Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31
YELLOW sTREAk CHOPS OUT
IN .poc1 SMITH
sridaeport Man and Wifs viii MOI
Roll Hsre Tonight here's I Reason.


When fellow starts out in the
sporting game, and gets where he
makes claims to championships, it is
expected that sand Will be one of
the parts of his makeup and he will
be game enough to go through with
an agreement. even II he sees beat
ing coming to him But Doc Smith
of Bridgeport, who was to come here
tonight with his wife to roll Mr.. and
Mrs. J. J. c. Stone in the final five
games of a duckpin match, seems to
be an exception, as Mrs. Smith has
not be here and will forfeit the five
games for which the Bridgeport peo-
pie had named March 81 as the date.
It's plain case of quitting said
Manager Stone at the Rose alleys ON
Thursday night. Smith claimed the
man and wife championship: we chal-
lenged him; he agreed to roll ten
games; we lost three out of i've to him
and his wife in Hartford, and later
he named March 81 himself as the date
when he would come here. Then he
quits
Following the five games that We're
rolled in Hartford, Smith raised the
point that championship games in
Connecticut could not be rolled on
anything but polished alleys, claim
ing that nothing but polished alleys
were regulation. On this point, Sec
rotary Donovan of the National Duck
and Candlepin congress writes as fol-
lows, turning down Mr.. Smiths con-
tention:
..As far as know there is no dis
tinction made by the National Duck
and Candlepin Bowling congress as
members with both the sandpapered
and polished alleys, and in the tourna-
ments those who enter have the OPP
ton of stating in their entry just what
kind of alleys they want. BY that you
see there is no regulation governing
the matter. For that matter it could
not be done for it is reasonable to
allow a locality to have its own style
providing the alleys were regulation
in all other respects Lowell rolls all
ducks on polished alleys. Providence,
Brockton, ETC., roll on sandpapered
alleys. As far as we are concerned,
you can take your choice and records
properly made will stand"
As far as the championship title
was concerned, Manager Stone agreed
for the sake. of getting the match here
to roll without calling it a champion
ship match and Mr.. Smith agreed to
roll the match out on these conditions.
The state title in Manager Stone S
eyes was an empty honor, anyway,
and Smith was welcome to it if he
wanted it.
In Smiths last letter, written by
Mrs. Smith, the Bridgeport people say
they see no reason why they should
come down here and spend their good
money just for the sport of the thing,
but they were sporty enough to let
Stone spend his money to start the
series in Hartford, and it looks as If
sport was a word that Smith knows
nothing about.
Immediately upon receiving word
that Smith and his wife would not be
here, Manager Stone got into COM
munica ton with William Cahill of
Providence, recognized as the great
est duckpin roller in the country. Mr..
Stone tried to get Mr.. Cahill to come
here with a lady partner to make a
match tonight, but the notice was too
short for Cahiil to make the arrange
ments. A telegram was received on
Thursday evening stating that'it was
impossible at this time