The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-06
What Captains of Bowling Teams Of
City Think Of System That
Has Been in Vogue
During Season.
BELIEVED TO BE SUCCESS M
But Only For Present season-Astate
Chance, So That all Teams
Are on Even Basis
Next Season.

nus the handicap system employed
by the keokuk Bowling Association
proven a success during the present
season?
On this question bowlers of the city
are almost evenly divided Some are
| OF the opinion that all clubs ire equal
~ benefited, while others hold that
The system is poor one.
Captain Wolf of the Grand Leaders,
VINO IS also president of the league,
mas gone down on the slate as being
opposed to it. Captain Cook of the
Olympia teams believes that the hand
leap system is all right. but thinks
that the method of figuring the handi-
cap should be altered. He argues
that instead of taking the individual
averages of the men who are to bowl
on the evening in question, that the
total number of pins made by each
team during the season up to that
would make it to teams advantage
to shuttle the lineup around to meet
conditions. For instances when a
weak club is bowling a Strong club
the weaker of the two must put in
the strongest men, Although this re-
duces the handicap it essentially fails
to give the stronger club the differ
ence of 25 per cent in the strength of
tbs two bowlers in whom lie the
choice. This rule has not been fol-
NV, tat 1.1yt
should be to their advantage to do so.
Captain PublislEy of the Seibert
Opera team is 3 devotee of the handi.
cap system, althou; Il he says, and IT
is true, that his team would hav, won
quite number of the games without
the handicap. It would appear from
past performances that the Seibert
| team has played in a certain amour!
| Of luck, rolling high when necessary
and slumping when the other team
We're piled up to create handicap in
| future games. Captain TabeI' of the
| Keokuk Club would rather see al
teams on the same basis. This is
probably due to the fact that the Club
has a strong team. and inasmuch as
the Club has lost several matches be
cause of the handicap. But Captain
| Taber is true sportsman in any
event and has never opposed the pres
ent system to any extent, although he
is of the opinion that it must soon go
| Captain Hennemann decidedly ia
vors the handicap plan, and in Cap
| tain Kirchner of the LeBron team the
1 system has staunch supporter. C-p
tain Kraft of the We'll team and Cap
| tain Davis of the Drexel tear differ
4 the former being in favor of it and the
latter rather opposed to the method
/ However. the writer believes thai
! the system has proven success in
asmuch as the present season is con
cerned. The primary object of the
4 system was to induce more bowlers
to enter the sport necessitating ad
ditional teams, and it was only to pu
them all on the same plane that i
was adoped. 1T was for the purpose
of furthering the game of bowling
That has been accomplished and the
system has produced the desired re
suits. Now it would be yell Il
abolish the system inasmuch as wha
4 might be termed the major league o
the city is concerned in the future
Next year why not organize a league
4 composed of the best boWlers ant
teams in the CITY, say six i'll number
Bowers have improved during thu
present season and it is predicted
that next season there should b.
thirty bowlers who are almost on al
~even scale. This would produce
Z fast league and should be approved OF
Then, to advance the game, it nigh
be well to form minor league, ant
in this let the handicap system pre-
vail Thus it can be seen that be
ginners would flock to the alleys an
when they improve let them be draft
ed by the higher class organization.
Whatever the captains say AID lie
their opinions be, it must be said tina
the system has been a success for tn
present season at least. 1t has crea
ed spirit among the weaker team,
that has enabled them to maintai
a chance in the race and add interes
all around