Evening star., 1909-05-28
NEWBOW[|NG RECORD
IN GARDEN TOURNEY
Corinthian No. 8 Five-Man
Team Rolls Total of 1898
for Three Games.

NEW YORK. May 2S.-"Corinthian
night" in honor of the worlds largest
bowling club. lured the, biggest crowd
that has been attracted by the National
Bowling Association championships into
Madison Square Garden last night. Rec
ord breaking frightened the efforts of the
bowlers, and Corinthians were leaders in
it. Eight teams from the Corinthian
Club competed.
The No. s team from the Corinthian
Bowling Club of this city recorded a five
man team total of 2.s9S, breaking the Ma
tional Bowling Association record, which
the Brunswicks of New York held, by five
pins Two years ago the Corinthians won
the National Bowling Associations five
man team championship at Atlantic City,
with total of 2,S14. The gradual ascent
of bowlers in the present tournament to-
ward the 1900 mark is already making
the worlds record of 1862 stagger.
On the Corinthian No team some of
the best bowlers in Greater New York
rolled. Jimmy" Smith, anchor man on
the team, fell far below his championship
form in the third game. when he missed
two spares and finished the string with
a score of 169. The scores of the Ravens
wood No. 8 tiv" for three games were:
Billy Linden, go; Louis Stein, 5l1;
Frank Reed, 600: Billy Helms, 533;
Jimmy Smith. -5S4.
high mark for the tournament. He rolled
231, 203 and 256, combining a hook" first
ball with brilliant shooting for spares.
Gilbert Defeats Johns.
C. V. Gilbert of Cleveland, who. with
Louis Franz, has challenged any two men
in the world to roll match for $1,000 a
side. displayed some of his skill in defeat
ing Lee r. Johns of Newark. in six out of
70 Ioc rfioht
higher than his opponents, but the OHIO
expert did not waste strength or tax
his eyes in strings that Johns began by
piing up strikes. After the third game,
when Gilbert had lead of one, the
Ohioan rolled without attempting bril-
liancy.
The scores:
C. " Gilbert-173, 215, 19o, 2o4, lie, 1o6,
115, 113. POI. 22l Total, 1.925. Average.
1872 $40
119, POI, 221. Total, 1,952. Average,
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In an effort to topple over pins and rec
ords bowlers are appearing from every
hamlet in the far west where the game
thrives and from most of the eastern
strongholdS of the sport
Rules of the tournament make is neces-
sary for each bowler to weigh in and
have measured the ball he intends to use.
The limits are sixteen pounds and twen-
|
j. Clingen, president of the National
Bowling Association was in charge of the
scales and the metal ring last night when
a Brooklyn bowler appeared with an old
fashioned wooden ball that would make
bulky load for any Wheelbarrow. The
ring test proved that the ball was little
hemisphere. More than sixteen pounds of
wood had been turned into the ball, and
when the big sphere was hoisted to the
scales the beam bounded up with thud
ft.t cIoir
You cannot use that ball here" said
Mr.. Clingen.
Reflection on Brooklyn.
The bowler, one of the class of regulars
known as sleepers, sullenly grasped his
petted pin toppler and calmly announced: {:
Il cannot understand such rulings. Why,
have been using that ball in tourna-
ments over in Brooklyn all winter.
How far away is Brooklyn" inquired
western member of the association.
Before the wits of the association had
chance to answer speculative delegate
to the convention unused, Il wonder how
many wallets that fellow cleaned with
that weapon"
The five leading teams and individuals
in each division of the tournament are:
Individuals@H. Miller, West Harlems
of New York. 644; Paul Loetje. Pastimes
of New York. 642; A. Lawson, Ravens
wood Boat Club Long Island City. 631 );
A. Bonadies Clymer. No. 1. of Brooklyn
616; w. Van Kan New York, 500: N.
Poehlman, One Grade Only. Baltimore,
COL.
Two-men teams-F. Blatz and J. Stout,
Planfield. n. j., 1.172; F. Weber and W.
Hutchings, Newark, 1.150; A. Bergstrom
and J. Womas. Long Island City 1,141; J.
Bakeer and w. Grahl. New York, 1,121 ;
II. Bobbs and H. Buckholtz New York
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