Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-31
Thin PIN T0PPLERS OF CITY BOWLING
LEAGUE BANQUET TOGETHER IN HARMONY

of Directors Of the Augusta Y. NJ. c.
A., and several members of the State
House league. Harry G. Jones. pres
ident of the city bowling league pre-
sided at the brief post prandial eX-
ercises following the banquet, ami
in few words of his own declared
his belief that three more alleys
| would he a valuable asset to the
equipment of the Y. NJ. c. A.
| The presentation of the Champion
ship trophy and the individual med
ais was made by Col. Blaine Owen.
Captain Hervey FogG of the stellar
American Legion quintet accepting
the beautiful three year trophy,
, which is symbolic Of the city league
championship. The medals for in
dividual proficiency were awarded to
Elliot Goodwin of the Y NJ. c. A..
team for high seasons average, his
i average pin-fall for the twenty
matches being 81; Hervey Fogg of
the 1925 championship Legion ag-
gregation for high single string, with
! 1873. And E,lwood Overlook of the
''Y" five for high three string total
| his record three strings for one
match being $40.
Arthur s Merrill. secretary of the
city league made several announce
ments of other team records during
the past season. The honors for
! high team single string going to the
Y. NJ. c. \. with 500. and for high
team three string total to the AM
| ercan Legion. which outfit chalked
| up 1445 for one match. 1t was inter-
| esting to compare the entire seasons
record of this Years Victors with
| that of the "Y" the runners-up. Both
/ 90 finiGhp.I thpit. entire
| schedule OF twenty matches with the
! Legion having an average per match
Of 1871 $40. while the Y. NJ. c. AS
| average was 1869 9-1O less than
! three pins per match difference.
The captains of the several teams
| of the league were called upon and
made brief remarks. which closely
distracted might be reasons fer our
not winning the trophy and EoY we
! are going to take it next year" 1t
would be difficult indeed to attempt
I to reconcile some of the statements
! with the figures on the record book.
/ but the assemblage was one of good
I spirit and the bantering between the
! personnel of the several competing
! teams was of course one of the en-
! Joyable features of the occasion.
! Among those who spoke briefly
! in the interests of the league and of
! bowling in general We're Hervey
! Fogg of the Legion, Ray White of
| the Clerks, Elwood Overlook of the
Y. NJ. c. A. Bonney Marston of the
; c. NJ. =. Co, Richard Stubs and
! Burleigh Jones of the State House
league, and Thomas $. Smith, gem
! eral secretary of the Y. NJ. c. a.
The final summary of the seasons
; matches showed that there were IS
! bowlers who participated in ten or
! more matches whose averages were
| DO or higher. These high men of
| the league We're Goodwin, 81; Over
/ lock, NCDonough and Fogg, %;
| Royce. 81; Marston, FalIon, Croteau,
Simpson, and Stacy, 81: Wing and
Lausier, 30. Following the banquet
and program two fiVe-men teams
were drawn from this list and
! headed by Captains Fogg and White
rolled three string exhibition
| match.
The final standing of the six teams
in the league for the season was as
| follows: