Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-11-27
JOHNS BUT ONE
PIN SHY OF THE
COVETED 900 MARK
On Oxford Alleys Last Night Lee
Makes z09 in Match with
Tracy Buckingham-Has Had
Two Perfect Scores This Year.
Other Bowling News.
BY BERT DODGE.
THERE'S no question at all about
Lee Johns being able to hit the
pins this aaasnn about "a we'll

"HEREsS no question at all about
Lee Johns being able to hit the
pins this season about as we'll
as ne ever did in his career on the al
1eys.
That mark of 2ss and his average of
Pill for six games on the oxford al
leys last night form a combination of
startling bowling rarely seen anywhere.
1t was said last night that 1t was
pretty nearly a record for the Greater
New York and Intercity tournament.
The match that Johns rolled in was
one against Tracy Buckingham. who
represents the Brooklyn Palace alleys.
buckingham has taken the place of
Durkin, and he had no chance at all
against the Oxford expert, losing in
six straight games. (
There was great roofing for a 300
score in that first game. When the
pins were swept off the alley in clean
style for frame after frame the chat
ter increased. Everybody was laying
along about the sixth frame: wonder
If he's going to get &c.," and when the
eleventh consecutive strike was re-
corded a great cheer went up. This
was Immediately hushed and quiet
reigned, while Lee prepared to shoot
again.
The effort was a good one, but the
left-hand orner pin, No. Z. failed to
fall with his fellows, and the 800 score
did not m~aterialize. Lee had to be
satisfied with 299. Had he made his
perfect mark it would have been his
third this season. It is rather peculiar
that Johns had never had a score Of 300
to his credit previous to his year
Smith tournament games rolled last
night resulted in a dual victory for the
Kruegers, who were in great form and
put up towering scores, touching an
even 1000 in the contest rolled against
the Stays. Smith A won one and lost
one, while the Stays were twice de-
feated.
The North Newarks. rolling in the
Dixon tournament last night, succeed
ed in winning a pair Of games. The
Ironbounds split even and the Iroquois
lost two games.
The Empire A trio won four games
IN the Empire tournament last night.
The Newark Centres were defeated
twice and won twice while the Echo
team was a four-time loser.
On the Tuxedo drives last night the
! Essex team of the Foresters of Amer.
lea League won two out of three from
the Newarks.
Two defeats suffered at the hands of
the Jersey City team further increased
the distance between the leading New
York team and the Elizabeth quintet
In the Interstate League last night.
The Elizabeth team won the first game,
only to lose the following two. The
games were rolled or the Jersey City
teams alleys.
AT Union Hill last night the Pater-
son team was defeated once by the
Union Hill bowlers, while the Paterson
quintet won twice in an Interstate
League match.
Winning out in a sensational finish
by a margin of one pin was the feat
accomplished by the South Orange
Field Club bowlers against the Cellu-
loid quintet of pin knights in the
Suburban League games rolled on the
winning teams alleys last night. The
visitors won the first game after q
close battle, while the home team
grabbed the second by 81 pins. In the
final contest the fight narrowed down
to the last two men on both teams
Rossnagle and Brainard being the
anchors, and the South Orange five
won out by a score of S13 to s12.
The Suburban League game that was
to nave been rolled last night between
the Bellevilles and West Ends on the