New-York tribune., 1902-02-10
BOWLING.
FIDELIA WINS A PLACE IN THE METRO
POMTAN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY.


Plans for the big Metropolitan championship
bowling tournament taking definite shape and
the list OF teams is almost complete The tie
for the championship Of the New-York Bowling
League rolled off Friday evening and one
of the exciting series OF the followed.
with the result that the crack Fdelia team quail
fed for the Metropolitan championship series.
Spartan Metropolitan and Fidelia all tied for first
honors in the New-York tournament. and in the
extra series big scores were abundant. OF the six
games rolled only two totals fell below the 900
those fgures Fideiia and Metnopoitan We're about
s99ai fay0Tites for the honor Of qpaIyng Tor S 5hs
fewer friends who thought that they could win
from their two formidable rivals
In the first game OF this remarkable series Metro
politan beat Spartan by $50 TO S99 through good
steady average bowling not single score running
over 200 pins, but low totals being recorded. As
usual the losers then rolled against the Fidelia
team. and again beaten. curlously enough.
with the total of $50 pins. The famous Fidelia
ys were IN theT he BE best f form n. and rolled up mag
22S and 245 figures among them. In the final game
prizes and the right to enter the final championship
series were at stake. and the Metropolitan and
tory Again the Fidelias' brilliant work pulled them
Ave they were beaten by 20 pins The winners
aeked only one pin Of aGother moth four figure CUR total
PoOllEitan1 champonship series with an average of
A new bowling que formed on Friday after
that promises TO produce OF the most inter
estng tournaments of the season. The clerks from
fifteen different Wall Street banking and broker
age houses got together and formed the Stock
Brokers' Bowling League. A schedule is being
drawn up and the White Elephant alleys up
town have been engaged for the tournament. and
the first series will be rolled. The firms which will
So SSo McTntyTs IL NaTsSau q; NJ Kernoe5an
Co., H. Content Co. Post & Flagg. c. A Harmed
& Stout, Capper, Cramp. Beadleston & Co. Clark,
Co. Stewart Barr & Co and Charles Head Co
The officers chosen FOR the hrst season were a
treasurer.
II is not only in the big city league tournaments
that the highest scores rolled was evidenced
last Friday In the games Of the Morris and Essex
tournament. at the alleys Of the Atalanta Wheel
men. in Newark. The home five rolled against the
famous Roseville Athletic Association team. and
two games Of the three. After losing the
first game by SIS sS1 the Newark cyclists pulled
games seen in the suburbs this winter, Oiozaga,
strings Of 2l2 and 205 and the team totals for the
two 500 and si9, against s5i and s46 for
by the home players shade over s15-a very
good work for any team.
The New-York Athletic Club bowlers have been
cutting wide swath this season. and already the
bowling contingent OF the big club opposite the
park counting the trophies their team VIII
bring home to add to the clubs biz collection Of
souvenirs OF sporting victories. In the ATHLETIC
League tournament, the Mercury Foot men hold
aeaes rT sas 5S R6ssye m aHd % the jersey
city A c. which are ed d fGT 6s seSonq & nopSs sSGR
Athletic Club record is q games won and lost.
A {, bowieTs also hold the lead though by a
smaller maIsn IN this tournament a Z Ihey nave won
feafs for the Knickerbocker Athletic Club team.
Tasae n the
iess Ie9F{R Won w1a than 'en fhe 6 4Ts
The Harlem League tournament has been COM
pleted at last and the Lotus team carried off first
honors, with 16 victories and only 4 defeats The
Lafayette five finished second. with record OF Is
and s. while there three ties for third place.
Century wheelmen Belvidere and BronxdaIs each
viii be rolled of this week , In the American Ma
the last few OF games expected to decide
the most important prizes; The metropolitan team
be certain Of the championship and first prize. ard
the big Metropolitan Championship tournament
30 Both h Fdsa and SoTnthan 6 have % Shsnee & Sun to
in the New-Yor League tournament. may be neces-
5hy 5y G sae WhSh e hSd f @ TO
is thought to have by far the best chances for
the much coveted honor.
The Harlem Navy" made up OF the rowing clubs
along the Harlem River. has started it's annual
championship bowling tournament again this win
the wooden balls and pins with their oars and
shells. There are nine teams entered this winter
and the first round has just been completed This
resulted in giving three clubs, the Harlem. Friend
ship and Lone Star teams; clean records OF two
victories each. without defeat The METROPOLITAN
Nassau and Wayerly rowers have won and lost a
game each. while the representatives OF the Ra-
venswood. Dauntless and Seawanhaka clubs have
all been beaten twice. Up 10 date the highest game
belongs to the Harlem team which put up a total
OF $50 pins IN its first game.
Friday nights series in the Commercial League |
developed OF the most exciting finishes OF the
In the first game OF the series the Passa-
want & Co and Rogers. Peet & Co. teams came to-
gethcr and at the end of the tenth frame the
announced that the totals exactly even with |
Sl3 pins each. An eleventh frame had TO be rolled
Of course, and excitement high until the last
ball had gone down the alley. The Rogers, Peet &
Co. bowers made a splendid finish and rolled up a |
total of liz pins in that single extra frame while
Passavant & Co.'S gathered in only S. losing |
by q pins. The winners still thought they had an
in the next game the evening they had the |
by F. Victor Achelis. their last opponents, and
were beaten. This brought these two teams on |
even terms, each having lost games and won IL. |
Some of the highest scores OF the winter have been
rolled by teams in this league, and before the |
commercial championship is decided there promises
to be plenty of excitement