The Detroit times., 1910-03-02
BIC CITY BOWLERS
/. MUCH FAVORED
/. IN SCHEDULE
Detroit Contestants Have Their
Chance on Tournament Alleys
While Drives Are Fresh-New
York and Chicago Get Advantage.
High Rolling in Singles Featured
. Tuesdays Rolling-G. Oakley Is
Now Leader With GAO.

Detroit bowlers are beginning %
discuss the conditions OF The schedule
OF the National Bowiins tourname
Those who know bowling conditions
will say that the teams from Chicago,
New York and other outside towns
which maintain big bowling assocla
lions are getting much the best or d.
The arrangement calls COR tac res
ing OF the Detroit bOwlCrs ana those
from nearby cities such as Cleveland
and Grand Rapids. in the frs, W7eN ol
the tournament The iauous teams
OF the big towns come next week.
There is more advantage iaan apr
pears in. this laying out OF the scnei-
ule. The alleys are much harder 10
roll good scores on when they are
first used: runways are slippery
and the CLASSY surface ot the
drives is harder TO gauge. The teams
that roll at first are working under q
handicap in this way.
BY the end OF the week, the run
ways and alleys viii he worn and
easier 10 bowl on. Then the biz teams
come. While the difference Is slight,
ll
the table OF standing al the close OF
the tourney. The records that are
being made now are good ones, = Is
admitted. but the experts who come
later will almost certainly pass them.
Only those Detroit f1ves which be-
long 10 the City league get the ad-
vantage Of late chance at the aiIeye.
These roll the last day Of the tourua-
Iaent. The Printers We're scheduled
TO roll early in tie contest bat object
Ell and secured shift TO the later day
with the other local star teams. Bur
the lesser teams are going on day by
day TO improve the drives for the f4l-
lows who come later.
Match Games Then.
With the advent Of the famous
teams OF the country. there will be an
epidemic of match games for big
stakes on the practice alleys in the
lower part OF the Wayne Garden.
There are matches there each day
now for fair sized sums, but these are
lust pitching pennies compared 70
what the tournament fans will exs'ect
when the strongest teams Of the east
and west are In town simultaneously
next week
Tuesdays rolling developed some very
good individual scores. C. Oakley. Of
Madison, Wis, one OF the Colonial
uuintette which still holds the lead
in the fve-men event. rolled 70
total OF 642. his best game being 237.
This puts him ahead OF Otto Wahl, OF
Cleveland. F. y. NcClay. Of Hunting
ton. W. Va. took fourth place with
619, while Count" Henry Tamagni. OF
Detroit. smuggled himself into fifth
place. with 606. The count started
badly. with only las. but finished
with 221 and 2S7. Now he is sad be
cause Of that bad start for, with A
double century 10 start on. the winner
of the event would have had 70 20
some 10 beat him
Greater Beilevilles. OF Belleville III
were high among the teams in the
evening with 26S9. while the krum-
hars. OF Cleveland, got 2,S5S. these
teams taking third and fourth places
respectively The Winnipeg bowleTs
Justified their long journey By rolling
totals OF 2.637 for the Venice team
and 1851 for the S2ratogas. ".
Schere and p. Hustler. OF Erie. Pa.
took second place in the doubles with
1,145.
f. Wlrthifn. OF Cincinnati. got high
score Of the tournament so far with
273. rolling In the doubles.
George Grimm. Of Pittsburg. one OF
the assistant secretarys OF the tourn2-
ment. said this morning: The scor-
ing system fs working smoother az
this tournament than ever before"
up TO the present time, there has
not been any falling behind in the
scheduIe, and but one forfeiture by
absence, or tardiness.
The only time that there looked n
though thsre might be trouble with
the scoring system was Tuesday even
ing when one Of the board markers
became confpged and fell behind
about three franes. The of1cial gcor.
or immediateIy got brEy with his teie-
phone pnd had tiTe whole thing
Gtraightencd out before II was noticed
by the spectators or bewisre.
The Bonds OF Columbus arrived
"Wednesday. morning. They are the
1eoS ChaaUions. ummy Collins, who
was member Of their team. viii De
in later. The Bonds ere the only team
beside the LipDans. OF Chicago. who
have ever rolled over $500 under the
auspices Of the A. =. G.
Fairly good FcoFsrs worr the rule
"Wednesday nanrning. J. Mover and
y. smaF7. or Cleveland. led tho pair
with total Of l.If9. while n. Patle--
son and Emil FlInke. of Beileyillc,
same neat With Las.
Tho individual honors Of the morn,
Ing for q single game went 20 T.
ThraBhCr OF Cioycisad. vino got 231
Ex.shcriG James y. Burns Is iIl and
nia games viii be rolled later In tho
Journey, Dr. Stanley 4. Kulick. who
Nus 10 bowl with Burns liKcwise has
tad hia games postponed
y ToDAYs SCHEDULE.
TWO-nEs EVENT,