The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-20
MORRISTOWN
THE WINNER
Makes a Grand Stand Finish
And Takes the Deciding
Game From Madison
THREE GOOD GAMES ROLLED

senator ChildS Makes the High Aver
age by Putting up two Two Hundred
Games. Freebooter Mitchell a Good
second. Foote of Madison Gets the
High score. Three of the Best and
Most Interesting Contest Rolled.
Tapkaow bowlers are smiling to-
day. They are high cock-a-lorems in
the Norris and Essex Bowling League
and feel some inches, both collective
ly and individually, bigger than they
did this time yesterday. They have
reason too, to feel somewhat elevated
as last evening, after three hard
fought games, they succeeded in plac-
ing themselves safely IN the lead and
are now winners in the tournament
that has been so closely contested
during the past winter.
The deciding games were plaved
with the Madison team last night on
the alleys at Madison and the three
highest games that have been bowled
IN any one evening were bowled there.
Both teams were in great form and
every man did his prettiest to uphold
the honor OF his team. Senator
Childs carried off the honors by put
ting up two two hundred games and
making an average for the evening Of
lS5 while Freeholder Mitchell was Il
good second with an average of 1854.
Madison took the first game in great
shape, winning by 1lS pins. 1t look
ed then as though they were going to
have walkoyer for the evening and
also walk off with first place in the
tournament but the Tapkaows pulled
themselves together and did up the
Madisons to the tune of 1893 to 797 in
the second game. That inspired the
Morristown boys to hopeful effort and
they started out in the third game as
though they were going to keep up
that clip all through the last game
and carry off the honors of the even
ing but they fell down about the fifth
frame and let their opponents win
out by 73 pins. This practically as
sures Madison second place in the
tournament but there is still posi-
bility that they may lose second place
to either Y. NJ. c. A. l or to Hill
crest.
The second game rolled was most
interesting. In. the fifth frame Madi-
son led Tapkaow by 80 pins and it
looked as though the Morristown boys
would have to sneak home as quietly
as possible but they braced up and in
the next five frames they made but
one break and wound up in the tenth
frame witha grand stand finish and
winning, as before stated, by 96 pins.
1t was by far the most interesting
game of the series, especially so as
their gaining or losing first place de-
pended ON their winning game from
Madison.
The alleys were crowded with spec
tators, many of them from Morris
town, and every ball was closely watch
ed from the time it left the bowlers
hand until it struck the pins 1t looks
now as though every prize offered was
going to be gobbled up by the Tapkaow
team. AS a team they take first
prize, Mcclellan walks away with the
high average prize, Childs carrys off
the high individual prize from all APP
pearances the spare prize will also be
taken into camp by one of the Tapkaow
bowlers.
On the Y, NJ. G. A. alleys, Y. M. C.
A. No. ? did up the Chatham team
two out of three last evening and al
together have won seven out of the
eighteen games they have bowled with
them
Y. M. @, A. No. | went down to
Summit last evening and brought
home two fine games, thus putting
themselves in possible second place.
Madison has still three games to
bowl, Y. M. Q. A. No. ? has three, and
Hillcrest has six games to bowl be-
fore finishing the tournament but
there will probably be no material
change in the standing of the clubs
when the games are all finished. The
standing at present is as follows:
TEAM Won. LOST.
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