Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1907 — Old Uncle Bill N. Is At It Again. [ARTICLE]

Old Uncle Bill N. Is At It Again.

Columbus, Ind. Paper: William Jones who lives in the northern part of the state and who owns to be seventy five years of age, dropped into the Drake Bowling Alleys ou Third street Wednesday afternoon and literally took all of the bowlers into camp. Wednesday night he repeated the performance with the exception of one game and that he would probably have won if the lights had been"arranged so that he could see the pins. ___ ' Mr. Joaes is visiting his sister Mrs. Henry Doup, who lives near this city and whenever he gets near a bowling alley he remembers his old time bowling days. Wednesday he decided to try things here a little bit and some of the younger bowlers thought he would be a ‘‘puddin” for them. They guessed dead wrong however, because Mr. Jones defeated all comers and good scores. He got better the longer he bowled and to night he is going to show the young fellows a thing or two. Last week at Indianapolis he bowled five games in which his average was better than 198 and in three of the games his averoge was over 200. He knows the game from beginning to end and i& going to try and smash the local record the next tfme he takes a whirl at the local alleys. In spite of the fact that Mr. Jones is seventy-five .years old he handles the ball like a young ster and can predict just what pins he will strike and what he will leave standing.