Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-25
NINETEEN BOWLING
LOOPS UNDER WAY
Winter Sport Proving Even
More Popular This Year
Than Last Season.
TOURNEY AT HUNTINGDON s

Nineteen bowling leagues are now
organized and all except those await
ing the completion of the new Omaha
alleys are rolling on their regular
schedules, The present line up shows
the Farnam alleys leading with seven.
The leagues rolling on this set OF
drives are: Monday, Union Pacific,
six teams; Tuesday, Mercantile, ten
teams; Wednesday, Nebraska Tele-
phone Co., eight teams; Thursday,
Omaha and Booster leagues, six and
eight teams, respectively, Friday,
Atlantic Dairy Co., four teams; Far
nam Ladies, four teams On Tuesday
afternoon the Carter Lake Women's
Swimming and Bowling club rolls
with four teams.
The Morrison alleys have four
strong organizations appearing each
week. On Monday the Lithographers,
six teams; Tuesday and Thursday,
Gate City, eight teams; Wednesday,
Ancient Order of United Workmen,
six teams, and Friday, Omaha Elec-
trio Light and Power, six teams.
On the Brunswick alleys three
leagues hold forth. The Magic City
with eight teams on Monday and
Wednesday. The Moose with four
teams on Tuesday and the Union
Stock Yards with four teams on Fri
day.
When the Omaha alleys open, six
leagues will roll: The American En-
press, Omaha, Booster, Grain En-
change, Huntington and Women's
leagues are already organized One
or two other leagues will probably
appear on these runways.
All of this seasons leagues are we'll
balanced organizations and some hot
finishes are bound to occur. Most of
the leagues we're organized and
bowled before this season, the only
new corners being the Atlantic, Far
nam Ladies and Ancient Order of
United Workmen.
The first big feature of the season
will be sweepstakes tournament to
be held at the opening of the Hunting
ton alleys. Teams from Lincoln,
Wahoo, Fremont, Columbus and
Grand Island will take part in this to-
gether with five or six local all-star
quintets.
Bowling Notes.
Scores improved last week. Several promI.
nent pin smashcrs reached tho 500 mark
Team games of 800 Is the prevailing style
In the Omaha league.
We're still waiting for that constitution
and by laws, which tho committee prom
ised the Booster leaguers
Where is the old pep in the Mercantile
league? They have used too many straw
men for this early in the season.
600 total Is unheard of thus far this sea r.
son In regular league play. Devine and
Wartchow are the only ones to reach It
thus far
To further comply with the anti-noise
ruling DAD Huntington Is organizing
leagues from among the students at tho
Deaf Institute.
"Eph' Terrell has again found his trouble
| This time he has discarded his rubber heels,
coveted 1870 average.
Last seasons Magic City Class A and Class
b leagues have Joined forces and this sea E
son Will roll as one league on handicap
basis This league Is one of Omahas strong :
est organizations
J. Bowling must be game for the women
as well as the men. Another league has been
| organized. Rolling of their first matches
| occurred on Friday night. This makes three
women's organizations in the field now.
Harry Edison. popular Omahan and Boost er
| leagues secretary. has become interested In
the women's game and has taken personal
charge OF at least two teams. He is also
| captain of another team with an effeminate
name, the Clara Bellies.
| AL Krug sat on the sldelines Thursday
| might And watched his athletes. par excel
| lence, perform What he saw convinced him
| that he himself could hold his own with
any of them and that In all future games
| he would be In the lineup. Al was n good
| one few years back, and he expects to
again take his place among the top mote hers
Omaha bOwlers when travelling through
Iowa and Nebraska, should have little dit
| nculty locating home alley to bowl on.
| The ten alleys formerly located at Hunt
ingtons. Fourteenth and Harvey and the
five Metropolitan alleys. formerly located At
| Sixteenth and Capitol avenue have been
sold and distributed around to several
points throughout the two states.
We are Informed that Jimmy Smith, the
| peer OF all bowlers has hooked up with
\ the eccentric Belgian Count Gengler and
the pair will tour the United States this
fall. They, of course. will include Omaha
on the itinerary, and local pin followers will
again have an opportunity to see an exhi-
! billion OF the bowling art performed by ex-
perts. Each have style OF their own.
Smith Is supposed to be without an equal
when 1t comes to quickly familiarlzing
himself with the workings OF strang alley,
and has little no difficulty In defeat
Ing opponents on their own pet drives. The
/ Count" as he Is called attract widespread
| interest," not only because of his superior
ability In the game. but because of his
/ style. He delivers the ball from a stand
! Ing start. not taking the usual run used by
| practically all bowlers He also does not
! use finger holes but palms the ball, the
| same as the system used In the old country
| With this method he manages to put away
all Corners on their home alleys The sched-
ule has not been completed. but 1t Is ex-
| pected that they Will be In the middle
!