Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-16
Team Standing.

The Bureaus made gallant effort to beat
out the seasons record of 900 made by the
Interiors, but fell short of it just one pin in
their second game against the AggieS.
The Commissioners terrific pin onslaught
in their match with Interiors resulted in
hanging up new figures for set, their total
of . $50 being pins better than the Inter-
Tors record breaker of the previous week
This scores an advance of 10 pins in game
average for the Commissioners. and regains
for them the second position
The Navy and Treasury also chalked up
new high single games. the former displac-
ing 500 with 9SI. and the latter 80 with 951
The money makers increased their total for
a set from 2,J40 to 2676. gain of 1876 pins,
and also advanced pins in game average.
The "Agges'' lost four and the Warriors
three in average, and the other teams scored
advances as follows: G. and L., {: Navy, 5:
Bureau 5; Post Office, 5; Interior, 4, and
G.. Z. o., 3.
The league average for the week was S53,
an increase of two over the week previous,
and is the highest average made thus far
for a weeks work.
Thirty-four games were bowled this sea-
son before 500 score was made. when the
Post Office ran sos. Since then 900 totals
have been numerous but last week was
the record-breaker. when ten out OF a total
of thirty games were Well over the nigh SOO
mark.
An unusual feature in this respect was the
work of the Interiors. whose first total over
the 800 mark-996-is the highest Tor the
900 games with II; the Interiors have .,
Commissioners 7. Post Office q. Navy 8,
Treasury 8, Agriculture 2 and u. r. u: l.
The Warriors and c. and LIS are still daily,
ing with the seven and eight hundreds, and
have yet to mingle in 600 society.
After successfully defending his leader
ship of the individual players since the sec
ond week Of the season Hardie. notwiIh-
starding gain in average of two points
during the past week, has gone down TO
second place before the magnificent squirt
OF Hough who. by running up $40 In the
match with the Commissioners, jumped
from third place to the lead of the league.
Crist continues his fast clip and has now
passed Meyers and Helmerichs In the per-
centase standing. Last week was prolific
in big totals and several of the players
strung up new high-water marks for them
selves but the work of Budke was easily
the premier performance. this latest addl-
ton to the Treasury squad making new
records for the season by rolling three
games over 200 in a set, scoring $50 for
series. and by going twenty-nine frames
without a break.
Michigan, who has been doing well all
season in pra ctice. celebrated his reappear-
ance in the league by running a set of 629.
Others in the swell figures were: Hardie,
GIL: Pearson. COS: Crist, COZ; Frederick and
Douglass each, 597.
Still one more 10 player was added to
the list, making the total twenty-four. OF
these the Interiors still have FIVE; the Blu
reau and Commissioners, each, four: Post
ONCE, three-an increase OF one. Navy,
three Treasury, two: Agriculture. one--a
loss of one: G. P. o.. one, and the c. and
LIS now have a representative in Jarvis.
The leadership Of the teams has changed
in only one instance, Douglass having
headed McCauley.
Several 200 games were bowled. but none
touched Crisis high mark of 254 made the
week previous. O'Donnelrs 245 was high
for the week. with Hough close up, PA.
Others over In the double centuries were:
Pearson. 23S: Budke. 235. 2l2. 203: Nelli-
gan. 235. 2O2; Douglass. 223; Fritz. 223;
Lord 221. 300: Crist 217; Hardie, 215. 2O2:
Neiss 2o4; Ward. 9o2. 900. and Parker, 2O2.