The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-06

strides that he is becoming a mark for
candlepin bowlers to aim at, and be-
fore the winter is over, he will prob
ably be a contestant in many matches.
He has one on already, 20-string
match with A. Fred White, who won
the championship of the Hancock Club
last winter in
CONTINUOUS CANDLEPIN ROLL
ING.
They will roll 10 strings on Whites
alleys, where A. Fred White does most
of his rolling, and the same number
on the Casino alleys, where Orr prac-
tees The decision will be given on
total number of pins made in 20
strings.
There are followers of the game of ball
and pin who confidently predict thatBil-
ly Orr will be the crack candlepin roller
of this city before the season is over.
Some of them base their predictions on
the fact that since the Casino alleys
started, they have developed the cham
pion of the season every winter. P.
H. Mccain, who worked at the alleys
two years. ,ago, was high man in the
city league which included all the
star candIepin rollers of Worcester.
| Last year P. H. Hennessey, who was
attendant at the alleys, was regarded
as one of the best men in the city I'M
| til his victory over Sheafe of Boston in
a 25-string match which placed him at
| the top unquestioned. This year Orr
| is the attendant at the alleys, and his
work shows every indication of being
even better than Mccain or Hennessey
could do Without anything like the
| experience that either of those menhad,
ne is rolling fully as we'll as they did
in their best days.
T.ohnas pantaiO of the Infants. rose
rapidly toward the close of the season,
and defeated Hennessey so that when
Orr began to hit them hard this sea-
SON. his name was mentioned as com
petitor for Orr. They have rolled
against each other in the Infant-Cas-
inc match just ended, and their work
was carefully watched. Orr led Lohnes
easily. AS each man is strongly sup
ported by bowlers who frequent the
two alleys, there is a strong possibility
of a match between them before many
weeks.
A. FRED WHITE AND ORR
are already matched, and to get his
hand in, White has made match with
Frank Kettell, which will be rolled this
evening on the alleys of the Hancock
CInb They will roll 10 strings, total
nins to count. White defeated Ket-
tell last wear. He has done little bowl
ing this year but his work in the last
Tnfant-Casino match shows that he is
rolling as we'll as he did last season.
Candlepin rolling is practically the
only style that takes in this city. Ihere
is one good reason for this. The pro-
prietors of the alleys want candlepln
bowling in preference to big pin bowl
ing as there is more money in the
lcandlepin game for them. A string can
he rolled in several minutes less time
than a string of big pins Duck pin
bowling is even faster than candlepln
bowling, but it never caught on in TINS
city. Several attempts have been made
to start the duck-pin game but With
out success. Big pin rolling was ia
vorite game until the last few years.
The owners of alleys are content to
let the game die out.
This is unfortunate, as big pin bowl
ing is more scientific than candlepin
bowling, and not attended by such
luck Such does not appear to be the
case to the average bowler. 1t looks
easier to knock down numberless pins
with the big ball. But there is more
accurate placing of the ball in the big
pin game If a man rolls off to one
side when sending down the first ball,
he doesn't get either the number of
pins or the good break that man does
who rolls for head and quarter and
hits there. In Canulepln rOlllnS man
may roll head and quarter and get
far worse break than a bowler who
tries for that place and misses by
foot, hitting on the outside of the quar-
ter pin.
Manager Smith of the Green street
alleys recognizes that the big pin game
has some devotees despite the failure
of proprietors to encourage the game,
and contemplates big pin tournament
soon after the finish of the candlepin
tournament which is now in progress
on the alleys
AT THE HANCOCK ALLEYS
the regulation pin game has had its
followers and the Hancocks have had
excellent teams. The Winthrop alleys
also paid some attention to the big pin |
game "a team has been organized at
the alleys this season which has begun |
series with Westboro big pin team. |
There were several big pin experts at |
the Casino alleys last winter who rolled |
frequently, but it never occurred to |
them to make up a team. Had they done
so they would be able to give any SET
of regulation bowlers in Worcester |
hard tussle, for some of them were |
high rollers.
The present week will be the live
lest thus far this season in bowling |