The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15
Bowling "reminiscences
Bv "SCHWEITZER"

him a Zoe to be watched. espc tally
n the alleys were getting worn down.
or II they had Jus, been shpuaccd
and puhshd McCoilum Mckee,
humistou Chaunccv Boiling. sam
Dvc, Mtikle, Brown, ierfuuIt. Doc
sloan. CoruUilsun Whitaker. Ham
mond Cardiff another southpaw with
speed, nnd cal Dorm were Ulso cN-
ccllcnt buwlrrs. Dorm and Mclie
tudman used tu take their friend lu
for "a game almost every afternoon.
ana 10 Au4 no uuHuMmH. tuI.E IuI
them to bowl r. to 10 games be-
iuro they quit, ana they often held
the alleys against all comvrs uuIl
the gang from the TcAa.. Gur.
sinclair and Prairie offices aIlNot
promptly at Sol y. IN. ana literally
ran them Off
some Old-Tlmcrs.
Some good hOwlors and finr fci-
lows uf even AN earlier period we,e
td Argue, Ralph Staufier. Charlie
llusscr Matt McNulty. I'D Soha.icu-
ccrs, Rex McHcnry, Doctor Bur
hans, Earl Beardsloy LeB,y u ru-
brock, Berry Wall Boyd Ar.hDr
llendren, Bcrie CaIk. Ross S.,g e.,
lom Lost Luckiield. j. ;. icl ca
Arthur Nowliu. Pierre King. ic.ul. .
1 Mckorren, Carl Magee. Hackohoru
tthc blrbcr), Mebhcr Nuglr. Art
and Walter Perryman, La DIM
] 'DutCh' Loud yhath tNN,sc.u
I Unlon) witt Eddy Bond. Ayers
and numerous others
] have often seen Harry Sinclair
and his brother tarl. ana Pat MalIoy
and other mon OF large atfa ny. TAX
iug their eXcrrise ana having good
lime on the Arcade a,lcvg
] The newspaper men were partly
responsible for the great popu ity
/ Of the bowling leagues during those
wears. u. \. BritEvWuter pI the old
. Democrat ana Glenn condor ot Tnc
world We're live wires aud cnnaisl,nt
boosters. and always reserved q col
umn or two for the league sryrcta y 3
weekly report of bowling notes. ana
. published the complete averages
every week or sn, as well as report
Ing the daily matches in detail Lou
Dufiy later became q great fO.l1wct
| OF the sport and was and l. Qu.tc
popular with the old crowd. After
all, praise Is the best method OF re-
curing results ana the sport oliturs
gave this IN unspafng quantities
with the result that Interest ueNc.
tagged.
remember that I'm 1915, IN n spill,
season, each team howlcd 80 game
In the last hRif season. and OF tho4p
~ games were for better than 500
pins, and 100 were for 500 To SQl
pins. In 1915 and 1917 Tulsa's
League had better howlers on the
average than any city south Of chi
Cago eNcent perhaps ST. Louis.
Plenty Of Material Here.
At the present time thcre Rre
enough experienced huwlcTS In Tulsa
to man two first class cignt-toam
leagues, with enough ordinary bowl
ers to man two smaller leagues.
Some one should be able to see the
golden opportunity that les I'm the
establishment OF an "p-to-datr BOWL.
ing balls, hardwood alleys, stpe
lockers for the bowlcrs' persona
properly and clothing, shower baths
dressing rooms, and not least i'm
|portant, a high location in some Sky
scraper whore the air could otrcu
late from at least three sides. Alst
the higher up you get, tho lower tn
rent will be porpurtionately.
The bowlers are simply clamorini
'or an opportunity TO bowl, and AZ
esta blishment Of the above descrip
tion would be "a money maker from
the very first and in summer as wei
as winter weather. The alley
would be kept busy from 2 a. m I,
IL p. m. six days out Of the week
seven days II allowed by the cit,
ordinances. In fact trade would h
so extraordinary in this city o
80, 600 red-hlOoded people. that IN
management would have to use Will
power 10 prevent themselves from
killing the game by permitting tn
alleys to be used az timna when /
would be essential for the alleys q
be worked on" and coated viii
= shellac and polished
Roy. Page n Millionaire.
3 Some one Of Tulsa's 40 m.llianalre
and near millionsircs should take /
e upon himself 10 put In this cmpori
, um ut once. II requires capital 4
start such an enterprise, but tn
. income from tho same should be
3 great inducement Then, after IN
. plant is started, do not make IN
} mistake Of putting some boob" ii
, charge, but get a real manug r fror
ID New York Chicago or Milwaukee,
2 who knows how to keep the alley
= clean and I'm condition, and know
I how to reserve certain alleys {.
: the "400" among the bowlrrs, an
e who viii make the beginners Obscry
y the foul limos and the loftlng rule!
, and who will put up weekly prize
efor bowling nrowess I'm the various