cyclers
Charles K. Starr. the captain OF the team.
is without a doubt the best bowler New
York ever turned out. 1t was not until this
year that he could be induced to journey
West, on account of business engagements
Star is the recog Zed individual champion
player of the metropolitan district He par
tlcipated in no less than eight tournaments
this season, and in all but two of them he
led the phenomenal averages. In the Car
ruthers Tourney, Brooklyn, he finished first
with an average of 191 pins. Starr was the
only player in New York State to roll a 900
score during the season of 1897. The young
est member of the team is Fred Church His
highest score is 24 pins, and he boasts of
an average of POI pins in twenty-six games
John Sohl is a young. player, but has al
ready managed to lay low the cracks. He
Is a sure bowler and can be generally f1g-
ured on for q 200 score.
Nick Jackson is the silver of this
years team. He rolls a peculiar burst ball
but always gets there with a high score.
His best figures to date are 1856 pins i'm
thirty-four games.
Billy Cordes it is said, will certainly SIR
prise Westerners by his effectiveness. Cordes
has been in the alleys for many years and
holds many records.
The other new players in the team are d
G. La Due, l. Stein, ]. Freigau and O.
Stein. The only veterans who have ALREADY
been through the country on bowling tours
are n. Thyme and A. Paulson The team
viii play here Feb. l and g