The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-14
IN THE BOWLING WORLD
NEWPORT ALLEYS.
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for the bowlers. and many changes have
| been made by both the individual play
crs and the teams in all OF tho different
! leagues. In tho Commercial League
| more than a dozen players have
| changed places In the standing, while
several OF the teams followed suit. Tho
Montcbelio team is still holding first
| place by a thread
The Vaughan Robertson Drug Com
pany team made a biz; jump last week.
and is now only few points be-
| hind the leaders. while the Remington
and Chesapeake and Ohio teams are
now going strong. and are putting up
Il good strong game The Siblcy Shoe
Company aggregation. which has
cupicd the cellar position all the sea-
son has discovered !, new system 10 win
| games.
In The Times Dispatch League the
| bowling has been of the highest order
and the games have been the most in
terestins OF any played this season.
! The teams are now closely punched.
and the race is pretty one.
The Central League teams continue
to show class and are making tho
| Glass Il organization SGT up and take
! notice. All of the teams have played
| their regular scheduled games. and
! have made ~ wonderful increase In
average during the last few weeks. The
| new players are making a fine show
ing. while the veterans are holding
| their own.
In the Richmond League. the citys
Class A bowling organization. there
have been several changes in the stand
/ ing OF the teams. The Remingtons. by
/ defeating the leaders the Cook Print
ing Company. Thursday night. showed
the Alcos. last years champions. down
II peg. while the Richmond Lunch team
has settled safely in collar
Jake Rowsey. 'of the Cook Print
ing Company team. now tops the in
dividual averages by n fraction OF a
point over Whitman, of the last year.
champions. Eighteen men arc now
rolling over 80 average. while four
are above the $50 mark. Tho average
for the entire twenty-nine men in this
league Is just les, which is ut the
ratio Of 4 little over 500 for each three
games per man. The Cook Printing
Company team won a ma jority OF
games from each of its opponents. three
times winning three IN a run from it's
rivals. Cooks men also lead in team
average. with 172, Will. the .\lcos are
next with 169.
Great interest is now being taken
in the coming intercity series, ana all
Of the players are working shoulder
to shoulder to make il Il great sue
cess. IT has been stated that Baltimore
and Washington will send big dele
cations 10 Richmond In February, and
every local bowler should join in to
make it a banner affair
The Commercial League team VIII
Fill in the next two weeks playing
off postponed games. az during the
season several teams. for business rea-
sons, have been unable TO play the
regular schedule. Also during the
holidays several OF the teams cannot
play the regular schedule, as It now
stands so Secretary George Thorpe
has arranged the schedule for the
, coming two weeks for the best inter
! est OF tho league. This week tho Rail
DAD y. NJ. c. y. team Will play twice.
On Monday night It meets the Rem
ingtons, and on Friday night the
/ Vaughan Robertson Drug Co The
chesapeake and Ohio team will take
week off and watch the other boys
Play. This change was made in order
to even UP the teams in the standing
column.
Schedule FOR the week on Newport
i Alleys:
Monday misunderstanding; VS.. Rail-
road Y. VI. c. \.
Tuesday night-Fontice Springs
VS.. Progrcssives: Add Men vs.. Make
Cps; Rcmingtons VS.. Richmond Lunch
Wednesday neutrality-suspicious. VS. En-
:;ravers: Siblcy's Shoe 60. VS.. Monti-
ccIos.
Thursday nigh:-Alcos VS.. Cool;
Printing Co. W. &. Forbes IL CO, vs.
- II. Berry & Co.
Friday nght--vaughan Robertson
Drug Co Us. Railroad Y NJ. c. ~;
Tonticclo Springs Us. o. II. Berry &
co CPostponedD