The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-05
Bowling Teams Are Making
Some High Marks.
Newark BOWIers Claim to Have
Scored 1882 Points.
A REMARKABLE GAME.
Hawkeye Team Makes ] ,I65 in
a Single Game.
Bowling Men Wonder the
Alleys Are Regular.

Chicago. Feb. 5.-Chicago bowling
teams which have been striving to beat
the LOB single game team score. made
by the Empires of New York, in the
hopes of winning the Mussey medals
offered to the local five able to do this,
VIII be disappointed to find that an
eastern aggregation has succeeded in
establishing a new mark.
Samuel Karpf, secretary of the Amer
lean Bowling congress. wired ". Y.
Thompson. vice president of the organi-
zation, that an eastern team had broken
the 1103 mark Immediately the local
man started an investigation. nothing
being known of the feat here The Daily
News wired Secretary Karpf for his
authority. and was referred to Harry
Montgomery of Newark. N J., the cap
tain of the team which rolled the /. 1872
which is claimed for record.
In response TO this Captain Montgom-
cry wired back the following:
Newark. N j.. Feb. 5-World's record
for single game is claimed by the
which, on January 70, rolled a total OF
I, 49, No loaded balls were used, the
alleys We're strictly regulation and the
pins weighed three and one-Quarter
pounds each. Names and scores follow:
Mont SoInefy -,-.-.-.-- -.------.-.-.-.-. ~
English 80. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. lie
f. Weiss ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. %
Noack -....... Observation-Disclosures. Z99
Richter ........ .-......................... Eel
Total 4 IL
This claim for record will be passed
upon by the officials of the American
Bowling congress. and if proved the
MOntgOmeFys Will get the certificates
asked for. The Z99 score of NOack is
thought to be eastern record. Ben Stell
of Chicago holds the worlds mark, haV-
inc rolf tod fl,a f1,T1
Has the worlds bowling team record
of l.103, made by the Empires of New
York been broken? This is a question
bOWlers are asking, fumors of new
marks having been esta bliShed having
reached their ears this morning. From
the east comes a whisper that a team
in Newark. N. J.. has rolled 1872, While
a story from Humboldt Iowa, conveys
the information that the Roife team of
that place has done an .l65 stunt"
The eastern story. however, is given
more credence because it first came
from sam Karpf, secretary of the
American Bowling congress.
Harry E. Griffin is claiming the rec
ord for the HaWkeye aggregation. but
the local contingent is reserving its
decision until it is ascertaned whether
OF not the alleys on which the games
Were rolled are regulation. OF course
if they are not the matter VIII be drop
ped, but if it is proved that all Ameri-
can Bowling congress rules nave been
lived up TO Humboldt viii come into
more fame than even Boone, Iowa, did
when the team in that town cleaned
up a picked Chicago aggre gation.
This Hawkeye performance is indeed
wonderful one, if it can be backed up
by facts. The ROlfe team claims TO
rave relied 1865 for a single game and
to have averaged 1061 1-3 for the SER
les. This last is not a worlds record.
however the Calumets of Cleveland
claiming this with 1,06S.
Scores Of the series have been sent to
Chicago and now local bowling alley
manufacturer is investigating to dis
cover whether or not the alleys are
regulation The scores of the series
are as follows.