New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-30
ATHLETIC BOWLERS
ARE READY FOR
BIG TOURNAMENT
Wednesday Night Brings Meet
ings Between Leaders in
Local Tenpin Field.
N. Y. A. C. TEAM UNCHANGED
Winners in Recent Years Will
Stand Pat"-Local Alley
men Are Doing Well.

The twenty-fourth annual tournament
of the Athletic Bowling League will begin
on Wednesday night with every clup
member In competition. 1t has been GUS
tomary to start the ball rolling with
something of a flourish, while similar
method has been followed at the close
Each week during the period OF the
schedule all teams are carded TO compete
and the closing night will be Thursday
April 2.
In the opening series the Columbia
Club, Of Hoboken, will visit the PassalC
Club at Passaic; the North End Club
rolls at the Jersey CITY Club, the Rose
VILE Athletic Association goes 20 the
Montclair Club. the Columbian Club, oil
East Orange, Will be the guests OF the
Elizabeth Club. while the New YORK
Athletic Club will journey to the Newark
Bay Club, at Bayonne.
In all Of the years that this famous
bowling fixture has been under way the
team of the New York Athletic club has
won the title no less than twelve times
including the last two seasons. Much the
same team will be put in the field again
the personnel being Thomas Scanned,
John Kllngelhoffer, Samuel Roberts
Frederick Gerdes and Frank NJ. Clute.
DR.. John NJ. Breen and Platt Adams the
athlete, are trying for places and VIII act
| as substitutes on special occasions.
Next in the point of winning the great
est number Of championships comes the
Roseville Athletic Club, with seven TO It's
credit, the last win being In the season
Of 1901. Fred Negle. who showed to
| good advantage last year, Will once more
he q regular, as will Hamacher. or
course. the old reliable Elmer II. Wood
will be the pacemaker, while Deward II.
Van Ness will be the anchor, and VIII
have as his main support William Moi
fatt.
On two occasions the Elizabeth Club
finished in the lead, and for time last
! season gave the leaders a scare, but
found it necessary to finish fourth. II
is not likely that any change will be
| made in the team, which was made W
as follows: Al West, Joe Nolte, Wheel
| wright, Henry Clauss and REG" West
Montclair and North End have eacf
on the championship once. North Enc
will be reinforced this year by the advent
Of George Chace and Bodman, OF the ole
| Park A. A., OF Newark. Booth. Bald
win and Tom Harper will fill the othel
positions, the last named being at an
! Choir.
In view Of the fact that all games are
| rolled on the private alleys Of the clut
members and of the length of time the
league has been in existence. il is held
I'D as the ideal bowling organization
J There is, in fact, a Junior league under
| the same rules and officers. There have
been other similar tournaments. such as
| the Iaterclub League Of New York, which
! has now grown TO such proportions that
II has become one OF the CLASSY" com
! petitions i'm New York.
The highest team score ever rolled in
| the league was 1.091. made by the New
York a. c. In 1910. while the best In.
| divdual total was 29S, by T.. b. Thomp.
| son. of the Newark Bay Club. In the
season OF 1901 the Roseyille a. A.
| team average Of $3.50. which still stands
/ w. Pierson, Of Roseville, that same year
| figures OF 1876 SO.
The list Of previous champions is as
] follows:
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