South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-14
FALL SERIES Of
SEVERAL LEAGUES
END THIS WEEK
Local BOWIerS viii Get Chance
to Participate in City Tour
nament to &c Staged on the
EIkS Alleys.

Nearly all of the bowling leagues
operating in the city and 1Iishawaka
Will close their fan season with this
weeks schedule OF games. The ex-
cepuons are the oliver and WaIther
leagues. whose schedules continue one
more week The Studebaker and Trio
leagues have FINISHED their fail Sc
TIes and are already working Ou the
spring or long series But there VIII
Doe cessation OF hOstilities during tine
holiday season.
This Will give all Of the leagues an
opportunity 20 participate in the City
tournament az the EIhs' temple during
the vacation PERIOD. This event is a
strictly invitation affair and affords
the several cluos an opportunity to
prime themselves for the Dig tOurua-
ments during he close of The season.
a great deal of interest is manifest in
the approaching event which prOmis-
es 20 be the lar sest In local history.
Many Close Finishes.
There are many close finishes in the
several organizations IN the stretch.
But that Of the Federal league is the
mot compact in the city. There is
but q difference of four games be-
tween the first and last team In the
percentage column, "a remarkable sit
uatioh where strife has existed for
fifteen weeks and the end is not yet.
Any one Of the first four clubs have
a. chance TO win the bunting in the fl
nal series Of games this week.
As the Bucktails have an advantage
of one game over the Orphans. FaWns
and Tails it also gives them the euse
i'm the books. But as the BuCktaiis
and Tails battle this week two game
win for the latter viii tie the two
clubs Taking for granted this will
occur and should the Orphans win
two games from the Bucks viii make
ID three handed. Further complex can
be involved should the Elks win the
series from the AntlCrs as they too
would share i'm the finale But should
the Bucktails win two games only the
Orphans and Fawns would have a
chance, in the even the latter clubs
each won three games. And further
elimination would trauSpire i'm the
event the Bucktails won the series.
More Excitement Elsewhere.
But the Federal league is not alone
in exciting finishes as the other TWO
leagues operating in the Elks' tenn
pie the AHtlers and Elks leagues. have
quite as much excitement i'm store for
them. In the Antlers leasue the Bills
have an advantage of one game over
The Tusks and two over the TOasts.
But should the Bernhardt aggregation
meet with reNcrSeS ana the iuSkS ana
Toasts come through clean things will
be different 1t is peculiar that the
final weeks games should be dis
timely between first and second di
vision clubs But the latter are no
longer the weaklings of the fore part
OF the season and all OF them are apt
TO put crimp into the aspirations OF
their leading opponents.
Although there are not SO many
clubs involved the situation is very
critical and an exciting finish i'm the
Elks league as i'm the former two or
sanitation There are but two clubs,
the HOOfs and Jewels, who can hope
TO figure in the cutting of the melon
and they have the stage set all to
themselves. The two teams are sched-
uled To meet this week and can settle
their argument between them. The
HoOfs have made a remarkable race
OF il as during She early stages of the
race they were anchored near the
bottom OF the percentage column
while the Jewels have been arguing
with the leaders throughout the sea-
son. The Horns and Hairs were elm
mated from the race during the past
week when they were beaten off by
their opponents.