The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
Already Counting Prize
Money toBe Won
at Paterson.
IN FIN E FOR M
FOR BIG TOURNEY
Three Five-Men Teams Will
Make Trip, While a Number
Have Paired i'll Two-Men
Tcans--hiigh Averages
Have Been Made in Local
Alleys During Week.
ny WHIT WHITMAN.

by WHIT WHITMAN.
Hichmond to-day raoks nigh In tho
bowling world. and inc national au-
fhorilies think VOL OF local bowlers.
AS proof OF this ihoY nav. given the
teams from. kichmond prr--,i-ent
berth In thS big snow, and have ., d.
u'ed than among the stars OF the CON
try.
Three teams Will represent the city
IL present plans do not miscarry. The
Times-Dispatcb, Palace and Newport
teams viii head tho list 1t viii be re-
called that several OF tho members or
these teams have already made fine
showing. and won biz prizes at the
Baltimore ard Buffalo tournaments.
They are confident that they can du-
plicato the trick a Paterson this year.
TINS Timcs-D ispatch foam will roll in
the same ORDER that they did at Baltl-
moro and Hunnlo. with tho exception
OF chapin, who VIII be substituted for
suiherlin TN the :ive-man evcnt.
splning. Williams. whitman, Chaplin
and Blair viii mako up the quintet. and
Biiiey, tho old rsiahle, will substitutes.
Two-Mnu Teams.
whitman viii have SpIiiipS for his
partner in the doubles. while Blair has
Joined win Chaplin. Mcfarland viii
Enve Thorpe TOR mis- T., and Williams
VIII lock arms with the hest spare
smallest howiers will also be in har
ncss in Made and Cook. These two
youngsters VIII also shine nj the audi
torimm. The members cf these teams
have hccn rracticius daily, and the
quintet thpt heats itcn viii have 10
hustle. az they are making great scores
on their own alley.
rasier work than rolling the bnlls down
foreign lane. Luck always plays au
important part in bowling psl
well al every other branch or. sport.
But with TN even break the Richmond
boys are expected to repeat their Bnf
faIo success. I, was thought at hsstE
that only one team would go from
here. But new team will carry the
colors OF the Palace Alleys. and Will
he composed OF Squire Mcfarland, Kid
Wade. Long Tom Thorpe. Sleepy Cosby
and Sure Spare Barrow. with Richard
son, better known as Mutt. as substi
tue.
This aggregation has shown Its class
in the regular practice gu mes with
The Times Dispatch team by defeating
This strong bunch six straight games.
If either team does near as we'll as II
has at home. they Will come back bis
winners
The Newport team. which was the
last TO enter the lists has also put
together strong team From their
present averages they Will make the
other two teams hustle 10 beat them
out. This team Will he under the lead
ership of Captain Hicks, who several
Years ago was one OF the best bowIers
In the country. He will have with him
Captain Gallagher. Sutherlin. the vet
eran. Cook, Hocn and Montague. ALI
of these men are gooi steady players.
and should make great showing ut
the tournament.
Locni bowlers are taking great inter
est in the game and are pulling to-
gethcr. This looks good for Rich
mond. All OF the players arc paying
In harmony, and that counts n great
deal in bowling. developing team work.
The Richmond delegation has been
scheduled for March 10 20 and 81, and
Will leave here March IL for the scene
OF conflict.
Whether or not thorc will be any
breaking of records is a question all
towlers like TO argue The tourna-
rnent will be In session three weeks,
opening on March and closing March
80. Richmond gains some advantage
by being sent on the drives two weeks
after tho start, as the earlier bowlcrs
will have broken in the alleys to some
extent, making much greater the pos
sibilities OF high scSres.
Richmond's Great Record. I,
To give some idea what Richmond
has done will be found in the follow
Ing article, which Is recorded as off,
cial:
Richmond has to-day the highest in
divldua1 average bowler for match
games In the world Whitman leads
them all with 200 average for forty
FIVE consecutive games.
Richmond can pick Ave men from
a inh onr11 NJ I'M TIA to-,
country.
we have the largest organized
bowling association in the South.
We have the highest ten-men aver
age in the League In regulation match
games. q
We hold the high record for four
men team work.
General Manager Westervelt mas
ordered all members u tho Richmond
team to report at the Newport Alleys
In uniform Thursday evening at
o'clock, In order to have the teams pic
ture taken and also to attend to other
business OF Importance.
The following changes have taken
place In The Richmond bowling Assoc
citation the past week:
Tho Chesapeake and Ohio team has
been badly handicapped by losing two
of It's best players by the draft route.
Sneyd has been drafted by Tho Nows
Leader team Sneyd is a good ono.
Richardson has been drafted blythe
Cook Printing Company team.
Player George Booker has resigned
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