Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
BOWLING
Geo. Davis, King of the Alleys
Rolls 267.

Rolls POT.
Wednesday night the battle of the
Split Pin was fought out to a finish
at the west side bowling alley betweel
the Abel & Podawiltz Co.'S. team anG
the Clean En- Up Kids. The Kids
won the battle, two games to one
The battle gets its name from the
first play made by Art Mulroy, who
when he responded to the call to arms
made fire wood out of the number
one pin. Art was using a sixteen
| inch gun on the enemy last Wednes
/ day night.
Before the game started, Capt. Nor
mington, Of the Clean En- Up Kids
gave an impassioned, glowing, frey
intense. vehement, animated and i'm
petuuous- Grafton calling on his team
mates to do or die and win the
game. He ikened the game to the
washing business where he said it
all depended on how well you clean
ed them up.
The game started. Each warrior
wore a grim, hard look of determine
ton and some clothes. From the
first ball it was seen that the hard
ware and tare of the game would
deVelope around Bob Nash. The firs
signal given by General Natwick, was
the ak signal which meant Don't
split them up-cut them all down
with the first ball" hight here the
game was stopped while the Kids
Quartette sang that classic selection
"Merrily we bowl along" from Stovey
Norton's famous opera, ct was real
ly cold last January. Following
the quartette noted baritone vocal
list sang that pathetic little ballad
entitled, The Broken Window, or
the Mystery at Dudley's barber
shop. The applause was deafen
ing. Even the pins fell for it. Play
was resumed. General Natwick gave
the signal for the steeple play
Church responded by ringing the
changes on a strike. The General
then gave the special delivery sig
nal which meant to clean them Up
and grab the game. Capt Morning
ton jumped to the front and using
the wash machine motion, cleaned
the alley.
Things broke. bad for the Kids.
Suddenly the clarion voice (See Gus
ter's Last Charge) of our hero was
heard above the din of battle calling
for the commercial play. Art Mul-
roy sprang into the breach and lodg-
ed the ball where it did the most
good. Cheer upon cheer burst from
the throats slaA the hungfE mch. The
game was saved. Tears streamed
down the face of the General as he
took the leather medal from off of
his own breast and pinned it on the
breast of the noble and brave warrior
This was a very pathetic situation.
Not a dry eye could be seen. The
general, to restore the mob to nor
NAL condition, called upon a member
from ArthursVille who sang that beat
tiful Bass Solo 'To-Morrow Will be
Grounding day" with a humming ac-
compartment by the bees in the
belfries of the audience The bat
tie drew to a close. Capt. AL Nor
mington wrung the hand of the Gen
eral with a centrifugal" motion that
was an extractor" of applause from
the spectators While none were
''mangled'', all went home trough
dried. (Say! Al. We ought to get
reduction on our laundry bill for
that.
General Brockhausen, who had
been wounded in the little finger of
the left hand, could not use his
right and so did not command the
forces last Wednesday That is what
Don Ramiro" who lives in "Grand
Rapids" told Father George"
The Kids line up reads like a
paragraph from a Central American
revolution-the roster was: P. M.
General Carlos Natwick, Major Gen
eraI Roberto Nash, Brigadier Gen
eral Arthuro Mulroy, Captain Carlo
Alberto Normington and Chaplain
Samuelo Church Pale shimmering
lights and shivery music.
Lieutentna Francko G. Brockhausen
was to have played that beautiful
umpa solo, ''The Fall of the Ten
Pins, or Why Can't I Make More
than Six but as stated in the fore
going he was wounded and could not
appear.
The history of the battle is given