The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30
BY LE. NANGELSp0m.

of teams. players and interest 49,
the previous yeaRs the soAeO1 -
111N83 indicated that bowling n
mailing rapid advances in this 60.
Despite the absence Of . boHfiat
council or association 70 help pto-
mote the organization q new
leagues and guide their destiAiea
and the limited number Of puhilcr
bowling alleys. the grand old g@tlle
-fightfally called the king OF NJ
door sports"-has locally bes1 star.
ing Z wonderful comeback.
The year showed Rock Isln4d
with three teams entered in the
Tri-city league. the major ortAni-
sation Of this vicinity; showed sev-s
efal new leagues making their de.
but and witnessed the strengthen
ing of the older loops The reopen
ing Of the Harms alleys by Jimmy
Normoyle was big help to bowl
Ing, AZ many new bowiers broke
into the ten-pin game on his drives
during 1922. The Island City
alleys, owned by H. Rhodes. were
the scene Of many closely contested
games during the pas year
and the several private alleys
were busy from autumn until
spring. However, the season ct
hand gives every promise Of ex-
ceeding the past year and hopes
are entertained that before the
1929 season has passed into hie-
tory q bowling association VIA
have been formed. sst64f
II. Rhodes Of the island City al
leys, stated that the new year gives
every Indication of SURPRISING tie
ls11-21 season and K. =. Fergus0os
who has taken over the manage.
ment Of the Harms alleys this sea.
SON, reports business lively. Tho
old st. Julian alleys, ON Seventh
avenue, also reopened this fall.
\ Following is brief summary OF
the activities of the various leagues
during the past year:
Tri-clty League l
The Black Hawks Of Davenport,
won the pennant, with the Rock
Island Elks as runners-up. The
DriRillB, also Of this city were
third. The, Dodropinn's of Moline.
1901 champs, at times showed
flashes of their real ability, but, a.
a whole, were an in-and-Out aggre-
CATION during 1921-22. Art Vinall
COPIED the individual title with an
average Of 1856 7s-190. Connie
Holm, Billy Asmus, Frank Bieskie
and Art Salzmann finished In the
order named. The Black Hawks
won 3-game and single-game hon-'
ors with scores of 2,S71 and 1,003.
respectively. They also won high
average with S91, followed by the
Elks with $50. High 3-game indi-
yfdual went to Hartmann, who
shot GIT. Churchill toppled $50
naples for sfngle-eame honors.
The league is faster than ever tits
season. 'Nuf sed. L. o. Swanson OF
) this city is secretary.
Twin City League. fa
The island Citys, with 30 victor
les and only seven defeats, walked
away with the pennant. The Ia
land Citys also carried of high Nv
erage honors with E68 1888. Bill
q Danielson led the league with an
average of 1856 1889, followed by
Peaches Graham, Andy PauYDen
and Hy Gibson. Each Of these
bowlers finished above the $50
mark. Danielson also annexed
high 3-game honors with q score OF
1904. Paulsen was next with e31.
Due to the Island City's over
whelming league the circuit dis
banded before the schedule had
been completed. Ed Daniels0n
was secretary.
n L Club League.
| This leakue was composed At
four clubs and the Films won the
pennant after spirited fight c.
Johnson with an average Of 176
headed the list. This organization
is rapidly developing into one Of
the best leagues in the city. Oscar
Lift IS secretary.
Emmanuel Lutheran League.
! The l. Y. F. S. and Orchesff1
teams tied for first place but failed
to play on the tie. Bill Thomas
led the leagues bowlers with an
average of 176. He also took 3
game honors with . score of 627.
Otto Klockau, averaging 16l. was
second and Ike Neuman finished
third. Neuman shot high single
I game with score of 2A6. The Or
chestra, Johnny Clemann's tribe,
knocked the sticks for high game
and single-game titles with respec-
tive scores Of 2,522 and 900. The
loop is composed Of six teams and
is coming on fast. r. n. Flick ID
handling the secretarial duties.
! The Textile League. s5,
Composed CT four teams. The
Fish team won the pennant and the
Aged club with 720 trotted on With
high average Ed Witch topped thu
circuit with a 165 average. Rodsr;
!, lick and Schillinger we're next. The
Aged club piled up S44 pins 1os
high single game and z.413 lox
three games. A dandy league L.
, veloping coming stars. Keller tool
care of the clerical work during tn
past year, and Glad Anthony Il
, secretary. for the season Of is12-33