Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-01
THE BOWLING SEASON
Local Leagues Getting Ready
for the Winter.
CHANGES IN TEAMS
DEPARTMENTAIr ORGANIZATION
FIRST TO BEGIN WORK.
Talk of Commercial League-Bank
Clerks Think Of Getting Together
Again-First Series Percentages.

The merry music of the topping pins, as
| sweet to the seeker of spares and strikes
as the tinkle of the ice in the pitcher 1.-The
morning after" or the hum Of the reel to
| the disciple of Walton, has succeeded to
| the crack of the bat, and the bowling sea-
son is on.
The sport has always been popular in the
| capital city, and has had it's enthusiastic
| followers, but there was dearth of facili-
| ties for the unattached bowler, and the
| regulars of the Saengerbund, Carroll In
| stitute, South Washington Business Men,
| the old Columbia Athletic Club and other
| members of the District League held the
| stage season after season. The few alleys
| open to the public were doing 'such bust
ness" however, that the opportunity was
| too golden a one to be neglected. and last
year the construction of the Palace and
Rathskellar alleys resulted in bringing out
| a large crop of new aSpirantS for hOnOrS
with the double-holed sphere, who, judging
| from last seasons performances, will close
! iy push the veterans of the game for single
| score and average supremacy in the vari-
| Gus leagues.
| There We're some pessimistic knockers
| who believed that last years busy season
| was only temporary squirt and that the
| interest in the sport would be on the wane
| this year, but, on the contrary, the activity
| is even greater, and every night the capaci-
| ties of the club and public alleys taxed
| to accommodate the army of candidates for
| places on teams, and those who indulge in
| the game solely for the exercise, sport and
| genial comradeship it affords. All of last
| years leagues have organized for this sea-
sons campaign with the exception of the
| Bank Clerks.
| The District League.
| aa hn fat nr M
present ton of bowlers will begin
| operations about November 1. with all OF
| last years teams excepting Carroll Insti-
| tute. The vacancy caused by the with
| drawal of this team will be filled by the
| Acme Bowling Club, which will make the
Palace alleys it's home. The line up will
| include Cox and Rice of the old Carroll
| team, Cooper and Bum of the Interiors,
| Warren, one of the best of the new corners,
and f. R. T. Smith and Spiess two of the
! cracks among the veteran bowlers. AS soon
| team will bowl half its games on the Palace
| alleys it will make the older clubs put up
| strong games to outbid them for the cham
pionShip.
| Krauss and Eiker last year with the
| Golden Eagles have transferred their al
| legiance to the Saengerbund, and Lansdale,
also formerly of the Eagles, will be asSoci-
| ated with some other team In the District
| League this season. The Golden Eagle
team will be composed largely of Bureau
| talent, assisted by Brandt of the old quint.
| The other teams-the South Washington
| Business Men, Jolly Fat men and Takoma
| Park-will remain almost intact
Judging from the past performances Of
| the men composing the Jolly Fat Mems
| team, which won the 19O2-19O3 champion
ship and which includes Ludwig. Crist
| Brosnan, Hoffman, Brown, Campbell Har-
low and Rodrick, the other teams will have
| to pile up big totals to win out against
| them. The two last named players won
| the championship in the two men tourna-
"a in
| which the cream of the local talent par
| ticipated. Rodrick is conceded by many to
| be the best all around bowler in the city.
and can always be relied upon for high
average and consistent work. He has won
the majority of the individual prizes Of
ferred by the Palace Amusement Co. for
which he has competed.
The Saengers will also present a strong
quint, while the Golden Eagles and Acmes
will be the dark horses in the race, the lat
ter especially being an unknown quantity
on account of having Kip Setback, the
Senatorial outfielder and member of the
bowling trio that swept everything before
them on a tour of the country last year.
Kip is "subbed only as his services will
not be available during the entire season.
Railway Relief Association.
The Washington Railway Relief Associa-
| ton will have ten clubs competing for the
championship and the handsome trophy
presented by the Washington Railway and
Electric Company which becomes the per-
| manent property of the team winning it
| three years consecutively.
The teams follows: Eastern,
Clerks, Lighting Company, Northeastern,
Columbia, Northern, Southern, Mechanics,
Track and Roadway and the Officers. The
first game is scheduled for October with
the Easterns and Clerks opponents.
The Bank Clerks are seriously consider
ing a reorganization, and the employees of
many of the leading commercial houses are
also talking up league.
The Departmental League.
The Departmental League, whose first
season, 1923. was successful, was the
first organized this year, and, owing to
the addition of two infants to its fold-the
government printing office and the Agricul-
tural Department-and also to the fact that
each team has eighty games against
sixty-three last season. they have already
begun warfare against the pins, and with
last Fridays match between the Commits
sieners and Post Office the first series
of games was completed.
The Interiors, last years champions, and
the Bureaus, who finished second, present
the same players again, but the Commits
sioners, who landed third, have been great
Fly strengthened by the acquisition of Harry
Pearson, and will give the teams which
nosed 1t out last year a close brush for the
leadership The personnel of the other
teams remains practically the same, with
the exception of the Treasury, whose
strength has been augmented by the ad-
dition of Johnson and Farrell of the Blu
reau and Morris of the Y. M. c. A.
The individual averages for the first
series show DeYo OF the Treasury five
heading the bunch with average of 191.
Bum, high average man last year, holds
down fifth place. Lord, who finished sec
ond last season, and Garrett, Cooper, Crist,
Meyers and others. who finished near the
top in the 1902 race. got a poor start on
account of hitting&i into several bad splits,
but they will climb rapidly toward the
top. --fa
Total Aver
Games. pins. age.
DeYo Treasury. 574 191
Hardie Bureau ................ 8 562 1877
Land, Bureau. 541 1870