New-York tribune., 1901-12-30
AMONG THE BOWLERS.
MANY HIGH SCORES, TEAM AND INDI-
yIDUAL. ROLLED AS THE SEA-
SON PROGRESSES.

II is not often that any bowling team which does
not represent organization for that sport aloie
includes so many star performers as the nrst OF
the two teams which represent Our Council In Sec
ton / of the New-York Arcanun1 League tour
nament. This five easily won the Royal Arcanum
championship this side OF the big bridge last
year and began the current season on Thursday
night with brilliant victories at STAIRS alleys
in West Fifty-ninth-st. The United States and Ciu-
zens' councils were both beaten. the former oy
over 200 points and aes the a1sep reeordd s and ssS in
their first two games among the bs5,dn Ive II of
lhe metropolitan district last winter. and still
holds that title.
The Newark Athletic Club bowlers visited the
Nev-York Athletic Club alleys on Friday even
ing and rolled series of three games IN the Ath-
Ietic League against the Mercury Foot wearers-
The visitors put up good scores in the nrst TWO
Games their totals reaching s75 and So, but they
foil hack over one hundred pins in the last game
On the other hand the New-Yorkers showed the
steadest kind of work only two Of their nrteen teen
strinss Isl and i5s were both rolled by Booth. and
ne me maze etSar up game In the first game the home
bowIers put In a total of 95S pins.
The METROPOLITAN Bowling Club has entered
team in the Grand Central tournament in Brook
,vn and 1t was generally thought in bowling cir
cIes that they would have "a cinch In this series
However, they came a cropper FRIDAY hlshI III
their series against the Templeton and Carson
John yoorhies the Metropolitans rolled Sds In their
first game and were still beaten handily oy tne
Tenonleton five. with an aggregate or go pins Inc
New-Yorkers improved in their secono game
eneSed then for the Carson men scored only 76s
and were outclassed. The inconsistency OF form
in bowling was shown in the result , OF OF the ouu
game in which Carson outrolled Tempieton-
First honors IN the Glass tournament OF the
Brooklyn Royal Arcanum League were assured tor
the De Forrest Council team in Friday nights
SERIES and the few remaining games on the scneo-
ule involve only the lower prizes and standings.
Otto Arps was the star OF the last evenings games
for the winners and his 24o was largely responsible
for the high total of 929 piled up by the e oIest
Council against the Long Island Councn powIeas,
With 760 Cordes however. rolled a peter a'eIaso
for the two games with totals of 1s7 and l9l.
As the American National Tournament draws
toward its close at the White Elephant alleys, In
Broadway, the scores become still better Inc
F,nonire team rolled two brilliant games Thursday
evening OF s76 and ese. beating Freedom as they
pleased in the hrst but needing all of their big
total in the second to win from Hyperion. which
aggregated s42. Even the odd game between the
losers produced some high rolling. for Freedom
Empire Ave was the star of the evening. with
scores of 2l6 and 223.
The fire insurance clerks fairly outdid them
selves in their series rolled on Thursday evening.
In the first game of the series the Home Fire In
surance Company from the German American
Fire Insurance Company by SIS to SS1- The latter
then dropped nearly two hundred pins in their sec
ond game which was by the Metropolitan
Plate Glass Insurance Company by only pins, but
again rolled eight hundred, winning easily
from the window smashers." For the double win
and 2l7 while Ludlum astounded every by roll
ing games Of 222 and III in succession