The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31

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tl$SsS Ss3., ~! ssStSSsNfS contradiction, that
tssS3{ SSse.SS SsfssS::sss 'thoae who STAYED
fy 4 sSs.ze at home" do not
SfF know what II is to
fSYS "a Ss r,}5si bowl in national
E:ssEStte. ss I'D tournament They do
". II, Aincl i..i",4u.not know. the strain
under which one Is placed; they can
not realize the anxiety one feels when
he steps on the runway for the first
time. grasps his ball, and prepares
TO send 1t down the glistening and
epotless drive at the farther end of
which stands ten equally glistenIny
and sRotless pins that reflect their
toll forms the full length of the alley.
Indeed, they are not unlike tall
trees reflected Oh still and shining
surface of giisten'ng lake. and II
thetruth was known many bowler
would ather take the tall timber
surrounding said still and shining lake
than to proceed with the game.
No Cutters Present.
But whatever may nave been their
feelings. let this be said OF the Rich-
ulonu bowlers, not one Oh them quit
not one OF them gave up, not one OF
them who did not try for every pm, to
the very last ball rolled. Every one
of them would have been glad for an
Sreatly increase their scores.
Bowling at home. on alleys you are
accustomed TO. rolling among your
irienus, familiar with all the sur
ToGndinEs runways, lights, etc, Is far
dinerent from bowling in national
tournalnent whore you are on alleys
on wh'ch You are not allowed TO roll
even one practice bail, where the rum
w"Ts. being new. ara not the same
mt b q.
same, making VOL cautious of the foul
line, tho lights m'ght not be like you
have at homo and then to have
crowded gallery or strange faces all
about you. ! tell you 1t Is not like
bowling at home.
TOO Much Speed.
The natural tendency under these
conditions, OF course, is to try too
hard. You Will use too much speed
That is moro than you are used TO
using at home, and your ball ut once
loses its effectiveness thut makes big
scores SO easy at home. 1t IL general
y conceded among bowlcrs who have
made q study OF the game, that
&C tain speed" Is most effective. Not
that every man should roll ball with
tho same force. but there is a pecu-
liarity about each individual bowler
that he has u Certain speed" which
iHthcS Hls D1li nhNe the inost otfect on
the pins.
If he increases that speed or slows
UP in his delivery. no Will at once
lose accuracy, or should he hit the
spot" his ball has not that effective
mesa TO bring down the "strilke," the
one thing necessary for big scores.
Richmond he's some good bowlers
Take The general averages OF the play
ors In the Richmond Bowling Asso-
citation and they viii compare favor
ably with any In the country, but you
must consider that those averages are
made on one pair OF alleys: Whereas,
take the players In the larger cities,
where League Is made up OF teams
representing eight or ten different
bowling places. they have to roll their
games on eight or ten different pairs
81 alleys where lights are different,
alleys are different and surroundings
IN general are entirely different. A
man rolling under such crcum-
stances becomes familiar with all the
different changes and conditions that
arc possible In the bowling games
+ i4e becouyas' .creetile and can easily
adapt himself 70 the SURROUNDINGS
That is why they made better
'ng IN Paterson than the Rich
mono bowlcrs.
Experience Great Teacher.
The majority OF those who went
from Richmond. made their initial
trial In national tournament and IL
IS not surprising that they fen below
what they have been doing at home
1t would, indeed have been more OF
n surprise had they maintained the
average they are capable of making on
their home alleys. Yot II is safe to say
that If these same teams could have
another chance under the same CON
dit'ons there would be a marked I'M
provement gained by their experience
Take the Rochester team, which has
set world'a record In Paterson with
1897 almost zoo average per man
They are bowlers with reputation.
yet they would not be considered as
world heaters But they had Just come
from Chicago, where they rolled in the
American Bowling Congress tourna-
ment, with the same Kind of alleys
and surroundings. Conditions were the
game
They had schoolcd themselves 10 use
that Certain speed" they knew Just
what was necessary. and they did The
necessary thlng-hence, experle ncc--a
worlds record
Richmond Made Ii.
From leaving Richmond in their spe-
cial Pullman TO landing on the alleys
In iheir "natty' uniforms the EIch-
mono crowd made them all take notice
Even IN the little burg Of A!anhat-
tan they caused some excitement,
Many questions we're asked BY in
ql'sitive Broadweyites, as TO VINO VIZ
were or what we were. and where we
were going, Same one IN the party
almost caused q panic b. saying we
were the "hllan Hnr9,' ana when We
was seen that each man carried a
hall resembling a huge bomb and TINT
"e were bound tor Peterson. they
were easily convinced that we really
were the famous outlaws on our way
TO join our fellow "anarcnists" i'm
Paterson
The party spent sunday night. Mon
day and Monday night in the grea
metropolis. wnere Tie time was spen
in divers wayE, Including bowling, sub
way exploring, eHeursipus On tho elc
waited, stroiis on Broadway. ant