The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-21

The visiting Pawtucket rollers waived
all ceremony and made themselves thor
oughly at home during the first contest
at Riverpoint last evening. The home
team did rot like this rapid style, how
ever. and decided TO take more promi-'
nent part I'm the proceedings. and was
greatly aided by Catterson and ]. Thorn
ton. who did good work, and Craw-
shaw's fine rolling did not avail.
In the third event the rolling for which
the contests at Riverpoint are justly ia
nous was I'm ample evidence and II was
simply a case of how much margin at
the finish.
Catterson secured the highest total OF
3o5. which included singles OF III and 1lo;
o. Thornton obtained POS. which included
a single OF 1l3; Crawshaw made POS. in
ciuding a single OF los. and Northup made
PSI. including a single OF 10. IL was
great night for high totals and singles.
O. Thornton leads the league with an
average OF 95 6-a. The summary: River
point. 1923 Pawtucket. 1889.
Jack Wallace and his team feel highly
elated at their success I'm obtaining two
OF the contests from the Music hall roll
ers in the New England series last even
ing. The first contest was won by an or
dinary plurality. but the Music hall team
won the second event by the closest pos
sible margin, winning by one pin. The
remaining contest was another case Of
heart disease" alike 10 the rollers and
spectators. and the facial expressions OF
the two wel-known gentlemen who are
usually directly back OF the No. 8 score
board were well worth witnessing.
Jones made the highest total OF the
~ .t.lxN ia Ill.
giles OF l03 and 100; u. Grove obtained
291, which included single of 100. Nc
Quston made 900, i'm which singles of l0l
and 100 were included; Ainscough made
2s4 I'm which a single OF 1O9 was included
and Wallace secured 2I7, which included
a single OF 1O1. large number Of per-
SONS witnessed these contests and were
well repaid for their attendance. The
summary: Providence 1891; Music Halls,
1860.
The Fall River. rollers came. saw and
were conquered In two of the contests
at the New Century alleys last evening
The first game was won by the visitors
by the narrow margin OF one pin and
the New CeStury team won the second
event by only ten pins. The last event
was also close and the result was In
suspense until the last ball had been
rolled, when II was ascertained that the
home team had won by only five pins
total OF 3ll. which included singles OF us
and 101. Hathaway also caught the rays
of the calcium light with a total OF 29l,
in which n single of 100 was included.
and Brown secured $50 In which a single
OF 102 was included. Hayden should not
be overlooked with his total OF 290. The
summary. Each team. 1859. tie.
The No team secured two contests
from the No. team IN the duck pin
series at the Elmwood club last evening.
M Macdonald secured total OF PSI, which
included n single OF liS. which is the
highest single vet made In the present
tournament. Whittier also rolled i'm good
form, securing total OF 212, in which a
sirgle OF 100 was included. The summary:
No. 2 team. 1892; No. ] team, 1920
Hazards team won two games from
Leounsbury's rollers in the Mercantile
series last evening The summary Haz-
ards team, 1920; Lounsburys. 1899
Groves team won two contests from
Critchleys team last evening in the An
mex series. All the contests were decided
by close margins. Waters made total
OF 265 which was the highest OF the even
ing. The summary: Crltchley's team,
1i97: Groves, 'l9j