The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-24
CandIepin BowIers From the
Pearl Street Alleys Lead the
City League with One Third the
Matches Rolled
GREEN STREET TEAM
IN SECOND PLACE
Casinos Weakened by the Loss of
Bates, in Third Position With
the Winthrop NoviCes in Last
PIace-IndividuaIs of the Team
Leader High Men

The City Candlepin League tourney
is now one-third over Monsey's quin-
tet has so far had no difficulty in hold
ing the position of honor at the head
of the list and nothing but an unex-
pected slump on the part of the repre-
sentatives of the Pearl Street alleys or
a phenomenal squirt on the part of their
place they now occupy.
The Green Street team started out at
fast clip on the home alleys but
when it was forced to compete on
strange alleys it quickly dropped be-
| hind The team has done we'll to re-
main in second place as the men are
comparatively green" at match roll
ing and 1t is their first season in a
league tourney
The casinos of whom so much was
expected and who had the prizes all
picked out before the first ball was
rolled have been nowhere. The loss of
Bates, by many considered one Of the
best thin pin bowlers in the city, and
who leads Mccain, the hitherto recog-
nized leader in bowling, in two tourna-
ments on two different alleys, has
weakened the Mechanic Street team
The Casinos have always been consid-
cred a hard team to defeat on the
home alleys but so far this winter they
have been easy for all but the Win
throps who bring up the rear in the
tourney
In justice to the winthrop manage
ment it must be said he has had many
things to contend against He started
out with practically no experienced roll
lers on his team and the shedding has
so far been rough for his novices The
| men have stuck together remarkably
well, however, and will surely improve
as they go on.
Each team has rolled six matches UP
to date. Monsey's vets have kept up a
fast, even pace as their team average
Of 1909 will attest. Five out of the six
leaders for individual honors are mem
bers Of the Pearl Street team which
shows they outclass as a whole the
men pitted against them.
Winch of the Casinos is the only roll
| Ter outside the ranks of the Pearl
Street team who has been able to keep
up the pace set by the leaders He lie
in third position, over three pins to the
string behind Mccain, the leader and
half that average behind King, the
holder Of second place. Mac Lashlan
and Kellar are tied at an So average
and Hennessey, low man of the team,
is but tenth of a pin behind. The
next three places are held by Green
Street alley representatives which ex-
plains the position Of their team in
the race.
The honors for individual high string
are so far even between Bates and
Fitzgerald. Each has toppled aver lis
pins in team frame game and it will
| take some clever work to excel the
mark set. Mccain holds the three
string record having come within five
pins Of averaging 100 pins to the game
for three consecutive strings. The
team total honor goes to the Monseys
their water mark being 1349 which is
just 40 pins per match better than
their average. ~
The following tables speak better
than words and explains the positions
of the teams and individuals up to
date:
TEAM AVERAGES.
Total No. Aver