Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1909-12-30
~ HREE Athletic League matches
were decided last night and the
exhibitions were featured by

~ HREE Athletic League matches
were decided last night and the
exhibitions were featured by
classy pinning and close competition in
nearly every series. The Rosevilles got
the odd game from their Elizabeth
rivals on the Roseville alleys the New
York A G. made a clean sweep in
Montclair and the Jersey City clubs
representatives, performing on their
own drives, got three in a row from the
Columbian Club five. Of East Orange.
The fifth round of the Athletic
League tournament for the season
closed last night. Newark Bay occu-
pies first place still, and Elizabeth and
Jersey City share second place. each
being two games behind the Bayonne
quintet. Passaic comes next. one game
farther back. and the Rosevilles and
Columbias share fifth place. New York,
by it's triple victory last night in Mont
clair. passed the North End five, TAX
ing seventh place. Montclair has
shade over the East Orange taiI-enders.
Coming down TO the matches of
last night. it may be said that it is not
often that so many matches are fea-
tured by such close games. Because
the box which the Elizabeth Club pin
knights us to transport their bowling
para phernalia failed TO arrived at the
/ Posevi1le clubhouse on time the start
| last night was materially delayed.
| After the battle got under way the
merry struggle kept everybody on the
| job until the last ball had been rolled.
/ in spite of the late hour. ROseville, led
by Charley Meyer, who got 21S Che
averaged 209.1 last night), totaled SS4,
and beat the visitors by seven pins.
| r. West was there for POI in this game,
and Nolte had an even 200.
Another battle royal followed in the
/ second contest. A. West was high, with
| 226, and r. West accounted for 203. The
Elizabeths totaled 948. This was just
sixteen pins more than Roseville got.
| though Wood had 204 and Van Ness
col the others pinning well. In the final
set-to It was all Roseville- Charley
Meyer starring, with 233. while Eddie
Pierson came through with 211- A total
of 1853 resulted, and Elizabeth stopped
at S75, Clauss leading with 204.
& Over IN Jersey City the initial game
was marked by pin victory. Lee
came near making it all even by
doubling and finishing with nine in the
tenth frame Lamster and Meyer got
some timely hooks for Jersey City in
I the last box. The second game was
easy for Jersey City, but the third was
close, the Hudson county five. with
900. winning by 30 pins. Though there
was good pinning by many members of
both teams, Charley Meyer. the Jersey
City anchor. starred with marks OF 242
| and POP. averaging 207.1.
! The stirring wind-up in the New York
A C.-Montclair series came in the final
game. Here both teams did the best
} work of the match. New York, with
96l. winning by five pins. Engle had
224 for Montclair in this game, and Bury
} got an even 200 Sherwood was there
| for PA for New York. Platt Adams had
; 21s and Frank Clute wound up with 210-
D All in all. the three matches furnished
some of the best sport had in some
time in the Athletic League
Jack Whatton's Tuxedo Colts finished
up their games last night in the Star
National tourney on Herbergs alleys, in
New York, and took both games. Their
final standing is IS games won and 5
lost. which gives them second money.
The Pastimes are the winners of the
The National Turner's We're on the Job
!, last night in the New Jersey National
tourney on fhe Tuxedo alleys. taking a
game each from the Jersey City and
Starin leams. The Bruce street aggre-
/ CATION has at last struck its gait and
has won the last six games bowled.
-Tsl,. ,t,,-t,risa af he N-ox.- Ta,.cax- No
tional tourney is the Siowa team, made
up of youngsters. who are setting hot
race for the veterans. Eddie Barkhorn
and Gene Farrell Of the West Ends
with Young. wiegand and Baldwin
, make up the team. They are now lead
ing. with eight wins and two defeats.
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