Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-18

break is discouraging calamity al it throws the bowler off his stride and causes many good men to lose their nerve. Most all bowlers are familiar with the and 10 split. The ball is sent down the alley to strike the 5 pin thin on the right side; that takes care of No and sends the ball further to the right so il will pick off No 10. Some bowlers start the ball for this break at the left side of the alley and make il cross over. There is system about making these difficult shots with bowling ball and if studied carefully there is no reason why anyone can not get all the spares. The system was explained to Frank D. Chamber lin and Joe Denby yesterday and they said 1t should be studied by every member of the Hartford state league team. The principal points to be ob- served are as follows:
 1. 5-7-9 split-Ball strikes 5 pin lightly on right side; pin caroms and gets 7 ball carries g pin.
 2. 7-10 split-Should be rolled with smallest ball handy. Hit z pin three-quarters on left hand side; z must rebound from back cushion to get 10. Most difficult shot on ten pin alley.
 3. 4-7-9-10 split-Ball strikes pin very lightly on left hand side; 4 caroms and gets 9 and 10 pins; ball carries 2 pin.
 4. 3-5-9-10 split-Pins close to- gether, but very difficult. Ball hits 3 pin just full enough so that pin will hit pin on the inside to catch 9; ball gets 10 pin.
 , Strike split, ,000 to 1 shot, but possible. Ball barely touches 8 pin on right side, sliding it across to 10.
 6. 2-4-5-S-10 split-Ball hits ? pin full and hits pin thin on left side; pin caroms and gets 10 pin; ball takes and 8 pins.
 '. 3-6-S-10 split-Ball hits pin one-third full on left hand side; 3 pin caroms and gets 6 and 10; ball gets 8.
 8. 2-4-7-e-s-1O split-This is left up with big ball; ball hits pin on extreme left hand side; 2 caroms and gets 6, 9 and 10 pins; ball carries 4 and z pins.
 g. 4-6-8-10 split-Use smallest ball handy; hit pin three-quarters full; get rebound of pin from cushion on 8, which will carry 4.
 10. 2-5-10 split-Ball hits one fifth full on right side; 2 caroms and gets and 10 pins.
 The 'railroad split" 4-7-6-10, oc- CUTS often when a straight ball down the center of the alleys strikes No 1 pin full on. That has been made oc- casionally, probably once or twice during season. The ball picks off the AZ side and the pin is struck so thin that it slides across the alleys an gets the 6-10. If struck too thin the pin only goes down, if not quite thin enough the 10 slides off into the pit.
 Like billiards, the possibilities of bowling are unlimited, and one never knows what peculiar formations 8 game will bring out. Hits which go into the crotch" that is, midway between the one and two pins or the one and three, will sweep off certain other pins and leave standing forma- tions which make the bowler wonder how they possibly could occur. They do happen, though, and picking up the difficult ones is what marks the finished bowler from the man who pries loose a good score by accident. Strikes are not so hard to get, and often are accidents, but the man who can go through a series of games get ting spares with regularity is more bowler than the man who shoves them all down with the first ball and misses one or two pins.