The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-15

just 5UU poWlerS nave part In
the competition to date. or about one
quarter Of the full number entered. OF
these 800 pin-knights 4S have succeeded
in passing the century mark and have
thereby won the watch fobs offered by
THE EVENING STAR. This per-
centage is decidedly high, when one
considers the difficulties that are en-
countered in getting a score over 100.
There will be sixteen more teams
called on this week to try their skill
as head-pin bowlers. Eight of the
teams will bowl Wednesday night, and
eight more Friday night. A schedule
providing for matches after March 8
Will be prepared within a day or so.
This new list of dates will probably
provide for all the pinning up to April
1 or later.
The teams to bow Wednesday night
are made up of promising pin-knfghts
and some decidedly high scores are ex-
pected. These are the fives that should
be ON hand:
Standard OIL.
Titan Bowling Club.
Patton Paint.
Stro1lers.
First Ward Republican Club (subur-
Lawton Jr. o. .. A. NJ League team.
General Electric.
The Carter-Howe quintet recently won
the championship in the fve-man team
tournament of the Manufacturers. League
ard oil. Patton Paint and General Elec,
trio teams, all of the Manufacturer
League. will also bowl "Wednesday night,
so there will be plenty of rivalry on the
side between the members of these four
teams.
Tbe Lawton Council five is occupying a
d. LEADING pIapa In tho Ir q IL A. MI.
League, being decided on the oxford al
leys. Soutar, one of the members of the
Leader in the Jr. o. T.. x. NJ. League:
The Suburban League will be represented
Wednesday night by the members of the
First Ward Republican Clubs team.
Both the Athletic League bowling
matches scheduled for tonight promise to
furnish some interesting, sport. me Rose
take second place away from the New
York A. q. quintet, will try its luck at
the .Montclair Club. while the Manhattan
Clubs representatives. Inasmueh as the
Montclair bowlers are having one of their
best SEASONS tps R IN yelars' will II IS succeed eeeG'l in
cainingp any in the race. The North Ends
will visit Elizabeth "Wednesday night, and
are apt to find ID. the gong d mn sebedu hes
to bowl this week.
Kruger bowlers may regain some OF
their lost ground in the Newark League
race this week. The conditions seem 70
favor them. inasmuch as, they VIII poWl
at home tonight against the Bellevlll1
Clubs ~pin-knights, While the Natlohdl
Turner's, who hold the lead. are TO clash
with the West Ends, with, whom the hrue-
gers are tied for second place, on the
National Turn Verein alleys FRIDAY night.
New York bowlers did some fine work
when they won two games out OF three
Saturday night in New Haven IN one OF
the series which Is being run OH TO de-
eide the five-man team. championship II
the Eastern League. The Newarks VIII
try their luck in a series on the Morning
side alleys in Manhattan Saturday. The
locals have to their credit two games out
of three won from the New HaVens IN
the first series on the Tuxedo alleys last
week.
Business was being done as usual at the
oxford alleys yesterday. When the near
by fire broke out and q crowd shorty
afterward thronged in to see whether any
damage had been lone to the alleys, Man,
sger Harris concluded to ''shut up shop.
A rumor then got around that the alleys
had been badly damaged. but Harris sald
that there had been absolutely no loss
Members of the Newark Bowling Alley
Owners Association will hold a .banquet
ct the Hotel Broad "Wednesday afternoon
at 4 O'Clock. The executive committee
of the Newark Bowling Association as