The Washington times., 1902-05-18
PLATE PRINTERS
BOWLING LEAGUE
Official Averages and Data at
Close of the Season.
WASHINGTON TEAM FOURTH
Chicago Won the Championship by One
Game-Land of St. Louis Holds Best
Individual Average and T. Helmerichs
Has Highest Single Game.

/ The Plate Printers Bowling Leagu
which closed its season last week is III,
youngest among the local bowling organ
izations and bids fair later on to becom,
quite factor in ten-pin matters.
With very few exceptions the member.
of the various teams were noviees in III,
game when the season opened, bu
! through practice and regularity of run.
ming off the schedule the players becam,
quite apt and rolled up good totals and
averaged well all the season.
The league is composed of teams whose
members hail from the cities for whom
the teams are named and the rivalry be-
tween the cities" has at all times beer
very strong. The teams are known rs
Chicago. Washington. New York, ST
Louis, Boston, and Philadelphia.
Officers of the League.
The officers of the league have worked
hard for its success and it having been
demonstrated that bowling is so popular
among the plate printers. it has been de-
termined TO make the league a permanent
organization.
The officers, whose terms expire next
October, are: J. J. Batch. Chicago. presi-
dent: J. Z. Johnson, Washington. vice
president; l.. p. Brennan. Philadelphia.
secretary; ]. Springmeyer. St Louis,
treasurer, and NJ. Kieso, New York, Of
fetal scorer.
All the seasons league games were
bowled on the Golden Eagles alleys. New
Jersey Avenue and C Street. and George
Brandt of the Eagles team has been of
material assistance in working up the de-
tails of the matches, scoring and SO on.
Washington Lost the Lead.
For some time the Washington team
held the lead, and 1t looked as if it might
finish there, but st. Louis suddenly took
brace and took the honors away from
the Exposition City, and then the latter
mad trouble with Chicago, which in some
way developed into strong factor and
began making il interesting and topped
over st. Louis, and in this way they fin
ished.
Chicago won first place, winning out by
a single game on the last night of play.
st. Louis was second, and Washington
and Now York tied for third place, and
this tie was settled by giving New York
the place when the official scorer an
HOuHCeu W lut ufitbdNtS Nidl IL
had bowled ever a greater total of pins.
New York being 21,7O9, as against Wash
ington's 21 ,190.
New York in the averages shows up
strong, by having an average of 123.l9 pei
game, while Chicago, the champions, had
only 71113, but as the latter had the
greatest number of games won, and this
is what counts, the Windy City landed
the honors.
Land Leads the League.
Thirty games constituted the league Sc
ries, and George Land. of :he St Louis
.eam, played in the full series and earned
first place, with 164.21 average, and wins
he gold medal. Mr.. p. Bowers, Of the
team, wins the prize for second
pest individual average, with 1912.
Mr.. 7. He!mrichs, of the St. Louis five,
wins the prize for highest single game,
With 226 as his score. and Mr.. A. J. Hess,
If the Chicagos, gets second prize for
BOWLING over 224 pins in one game.
The five highest individual averages
how that St. Louis was strictly top
iotcher and entitled to divide honors with
,hicago. for in this five" st. Louis ap-
,ears twice-frst and third. Land and |
Ielmerichs the latter having 1878; |
bowers. Chicago. second. 16l- %; Budkc. of |
lew York, 1921, and Johnson, Washing |
on, 1893.
Official Averages and Totals.
The complete statement OF individual
verages, total pins anad strikes and |
pares bowled by each player during the
eason as officially announced is as fol-