The San Francisco call., 1903-12-05
SCOTCH B0WLERS
ARE ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER THE CAME
Kinks in Golden Gate Park
Prove Inadequate to AC-
commodate All the Players

Scottish bowling is the latest recrea-
ton to seek home in San Francisco.
This game was introduced about
year ago by a few enthusiasts, who
had played it In the %old country" In
the past year the membership list of
San Francisco Scottish Bowling Club
has increased steadily and now con-
tains ninety-two names. A small
space was set aside for Kinks in the
park, but the green is not nearly large
enough to accommodate the players
on Saturday afternoons. It is impos-
sible to extend the green in any di-
rection but to the west and many diff
ficulties would be met in doing that.
1t is probable a new green will be
turned over to the fast growing club.
Fourteen new members were elected
on Thursday night. The club con-
tains few young men, the membership
list containing the names of the most
influential men in the city. 1t is not
game that appeals particularly to
young men, but is better suited to mid
dIe-aged men, who are not able to
indulge in more violent forms of exer-
else.
While the game Is as Scotch as base
ball is American, still many of the
club members are not Scotch. In
Scotland the interclub matches at
tract thousands of spectators and valu-
able prizes are competed for. The only
place in the United States outside of
San Francisco and Oakland where
Scottish bowling is played is In New
Jersey. The San Francisco Club is
the largest of the three The Oakland
Club has been in existence only about
two months, but already has a MEM
bership of forty.
An enthusiastic meeting was held
Thursday night by the bowlers and
from o'clock until IL plans for the
future were discussed. A new singles
tournament was arranged, to begin to-
day. The event will start at the con-
clusion of the finals of the tournament,
which was started several months ago.
The contestants will be j. c. Moffatt
and James Gray.
Some of the members were in favor
of having a doubles tournament In
stead of a singles. 1t was thought
that many of the players would not
be present when these matches were
called. In this case a man would be
defeated on account of the absence of
his partner and three players present
would be disconnected. A plan was
adopted whereby an entry list should
be posted at the clubhouse and those
who were desirous of playing would
enter their names and agree to play
their matches if possible Partners
will be drawn by lot, as will be the op-
ponents.
A question that called forth much
discussion was that of the bias of the
bowls. 1t was not decided whether
bias No, 1, 2 or would be adopted
in tournament play. Most of the mem
bers were in favor of adopting the
standard bias of the big clubs in Scot
land. 1t is doubtful if the players
could have the bowls changed in time
for the preliminary round of the new
tournament The matter will prob
ably go over until the next meeting,
three months hence.
The challenge of the Oakland Bowl
ing Club for four-rink match, to be
played on the Oakland green Christ
mas day, was accepted. This will be
the third meeting of the two clubs.
The first two were won by the local
bowlers. The Oaklanders made good
showing on Thanksgiving day and
think they can win next time.