1940-02-23 — Page 23

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 23, 1940

BOWLING ALLEY JOTTINGS

J. H. WATTS' FINE SCORE| One Of The Highest Registered In Far East

ASHEVILLE C.P.O'S SURPRISE THE MEN

(By "STRIKE")

IN my "Jottings of last week I complained about the dearth of Matches played and the absence of any scores worthy of comment, excepting Corp. H. Blount's 255 made on the 15th February, but this week I have several high scores to comment upon, and several really good and inter- esting matches to report.

J. H. Watts (plus 20)

were:-

J. H. WATTS

Mindanao, and this match was played on Monday, Alley Team again winning. this time by 108 pins.

out, and Joe Harvey of the Asheville, very Douglas, of Mindanao, was unable to turn kindly deputised for him.

ALLEY TEAM

Royal Signals are to the fore again; had to be played in the Semi-Finals and not only did Corp. J. H. Watts win Final, vide the rules of the Competition,

Watts was conceding 25 pins in all. the Signals Handicap Competition, The individual scores but on Sunday, he beat Corp. H.

816 Blount's record 255 for the month M. F. L. Haymes (plus 25)

.... 712 Watts' average for the five games there- by making 2781 The bitter part fore works out at 163, and Haymes 148, and about it as far as Blount is concerned actually. Watts won without his handicap, is that

Corp. Waits and heby 104 pins.

Competition has J. H. Watts friendly game at the time.

to comience second one, which will be There is ttle doubt that Corp. Watt's under weigh in the course of the next two score is one of the highest set in the East. three days. For this purpose an entry- although I believe there have been severalist will be posted in the Alleys and all over this score and also two or three perfect bowling fans are invited to enter, frames-viz. 300 the highest possible score- made in Manila,

were playing against each other in been so successful that it has been decided J. S. Landolt..

The Singles Handicap

Corp. Watts' neore was made up as fol- lows starting off with 6 strikes in a row. he falled on his 7th frame to make an 8

MORE HIGH SCORES

H. Blount

579 848

815

J. R. Fawcett... 802

3342

There was

MINDANAO

Opinion had it that the C.P.O.'s did not stand a chance against Joe Harvey and his men, but I was treated to the biggest sur- prise I have had in the Alleys. It is true that Joe Harvey's men won the match, but it was by the narrow margin of 110 pins only.

The Individual score were as follows:-

ASHEVILLE

C.P.O.'S

W. J. Balaski.... 810 J. A. Harvey.... B01 C. G. Cunning... 712 M. O. Gray,

873

2996

C. J. Summers.. 789 C. E. Edwarda.. 774 G. C. Merkel... 754 C. F. Rozum.. 569

2884

From the above scores it can be seen that there was nothing in it, and had Summers, for the C.P.O.'s, made about the same score as Edwards, Merkel and Rozum, the C.P.0,'s would have won.

In the first game Joe Harvey's boys led by 107 pins; in the second the C.P.O.'« not only wiped out this deficit, but were leading by 221 pins: in the third game the C.P.O.'s were at!l! 11 pins up, and in the fourth they were still leading by only 2 pins, so one can Imagine the excitement amongst the sup porters of both teams,

In the last game Joe Harvey's team forged ahead to win by 110 pins. The highest score of the match was registered by W. J. Ba- laski, for Harvey's team, with 810 or an average of 162 per game, with Harvey him- game. C. P. O. Summers was third with 788 self a close second with 801, or 160 pins per

or an average of 158.

There was only one 200 scored, this being J. A. Harvey... 831 registered by C.P.O. Merkel, who made 214 D. M. Keplinger 821 in his second game. F. P. Hollis.... 792

3144 top

I understand that C.P.O. Rozum's lowly J. T. Sheehan... 700 position was no doubt due to the fact that he has only recently started to play Ten Pins and is more at home at Duck Pins.

Feature of this match was the friendly badinage, or "razzing" from several sup- porters who were in attendance: as a matter of fact, it sounded to my untrained cars as "not very friendly !**

Again on this occasion Watts wan sccre for the match with 879 or an average of 176-atx pins per game better than the previous match against Asheville. Landolt's form in this match in comparison a great improvement on Joe with the Asheville match, he registered 840 or an average of 170 pins per game, com- ville match. Blount was slightly down on Thepared with his average of 154 in the Ashe-

his score of 815 against Asheville. Fawcett was better than in his match against Ashe ville, his bag on this occasion being 802, or an average of 180 pina per game against his 778 or average 158 in his

game Asheville.

against

I have already mentioned the really good scoring of the past week and I have in mind a series of three ordinary games played with his first ball and a share with his see-between J. 5. Landolt, and F. P. Hollis of and ball. and, striking out on his next five the U.S.S. Mindanao. These were played frames to make 278. Actually he made 11 | together with no break in between. strikes and one spare.

This was a wonder-scoring was particularly good and, I think. ful effort and is the highest score ever re-constitute a record. The scores were:— gistered in these Alleva, Had he the on Hollis

699 Landolt

..... 872 his last frame instead of the 7th, he would Hollis average worked out at 200 per game have totalled 208.

and Landolt's 191, their combined efforts being slightly over 195 each per game. It Corp. Watts also won the Singles Handicap | certainly was good bowling, both

players Competition, playing against M. F. L. being in great form, Actually, out of the Haymes in the Final.

therefore came rolled between them, they registered presented with A replica of the silver- 20 strikes, 26 spares and had only eight encased ten pin ball, presented bv the breakal Management of the Bowling Alleys, which is Then again on February 19, H. P. Hollis kept in the Alleys for future Competitions. put up another very creditable score, notch and has his name engraved thereon. Ining 242 to add to his already long list of cidently, he is the first to have his name good scores. His effort on this occasion was engraved on the ball, and is also the first as follows:- to receive a replica.

WATTS AGAIN

He

Was

Was

The runner-up. M. F. L. Haymes, presented with a Carton of Schlitz" canned beer, very kindly presented by L. Rondon Co. Ltd., Jiong Konk.

Starting off with three strikes in a row, a nine with his first ball on the fourth frame. to make a spare with his second ball, then four strikes in a row again, to fall on his ninth frame to make a seven with his first The final of the Singles Handicap was ball, a spare with his second a spare on his played off on the 15th instant and resulted | 10th frame, and an eight with his spare ball. in a win for Watts by 79 pins.

On Wednesday Mrs. Ismail registered 211 Watts' Handicap was plus 20 and Haymes | pins for the Ladies' best score of the month, plus 23, so actually on the 5 games which made up as follows:-Three strikes in a

RACING

row. a spare, two strikes together, two spares, an eight on the ninth frame, a spare on the 10th frame and an 8 with the extra ball-good work!

On February 16, there was quite a good Ave-game Ten Pin match between the Alley team and U.S.S. Asheville, this resulting in a win for the Alley team by 372 pins. Thie Illustrates my remarks in a previous article that a good Duck Pin player can also be a good Ten Pin player, The Alley team has

always been known as the best Duck Fin

team in the Alley, but on this occasion they demonstrated their superiority in the Ten

Pin kame as well.

ALLEY TEAM

3242

ASHEVILLE

W. J. Balaski... 768 W. E. Wood.. 764 MO. Gray.... 672 C. S. Edwards... 351 C. G. Cunning.. 318

2370

In this match Cunning was down to play but could not turn up in time, and Edwards kindly deputised for the first three games, Cunning finishing very ably the last two games.

(Continued from Page 22) Lancashire Chips (Mr. Wei). This is indeed going to be a battle between glants, and it will be worth going a long way to see. I don't think we need look farther than Far View

J. H. Watts..... 650 for the champion, especially after its H. Blount....... 843 record-breaking run in the Rooty-J. R. Fawcett... 778 Hill Derby. In this same race Sad- J. S. Landolt........ 771 per ran very well, and the slightly shorter distance may enable it to give Far View a better fight. However, the finish should be Far View first, Sapper second and Baffin Bay third.

TAIPING HANDICAP:-(SECOND SECTION) -SIX FURLONGS. This is the last race of the day and is confined to second section "D" Class China ponies. Emergency Call (Mr. Black), which was second be- hind Phoenix in the Chefoo Handicap, should have a good chance of winning here, but will probably meet with stern

H. Blount was very close behind to regis-' ter 843 or an average of 169 per game; he opposition from Bressay, third pony in bowled consistently well for the first four the above race, on account of the games but fall away in his fifth game to shorter distance. There is also Port-make only 132. Neither Fawcett nor Lan. rush to be reckoned with as this pony what I know they are capable of.

dn't did as well as I expected of them or

is very fast over sprint distarices and may cause an upset If it is not over- hauled in quick time. My nomination is Emergency Call, Bressay and Port- rush.

$112.00 DIVIDEND

The Derby Forecast Pool:

1. Satinlight.

2. Burford.

3. Craigavad.

100 paid $112.00.

HIGHEST SCORER Walts was the highest scorer of the match

with 850 or an average of 170 pins per game. This was good consistent bowling and had he not trailed away in his fourth and fifth Fame his average would have been much higher he made 148 on 'his fourth game and 157 on his fifth. Nevertheless his effort was sound.

The Asheville team never seemed to be comfortable throughout the match. Balaski being top-scorer with 768, or an average of 154, followed very closely by W. E. Wood with 764 or an averate, of. 183. Grav, nurs nrised me by revistering the Inwest scére of the match and probably the lowest snore for a five-fame, match that he - has `bowled in these, Allevej, Z

ever.

On the whole, the Asheville bowled much below their umat: retkeinswees,

·CHALLENGE MATCH

The Alley Team's victory over the Anha- ville" naturally drew a challenge from: U.8.6.

It is worthy of note that all four players notched over 800 pins each during this game with the Mindanao, the total average per able one of 162 each: this is something like player for all games being the very credit- bowling!

Naturally the Alley Team to a five game match, this the Champs have challenged

was played last night.

A SURPRISE

I

There was Ten Pin match played on Wednesday. It a very interesting five-game

was the result of a challenge from the Chief Petty Ocers of the Asheville-to-play the usual ship's team.

to have the patience of Job the barracking However, as players on both sides seemed

and razzing did not seem to have any effect on their nervous system!

As a matter of fact I am not quite certain if Devonshire, who very kindly officiated as scorer, had cotton wool in his ears or not; anyhow he carried out his duties entirely unperturbed and in his usual very able way. I heard so many expressions used, espec- ially by one, Elmer Detza, that it was very hard for me to remember all, but amongst the many terms he used were "Robbery", "Slipping". "How much did you pay the you try for," "Let me come up and show Pin Boy," ""That was a good shot, what did

you how to make that shot," "I say boys its

for them." "Pick 'em up." elc., etc. As a a good thing they've got a seaman playing

matter of fact it was only due to the fact that Elmer suddenly remembered he was

there was a temporary silence in the Alleys. hungry and got busy with "Hot Dog" that

But all joking on one side it was one of the most-interesting matches I have ever

witnessed.

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