New-York tribune., 1916-01-01
DEATH OF "P. J."
A Big LOSS TO
BOWLING WORLD
Riddell Was Prominently
Identified with Sport
for Many Years.

The death of Paris j. Riddell re-
moves from bowling one of its most
interesting figures. "Big p. j." as he
was called by his friends, was a tour
nament competitor for many years.
Tremendous in physique, the 15-inch
sphere looked like toy in his hands,
and he was probably the best Of any of
the southpaws within the las. decade.
"P. j." earned reputation for him
self as a member of the Spartan Bowl
ing Club, but. aside from that, he was
one of the best known mechanics in the
country. lie supervised the construc-
tion of all the alleys used by the Ma
tional Bowling Association since the
founding Of that organization in 1907,
and had q great deal TO do with the
specially built alleys Of other associa-
tions. He was prominently identified
with the United Bowling Clubs of New
York and was a member Of half a
dozen other bowling organizations.
The Riddell family has an unusual
record, so far as tenpins are con-
cerned. for it was the late Mrs. Riddell
who, on more than one occasion, won
the title Of queen" OF the Joe Thum
Bowling Guard. She had many achieve
meuts 20 her credit. Glenn Riddell,
son of the late Paris j.. is one OF the
most expert bowlers in the country,
and was formerly the intercity cham
pion. lie also was one Of the two-man
team which won the national champion
"P. Us" most notable success, how
ever. was the organization and direction
Of the team of Eastern pin knights
which won the worlds title in Pitts
burgh in 1909. The Brunswick five
captured the National Bowling Asso-
citation honors at Rochester the year
previous, and in a specially arranged
contest the year following with the
winners of the American Bowling Con
gress, the Western Bowling Associa-
tion anG the Canadian Bowling Assoc a.
tion tournaments carried Off the palm.
IL was the most important title that
five-man combination ever won.
Jimmy Smith, the peerless" and
Alexander V. Dunbar, both of whom
have been champions, have abandoned
the remainder OF their scheduled dates
and have returned home. According to
the itinerary originally arranged, this
capable pair would not have returned
until the middle of next month. APP
parentiy, they had strong desire to
spend the holidays at home.
Most OF the matches rolled were sue
Ffff . ntt, t,r g
view. The feature of the trip was
Smiths perfect score of 800 at Spo-
kane. II would not be surprising if
another tour were attempted in the
spring.
For the present, however, Smith is
meeting all comers at the Grand Cen
tral, Brooklyn, taking on four men each
night. Three games are rolled in each
series, total pins counting He con-
sistently averages close TO the 200
mark. Two or three times bowlers have
caught the little wizard of guard, as,
for instance, Victor Vega and Albert
Haussman.
Several prominent men in some of the
CLOSED" leagues have taken 70 heart
the suggestion recently made in the
columns of The Tribune that a post
season series be inaugurated among
the winners of these tournaments. In
fact, there have been several informal
talks on the advisability of the series.
II is not an easy matter 20 get to-
gether representatives of all such
leagues and tournaments, but the at
tempt will be made, and one man has
expressed willingness to offer a cham
pionship trophy Officials of the New
York Bowling Association will be con-
suited regarding the matter before any
formal steps are Aken.