The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-21
BOWLING REVIEW
OF PAST SEASON
Second Year Of City League
Comes to a Successful
Conclusion.
AVERAGES ARE READY
Secretary Completes Report
of Work of individuals
and Teams.

and Teams.
The second annual season OF the
Missoula City Bowling league came
to a successful conclusion last Mon
day night. The final games saw the
United. the 1918 champions, win the
odd game against the lowly Foresters,
and the speeding Farleys. who fin
ished in second place. close the season
with triple victory over the Dentists.
The United team finished the season
with 80 victories In 81 games played
The Farleys had won three less. their
victories being exactly double the
number Of their defeats. Last years
champions, the Missoula Mercantile
team. were near the top all season, and
finished third when two of the men,
bers of the quintet which had rolled
almost two whole seasons intact. left
Missoula. The Highlanders, on paper
one Of the strongest. IL not the strong
est team in the league. finished fourth
only by nosing out the Muscular
team on the last night of the season.
The newsl,apermen with n team
which at times went better than any
other quint in the league, headed the
second division. having a good lead over
the Dentists. led by DR.. r. G.. Anderson,
last years individual champion. The
Forest Service five. which finished last
year ago, pulled up q notch this
year and finished seventh, leading the
Bourdeau Mercantile team at the fin
ish by three games. The Bourdeaus
however, didn't have much of a chance
as they took up the position of the
Northern Pacific five which quit in
mid season while hopelessly behind.
having won only five games out of SO
up to that time.
Larson individual Leader.
Fritz Larson. the speed ball king.
pulled into the lead in the individual
averages. finishing the season about
one-third of a point ahead of Cap'n
Tom of the Farleys, and averaging
ia 1927. Farley's average was
173 6-1. and he just headed Eric
IMndwall. best pin getter of the
champs. who. almost to the last day of
the season. held the lead. Two bad
series at the close pushed him from
first place to third.
Throughout the season IS men took
part in one or more matches. OF this
number. far the largest group sailed at
one time or another under the colors
of the Forest Service. Twenty three
men bowled with the Foresters during
the season, while several others bowled
with them and with another team or
two also.
Six men bowled with the Missoulian
through the entire season, and the
same number also were with the
Missoula Mercantile team and Dem
lists, these being the smallest teams
in the league in point of roster. The
Northern Pacific, after bowling In Is
matches. withdrew. thirteen railroad
men having shot with them during
that period.
Farleys Team Leaders,
The highest number of pins for the
81 games rolled was the distinction of
the F'aTleys, who also won IA full share
of the other honors OF the season.
While the United won nothing beside
the pennant, the grocery men took the
prize for the highest total pins for the
season. 6s,s53, for an average of better
than Sli game: they took the
highest match medal total when they
shot $3.50 in mid season: and one of
their number, Tom Carey, got the high
ten frame game. 2ss, and ncsed out
Jack Ashbrook for the high 30 frames
with 6eS, Jack having previously rolled
625.
Fritz Larson. the individual champ.
hung up the greatest number Of 200
scores. having rolled eleven during
the season. Lundwall was second
with ten. while Ralph Swar.z. the Mis-
soulian captain, got s. rom Carey
scored S, Tom Farley, Jack Gibney and
Doc Anderson shot 7 each: Bachelor
got .. Sid Peers and Henry Green
hood each I. and in all there We're
1l6 double century scores made.
Just thirteen times during the sea-
son was the 900 mark passed by teams.
The highest single game rolled was ?57
by the Missoulian. which also passed
the 800 mark on two other occasions
during the season. The champion
Unitcds tied the Muscular with three
900 games each. The Mismercos best
game was SIS. nineteen pins less than
the best game of the Foresters. who
shot 500 in their best ten frames. The
Bourdeaus high game as si3.
In team bowling. the United five
won at least half of the twelve games
they played with each team. except
the Missoula Mercantile They de-
feated the Farleys in II, the NJ. NJ.
company in Il. the Highlanders 10
in II, broke even with the Mis-
soulian, won nine from the Dentists
eleven from the Foresters. and 10 from
the Bourdeaus. The Farleys We're the
only hoWlers in the league to take -
games from the two tail-end teams,
though they failed to win consistently
from the league champs and the High
landers. They took nine each from
the Muscular and the Dentists.
Banquet Is Windup.
Post mortems and prospects were
discussed at the banquet which Off
cialiy closed the season last FRIDAY
night The affair was held in the
Eagles hall. and was thoroughly en-