Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-19


bowling game, the Star headpin tour
nament, which is to continue through
out the season on the Iroquois alleys.
1t will be the seventh annual renewal
of the famous feature, and Belleville
bowlers are to have the honor of
opening the competition. "Belleville
Night" is the title which has been
affixed to the opener and the commit
tee of arrangements, composed of
Pete Deighan, Tom Heustes and Pete
Shines. figures that there will be a
turnout of at least twenty teams, and
possibly twenty-five. The Belleyille
boys are to make night of it and
have arranged for $50 persons to sit
down at a banquet to be served after
the bowling.
Everything is in apple-pie order at
the Iroquois for the big tournament
to get under way. The alleys have
been carefully planed and put in per-
feet condition. Pin-setters were re-
Gently installed and there is big
supply of rubber bowling balls on
have an opportunity of performing
under favorable conditions. Billy
Huttenbach, the proprietor, has
picked out a consignment of carefully
selected bowling pins of standard
weight and size and the pins will be
changed often enough to insure fair
play. The lighting facilities will be
ample and there is plenty of room for
the spectators.
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It is expected that the watchfobs
which go to those who have scores of
100 or better will be on hand, ready to
be given out as won. Silver fobs will
be awarded for scores between 100 and
10 and gold fobs for scores of no or
better. The team prizes this year will
be the same as last season, namely,
$50 for the best score, $25 for the next
best tally and SIS for the third best
score.
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The bowlers of George A. Halsey
Council, Jr. o. u. A. M, will have q
special night tomorrow in the Star
headpin tournament Clifford T.
Russ and Frank E. Cake, who form
the committee In charge, figure that
there will be from twelve to fifteen
teams on hand, and an effort will be
made to have the bowling started
about o'clock, so that the last squad
may take to the alleys at a reasonably
early hour. The special feature for
Wednesday night will be the appear
ance of a lot of bow1ers from the var
nish, oil and paint-making trade.
John S. Edwards, the manager, says
that he looks for turnout of about
twenty teams. These bowlers did not
have a special night for themselves
last season, but most of them have
had experience in bowling at the
headpln game on other special nights. |
The Atha Tool Company bowlers have |
had Thursday set aside as their. spe- |
cial night, and the manager Is A. w. |
Kass, who says that there will be at
least ten teams on hand The first |
week in the Star headpin tournament
will wind up Friday which is 'Klaxon
Night" These bowlers who are ex-
pected to be out about fifty strong, |
are from the Lowell firm, which man
ufactures the Klaxon automobile horn,
and they had a special night last sea-
son In the Star headpin tournament. |
The managers are Gus Greillch and
George Bisch.
Members of the Emil Vester Assoc
citation, with william Kull in charge, |
have been assigned Tuesday, Novem-
Der 10, for a special night There will
be, it is expected, about fifteen teams
on tho job, The Vesters hail from
Kossuth and Maine streets. from
away Down Neck" Kull is we'll
known local bowler, having gained
considerable fame as a member OF the
Custer Council team in the Jr. o. u.
A. NJ. League. Billy Huttenbach
figures that this night will be one of
the big affairs of the tournament. The
Union Bowling Club, with A. NJ. ia
cobs In charge, has Just entered the
Star headpin tournament, but has not
as yet been assigned date.
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Baseball has had a very bad year,
and the outlook for next season is
not any too bright. Conditions could
have been worse, OF course, and they
would have been worse only for the
sensational rush of the Boston Braves
from the extreme cellar to the highest
pinnacle. Still 1t was bad year, and
nearly every club In nearly every
league lost money. A few clubs got
away whole on the season, and one or
two made a winning. but thousands
upon thousands Of dollars were sunk
by the clubowners, who, it must be
said, took their medicine gamely and
never made boiler. In fact, some of
the men who are known to have lost
heavily came up smiling and insisted
that they didn't lose a cent" This
is commendable in sports, for good
sports are few and far between.
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The ball players are the lucky birds
at the present time. While the owners
were digging down in their jeens all
summer to meet the inflated salaries
of the inflated players, the players
themselves were figuring out how
they could strike for a raise. With
so much money being lost, one would
think that the players would be look
ing for cut in their pay envelopes,
hut not SO in baseball Instead, there