The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-20
BOWLERS GET A REST
No More Games Scheduled in Minne-
apolis League Until the Week
of January 5.
Only One Surprise in This Weeks
Games-Return Match With
St. Paul.

tests will be rolled until the week of
Jan. s. The games of the past week have
developed only one surprise, the three
straight tal1er. by the City Statesmen from
the Buffalo aggregation Wednesday night.
1t was simply an illustration of the sur
prises that occur in all branches of sport
Although the Buffaloes did not roll up to
form, there are indications that the Sales
men are picking up in their game and
while they cannot hope to make much of
showing in the race, they will undoubt-
edly cause more trouble for their oppo-
nents than they have hitherto.
The three leaders, the Turner's, Tuxedos
and Tasmos, have kept the same relative
positions, each team having won it's three
games. Just four games separate the
Turner's from the Tasmos, with the Tuxe-
dos occupying place halfway between
the two. The race between these three
| clubs will be pretty one when the sched-
ule is resumed after the holidays, and it
evidently anyone's fight.
Want Match With St. Paul
Minneapolis bowlers are trying hard to
arrange a return match between picked
teams from st. Paul and Minnea polls. The
st. Paul men, however, have been "stal-
| ing off, the locals, their last answer being
to arrange game after the holidays. If
| a game between the teams which met
| IL,
| ever. it IS probable that another contest
| Will be quite effectual in settling the
| question of superiority. Minneapolis men
have proposed that the six men teams
which will represent Minneapolis and st.
| Paul at the national tournament at In
dianapolis be brought together in a series
| OF games. for which admission will be
charged, the proceeds to help defray the
expenses of the trip
II such contest is arranged the two
teams II not the same as those which
met some time ago, will include the
cream or the bowlers Of both Cities and
side bet Of agreeable proportions will
undoubtedly be arranged. In this case
Minneapolis stands a good chance Of get
ting back the money lost upon the pre-
| ViOuS contest
Milwaukee Has Strong Team
| The Milwaukee bowlers are showing up
strong and undoubtedly will make a good
showing at the national tournament. In
a game last week at the Cream City, the
Ragaboo team made 1,07S, only twenty
seven pins below the worlds record held
py the empire team of New York since
1899. The score was made in an Ameri-
can Tenpin league match the Standards
being the Ragaboo's opponents. Every
! man on the latter team made q, total of
more than 600 for the three games, and
only six of the fifteen scores were below
1900.
Carpenter, usually one of the strongest
men on the team, rolled only 179 in the
big game. Had he equalled 200. a COM
mon performance for him, the record
would have gone. He rolled a strike
ball and hit the pins true, but was a. bit
too fast and got spares on many frames
where he should have had strikes. The
team made an average Of LOIS pins for
the three games, only nineteen pins be-
low the worlds record for a five-man
team. made by the Fidelias of New York
in the national tournament at Buffalo
last winter.
In the last and best game, Rodee
started for the Ragaboos with 224, De-
Lonn followed with 203. and Brown. in
spite of a foul which cost him twenty
five pins, rolled up 246. Carpenters
ITO lowered the chances for a record
score, but Burns chalked up 1885, This
is the first time Milwaukee team has
reached four figures.
Champion Strong In Great Form.
Fred Strong of Chicago, the national
bowling champion, rolled a perfect score
Of 800 last Saturday afternoon on Mus
seys pit alleys" This is the highest
possible mark that can be reached in a
game Of ten pins. 1t was not rolled in
actual competition, but at a weekly ses-
sion Of the City club, an organization of
Chicago cracks, who meet at the pit
|
Strong made fifteen consecutive strikes
? and followed his big score with 259. The
, work Of the, champion during last week
J was phenomenal on the Chicago drives.
:, He rolled twice in league competition.
, averaging 237 Tuesday night with the
t Gunthers in the Illinois league and Fri
day night with the Colts in the Chicago
! league he averaged 248 2-3. In his present
\ form Strong Is invincible. and he is in all
probability putting up the best game of
any bowler in the country.
Advocates the Straight Ball.
Straight ball bowlers are few, but it is
= considered the most scientific game by
=. AL Selbach, former captain of the Balti-
more baseball team, and captain Of the
> All-American trio on it's western trip. He
: also advocates the use Of the same kind
> Of a ball all the time. In recent inter-
. view he said
"A straight ball bowler should always
Use the same kind of ball, but should shoot
to hit the head pin about three-quarterS
full. This hitting at three quarters full
is bound to win strike. Wolf uses thai
= kind of ball, but with slight reverse
twist. Peterson, to some extent, uses the
8 same kind Of ball.
). 1.-The bowler, to start never should ster
a before he swings. He should swing ant
= step together. He should stand with hi!
It feet together and start the left foot for
ward at the same Time he SWINGS. lii
should draw an imaginery line from the
. right edge of the alley to No. 1 and ;
n pins. Don't look at the bunch of pins
IS but at the No. / and No. 8, just as if the,
;, were the only two pins up. In looking a
% the imaginary line, fix the distance abou
il half way down the alley to place the bal
. and If the bowler has control, he viii
: strike or get nine.
: Zone main point is never to start, whe1
+ in a contest to bowl at the same time tn,
T. man on the next alley starts. Either &,
: ahead Of him or wait until he has rolled
and never hurry. You must watch tn
: foul line but if you remember always t,
: take three steps and become accustomed
I to this, you will never go over the line
y thereby committing a foul. Some bowler
:, take short steps instead Of the regular
: and then they take four or even five shor
!, steps instead of the regular stride
= One effective delivery is game,
:, = by taking ordinary steps to get up mo
. rnentum and then stop with a little slid
y before delivering the ball.
= Don't try to use more speed than yo,
# can control the ball with This is tn
" trouble with half the bowlers.
> New bowlers can only hope to acquir
Is control and easy delivery with practice
: Speed is not so essential as control an
d the main fault with amateurs, is thai the
n slam the ball down the alley with the idc
d that the harder they throw 1t the NOR
q pins are going down. AS a matter OF fac
a ball that has too much speed cuts a pat