The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-07-24

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same floor was also conscious Of the
smell and knew it was gas. Intuition
brought him to the door of the kids
room. He burst in and lighted the gas
Jet before Howard had a chance to ask
him what he wanted. The clerk then
explained and demonstrated to Howard
how to use and douse the glim. Jack
Hoy rushed upstairs when ne heard
about the incident and worriedly in
CURED if Howard was all right. He was.
Sleep didn't come to him easily. How
ard said he got up many times during
the night to try out the lighting system.
$50 Bill Questioned
In the morning, Hoy gave Howard
a $50 bill, as expense money, q gift
from Charley Clark. A $40 bill was the
largest bill Howard had owned prior
to the Clark gift. Howard soughs out
Tom Reynolds, the proprietor Of the
the bill was good. Reynolds rocked with
laughter. He made Howard show the
bill to the lobby hounds. Howard was
ribbed by everyone in the hotel. The
kidders had a grand lime pok1ng fun
at the Butte boy about blowing out the
gas, and his $50 bill:
That night Oglesby won from Opie.
The gang at the hotel didn't kid How
ard about his loss. Rather, they were
sympathetic with the kid who could
take it in and out of the ring. The
hotel guests blew Opie to a grand mid
night dinner.
Bowling Stars of 1903
In 1903, a Butte bowling team jour-
neyed to Salt Lake to compete in an
lineup was composed of Art Merkle, DR..
Tommy Ellis, Billy Kirkpatrick, Mike
Sheehan, B. Taylor and Tommy Jack
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Tommy Ellis of Butte and a chap
named Elwert of Pueblo, were the king
pins of the meet. Ellis had enjoyed a
great season. His forte was picking up
spares. He had a knack of moving down
the number 10 pin. It seemed he just
couldn't miss that piece OF wood IN the
right hand corner.
Elwert was third baseman for the
Toledo team of the American ASSocia-
ton. The tourney was in winter. As he
lived at Pueblo, ElWert bowled with a
Pueblo team. AS a bowler, he was the
real Mccoy.
W. A. Clark Jr. wa in Salt Lake City
a visit. He was induced to watch the
Butte team bowl. At the alleys, much
talk was going round about Ellis and
ElWert, who posted three game totals
close to the 700 mark.
A $1,000 Kiss
Clark proposed a special match be-
tween Ellis and Elwert, offering to back
the Butte kegler to the extent of 81 900.
The match was quickly arranged. One
game was the condition, the match to
be rolled on n alley.
Both men were in form, rolling above
the 200 mark. Elwert, who on a toss of
a coin, was to lead off, had finished the
last frame. All Ellis had to do vas to
get either a strike or spare to win
the match. Tommy, with ball poised,
took his three steps up to the line and
let the mineralite go. 1t looked good
all the way-yet, n pin stood up; it
was the 10 pin. The Butte crowd let out
a yell. It seemed a cinch for Ellis to
win; his pet spare was waiting to be
knocked for a row. 1t sure looked like
the payroll, with Mr.. Clark as winner.
Ellis calmly waited for his ball to
come back on the runway. Deliberately
he set about to win the game. The ball
left his hand on a bee line for that
lone pin-but as the ball went into the
pit the pin stood up, though it wo5bled
from side to side. Tommy's ball had
just kissed the maple. 1t was a thou
sand dollar kiss-or miss.