South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-12
WINDY CITY BOYS
GET 1880 STICKS
Billy Carey Leads Attack on
Naples for the World
Famous Team.


II the Nineralites beats the Brooks
who have been leading in this event
tor tie past two weeks. by II pins
The men didn't seem able TO get go
ing until the last game. when need
ing 1912 pins 10 tie the Brucks, they
knocked off 1893 naples Four 200
scores in the last game were mainly
responsible for the lead of the Min
eralites, Carey being high in the last
game with 239. Had Chuck Collier
anchor OF the team been hitting the
naples any where near his custom
airy form the Alineralites would have
gotten $3.50 easily
The Howard Majors. also OF Chi
cago. went into fourth place in the
five men with 2836 sticks. Starting
out with 1921 pins it sure looked
like there would be a 5000 pin lead
er in this event. The Majors fell 10
s29 I'm their second game, and when
the pins were added in the last game
they had only SIS. and their chance
10 grab the lead had failed because
Of a few cherries and a couple of
blows. and some splits. the curse that
always falls upon a team when there
is a chance to do something big.
CRrey-IhOma Get 1881.
Billy Carey wah high man for the
Mineralites in the hve man games
with a total OF 625 pins. He seemed
TO delight in shooting on alleys three
and four. In the five man he got
229. in the singles he got 224, and
in the doubles 222, for a total OF
kS6- Despite the good start that he
had Carey could not get himself into
q leading position in the all events.
nor could any of the other four ex-
perts on the team get among the
leaders in that event.
However Carey and sykes Thoma
got well into the double money by
collecting 1891 pins for fourth place
in this event. It looked as though
Van DE Vale and Blackmore's score
~ 1857 would be small. when, after
. setting 4OS pins in the first game
} hey came back with 453 pins in the
second. but the third game Sykes ran
into a bunch of tough luck and got
but 16S while Carey was getting 202
for total Of $40 sticks in the final
game which fell short p pins of
busting the NIishawaka pair from the
CnviOus first place.
More Good scores.
During the morning members of
The Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and
Gary teams shot their doubles and
singles. Many good scores were made
in both these events, but none caus-
cd any change IN the first five lead
ers. The Observation-Disclosures team
of indianapolis were high in the dou-
bles with 1886, and the Pritchett-
Mccullough team, also of Indiana
polls was right behind them with
1913, 1T, Tirk OF Gary turned in the
best score Of the day in the singles
with 619 pins TO his credit. DeVitto
and Wilson, both Of Chicago were
tied for second individual honors
with ola pins a piece, None of these
scores will put the men up among
the FIRST ten In the singles, but they
will come i'm for slice of the money
when the melon is cut after next
Sunday.
Il, and s. on Form.
The KOehlcr and SChafer team of
south Bend were not shooting up TO
their usual standard and got but
27G3, The boys just couldn't get go
ing, none OF them shooting their reg
ular games, several OF them even be
ing unable TO knock the five. or other
equally easy pins, for spares. They
had plenty OF alibis however. and
that goes u Ions way in solaCing
them for their poor showing.
Mccullough OF Indianapolis got
the highest ono game total yet for
the tournament when ne collected
as pins IN his last game IN the dou-
bles. This score beats Richards rec
ord Cf PIT, also made IN the doubles.
which mad been high so far for the
series. 1t looked like Mac would get
500. but with nine straight strikes
he failed 10 sweep the table in the
tenth. and was robbed OF that elu-
sive inducement that always leads
bovlers on. a perfect score.
sundays scores.