The sun., 1900-12-14
LIGNUM VIE GETTING SCARCE.
Something Else Must he Found for Maxim q
Balls for Bowling.

within short time you are going to see
bowling balls take big jump In price" said
one Of 1ndianapols's alley owners recently.
The only wood suitable for bowling balls
Is lignum vito" he continued, and the game
has increased In popularity so rapidly In the
last few years that the supply of the wood
that Is easily available has just about been
exhausted. Either new lignum vitn forests
must be discovered or som" better method
OF getting the wood To market must bc found.
The best ltgnum vltm In the, world Is IN
, Eenezueia; 6n' % one mus fn % miles r INTO nc
is so heavy that the tree trunks must be saved
IN short pieces, about three feet In length.
and carried in this way 10 tho coast or
course, IN those places nearer the coast, or
where the wood Is mor" accessible, larger
shipping the wood Sam Karpf the bowl
ing authority. told me the other day that
vessels DO not like TO take lignum Vita rs even
a part Of their cargo. when a ship loaded
with the wood gets To rocking or pitching in a
Tho record of ignum vltip CarEoeS that have
been lost In this manner is worse than tho
record Of any other sort Of freight.
readhsd n"W i"% IS E" ra % Of Afca "'t Aircngg iHasg
iQnum vito is yellower than any other kind.
l use an tLrican E"od ban The wood
turner's dislike to Lardlc II, as there is danger
Of the tuning latte rcttinc cauclt in one of
The % % AfriSan % h'l Icl f"r s. 60 " So cent. :" c
than that Of tie ot 'or grades of the wood
| believe the African wood is harder If any.
thing, than rny other, and a ball made Of ti.
African wood v III not become lop->idcd so
soon az one made Of other wood
The Dutch East Indies yield good quality
Of lignum vtm, but such heavy demands
have been made on tho forests thcre that the
wood j. getting ecaroc. tt" hic trees are all
far inland. san pominro vtn is more blu'4h
than the Fast Indian klnd aud NOR" brittle
1T Is impossible" 10 keep n bowling lall
from rettinr. lop-sdcd The cause of tits
10 I1 lDI "a
no finger holes. the bowler never threw a
ball twice in succession tho snme way Now
n bowler holds tie ball the same v'ay every
time. md the same pnrt of tho bah strikes
the alley Crst every ii'u" As the ball slides
for n few feet before taking n rotary motion.
"A fellow came fer" hc 81 or day and -nid
why must such heavy balls bc used in bowl
irc? Why can't some other kind of wood
be used?" 7 have a bowling ball made "f
mahogary here, md lHr dcd II TO him IL
felt rs light ~ paper after hs had been hand
that II re would howl a score 81 100 with
tho mahogany hall ! would mako him a
present of the finest hail tint could be- bought
You can't bowl with a light BAH That's
why | think ore can make better scores
with the African wood hail II i heavier
TINT weirhs scvrnteon wounds and 200 score.
ARE getting common as Dirt With him nv
derstnnd that n new compo~ition hr n il about
TO be put on The market II IL ClHimed for
the now bnl vat " prsv'rs the rurrOsc
ne well Hc II not better 'Na" tNe wooden brill
II l. Claimcd. ard olasti,i'", 1rd tho nddi-
tionnl nd"1ntage of not " "plng or chiprirg
Brt Il will cost much mor' than the liinun
vt@ hall