The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-28

The Hudson County Bowling League
was wound up last night at Heflich's
| alleys in a manner betting the unusual
success which has attended the event
| since its Inauguration. For five nights a
week games of the champion stripe nave
been rolled. TIL calibre of the competing
team was above the average ana the
greatest credit is due the aggregation that
took away the prizes. First money was
captured by the Sylvas and last nights
contest gave the second prize to the
Doolittles and third to the Olympias. In
order to finish in their position the Doc
Titles had to win two of last nights
matches. This they did. The first was
won from the Castle Point Cyclers by the
margin of one pin. Sam Coffman did the
trick here. Keller of the Hoboken team
missed his spare in the tenth frame ana
Sam wound UP with a double header and
seven pins on a strike in the ninth. Inc
second game was won by the Castle
Points and the third by the Doolittles.
The Doolittles of this city met the Cas-
tie Point Cyclers of Hoboken in the first
game and the crowd became greatly in
terested as a good contest was assured.
That the expectations of the spectators
were realized is putting it mildly.
Throughout the rooters were pinching
with good cause. The practice led to
the belief that this city's representatives
were due to score a victory. In the first
frame the Wheelmen showed the best
form and started with a lead of 20 pins.
They had the best of 1t in credits, n
held their advantage throughout the Sec
ond frame. In the third frame, however,
the local five cut the lead in haf and
then had one pin the best of it in the
fourth. The fifth gave the H~obokenites
a margin of 10, but this was reduced TO
one in the sixth. T~hirty-three pins con-
stituted the Doolittles' lead in the sew
enth. but again they fell back, SO that
only six pins was necessary for the Cas-
tie Points to tie. A double header on the
latter's side led to a margin of IA pins in
their favor, and this with a number Of
breaks by the Doolittles led every one to
concede the game to the quintette of cy.-
/ clers. Sam CofEman came to the mark
with a strike in the ninth frame and
| doubled In the tenth. He. needed six pins
to tie on his last ball and seven to win.
He hit them well and cleaned off six with
one pin rocking. This pin fell and won
the game. Sam was the hero of the hour.
He was high with 1874. Duke was second
! with 17s. hird place went to Eppel, who
scored 17e.
The second game brought the Olympias
of Gresnville out against the Castle Point
combination, and the latter won This game
in the last few frames. The Olympias
$50 MT 11o5 - 80 ri~c Il, fha andn-
ing frame, but were subdued in the second
under the weight OF 10 pins This lead OF
the Castle Points was assaulted by the
Olympias in the third frame SO SUCCESS
fully that but two pins of 1t remained.
The fourth closed with the advantage on
the side of the Olympias. Their lead at
| this point amounted to five pins. They
succeeded in running this up to 80 In the
fifth and it looked like the bunch from
Greenville. The reverses Of war began to
crowd upon the Olympias in the sixth
frame when their advantage was reduced
to three pins.
In the seventh it was thirteen and in the
| eight it was all over as the Castle Points
went in with a vim calculated to over
come the efforts Of their opponents. The
Castle Points won from the seventh frame
to the finish. At the close their surplus
was 43 pins. Al close exciting match
and very interesting. Eppel was the top
| notcher with 202. Buck was second with
1Ss. For the Olympia five Cubberly was
| high with 173. This placed the Olympias
| on even ground with the Doolfttles and
| the third game was to decide the inner
| of second prize.
Because of the Importance of the issue
in the last game in which the Olympia
| five and the Doolittle team figured the
deepest interest was shown by the
| crowd, The latter team had a lumber of
rooters present who kept the excitement
UP to a high pitch. An equal number of
pins were scored by the teams in the
| opening frame. The Doolittles took the
lead in the second, but were caught in
| the fourth when the score was tied. Again
in the fifth the Jersey City team went to
the fore and it was never headed again.
| Edinger was in hard luck on spares. Hol-
comb took on his regular form in this
| game and redeemed himself by scoring
high figures, 1870. Roome finished second
with 15. This victory gives the Doo-
Titles second prize. Coffman takes the
average trophy. The scores
FIRST GAME-DoOLITTLE.