New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-16
FORMER PINBOYS
ARE NOW SECOND
In THE DOUBLES
SpineIIa Brothers Show
Well in National Bowl
ing Tournament.
GOOD SCORES MADE
IN RACE FOR HONORS
Jimmy Spinella and Stelter Roll
Up Substantial Total, Too, at
Grand Central Palace.

Two former pinboys 49, Phil and
Christy-both members Of the Aurania
Bowling Club, of New York and Brook
Ign, rolled into second place In the
doubles fixture Of the championship
tournament Of the National Bowling
Association at the Grand Central Pal
ace yesterday. They turned in total
of 1915.
A lot might be said about these
youths from Sunny Italy, who are two
of three brothers to compete for THU
lar honors with the Aurania combina-
ton. Phil and Chris;y are both right
handlers. whereas their modest brother.
Jimmy. shoots from the off side, and.
judging by MS scores % yesterday. 1t
was his off day.
It was Phil who showed TO the better
advantage, in that ne was consistent IN
his pinning. Always with a tendency
toward plugging the head pin, no
rolled PA in his -.rst game, following
which he tailed 2l8 and again 2O5.
Christy was not much help. except In
the last game, when ne scored 222.
The performance of the Spinella boys
from over the bridge was far and away
the best of the day, but it does not
alter the fact that many pairs sue
ceeded in passing the LOO mark. The
southpaw, Jimmy Spinella, with George
Stelter as a partner, placed 1,14' to
their credit; Jack Mclean and NJ.
Miller, If Reading, Penn, had LIS;
Jack Donnelly and Walter Kirby, OF
this city, had 1,1l9; Al Westberg and
Billie Clapper, who come from up the
Hudson, mustered 1,122; Jack Dyer and
J. Ryan, from the same locality, had
1920, despite the fact that these two
pairs came from the vicinity of King
pin Mountain.
William MacLachlan and Charles
Topham, from Philadelphia. came
through with 1882, while II. Addison
and II. Worth, from Monmouth County.
finished with l.122. VI. Even and J. +.
Snyder, of New York, presented 1.l35.
As if to illustrate that his 277 of the
night before was no "fue." William
Metz found the pocket for 246 in the
first game OF his doubles with William
Lord, but the punch" did not con-
tinue. and the combination could
gather together only 1920. They
might have had better place in the
leaders.
Ferdinand Roth, of Paterson, n. j.,
member of the board of governors Of
the National Bowling Association, per-
formed the best of the day in the
singles with q total of 635, getting
scores of 231, POI and 209, which in
the aggregate was good enough for
sixth place. Other double century
b3wlers were Phil Spinella, with 604;
Harry Wright, with similar total; W.
H. Lord. with 500, and James S. Watt,
with 613. Watt had fine chance with
a start of 224, but he fell to ISL in the
second, and finished with POS.
The Rosedale Bowling Club, one OF
the most famous in the country, to-
tailed 2,917 in the fve-man competition,
which was good enough for a tie for
second position. The team might have
had a worlds record but for an indif-
ferent start of sos. However, the COM
bnation showed class in getting l,00l
in the second game. and demonstrated
that it had something "up its sleeve"
when it was able to muster l,051 pins
in the final.
Paul Loetje had fine opportunity to
make 800 score in this game, but fall
tered under the pressure Of excitement
in the final, and after nine successive
strikes had to be content with 279, the
best individual score Of the tourna-
ment thus far. Loetje's 279 was ma
terial help in the famous old Rosedale
teams accomplishment, He has a firm
foundation for the singles and doubles
to-day.
Outside Of the Rosedale performance
Of 1917, tieing for second place, tho
scores of last night were of an ordinary
calibre. In view of the fact that ex-
pe-ts will take the alleys to-day and
tonight, something may be expected in
the way of records, although thus far
the worlds marks have not been as
sailed to any appreciable extent.