New-York tribune., 1901-10-28
AMONG THE BOWLERS.
THE FIDEIIA TEAM ROLLS A HIGH
SCORE-KOSTER BREAKS THE
INDIVIDUAL RECORD.

The Fldelia five rolled a sensational game ias'
Friday evening in the American natonal touriia-
rnent which came very near TO breaking the WORM
record OF iiOs pins, and incidentally Roster roeo
,ha ,,sbas. ns,,aual score recorded thus Ear this
season Early IN the game Il became apparent ina.
a high total was probable. and the ols e'o"u
the White Elephant alleys watched every Doii
great interest Frame after frame neneTion Ma team
which opposed TO the record p'eIi their scores
outclassesd from & the serae Of tournament games
Koster started badly with two spares re re- on the
tenth frame This gave him tota1 -ey,o,is 0I M score
the hest score reported this year. pInoroent
OF 2as had been recorded in the same touril""e''
Three OF the other four members OF 'he -, ...
team rolled over 200 each. and the team Uoe"-
finally l.OS4. The possibility OF a reeOtu ,, s
total was ruined by Amann's wretched po"llhe' 4'
he missed no fewer than three spares got one
snt and made only three strikes ms @ lo.ai tas
only las quite out OF the class oi 1n NJ Had AmRnn
rolled as well as his partners the woriu s The
might easily have been eroken, 'ascaeded twice
this season when the Corint hians roItea 80 as
and by the Newburg Wheelmens hsu'eS u
Tho Knickerbocker Athletic Clubs bowlers are
engaged again this winter in the National League
tournament which is being rolled at starr a.
levs In West FHfty-ninth-st. Their opening pau
OF three straight victories. however was fuhy ON
set BY the cropper they came on Friday nish'' "ne
the Knickerhocker Athletic Club knights met me
crack Metropolitan team While II was ,iS I 40 hot
pected that the Athletic club men "ouiu 10 ,hrae
Ter than win one. possibly two. OF the ,9 three
games. the complete victory OF me pIIeS in
was rather surprise Their oppone.I,ss roi lanes m
ragged form. and not one or their thrre sai.i ~
reached the 500 standard on the , o.ngI snne,ite
,beir totals being s65 So and 9s6. Arnold, the
eisr ~ the evening as he has often before;
and his totals were si 5s ShG sS boiinE indeed
and seldom equalled
hav this
season with renewed vigor. and they have no
farer than four different tournaments arranged Tor
this year-for Manhattan. Brooklyn and Bronx
boroughs over in Brooklyn so many councis
wanted 10 enter the championship lists that 'he
tournament was divided ;nto two classes a and H.
in each of which there are fifteen teams compel
ing with a final series for the championship to be
rolled between the class winners at the end OF the
season. Last season there was one tournament IN
Brooklyn for the older teams. and an overflow
series known the for the OIh
and the two class tournament, with a smaHer i
ter Once more the champions OF last season. the
bowlers OF the Phiadelphos council are IN wiz WIN
show that il will be difficult to displaee them from
the lead
Plans have been completed for a big tournament
In January at Buffalo 10 decide the championship
OF America. The annual convention OF the Ameri-
can Bowling Congress VIII be held in Buffalo al
the beginning OF the year and the Western NeW-
York Bowling Association has announced cham
pionship tournament, 10 be held there in connec-
tion with the convention. Inere will be competi-
tions for individual bowlers teams OF two men
and steams OF five men. with gold medals for the
members Of each winning team and valuable Prizes.
tion OF New-York bowlers is expected 10 go on 70
tbat the New-Yorkers last winter won the two
men team championship with Voorhees, and starr,
while Koster finished second in the individual con-
test.