The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13
Connie Lewis, New State Champion, Will
 Give Joe Porto Return Match In April
Losers Unjust R c m a r k s Prompts Local Man 10 Accept
 Defi-0ther Bowling Chatter.

DGti-0theT Bowling Chatter.
 Connie Lewis. Conuecteuts new duckptn champion, Is today $500 richer as the result of his victory last night over jt. Porto. ex-champion. That amount was paid over to the popular Bridgeport bowler, after the latter took the necessary six games to defeat the New Haveuer in their 21 game championship series. 4 week ago in New Haven Lewis dropped five of the Il games rolled there to Porto. Last night Lewis took six of the seven strings rolled at the Park City alleys, this bringing the final score to Lewis II, Porto '
 Lewis victory means also that the local man win make the trip to Toledo. O.. where the annual National Bowling Congress -s being held. Con nie will leave within a few days and will take part in the national cham pLonships there. A number of other Ert5EcDorters will also make the trip with hlm.
 Defeat did not suit the New Fraveuer. He was considerably pcev- ed because he had been deprived of his mp5ouship Iaurels. After the match he made the following state men.
 'EverythinE was against me- The alleys are positively -ha puuElest I've ever rolled on. The ball wouldn't re main on the alleys. I am disgusted with everything. I am willing to meet Connie Lewis again-right away
 But when this statement was brought to a showdown. Porto baked. He insisted that the match be rolled elsewhere.
 Lewis, although deserving of the honor that went to him. took the sit nation good naturedly and informed his opponent that he was prepared to defend his newly acquired title "any- where and at any time" It was agreed then and there that the two shall meet again upon their return from Toledo next month. The purse win be doubled.
 Later Porto issued another state ment. The text follows;
 "I am willing to meet Connie Lewis but the terms will have to be alto- Eether different. L will not consent 1 to roll on the Park City a1Ieys.' ] And vet the Park City alleys are 1 admittedly the best in the city. l Another inconsistency in the state ment of tho former champion is his 1 provision ani demand that one block of the games be rolled in New FIa- ven Lewis, however, said that any thing agreeable to Porto is satisfac- tory to him. Neutral people suggest ed that the two meet in 0 return match on some alleys located in neither New Haven or Bridgeport But why all this fuss on the part of 1 Porto? He lost fairly and squarely and there is absolutely no room for al5bi
 1 The largest crowd that has wit messed a. championship match in this 1 State damned into the Park City al leys to see the two men in action. 1 About 100 New Haven rooters were in cheering for Joe Porto was Mort 1 Lindsey, formerly of this city. but 1 now of New Haven.
 The match was interesting through out and replete with thrills Connie was at his best although his scores were nothing sensational His man. ner of delivery was cool, but deter mined and confident. He wore his iuimitaible smile all through the match, while his opponent. although fighting his hardest, carried a frovn. Porto, unltre Lewis had a hard time '5unching the pins in the first five games.
 After Lewis had taken the first five games in rapid succession, Porto broke loose in the sixth and by bunch ing his points with @ couple of strikes and a spare managed to forge to the front with 113 wIi5e Lewis scored 105. The seventh game was a. hummer from the start. Lewis got a good start. Up until the fifth frame the locallte |fclT ly- ro f,To i,, that inning Joe came mp from be- hind and diminished the lead grad uaIly In the ninth Connie punched his points. while the best his oppo- nent could do was to get six. The tenth frame saw Lewis victor and crowned the new champion.
 Joe Porto, too, will go to New Ha- ven. He will be O member of the New Haven team. Porto expects that the Elm City men will do as well this year as tlley did last season, despite the fact thIt some of the teams that will compete fhere are much stronger than those of 1918.
 Seven games were rolled in last
 nights series. Lewis made 21 spares
 and one strike, filling with III pins.
 This gave him an average of 5 1-22
 pins @ mark. Porto filled in a trifie
 better. He was credited with 10
 spares and two strikes, filling with 76 pins, an average of 4-12 pins l The games were scheduled to begin
 o'clock. Porto, however, was
 7owhere to be found at that hour. At . ;:25 he together with a number of