The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-08
BOWLING.

Decidedly the best game rolled so far
this series by any of the clubs in the
Northeastern Pennsylvania league We're
those rolled on Monday night between
the Backus and Green Ridge Wheel
mems teams. The total number of
pins made by both teams was ELL
which is a grand total that is rolled by
very few teams outside Of the big ones
in New York.
Fred Dietrich, of New York, the bow
Ter so we'll known in this city, still
maintains his leadership in the New
York Sun Individual contest, his aver
age of 2O114 for eight games being still
unsurpassed. John VOORHEES,, who by
virtue Of his splendid bowling for years
past, has come to be recognized as the
best bowler in the United States, rolled
in the contest last week and managed
to make an average of 1874 for six games
rolled with Arps and Buck, respective
ly.
himself on being pretty toerable
bowler and he got into an argument the
other night with Billy Hopkins, of the
kins offered to bet $40 that he could
make 200 more pins in five games than
the assessor and the latter promtly
took him up, laboring under the belief
that he was up against lead pipe
cinch' for 200 pins in five games is a
mighty big handicap to give a man.
Rinsland started out gallantly but he
became nervous after the first game
and "fell down. terribly. Hopkins won
out by 274 pins and if you want to get
"Phil" real mad these days just say
you heard he'd made nine straight
strikes on the Backus alleys.
1t will be some time before the alleys
of the West End Wheelmen at Wilkes
Barre will be in proper shape for bowl
ing. They We're covered with four feet
of water during the recent flood and
it is understood that the alleys will
have to be thoroughly gone over There
is a possibility that the postponed
games may be rolled in this city.
The Chicago Record-Her is collect
ing a list of those bowlers who have
made 300 score within recent years
and claimants are coming in from all
parts of the country. A 300 score is the
highest that can possibly be made by
one man at bowling and it takes twelve
straight strikes to make it. AS far as
local bowling records go it has never,
been made in this city. the nearest ap-
proach to it being a score of 27S rolled
up on the Backus alleys sometime ago
by a man from out of town. John
Taylor's score of 252 made DUNG the
first series of the Northeastern league
is still the local high score for match
games.
1t begins to look as if Charlie Moore
of the Backus team will be high aver
age man of the second series. He has
held the place at the head of the list
ever since the season opened and if he
keeps up his present gait he can't be
reached by anyone before the series
ends. He made a grand total of 546
last Monday night, against the Green
Ridge Wheelmen.
The Backus team has more pins to
it's credit so far this season than any
other team but is not in first place.
A peculiar hoodoo seems to follow this
team in this respect. At the end of the
first series it had the highest number
of pins but it finished in third place.
The games to be played on Monday
night are as follows: Backus versus
Green Ridge Wheemen, on the, for
mer's alleys, and Elks versus Scranton
Bicycle club OH the formers alleys.
The postponed game between the last
two teams viii probably be rolled next
Tuesday or Wednesday night.