The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-23

Of Many Kinds.
THE TOURNAMENT of the North.

eastern pennsylvania bowling
league was concluded Tuesday
Il night by the splendid match
game between the Elks and
West End Wheelmen. The stand
ing of the teams at the finish was ex-
ceedingly satisfactory to all who have
followed the progress of the turna e
ment, and there are none who grudge
the Commercials the silver cup they
won so handily and disposed of so
cavalierly.
The bowling of this seasons tourna-
ment was far superior to that OF last
year both in individual and team work.
Last season the high average was that
of Charles Weichel of the Elks. who
made a trifle over 100 in eighteen
games. Hopkins of the Backus team
has Ill for twenty-four games this
year. and numerous men passed the
100 mark.
The totals scored by each team are
as follows: Commercials. 1895, team
average. 1914 Elks. 1877. team aver
age. 1861; Backus, 1854, team aver
age. 1855; Scranton Bicycle club. lS,367
team average. 1873; West End Wheel
men OF Wilkes Barre. 1909, team
average, 150&.
Field of the Commercials had "a
higher average than Hopkins. but his
17S was made i'm but nine games,
whereas the Backus captain was in the
contest throughout the season. In 1900
the star individual score was made by
Wright of Wilkes Barre. This year "a
man from the city down the valley is
again high man. Yost of the West
Enders made pa in the last game Of
the season. Last seasons record was
not in ii at any stage of the game. and
men on every team in the league
passed it repeatedly.
The two high men of the year were
Yost with his ga and Phillips. of the
Elks with 232. Others who passed the
220 mark were Wardell of the Bicycle
club, Coons of the Backus team, Green
OF Wilkes Barre. Bartl and Roll of the
Elks, and Fowler and Field of the
Commercials. The men whose names
are on the honor roll with averages Of
$50 and over are:
Commercals-Field. 49, Mitchell, lG4 Fowler
tcaptain), 1863; Van Womcr. 16l; iIaslam l57;
Filley ISL.
Elks-Bartl. 1885, Roll, lj7; Riehl, lj6. Charles
weichel, 1jj; Phillips. ljj Dimer (captain),
Backus-Hopkins (csptain), Ill; Mcister l6l ;
toons, $50
Bicycle Club--wardel captain, 1853; Moore
l6l Wordcn, 1885, Taylor, l5i; Roper, $50.
West Enders-Weigand, l59; Green (captain),
ljS; Innis i5j.
The three highest games of the
tournament were rolled by the Com
mercials, 2,640, and the highest single
match was also bowled by the leaders.
Nine hundred and ninety eight was
their crack score, and Captain Charles
Fowler wept torrid tears because his
men didn't get two more pins that
game and reach the thousand mark.
Captain Frank Leonard of the BLACK
Diamonds" challenged the CONNER
cials to play his team at Tuesday
rights banquet of the bowlers.
DIR. Alfred Bull, formerly known to
fame as the great center on the Var
sity of Pennsylvania foot ball team,
helped out the West End Wheelmen in
several OF their bowling matches. The
ex-foot ball player made the respecta-
BILE average of 145.
a new bowling turnament will be
begun Tuesday night. The personnel
OF the contestants has slightly
changed, however, as the CONNER
cials have disbanded and their place
will be taken by Frank Leonard's
Black Diamonds, whose home alleys
will he those of the Bicycle club. The
OTTER teams will he the Backus five,
the Elks, the regular Bicycle club
team, the West Enders. of Wilkes
Barre. and representation of bowl
ers from the Green Ridge club.
Charles Fowler and John =. Hun
ter the latter secretary of the old
association. are at work on a league
schedule, and the first game takes
place Tuesday