New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-22
BOWLERS UP IN THE AIR
Injunction Obtained, by CORN
thians Stirs Players.
QUESTION STATUS OF CLUB
LOADED" Bail a Spectre Which
Proves a Troublesome In.
strument in the Game.

up over q matter as at present and the
cause Of II all is the injunction obtained
by the Corinthians against the New York
Bowling Association restraining the lat
ter from expelling the club from membsp.
ship. While the question seems TO be thu
dispute over the return of the trophy en-
blematic of the five-man team champion
ship OF greater New York. there is a
great deal more Ringing on the case than
that. There is, for instance. the exact
status Of a club with relation to the New
York Bowling Association and the spectre
of the loaded ball. one OF the most
troublesome instruments that has ever
been introduced in tenpins.
The events that led up to this dispute
date back to the donation OF the cham
pionship trophy by a Brooklyn newspa-
per several years ago. At the time OF
the donation the method OF deciding the
title was entirely different from that at
present. There were sixteen selected
club teams, divided into two sections OF
eight each. that rolled homeland home
series There was a Brooklyn and
Queens section and division for Man
haitian and The Bronx. The winners OF
the respective sections rolled a home.
and-home series for the fve-man title
only, and became the possessors OF the
cup. That year the Superbas, Of Brook
lyn, were the champions. However, the
method proved unsatisfactory and was
altered TO almost a duplicate Of the man
ner used TO decide the four national titles
The. first meeting, which also included
two-man and individual titles as wel
was held at the Grand Central. In Brook
Ign. The fve-man trophy was to be won
three times IN order to become the per-
manent property OF club. The Corin-
thians won a leg on II that year.
Last spring the metropolitan tourna-
nent was held at Thums White Elephant
alleys, In Manhattan. The Corinthians
who have on their roster some CT the bes.
bowlers in greater New York, rolled the
highest three-game total In the five-man
fixture william Helms. one Of the most
prominent Shooters" rolled with the
team. Later on-some four days-He.ns
together with Fred Pump. went TO roll in
the two-man for that title. In the mean
time the New York Bowling Association
committee governing the tournament. OF
which William b. Mulford-a COrinthian
by the way-vas chairman, heard OF an
alleged loaded. "dodo' or unfair ball
being used by Helms. A short time pre-
v!ous TO the tournament the committee
70 which had been delegated full power
relative TO this particular competition.
had ruled against such a sphere. Null
ford warned Helms that IL he rolled that
bail I'm the doubles the scores would he
protested and the scores Of the club IN
the fve-rnan fixture az well. Helms
rolled Il. and the protest and disqualified
ton followed.
When the committee reported the mat
ter a. the next meeting OF the local asso-
citation. from the decisions OF which no
eDpeeis can be made except 10 a court OF
law. the committee was upheld b. the
delegates, the scores OF the Corinthians
thrown out and the title awarded the o
X. Club, of Yonkers. the second team on
the list When the Corinthians first were
requested to surrender the trophy. no
answer was received by the New YORK
association. and after several notices mao
been sent the local governing body sent
mandatory note demanding the sur
render of the trophy under penalty OF sls-
pension from the association, carrying
with II disqualification IN all local tourna'
ments That note seems TO have brought
action OF some sort or other. Frank H.
Crosby. president Of the Corinthians re-
piled TO the demand. but in the mean time
changes had been made in the association
In the first place, membership IN the or
ganization was altered so that instead OF
clubs being members the individual howl-
ers are registered. the clubs having Vo''
ing delegates only. Because or the aaop'
ton OF this plan the president {. Lesn'
milford. and the interpretations = o.
Maxwell, both Corinthians resigned oc'n
being opposed TO the new order OF thlns'
W. II. Valentine. OF the Aigonquihs' an
ardent advocate OF individual registration
was chosen to succeed c. l. Milford IN
the presidency. II was learned last nisnI
Incidentally, that the Corinthiahs sem
an application for membership dateo ~
cember 49, together with only eishlfsn IN
dividual names and fees to cover '"ein
whereas the real membership Is oons'
e.ably more. This application was redu -
the last meeting of the board or goverH'I'
Of the association on Thursday night. 80
II is that the exact status OF the CorihuH'
ans may have to be decided by cou,'
of law before the injunction Is consiue'e'
When the trophy was demanded ana u.
mandatory order sent forth from the 'o'o
association unsatisfactory answers We"
received until this week. when 'he
business was begun. The matter seems "
hinge on the assertion that the Corln"'
ans having twice" won the trophy AZ
entitled to it. for that is said 10 Dc Wv
claim. and the fact that their disqua''"
,ion was not regular.
President Valentine OF y. \ d.
when seen Yesterday. would not pe IT,
for publication except 10 say tha'
local association intended to nsh' W.
case to the last ditch. Billy Helms ,,s
was principally involved In the oisq"a
cation was silent on the matter, eS''f
TO saw that while he had no intehuo"
irving to take advantage or othe'
ers he had offered the committee n,d
portunity OF examining the ban III"
been refused. and that II his ban "a q,
fair 40 were a whole lot OF othe'~
said he still had the ball In his p0s'
but that he did not use II. vo,k
Since the Helms case the Ne" ,",.
Bowling Association has adopted ,.u,
legislating out OF Greater YORK az n,,Scr
that are lopsided, loaded OF the r.rd
variety or otherwise unfair anu
for advantageous purposes