The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-08
NEWARK BOWLERS
ENTERED IN TOURNEY WHICH
OPENS TODAY in CINCINNATI
Johns and WeinGarth Members of Team That viii Represent EaS
in Big Matches With Western Pin CraCkerS--Merging Of
Two Rival Bowling Bodies Coming to a Head.
BY BERT DODGE.

BY BERT DODGE.
wv p It'll the formation of the National Bowling Association II the cor
~ sequent sharp dividing line drawn between its affairs and those
of the American Bowling Congress, the pn-knights of the
East and those of the West formed themselves into two camps Growing ot
of a failure to agree upon uniform rules to govern national mpern
~ paaaSs n%s"%@ sn ~ Ws InSr titles e"h hav n come TO boar 10 such omnrehensi
meaning as it is desirable that they should. OF late there has been a ten
deney to get together again. n the indications are that before another sea
son comes around there will be formed some real national body. There may
be- perhaps a division of the East and the West in the organization but
A prominent sign just 10 is that the Eastern stars are to participate in
The American Bowling Congress tournament. which opens today in Cincinnati att
metropolitan district Lee r. Johns and William weingarth will g o to the
eother Manhattan quntes, containing in their nne-up such star performers Us
as the very best in the East Besides competing in the hve-man, two-man
and Individual series cries these the stelar Primers s viii engage with with t.s W este nssu in
shooters in their own liar. Garry Hermann, the big gn of baseball. is the
elaborate scale.
President Al Lawson, OF the Union League. who "a in town yesterday,
has a rather remarkable way Of figuring on his organizations chanches in
this section. He sees in HI change from Rurnham o stanngs in the New
ark Eastern League Club management a chance fr tbs outlaws" to gain
ager Burnharn according to Lawson, was not exactly a liberal provder
1aWson avs all the Newarks fans will say that Newarks baseball team is
merely a sort o a "Yannigan' aggregation, made up of the castons of the
rsg Truly this logic is most illogical Even admitting that the Yankees will
furnish all the material for TIN Colts, it Is universally true that all baseball
for which they are signed. Every supporter Of the Colts will be perfectly
secured from the Griffith squad. George starhngs. however "a that every
man m%n :. IN the Newark Newark team an will be thu thet property no ary% of tn he lo o9 e on6 an nTat that there
VIII b. o farmlng@ he admits MAJ ne expects 10 gee some AYE aver ron
members Of ny other big league team
sMM More OF the puriam-Ierrmann controversy. Now Harry will not appear
in a box with the Cincinnati baseball magnate at the opening IF the Amer
lean SOWING congress OuTD1DeHy ueSpIG CNI dnBenl6n was originally
scheduled Puniam, too has agreed hat when the National League masnates
meet in Manhattan to take up the discussion of the grievance that Puriam
has against the National Association that the subject shall be talked over in
public, thus allowing the whole matter to get into the newspapers 1t is said
that Hermann has figured it out that Puriam will be turned down by his
associates and that a new president for the National League will then be in
order
Can it be true that Rube waddeu and his keeper. Connie Mack. are going
TO part company? Reports from Philadelphia are to the effect that the cir
Gus "a of baseball has been sold to the ST Louis Browns 1t has been a
question as to why he retained RUDE, he said that he figured that if he decided
to let him So the other American League managers would be falling over
themsevesto get the big fellow: Therefore, Connie figured wadden nus be
a valuable asset When Waddel was good he was very, very good but
nost times he was awful" 1t remains to be seen how he will get along with
out Connie to care or him.
s. Local bowling history vas made last night. Conrad Leck secured a score
XLeague match. The mark is a record ne for the league The twelve hits were
Nperect and Leck deserved his record mark Times that the perfect score
Il lave been put u OIL local alleys are few. Jimmy Smith turned the trick last
#season in a Greater New York and Int@city match with Billy wengarth on
8thef Tuxedo alleys Leicks 800 mark is the only other perfect mark made in
Irregular league o. tomnamen compe1a ton in recent years horeabouts
The announcement that Battling Nelson and Jimmy Britt have signed for
ka ten-round g att Los Angeles will arouse little interest in the puginstc
world There VIII be nsderab surprise that any club could be found will
{ ing to put up a purse for Britt after his quitting trick against Cans recently
NAs for Nelson, he too seems to be oil the down track. and the pair are likely
#o become dead ones before long. ~ d"
Among that group of football colleges comprising the socaned big
-Four" ends and halfhaeks predominahd in positions to furnish successful
Ecapains There have been seven halrbacks and sx ends on the big Four
sleams since 1890. Arthur Cumnock. captain of The champion Harvard eleven
gHinkey. Of Yale 1894 team. Hnkey's team in 1893 a beaten. however, by
ing Princeton, n Arthur Knipe, hanback, raj the Quaker captant that
Winning erregatt vas captained bv Tom sbovur rhomos II Il az N wr
eessful halfback captains were Knipe, of Pennsylvania, Thorne. of Yale, 1896;
1892 and Morse of Yale, 1906 Quarterbacks who ploted their can to vic
ueecesso' not pehs scored on ana arr Williams captain of the PennsyNa-
MIA eleven of 1895 Yale, Princeton and Pennsylvania have had guards as
in 1896 Brown, at Yale in 1900 and Dewitt at Princeton in 1908 Winning
Yale team of 1904 and Bigelow, of the champion Yale team of 1907 are are the
only ones. There have been two successful centres, n rather n centre,
awhe was captain two years-Robert Grant Tomey leader of the Pennsylvania
eleven in 1904 and 1906