South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-11
PIN KNIGHTS To
CO AF TER RECORD
Local luminarieS and Chicago
Famed Stars Shoot
for Prizes.
~ JUNO KINERI1

Tie heX bowling team of thlcagO
.oIled into a triple tie for fifth place
n the tournament Saturday night
With a score OF 2.S04 The other
cams in the tie are the T.. O.. smith
Arcades OF Milwaukee. end the
Ioosier Creams Of South Bend g.
olson. anchor on the Rex team. was
N rare form totaIiug $50 pins for
iis three games. Had he not fallen
town in his second game Olson
would probably have hung mp am
Individual record for any man iu the
ive-man event so far Iu the last
came in the last few frames the Rex
cam had five splits and II BE-
weren't for this tough luck along
with the failure TO cut down
couple Of spares they would now Doe
IN second. or perhaps first place
40 changes occurred i'm the
standing OF tho five-man event after
The attack Saturday night upon the
pins BY the HoOsier teams Eight
teams from four differeut cities in
Indiana concentrated their efforts
upon the NAPLES but the scores were
far from upsetting the leading
Brucks The Central Ally five
from indianapolis wche high for the
evening with a score of 2.735. They
were followed by the Superior type
settlers OF Fort Wayne. who tOtaled
ISIS Neither Of these scores got
these teams inside the tenth place
None OF the teams were hitting
their regular stride until the Sec
ond or third game. Even the Buck
tails. ono Of the best local teams
could not get going tin the last
game. when they got 961 The Gem
tray Alley boys also had their eyes
on the head pin in the last game and
- result they totalled 952. Hark-
enrider of the indianapolis team.
considered one Of the best bOwlers
in the state, was having bunch
Of tough luck. running into several
splits which held his score down.
hut he predicts that ne will get
enough pins in the double and single
events this morning 10 carry him
inside the money in the all events.
Pritchett, of 500 fame, on the same
team. was off form but will reat-
tack the pins in the morning with
renewed courage and is fully con-
fident of getting in the prize list
Gary Fails.
Four teams from Gary were here
but failed TO do anything the stan
dard Auto five being high with
2.59S. and the Gary Posts were next
in lire with 2557. The members OF
tho Gary teams were off their chow
and had a lot OF difficulty I'm even
hitting the first pin. After their
games were rolled couple of Gary
men were SO incensed that they
started arguing about the alleys.
Eddie Waters. manager of the al
leys. appeared about this time and
overheard their remarks. He show
ed them the error that they had
committed by giving the alibi that
the alleys were the cause of their
poor scores by showing them the
standings The Gary men then
showed themselves TO be good sports
by coming hack with the remark
that they were a little hasty i'm MAX
ing such remarks. and said that
they'd make up for their poor five
man scores in the doubles and sim
giles.
4 large crowd OF fans was ON
hand when the bell sounded. The
Central Alley team had the largest
delegation following their efforts.
out the fans were also watching the
other teams with more than ordinary
interest. many OF them watching the
superior Typesetters OF Fort Wayne.
who got 903 en- their first game. but
who fell down in their other two
games.
Big show To-day.
This afternoon. beginning at 2:45. I
ne pins are sure COINS to get the
spots knocked out OF them. for the
NiucraUtcs. WOODLANDS and How
ard Majors of Chicago and the Sill
ger Edge and Koehler X Schafer
cams of South Bend start ont after
he fivc-mau record The KoehIer
4 SCh8fcr team are the present state
champs. and when they rolled their
singles Friday night every man eN-
sept one got over 500 So if they're
On this afternoon Dc means that the
BruCks will not be occupying first
place The Chicago teams have no
esscr luminaries than Chuck Col
Ter. Sykes Thoma, Fred Thoma .
Harry steers. Billy Carey and many
others Of national bowling fame (
upon their roster This does not
ook very well for the leaders i'm the |
ivS-man events. or for that matter. .
At Tocmeu-s wonderful record is
probably the only one that is COM /
3aratively safe.