Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-02
owng Omaha Was Height Popularity During Year Just Past

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Reio team and is surely going to help them
ln the future.
Dinger Reed once the terror Of all ter
rors. actually kept off the alleys during
the entire year.
Fred sage shot a POS score in a practice
game. which the highest shot during
the year on any city alley
President Bob Nuitee averaged 26i In
five game match against bill Martin and
then the alarm clock rang.
The Omaha Bicycle Indians have the high
single game TOR the season with l,O31 and
high three games with 1880.
Irwin Of the Tellers is getting down
his ball in fine shape. cutler Il the Telers
- holding down that 10 for low.
For the first time in his long bowling
career Spraguc is using a minct altte ball.
Stockweh VA now the proud possessor OF
the old CroQuet
crank Conrad and Nose Yousen broke
an inerry-gO round records by shooting
total OF l3oo in the open to the world event
al the Francisco alleys in December.
The hopes Of the Omaha Bikes to win the
ptuuarJ in the Commercial league we're
blasted last week by losing three in
low TO the Bochs, who are their principal
contender5.
Pete Loeb is the real Collier of Omaha.
He has the only Collier hook down to a
nicely and is doing good work with It. lie
VIII soon be a regular in the team which
Lamb of the Mercantiles is one OF the
best in his league and is bound to be
picked up by one OF the big leagues pretty
soon, as he is too good man to be let
loose very long.
Bill Keyt always a member of some
team, is unattached and is just a shooter
now. This is the first season that the
Commercial league has had him out OF
the average list.
Dick Sscheider with a total OF 600 for
| three games, broke all the past high marks
of the Metropolitan alleys Dick uses the
/ dope ball and has become quite terror
around the cellarites.
There were no games played in the Post
office league at the Metropolitan alleys.
, rellers L. 5. National and Creighton was
/ the only game in the Crescent Ieague, on
account OF the holidays.
Landstrom is stin high in the Crescent
! league with 172 -Four of the teams in the
Crescent league retired for first place
some race Lentz and Mccormick are
holding down second place.
Billy Weber is leading the Omaha league
in the high single game with 255 Con-
lad the high three games with bi9 and the
Metz Brothers team high single game with
l,Ul0 and high three with 2,9ll.
Among the younger bowlers Stunz Of
9 The ke,o team Is getting into the get-'em
class and shows up more ali the time or
course, Stun has considerable practice,
but. nevertheless, you must have the
goods TO get the pins.
Florsheim Martin leads the Commercial
bowlers in high individual games with a
danny OF 2SS. In fact this is one of the
hign.st single games rolled in league
matLL in the country Martin also leads
! in high three games with a 665 total.
In the contest FOR special prizes at the
Commercial alleys of keyts, Taft, with col
leads for the bowling shoes offered by the
4 Drexel Shoe company. Ohnesorg, with 64t
for the case of Luxus. Jensen, with 62S, for
the Triumph and Solomon with 625 for the
box Of Beselin's best Havanas.
The Metz team rolled the record season
III NFHaWN
ciscos. 1t has been often said that all you
need to do is get them on these alleys
and it's easy pickings Ask the Relos
whether It is or not Either somebody was
kidding Captain suffer or else giving hin
the double cross.
The bowling sharks of the Brendeis stores
VIII resume their weekly contests at Keyt's
the coming week. Talk about your hook
artists. its worth the price to see some
OF Manley's pupils put them all down al
once. Phil Aarons is the big bet, with
Amsden, Brenizer. Leyendecker, Danforth
Boyd and Etiinger a close second.
OF all the bowlers in the city. Big Mos'
Yousem shows greater Improvement thar
any. Nose used to shoot a straight bal
from the corner and could place them az
good as the best but has changed to hool
ball and is still hitting them good and get
ting the pins. which again proves that
hook ball is much more effective than tn
straight ball.
The Schroeder st. James team receives
a box of cigars each from Mr.. Schroede
4 d
for their good work so far this season
They have the cellar position nailed Tn
individual members of the team also pre-
scented Captain Wilson with a handsom
diamond stud in return for his exceeding
good generalship.
The Metz Brothers bowling team wo
D the pennant i'm the Omaha league for tn
0 third successive season, this being tn
2 first time such a feat has been accom-
! pushed in the league and incldently won
silver pm winch was the trophy to b
/, awarded for the team winning the frs
three successive years. This pm was pre-
4 scented by Captain huntington to Met
! Brothers at banquet given by them a
the Loyal hotel in honor Of the bOwers
2 All the past records of the Middle Yves
. Bowling association were either tied o
! broken during the tournament held i
? Omaha. The Duffy five OF ST. Louis tie
{ the 2SO9 made by the brunswick Balk
4 team of Kansas city last year, Collier an
, b1enner of Chicago broke the previou
, mark of 1902 for the doubles by getting q
IN this event, while Charley Ashley of Siou
s City shot the big total OF 657 in the single
2 ana broke all previous marks Of the as
sociation.
Bill Weber reports that the affairs c
the Middle West are about all closed u
n and are now beginning to campaign for tn
y meet in 1911, winch will probably take plac
I. at Des MOines. This rests with the DE
= ! Moines men, who will try to secure III
. Auditorium in that city and place twely
. new regulation alleys therein to be use
. during the tournament. President Strot
z who lives in that city, expects TO bow
z close 10 $50 five-men teams, which wi
y more than double any previous meet
p the association.
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