The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-21
ALL PHILADELPHIA.
First Second Third
GREATER NEW YORK.
First Second Thir,
Team totals.

Inc team goes from Philadelphia to
Baltimore, where it is booked to roll
an exhibition tonight
The trip, which will cover a period
OF nearly six weeks, during which time
the eleven champions, who have been
selected to represent the metropolis,
VIII play about 1876 matches with teams
OF 1ve men, and nearly zoo individuals
and team matches If two games.
That the trip is the most extensive
ever undertaken by a team of bowlers
cannot be denied. Hut there need be
no apprehension of any of the players
breaking down because of the constant
strain, coupled with the amount of
travelling necessary TO cover the nu-
merous points, as the players selected
by Manager Sam Karpf are sober and
conscientious wielders Of the lignum
vitae and men who nave trained faith
fully for the trip. The Greater New
York Bowlers are certainly deserving
OF all the attention already shown
them by the bowlers of other cities. as
they are the pioneers at taking annual
tours, and thus perperuating and slim
ulat1ng the game of ten pins in towns,
where only few years ago, bowling
was an unknown sport
The first trip of the Greater New
Yorks occurred in 1895, under the name
of the Brooklyn Club. Only cities with
in radius of 200 miles of New York
city We're visited, and of the A games
played, "a resulted in victories In 1896
the fasteners went as far west as
Chicago, played "a team matches, and
succeeded in winning 81 In 1897. all the
Dig cities in the south, southwest and
northwest were invaded, and ga games
We're won from total of so played.
Last season, with the birth Of Greater
nhs af
from Brooklyn to Greater New York
BoWlers OF the los games played, SO
We're won against 20 lost.
Almost an entirely new aggregation
of players have been selected for this
seasons trip. Manager Karpf decided
on this after last years trip, being
given to understand that the western
folk wanted new faces every season.
The team as it stands at present is by
far the strongest ever gotten together
and there should be little or no trouble
in establishing new high score figures
IN every city to be visited. In one of
the exhibition games played in Brook
lyn recently, the team, five men, scored
total of 1868 pins, which is still the
nigh score team record of the sea-
son.
The schedule is lengthy one. Balti-
more, Md; Washington D. c.: Column
NN'' CAAASAAAlAe'Ii' 10y lOll, I-OIlQOLl,
ilton, Akron, Delaware Springfield,
Lima, Lorain, Kenton. Toledo, East
! Toledo and Marion, o.; Indianapolis,
LaWrenceburg, Frankfort, Anderson
Logansport and La Porte, Ind; New
| port, Lexington and Covington. KY:
Chicago ILL.,; Lansing. Jackson, Sagin-
| aw, Bay City, Detroit and Ann Arbor,
Mich; returning east by way of Cleve-
land, Erie, Buffalo, Clean, Rochester,
Syracuse and Albany, n. Y, which will
| be visited in turn. 1t is expected that
the team will bowl in this city at the
Hancock alleys on Washlngtons birth
| day.
The Greater New York Bowlers are
| styled the Champions of All Cham
plons because of the fact that they
had issued a challenge and posted a
| forfeit in Chicago for a match with
| the "All Stars" for a $1,000 a side. q
games in seven cities The challenge
was not accepted. which should no lon
| ger keep the followers Of the game
guessing which is the strongest team