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HORTICULTURE 



March 14, 1914 



During Recess 



Rochester-Buffalo Bowling Match. 



Wednesday, March 5th, was the date 

 set for the Rochester bowling team to 

 visit Buffalo in the return match. A 

 small delegation came on the morning 

 train and were met by the Buffalo 

 committee and taken in autos to the 

 several local greenhouses and park 

 conservatories and then to lunch at 

 the EUicott Club. The second section 

 came at 5.30 and after visiting Buffa- 

 lo's up-to-date flower shops they were 

 taken to Messinger's Hof Brau for 

 dinner at 7.30. The table decorations 

 were under the management of S. A. 

 Anderson and were carried out in Kil- 

 larney roses, cattleyas, laelias and 

 oncidiums. The room was banked 

 with ferns and palms and southern 

 smllax covered the walls. About 120 

 florists were present and a brief wel- 

 come address was given by the newly 

 elected President of the Buffalo Flor- 

 ist Club, W. H. Eiss. S. A. Anderson 

 was toastmaster and a number were 

 called upon for a few remarks, includ- 

 ing President Dunbar of Rochester, M. 

 Keller, George B. Hart, Postmaster 

 Kasting, W. J. Palmei>, S. J. Mahoney, 

 D. Seymour, Supt. of Buffalo Parks; 

 H. E. Bates and others. In many of 

 the speeches made by the visitors, the 

 ending was on this order — "We will 

 take the trophy with us tonight. 



Arriving at the bowling alleys An- 

 nouncer Neubeck fired the shot for the 

 men to line up and laid down the rules 

 of the game to the players. The ju:?ges 

 were in their position and the rootsrs 

 also. Below are a few notes depicting 

 the excitement in a few frames and 

 how Buffalo did not let that handsome 

 Lord & Burnham trophy get away. 



Salter up, a little nervou.s, but a spare 

 resulted; .Sandiford, the old reliable, a 

 strike; the club yell went up. strong and 

 bealthy. Keller bronight down 9 and 

 missed the 10th; Vick was doing good at 

 67 in the 3rd ; Bowland, was rolling nice 

 and easy and indications pointed" toward 

 a high score; this was in the Tth. The 

 rooting for Buffalo had Some telling effect 

 on the nerve of Salmon and Jenny, as 

 they could not pick the last pin. The 

 visitors weio quiet until the awakening 

 of the 9th, when stiikes and spares were 

 as easy to get as carnations during the 

 Lenten season. Keller made a few 

 "Gates Ajars," but managed to pick one 

 often and leave a "Ilrcikcn Colunin." Four 

 strikes in succession meant the near end- 

 ing of the tirst game and tlie visitors 

 were rapidly falling behind. The linish 

 of the riufl'alo team was a l.mdsllde and 

 the tirst game was won hy 19G. 



Tile able announcer lierr liad his little 

 speil. — 



"There Is lunch in the reiir 

 l-'or every one here." 



After a few minutes' intermission, the 

 contest was .-igain on. IJnffalo weak, and 

 for several frames tlie visitors strong from 

 tlie lieginning. The rooters were scattered 

 about and not mncli life was shown. The 

 liuftalos could not connec't successfully 

 and it looked as if the pin-setters had 

 been bribed. Some of the jjins were 

 glued and would not drop and BufTalo was 

 getting weaker at every frame. Rcchester 

 going at a terrific clip: pins dropped 

 like prices at the wholesaler's on a rainy 

 day, and they could not be stopped. 

 George Hart was all excited. Bates lost 

 his voice, but Mike Keller had thar ever- 

 lasting smile and made strikes as easily 

 as striking matches. The game went on 

 end the visitors were leading by 120, a 

 big margin in the 9tb frame. The Buffalo 

 rooters were called upon for the belp-out. 

 but too late, and the second game ended 

 with a victory for Rochester by 66 pins. 



The third game w'as on. and everybody 

 was excited. Betting was not allowed. 

 Up to the 4th the game ran pretty evenly. 

 In the 6th, Rochester was leading, but in 

 the ith the Buffalcs had tbe lead. In the 

 Stb, many over-anxious to swell their 

 scores and beat their , man, broke with 

 7 and 8 pins. The 10th" frame showed the 

 score for Vick at 21.5. which helped out 



the low man. Speidel. and the ending was 

 a .ioyous viitory lor Bufl'alo— two g.inies 

 out of llirce. and tbe l:ist game a margin 

 of 95. 



All in all it was a grand turnout; in 

 fact much larger than had been ex- 

 pected but so much enthusiasm had 

 been shown at the previous game that 

 every member who attended certainly 

 had an excellent evening's sport. The 

 visitors were escorted to the train by 

 the club's baud in the early hours of 

 the morning and all reached their 

 destination safely as Capt. Salter had 

 charge of the visiting crew. 



ROCHESTER 

 1 2 

 S.-ilter. IS.** 1.31 



211 



M Keller 102 171 140 

 Bowland, 161 1.5R 174 

 Salmon, 141 106 141 

 Jenny, 151 185 100 



713 .S02 766 



BUFFALO. 



1 2 ;; 



Sandif'd, 219 157 193 



Speidel, 1S3 148 145 



Vick, ISS 1,34 215 



Walter, 1S2 156 154 



.T. Streit, 137 141 154 



009 736 801 



Gardeners' Reunion. 



The annual "Gardeners' Reunion" 

 will take place at Thum's Alleys. 

 Broadway and 31st street, New York, 

 on Tuesday evening. March 24. The 

 event will consist of bowling from 1 

 o'clock in the afternoon till 6.30 and 

 dinner at 7 P. M. A number of valu- 

 able prizes have been donated by trade 

 friends to be awarded for bowling. 

 James Stuart of Mamaroneck is chair- 

 man of the committee of arrange- 

 ments and tickets can be obtained 

 from him by writing or in person at 

 the Flower Show in Grand Central 

 Palace. This reunion is a volunteer 

 affair and not under the management 

 of any organization. 



"I enjoy your paper very much and 

 find lots of helpful articles in It. 

 Rhode Island. A. T. 



