The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-09
Roll for Championship
Of Spokane County
1t 1en-Plns

Things have certainly been doing
at the Occur d'Alene alleys the last
few days. Besides the interest re-
sulting from the selection Of the
team which Is to represent the club
for this month. many high, scores
have been made.
The ten-pin enthusiasts will well
come the news which Manager Owney
Patton has today given out regard
ing championship medal to be COM
peted for by anyone In Spokane coun-
ty and on the winning of which be-
comes the property of the winner
and entities him to the exalted posi-
ton of champion Ten-Pin Bowler
Of Spokane County" This individual
championship tourney will without
doubt provoke more whole-souled in
terest in the game than could any
one feature of a contest. Said Mr..
Patton last night:
Il am doing my best to add to the
interest of the game in this city and
have decided that about the best thing
that can be done is to start rolling
for the individual championship of
the county My first thought was to
confine the matter to the city alone,
but by making 1t a county AFFAIR it
will, lend prestige to the tournament
and thus make the medal and title
of more significance and therefore
harder sought after. The holder Of
the championship can we'll be proud
Of fife medal, for the bowling of the
people of this vicinity is not slow
and will rank well up with the best
of them"
According to all present plans, the
following rules will govern the roll
ing for the Individual championship:
Each man will commence to roll and
each time he intends trying for the
big score which he wants put on
record for the attempt for the medal
he will notify Patton and the record
will be kept and marked medal"
Fifty games must be rolled. and the
man making the highest score for
the SO games will be declared the
champion. That will SETTLE the mat
ter and the medal will, be ihis undis-
puted property and will not be COM
peted for again. 1t 10 no cheap thing,
having nothing but the besA the man.
Agement Of tho alleys have arranged
for a swell medal Of solid gold, which
will therefore be a costly trlnket.
MAN FROM CHICAGO.
A bowler from the wilds of the
alleys Of Chi blew into the Cosur
d'Alene club the other night and witt
out saying much to anyone picked
up his thumb bali and rolled 245 right
OF the reel and with no apparent ef-
fort-and Thereby he came the near
est to the club record since the men,
6rable night when Curt Reynolds
nearly contracted At Of heart fail
Vre by ptling up the pins to the
enormous score Of 2S7, which record
has never yet been eaualled on those
alleys. or even approached.
DuroHl6AM AND COOKED NAT.
The other night In the wee sma'
ones a group OF sports were jollying
"Dutch Jake" on the alleys and as
the result Jake challenged them to a
little game Of cooked hat-Jake, mind
you, Is about 1T" at the game. too
Some of the boys were wont to run
over the line when they launched
the ball and OF course Jake would
go up In the air and caution them to
Keep of the alleys and not spoil the
polish. He then would extol on the
ways and means by which an alley
Is kept in good condition, which is
pot by running half way down II or
"lobbing" the ball. But Jake himself
was destined to break that rule of
) The alleys the very next time he roll
ed. Just when he had inflated his
chest. did little Augustine" back
to SAe start of the runway, lengthen-
I'd Out for the throw and--wow!
Some unthinking rascal threw a