South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-22
BuCKTAILS TAKE
LEAD At PEORIA
WITH 2847 PINS
Hart, With Two Strikes to His
Credit, Gets Third in Tenth
Frame and Puts Team in
Front.

Special 10 The News-Times.
PEORIA. H., March 22.-Rolling a
score Of 2S47 the last game 1912
count, the Bucktails Of South Bend.
Ind, went into the lead in the i've
men event OF the American Bowling
congress here tonight. The Flor De
Kinspel team of st. Paul. Mimi,
threatened the lead when they hit
2825, but were only successful IN
grabbing off third place. The Bob
PIummers OF St Louis. who had held
thu lead until the Bucktails came
slong, hold second place with 1888.
The first game on the strange allies
produced an even 900 count for the
present holders Of the top position.
The second game showed improve
ment with a 935 game.
Needed 99S TO Tie.
Then came the final endeavor IN
which the Bucktails needed a count of
99S to tie the leaders, and 999 TO over
come them. Fred Hart the anchor
man. came up in the tenth frame
with two strikes to his credit. one in
the eighth and ninth. He needed an
other strike TO put his team above the
leaders The ball he shot down the
alley went as true as a die. The tenth
pin hesitated. wobbled back and forth
and then dropped. He made the strike
and the Bucktails took that coveted
position, the lead.
g Campbell OF the present leaders
rolled high score for the Bucktails,
when in the third game Of the set ne
hit the pins for pa count He fin
ished up the third game with i've
strikes. going out with strikes from
the sixth frame.
Are Slow Starting.
The Bucktails did not create a SEN
sation on the alleys until they were
well along in the first game. The first
two frames included three spares and
three strikes. J. Cashier and +. Hart
il seemed could not get their eve on
the pins Cashier got split in his
first effort and followed this with an
error. while Hart had an error in the
first two frames of his first game
Both bowlers picked up after this,
however. and the anchor man. Hart,
rolled out a 203 game, getting four
strikes in a row in the fifth. sixth,
seventh and eighth frames, split IN
the ninth. and striking out in the
tenth Cashier was low with a 90
count. II. SChnellc was next TO high
man with 1872 in the opener.
A. West tapped the pins for l6l,
and Campbell for a ISIS count.
with 999 needed TO take the lead
the South Bend bOWlers started off
with a rush. Schnelle spared. as did
all the other members of the squad
except Campbell who started TO re-
deem himself for falling off in the
second game and struck. In the sec
ond Schnelle made a strike. while all
the other members of the team drew
spares.
Starting in the seventh frame
Schuelle pulled n turkey out of the
fire and closed up with a 100 count
with eight consecutive spares TO his
credit West dropped the pins for
two strikes in the ninth and tenth
frames. getting a count of 1877.
Campbell had commenced to strike in
the sixth frame and struck out for a
234 count.
Gets Nasty Split.
Cashier with a strike in the ninth.
drew a nasty split OF the seventeen
variety In the tenth frame, but fin
ished we'll above his second game with
a 191 count. Hart the anchor man,
bowled out on a turkey. yet made his
lowest score of the evening, 200.
However. II was his final strike that
put. the BucktailS over.
The two other South Bend teams
who rolled in the first shift Sunday
night failed 10 distinguish themselves
and the scores of 2519 by the Hoosier
Creams and 2319 by the Bardeens
were pushed TO the BACKGROUND by
the work OF the BucktailS.