New-York tribune., 1901-12-09
AMONG THE BOWLERS.
NEW HIGH SCORE RECORDS MADE Il
MANY TOURNAMENTS.

MANY TOURNAMENTS.
The Custom House Bowling League opened "
for business Saturday afternoon in Brooklyn Thii
organization is made I'D OF teams from the dtner
ent divisions of the Custom House itself and OF
the big firms Of importers and brokers which cea
directly with the Custom House Six games were
rolled in the afternoon and the teams ms OF 51s
the seventh making ., cisah %. n esssnfs
division Tbe fatter got some revenge. however
by placing 70 their credit the nisnesf Iotaa OF s
Up to this date scores Of Loco pins have
been bowled by fourteen clubs in New-York this
year which is an exceptional number and fndi'
Gates the increasing skn Of the local experts Pos-
sibly In anticipation of the rapidly approachins
United States Bowling Congress tournament at
Buffalo next month. the bowers have got on edge
earlier this winter than usual The American Ma
Thirty-frst-st ard Broadway, leads with no fewer
nan Gnthan Ih az SeWbure Wheelrnen 1866: Metro
poitan 1O64: Rosedale 1850 FideIia. 1O34: Column
Stars alleys in West Fffty-ninrh-st. the honor
s9 Of four figure aE totals @ psdes @ 4ys Roa
VILE. 1OOS: Fidela. 10O7. In the Harlem League
one-hundrec-an twenty -ifth-st such big games
have been rolled three times BY Phoenix, L'ssi
Lafayette. 1.0S4 and Lotus l-8l
In the Commercial Leagne tournament the team
/ of H Cesar & Co has been making a runaway
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| have a commanding lead for the league cnan-
pfouship which seems difficult for OF their rivals
| to overcome Ten victories and no defeats have
already been achieved by this team, and yet it's
has not been due to any fabex be6 with GT5
| its nigh score at SOS, six of the teams standing
| placed to their credit already. The schaefer.
schramm vogel team for i9stance sa6 I mas Is t wcn
single victorious game The race IS not always 20
| the swift. nor does the hare always peat the l01
J toise according 70 <t1SOp-
| 'I don't care how get en- so long as they
| down" said joe Thum, ths veteran. Few
! nights ago after OF his sloppy weather
| strikes when the pins toppIed uneyenly and
| left the alley covered with deadvood Thum has q
| wonderful knack OF making high scores. despirS
fact that his style is very FAR from good foru1
| and few spectators would ever take h1rn [9r a
champion bowler if they watched him on re aL5eys-
Interstate Team that won the ehampionship ssv. .
eEa gears eTeay tes3 a m 1e5entay the manages
| Of the American National tournament
team, rolled a remarkable score in Class OF tha
| Brooklyn Royal Arcanum League tournament In
| the first game Of the evening, against the Ferrf
| Council team the Dauntless bowlers rolled total
/ Of 1858 pins. made up follows: 22i. III. 19s 20
| and 1s2 That luck plays goodly part in bowling
scores and that a good bowler will sometimes
| drop down TO low scores when the pins won't fan
! right and splits stare him in the face was SHOWN
/ in the second game Of the DauntesS hVe the saIna
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| 100 pins in the second. in which his score sheet
fewer than ve Of the eight being on splits Scores
| Conditions and by the bowler. are rather re-
markable
| The struggle for supremacy in the Colun5tA
| League tournament uptown still goes merrily on
| and the relative positions among the leaders,
| change almost every week. Fridays series was
perhaps the most exciting rolled far in any OF
| the leagues this season, and by all ODDS the best
this year at Schlusng's Columbia alleys, One-hun-
dred-and-fourth-st- and Colurnous-ave- The Beivt-
dere team was in great form and Joe Heiles its
sdGnoEs His - brilliant finish in the third game
COST the Corinthian team the lead in the season
| championship race. while another good string IN
| the first game with an even more sensational nm.
| ish beat the Mohawk team Heiles rolled 2l5 and
2 that egenln eve n b sif ien3h M franz his team needed
twenty@nine pins 10 tie the Mohawks total E4eiIes
r6Gff fr6 the Set unusually i large that wtcing
| the game. The Rosedale and Oriental teams ara
| now tied for the lead at Columbia
| The Associated Cycling Clubs OF Long Island IN
cIude among their members many bowlers Of more
than ordinary skill. and their tournament games
have attracted as much or more interest than any
of the other Brooklyn leagues. One series last
| week-that of Thursday night. in which the Wa
verIy Mutual and Tamaqua wheelnen were en-
gaged-develo2ed a small surprise that mas oee1
the talk OF the bowIers on the other side or the
ing William Cring. Of the Mutual Wheelmen. rolled
the highest individual score OF the season get re.
strikes and two spares. he rolled score CT 25l
pins giving q total OF go for the game
one of the best OF the year in this league. Inc
score prize is thought TO be settled already
among the cyclists and Crng's breast will probably
be decorated with new medal when the season IS
finished
4 novel feature of the local militia, and that
Is calculated to make military service more at
| tractive TO the and the arInories more popG-
lar is the addition OF bowling alleys TO the usual
gymnasium facilities. AT the Dth Regiment they.
have two excellent alleys, as well as pool taoies
and a tournament is going on among teams repre-
the different companies The snIlSCed mem
spend their evenings there instead Of IL saloons
The Business Mems League rolled their weekly
! game at the Webster alleys on Thursday evening
The sensation Of the evening was the phenomenal
/ scoring OF Mr. Dunning. OF the bankers team
Mr. Dunuing started his second game with spare,
which he followed with strike The candle pins
! were scattered in excellent fashion. Mr. Dunning
finishing with a score of 10. The first game was
closely contested. the totals for the teams being
manufacturers. the DrygoocS and
the Bankers clubs -feng the score with 81 pins
On the fourth game the bankers team by excel
lent team work won the series BY lJ- pins = o.
| lowing the scores;
| THE BANKERS CLUB.
Third Fourth
game. ganne- Total
Wsss5.r TEsiss ::.-: :-::-:- s s : 3 s g
| Greedy ...--.--. II s. Il 81 9t
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