Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-08
SEASON CLOSES
WITH BIG FEAST
Members of Twin City Bowling
League Hold Second An
nual Banquet at Harms.
THE PRIZES ARE AWARDED
Champion Cubs Cop Nearly All Money
In Sight-Cabaret Entertain
ment Livens Program.

Forty bowlers OF the Twin-City
league and members of the press gath
cred at Hotel Harms Saturday evening
and brought the 1914 bowling season
to a brilliant close with a banquet
where good-fellowship prevailed. A
sumptuous spread was served at 10
o'clock, with cagaret entertainment
between the courses. The feature of
the program was several numbers by
the Twin-City quartet, composed of
Roantree, Mueller, Salzmann and
Hampton. Songs were also rendered
by E. Hamilton, with Miss Dausey De
Bates of the Hotel Harms at the piano.
The banquet table. was prettily dec
Grated with carnations and ferns.
Walter Steffen and John WITCH gave
some excellent interpretations of the
tango and Brazilian maxixe.
E. Churchill acted as POSTMASTER.
Hans Clemann, secretary of the league,
awarded the prizes. Out of $3.50 in
prize money the Cubs copied $50.
Until the last part of the season the
Cub team had practically no high
scores or averages, but by a wonderful
squirt, in which they won % of the q
last games rolled, they boosted their
team average to the top and also broke
most of the high score records.
Prizes Are Given.
For winning the pennant the Cubs |
secured the highest prize of $50. The |
Cross Countrys were awarded $40 for |
finishing second in the pennant race. |
The other prizes were as follows:
High individual average-Art Salz-
mann, rs, SIS.
Second high individual average
John WITCH, 114.54, SO.
Third high individual average-E.
Churchill 174.15, So.
High individual score for three
games-Art Salzmann, CSC, So.
High individual score for one game
Con Holm, 245, So.
High team score for single game
Cubs, 957 pins, So.
High team score for three games
Cubs, 2,767 pins, So.
High team average for the season
Cubs, S41 pins, $40.
big improvement has been shown
his year by members of the various
cams, and the averages are consider
IDLY higher than last season. The by
avs of the league are that any mem
,er contending for prizes must bowl
It least 60 out of 80 games, and for
his reason Lindberg's high score was
brown out.
Art Salzmann, star bowler of the
eague, set a worlds record for high :
core in three games in a five-men
match game, when he rolled 72O pins
n 1913. This record still stands.
The last season was an exciting one.
p until the last few weeks the race =
Or the flag was a close one, and it was h
toss-up between the Cubs, Cross
and Molines. All of the 9TH s
r teams made a creditable showing O
nd are coming back stronger than k
yer next season. E
WITCH In Talk. g
At the close of the banquet Frank D
yich gave an interesting talk on the
vents of the past season, and thanked y
lie Harms hotel people for the excel
mt service. The following bowlers .,
nd members of the press were pres 4
IT at the banquet: A. H. Werlich, IT
Gorge Dohrn. Fred Wooten, Gust John
IN, George Johnson, Fred Erickson, r.
:. III. Stark, John H. WITCH, Leo John IN
IN, Albert Lau, Frank Renaud, Ike h,
ewman, Orville Hampton, Charles W
oantree. Arthur Salzmann, P. Lind OF
erg, Frank WITCH, James Normoyle, W
arl Grams, Walter Steffen. William fe
arnett, Albert Stephens. Daniel +. III
'nsen. G. A. Mckinney, NJ. C. Fisher, b,
ugh Curry. R. c. Bimson, Carl Ed, al
d Shepherd, Charles Sanford, Louis &C
emann and Herbert Peterson. al
The final league standing was as fol- tn
VS.: es
p. w. L. Pct. o.,