The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-10
DENVER WINS
f|vE-MAN PRIZE
BrunSwicks Capture First Place In
Western Bowling Congress
Tourney.
SALT LAKE GETS THIRD
ALL COMMERCIAL TEAM DE-
FEATS CRE5CENTs,
SALT LAKE GETS THIRD
Results in Five-Man Team Race.

The honor Of being the champion five
man team Of the west rests on the broad
shoulders Of the Denver Brunsviclzs, and
with this honor as a sort of a sslve to
make the acceptance easy goes a purse of
500 first money in the Western Bowling
congress. This much in the final results
has been decided. The other champion
ships being still in doubt
The third day of the tournament opened
with the same enthusiasm shown that
has been manifest in bowling circles since
Mayor Thompson started proceedings
Wednesday night by sendirg the first ball
down the alley. The large crowds still
attend the games and the noise If posi-
Ole, increases with each game.
When the last of the five-ma1 tearis
faced each other last night. Salt Lake
rOoteTs were out in force to help the two
local teams make a showing against the
strong combinations from the outside
But three teams were on the card. the
fourth being made up to ill out the pro
The Portland boys we're the natural
favovttes and their rOoters with the lie
10 made themselves heard.
crescents Fall Behind.
Salt Lake pinned its faith in the Cres-
cents, the leaders in the CITY league.
while the All Commercial team was not
figured in the running. Surprises are as
common IN bowling as anything else and
me game was not many minutes old be
lore the youngsters Of the Commercial
league began to show form They were
lust so good that when the final scores
were figured out the result landed them
into third money.
The Crescents were not up to their
leagiC form and although crowd OF
their friends was there to root for them
they did not finish in the money.
At the close of tho five-mGn team games
h. ~ l. H. I
remained to see them as several local mon
had entered. A. W Smith and Zehring
piled mp a score of 1.122 which places
them third in the running up to date.
Two-Man Teams in Afternoon.
The afternoons play was devoted
entirely TO twO-men team and individual
matches The high score of 1,251 made
the evening before by the Denver Bruins
wicks. was never in danger The best
score during the afternoon in doubles was
made by a Denver team. 1,136, which
looked good for second place
A great amount Of interest centered in
the singles which were started during the
afternoon. Elwert and KuppingeT, the
two Denver Brunswick cracks, were IA
Vorite when the games began, but both
were to the bad and will find it hard
work to get into the money in the sin
giles.
Another Denver man captured the
hOnOrs. however. Russell piled up a total
of GIL. Russell is with the Garnitas, one
Of the strongest rivals of the Denver
Brunswicks in the tournament Graw
OF the same team did the next best work
with a score of $50
Butte. who played in hard luck in the
five-men team match showed some of
their bowling ability in the singles Ellis
COPIED down the third high score of the
afternoon with So. while Sheehan did
good work with SCI.
Today the games will be watched with
interest and it is thought they viii end
the tournament The race in the singles
promises to be an interesting one, with
Resell in the lead with 6i1 points.
Tonight, one Of the features Of the tour
uament will be the w0man's special in
which Salt Lake. Ogden and Los Angeles
woman bOwIers will compete