The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-05
Full Of Hope and Enthu-
N ssjils':.sm, Times Dispatch
Team Begins Trip.
|.B'LILEY OPTIMISTIC
/ q S TO O u TCOM =.
Averages Made BY Locals Leads
TO Opinion That Richmonders
Have More Than asFighting
Chance to Grab Big slice
Of Prize Money-In
Best Condition.

/" men noon tolls to-day The T1mez
5O1.i :s bowling team, which viii 10 II
oa .tele With the best bowlers In tha
WoIIiid, VIII be aboard train. headed
i'r -Bulffalo to attend the Fifth inter
national Rowling Tournament, 33 .,,,.,n -
uioer the auspices OF the National
Bowling Association. 5s 3
ne mop are in tho pink OF condition
lays upon days they have been on Ia
a''i 'ey perfectfns themselves In ali "a
e'tc TICKS OF the games. Manager Rlf
les mas the utmost confidence in Il !, i,
SnarSesag and believes that the,, ,,i1I (,
orlhsS nome large slice OF the nrtz.
mon none He has como to this opinI on 4
alter watching the men. Bliley hns IA 4 I
800, eaPerience with bowlers, He has \
ioiioWed the game and the nlavnr.a 4
under all conditions and liz 10 =, -
ability. t, 81 2 ! = a il ~
IN whitman, Splitting, Sutterlin. VII
li ..is ana Blair. with Bailey as q SUR q
stltute, lie feels that he has q hi, mi, n
y youun gsters who can hold the!r own
| AGAINST any and all acomers These men
,,,ais practiea NY grown up under the
,,uuteiase. OF Bliley and II ANY, ono Y in
IN position to Judge he is that ma
Locals. Deals Have Great Average. 85 II 4
Up 70 cate tho best score made al
ouralo Is 2.619. The local team has
never never done worse than that. and
as matter Of fact. has been avera E}ng;
now In their best form, and ca h ma
IS positive that Sthe3,team Will d 3n1i,c ~
oett or. than its average up to the pres-S
cnt TIME. 4 =! : 4 II
Whitman should be n star aa hi,i;
consistent peri performances or m! during the
J winter months put him Sin a class with,
the very best&in the land He is =, Z !.
ter of the cross alley Ball -ra civ
the mead pin, Is death on spares. and
Keeps his head Mt all stages, Second
only TO Whitman is Splitting He leads
the team and is always sure to riye
the man following him something !. to
.o.l gainst: HIS average is only
Few pins behind Whitman. NJ
Most of Plnyer Dcpc ndable.
Williams Is another member F5f .a>tl,a 4
!, aasgregatlon who can be depend cd Il Don. Il
! lie has had many years expertS u
ence,Its always steady, never gets "a
, .leo, and brass bands, won't worry him
! ~, ~ me least, The practicing which hs
mas been doing for the last week has
| h ihd lis effect, and. he is ready to nut
up the game OF his life.
blhir has been slightly handicapped
py rea son Of a sore thumb, but tina Ia
now, healed and he expects mo more
:, ooic rom tHat source. HeESnys Its
| tie during the game, but " hen ia tota -
| IS figured up his work Is always fo,,nIi
20 pc OF material help In making out
| tne average. Sutterlin, the war horse
| OF inc deep, is good over along dis
lance and Is great finlsher. He viii
always get the needed strike or spara
| - PVT ms team in the lead and tho
more noise the better he likes 1t, 81
BAILEY. the baby member. In : {, - Z 4 ! /,
snch remarkable strides in; the game
mat Tor n Willis. it, look ed as laif y
sould displace some ofathe old me- =, 81
ners. !; lie took to bowling like. a duck
gees TO water, Underithe guidance a.
.hn olacr men he has developed into
| bowler Of no mean ability, and ia
believed that he will make some g. o5.
mem stand up and take notice in the
single events in which he is entered f's1;
! All Will BE on Edge 5iSS; aYt!
Certain Is t hat each ana every
man ON the team Is going to exere
l',msei1 70 me utmost to. win honor
fact the entire South, for Richmond
VIII be the only Southern city toShaV.a
Il team entered tS2 qBs e E 1900
The chief asset OF the locals ana ono
| on which they are ban l1ins. m llcfJ ia
1.-the fact. that all of the nenS8nayo
been through one championship tour
| n ne. and now know, lust exactly
/ - ~ w" PSSt. a l3atliTl Teftho mon
/ were strangers to the game as I'll Is
played according to Hoyle. and thay
suffered from stage fright They ara
not ashamed or the Tact and cor fes.#
1T freely. iiut oven under the ha ndl
cap Of first experience and strange
alleys they mana god To make a show
Ing Of which they may Justly fssI
proud. s II y. 4
Biiiey IN Opt inI.tic. Sss;ss
This year, with an tire twefys
months experience added to what the Y.
! knew before. and being Veterans now
AT Inc tournament game. they expect
TO do better. I'VE Will be ono OF the
ilrst ttftesn, and You can bet on that.
s.s the way Captain I,liley expressed lie, Il
II have watched the boys continuous
~ since practice began moro than four
weeks ago. and know what am
talking about. Every man on tho Il
team Is at least 2 percent. stronger
than he was last year All Of them
Eayc confidence In themselves al aindi -8
viduals and as a team, and fla t counts
Tor almost as much as ability III, j 81 81
bowling tournament. s.23 I.
III we should happen to fail down
and not. come up to eXpectations, yola +
can know hat something is radically Il
wron e.. Another advantage that we S
VIII &haveEis that We arrivesin Rufgaio
on Monday night and the team do OH y
not roll until "Wednesday night, ~ .Tbfas
Will Give us an entire daYtSto find on Ss
where we are at study the alloy d, gst M