Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-14
BOWLERS END
TOURNEY TO-DAY
Most Successful Tournament Evss
Held in Omaha Closes with
Singles This Afternoon.
METZ TEAM THE cEAMPI0d5
By Remarkable Work Brewers
Take Lead First Night.
DOUBLES GO TO OLD LEADERS
Hanson and Iandwehrkamn Win
with Mark of 1,270, y
HANDICAP SYSTEM A SUCCESS
As a Result the st. Louis City Tour
nament In Two Weeks viii he
METZ TEAM THE cHAMPIoEs
By Remarkable Work Brewers
Take Lead First Night.
GO TO OLD LEADERS
Hanson and Iandwehrkamn Win
with Mark of 1,270. y
HANDICAP SYSTEM A SUCCESS
nament In Two Weeks VIII be
Rolled ON the anne basis
as the Present Meet.


This afternoon viii see the ending OF
the most successful bowling tournament
ever held in Omaha. The tourney was
q success in two ways-financially and
In that 1t proved conclusively that hand
leap tournament can be handled under
the American Bowling congress rules and
rolled Just as smoothly. and vastly more
popular
When the announcement was made that
the city tournament was to be rolled on
a handicap basis n great howl went up
to the effect that II would be a fizzle
from start to finish. Letters were sent
by experts over the country ridicullng the
idea. Notwithstanding the criticism a
system was adopted that was thought
would be feasible and II was demon
strated to all that II was. Bowling ex-
perts had their eyes glued on Omaha to
see wherein the fall would come. As a
result of the success OF the tournament
the city bowling tournament at ST. Louis.
which begins In two weeks. viii be rolled
on handicap basis. One big feature OF
the handicap tournament is that It
doubles the entries. Last year there were
but fourteen five-men teams In the tour
nament and this year there were thirty
three.
best Team Wins.
The old-time bowlers and sharps in the
city were opposed TO the handicap tour
nament because they claimed the "dubs'
would cop all the money on account
Of their handieaps. However. this con-
tention was not upheld by the scores
rolled In the tournament. The Metz bowl
ing team. which was rolling from scratch,
managed to finlsh the tournament at the
top and walked off with the biggest share
of the coin. other teams that were roll
ing with handicap OF 300 pins or more
failed to overcome the lead OF tue Brew
ers. In the singles Moran and Cain were
both rolling from scratch. but they man
aged to finish way up in the money. The
doubles also proved profitable to scratch
bowlers.
The Metz team must be given credit.
however. for Its wonderful work on the
opening night. when 1t cinched the city
championship. In the first game, with
every bowler and spectator in the house
pulling against them. the Metz bowiers
were slightly handicapped. as they have
always been favorites when II comes to
the breaking OF the maple. In the second
game, however they got busy and. ae-
spite the heavy odds against them, rolled
one OF the best games rolled this year.
finishing with LOS.
Remarkable Score.
This score was remarkable, considering
the fact that the pins were brand new
and had never before been used. They
had TO be hit perfectly before they would
fail and II can readily be seen that the
Metz team did not get It's score by luck
or FOOLS shooting. In the last game the
Metz players rolled almost as good
game as they did In the second. Every
man was pulling hard and talking with
the pins. and when they finished for the
night there was not a man in the house
who could conscientiously ray that the
men had not earnestly and rightfully won
the title OF champions Of the city.
The bowling this afternoon is not ex-
pected to change the present standing Of
the tournament. The five-men teams and
the doubles were finished up Friday night
and all that is left to roll this afternoon
are a few singles.