Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-17

Bowling as a pleasure is INDUCED
in every Friday afternoon in nine
out of twelve months in the year by
a coterie of Newark s leading citi-
zens, who assemble at the Gottfried
Kruger Association on Belmont ave-
nue. and there knock down the pins.
when their aim is right. to their
hearts content 1t was field day
yesterday for this exclusive club, and.
led by Judge KRUGER himself, a big
time was enjoyed. The judge. by the
way, is some bowler. as the boys
say. He has a record of 2SS, made on
the associations alleys, and his
| friends are so careful of it that they
have had it brought out in bold fig
ures and framed and hung on the
wall. 1t was perfect game-not
miss-and every now and then when
the judge doesn't do so well he looks
at his big score and says: s"Billy!"
And Billy comes, and all say PRO
str and good cheer reigns again.
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The membership of this Friday aft
ernoon gathering is rather curtailed
at times. Sometimes there are not SO
many present. Just now Billy Bark
horn is over in Europe and that
makes big difference in the count.
The attendance yesterday was adj
iudoad Yorrno1 &c Ganfai,, Nopel
counted the roll. Answering TO the
call were Judge Kruger. Captain
Vogel, "Good Shot Gustave Staehlin,
Andrew Brueckner, Judge Hahn, John |
Lederer, William Fielder, the former
mayor; Judge Herr and William
Trautwein. Three games were
bowled, as usual, and there was an
other kind of bowling that seemed to
"have it on" the ten-pin game. The
bowling is only an excuse, it would
seem. for Fellowship, for good
cheer. There are some good bowlers
in the club and there are some who
never keep their record. But it is all
done for pleasure and for the exercise,
too. Judge Kruger believes very
much in exercise. He shows it by
his wonderful agility at the ripe old
age of "A. No medals go to the 200
scorel men or over. If you bowl well
you have to pay and If you bowl
poorly you have to pay. Strikes cost
just as much as missed spares-at
certain times.
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All winter long these men roll and
their season runs we'll into the sum-
mer. 1t is nearly over now, for
Judge Kruger is going to Europe
and some of the others are going to
the country and the seashore. When
the judge comes back the game will
come back, for the judge has a hobby
for the game. 1t is rare sport for the
members, who wouldn't miss Fri
day afternoon for anything, and
Judge Kruger wouldn't miss one for
the world. The enjoyment yesterday
was no exception to the general rule,
and the Stars artist has entered
beautifully into the spirit of the &C.
casion. Outside of former Mayor
Fieder's victory over Good Shot"
Staehlin, the artists rolling was
about the feature of the afternoon.
He bowled some. {
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Princeton, Columbia and Annapolis I
a4srif, ~, Il |
match on Lake Carnegie. Between .
the three, Princeton and Columbia
have the call very strong, but neither !
is very certain of victory. Princeton,
perhaps. has shown the best form,
and that's the way it looks.
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For one thing, poor, old Matty will
be taken care of when his arm is lame
and his legs are halt. That much has
been given out on the most authori-
tative say so of John J. McGraw, the
pure, unadulterated boss of the New
York Giants. Just why the story
should be sprung now is most difficult
TO fathom. Maybe it is because Nc
Graw had it in his heart and couldn't
keep it any longer or maybe it is be-
cause the Giants were not going so
well and little sympathetic boosting
would not be out of order Anyway,
everybody will be glad that Matty is
going to be taken care of when his
curves refuse to break and his fad
away ceases to mystify Poor, old
Matty. He won again yesterday.
He beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, which
was something, and he beat Hans
Wagner along with them, which was
a whole lot. Let us hope, though,
that Manager McGraw and the New
York club will not forget Matty, the |
efforts of great men in the sporting
world are so seldom rewarded.
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Mystery seems to surround the dis
appearance of Title Shafer. of the
New York Giants. His departure
was sudden and Manager McGraw
doesn't seem to know why the young
man has taken French leave. 1t is
known, though, that Shafer wasn't
quite 50 tisfied with his contract sal
ary He had kick over his pay dur
ing the winter, but he finally signed, |
1t is said, under protestant prom
ises. The protest, Ii seems, still goes,
bit the promises haven't materialized.
That is the general conclusion to the