The Seward gateway., 1916-02-17

urSt lNleINAtl pV"Ati6 Ne@' '''''''''- ever conducted in Alaska was staged and the Seward Hopes went down to defeat, after grabbing the second frame of the three game event. To the outsider it looks a whole lot like a ease of stage fright on the part or both teams as there was not man with the exception of Wagner of the Anchorage aggregation and Johnston of the home guards that sspped the maple anywhere near their regular form.
 In the first frame Anchorage got away to a slight lead by rolling up a score of sos pins to the local tal- ent's 792. This lead was overcome in the second stanza when the Seward crowd by bowling somewhere near their regular form knocked down S27 pins and the adherents of the "frOze in camp" could only bump over a total of 7SS.
 With a fair lead the deciding frame of the evening was started and the local aggregation went on the rocks and tossed the lOosest game of the evening only totauing 7S9 pins. Anchorage took a brace at this stage of the game and largely through the high class work of Sam Wagner rolled up a total of S5l, winning the frame and the first leg of the champ iOnship.
 For the Home Guards, Johnston was the most consistent performer and if he had a week more to train on the local alleys would give Wag ner. the star of the Government camp, a good run for stellar honors. John ston averaged about I75 and that is no where near where he would be with practise. Kosmos got off bad and couldn't hit his stride until late in the evening and finished five pins behind Manthey who really bOwled the most consistent game of the even, ing for the locals. Gus has a good style of delivery and was not rattled by the importance of the event as were other members of the team. The two AndersOns had an off even ing and did not roll at all up to form, but will be better tonight.
 For the Anchorage aggregation, Wagner was the star and the way that the Dutchman dropped the maple gave the local fans heart trouble. He went through the game at a 19O clip and can be depended on to display the same form all through. Wagner is a dangerous man on the alleys and it is safe to predict that his average for the three games will be better than l9O to the game. Moore, the mayor of Anchorage, was a close second to the sturdy TeutOn, and while he did not roll up to his usual average contributed better than TO to each game. Blanton, one of the boys that the Commission camp have always pinned their faith on, fell down and it is hard to give a reason for his failure to rattle the pins at a faster gait. Walter BlantOn is or dinarily one or the most consistent performers in Alaska, and it must have been a case of an off night as was shown here by some of the local team. Charley Bush also had an off night and failed to roll at all up to his regular form. Take it all in all with an exception on each team, the boys all fell down and the score of last night will prove to be a danger Ous criterion to go by in judging the future performance of the two teams.
 Anchorage starts off the game to- night with a 34 pin lead and that IS nothing as was evidenced last night when the Anchorage boys pulled Sew ard down from a lead in one game to the above named lead in one frame.
 On paper the tournament has the appearance of being one of the most evenly matched events that have been staged in the section, since Col. Revell ran for the town council, and either esam has a chance tonight