Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-18
STOFFT
Won by a Narrow
Margin.
South End Show a
Great Success.
Schedules For Next
Weeks Sport.
hanrahan's Father Dead and All
Matches Off.


game between himself and Weston,
the cowboy" champion, on the Main
st. tables in the last half of the
match game last night. When the
first nights playing was over, Stofft
was 25 balls ahead of his opponent.
Weston cut down this lead last
night. and at one time was 20 balls
ahead of Stofft. AS 1t was,
Stoffts victory was won by the mar
row margin of but eight balls. Both
players rolled a very fast game last
night. and the result was in doubt all
the time.
AKRON AT Al B. @.
Akron will have three representa-
tiyes at the American Bowling Con
rress. which will meet at Buffalo, dur
ing the progress of the national tour
nament there. Messrs. Cohen, Grille
and Moore, ali of them members OF the
Peerless team. are accredited repre-
sentatiyes to the Congress. AS the
session of the A. Il. G. will open
Tuesday morning, the Peerless bowl
ers will leave Akron for Buffalo, Mon
day night, In order to he In Buffalo
In time for the opening session. A
letter from Buffalo states that the
quarters at the tennessee house have
been reserved for the local bowlers,
and that everything for their enter.
tainment and convenience has been
prepared.
BOWLING NEXT WEEK.
The following schedule has been
arranged for next week, in the How
ard st. bowling league: Monday-A.
NJ. G. VS.. Imperials; Thursday-Imper-
ials VS.. Superlors. The Empires took
two games out of three from the SUI
periors last night, after warm con-
test which was watched and cheered
by number of rootcrs.
NEXT WEEKS WORK.
The Howard st. pool tournament for
the amateur championship of the city
has developed into an interesting con
test, and the games are watched by
In x,f Itf,t NJ t,Ia WI rsi
and of the game. The schedule which
has been arranged for next week Will
be ms follows: Monday--Lore and
Scybold; Tuesday Ockerman and
Clark; Wedncsday-Rhode and
Viers; Thursday Wilson and Clark;
Friday Garrett and Brown.
SIMMs LEAVES, SUNDAY.
Art Simms will leave for Detroit,
and the scene Of his coming battle,
tomorrow. He will spend the two
days before the fight In finishing his
training near the scene OF the battle.
Art says he feels better than he ever
did, and that he does not see how he
can lose. The match is regarded as
very important in Detroit, and a large
crowd VIII see It.
ANOTHER CHALLENGE.
A match game with Akron hockey
players is still sought with n great deal
of persistence by Clevelanders, and
challenges float In periodically TO Ak
ron from the Forest City. A repre-
tentative of n Cleveland team was in
Akron, Friday, for the purpose OF
making match with the Akron team
II that organization can be brought
together.
There are plenty OF chances for the
local players TO distinguish themselves
and little effort for organization Is
all that IL necessary to make an cx
cellent team for Akron.
LAST CALL.
A final effort will soon be made
TO hold a meeting of the Akron
hockey players, for the purpose of or
ganization. There have been 80 many
calls for meetings and so many fail
ures, that the promoters of the loca
team have begun TO get discouraged
aud unless the last and
final call results in sue
cess, the project OF team viii
no abandoned. The latest challeng,
By q Cleveland team has been tn,
cause of the last call for a meeting.
NO SIGN.
More and more interest In the pos
sibiIIties OF skating. match betweeI
Mn Flynn and Paul. Goucher, tn
Cleveland skater, is manifested a
time goes by and there is no immedl
ate Indication that the men will ge
together. The majority of opinion II
Akron seems TO be that Flynn can dc
| feat Goucher. ihe latter made siren
nous efforts to have Flynn barre'