The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-20
PIECE OF SILVER
Thornton Trio Forwards Verv Hand.
some Loving Cup to Magic
City Players.
From Fridays Daily Gazette.

ing alleys is a silver loving cup that
is shown to visitors with a pardon.
able amount of pride. 1t is a mute
but eloquent witness to the prowess
OF the Magic City Bowling clubs trio
of players that went against the sun.
posed champions of the state and
gained a victory as unexpected as it
was really phenomenal.
The trophy was received by ex-
press this morning and all day has
been gazed at and admired by the
men who take pleasure in rushing
the lignumvitae spheres over an e
panse of polished floor to the danger
OF the maple billets at the other end.
1t was a long time coming, but it
finally came and the wait they had to
endure is forgiven by the winners
and they are even willing to forgive
the little fb that the manager of the
Butte alleys had engraved upon it's
shining side.
champion Bowling Trophy of the
State of Montana. Tschudy and
Heilbronner Trophy. Won by Thorn
tons, December 10, 1902. Won by
Billings, December 81, 1902" is the
story told in letters more or less Or
nate and artistic craven deeply into
the metal.
The line "Won by Thorntons" is
the one that is doubted by the Bill
sings e The trophy was never won
by the men from Butte. It is true
that they were the winners of the
first five of the series of 10 games
that were played before the question
OF ownership was finally decided and
the cup came to Billings.
When the matter of a trophy was
first preached it was proposed that
the two teams should play a series
of three matches, one at Butte, one
at Billings and the third on some
neutral alley. This in. turn gave way
to the arrangement that prevailed
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two matches of five games each, the
winner of the most points to take
the trophy. In the first match Butte
led with 243 pins. In the second,
played in this city, Billings overcame
this lead and peat Butte three pins,
thereby clinching it's title to the
trophy. 1t is for this reason that
the Magic Citys are not quite able
to understand the claim of the Thorn
tons that they won the cup once.
The trophy is now the absolute
property of the home men, but they
are not averse to being challenged
by any other team in the state that
thinks it can roll good enough to
take the cup home with it and are
open to propositions of that kind.
A State Trophy.
Just to keep up interest in the game
the Brunswick-Balke company has
donated a trophy to the Montana
State Bowling league to be competed
for by teams belonging to the league.
The team winning it three times at
the tournaments held by the league
is to be the final winner of it. The
towns eligible to enter into the com
petition are, Billings, Butte, Missoula,
Miles City, Anaconda, Red Lodge,
Livingston and possibly Great Falls,
as that city is likely to have a team
in the league.
The trophy is a beautiful one and
will be on exhibition at each of the
league towns four days and then will
be returned to Butte, where it win
be exhibited at the alleys there i'm
mediately before the state league
meets. 1t is of heavily silver plated
metal and in design represents four
pins crossed at the small ends sup
porting a miniature ball, finger holes
and all. The butts of the pins rest
upon an ornamental base, upon which
is inscribed the legend.
After the "Rats."
"Our Boys" composed of Babcock,
Daniels, Ovren and Corey, have chal-
lenged the Galley Rats" and the match
will take place tonight. AS before,
the rodents will consist of Tschudy,
Sherman, Richstein and Salisbury.
Money to loan on city and farm