The Washington times., 1904-02-15
LOCAL BOWLERS
ARE BACK HOME
Krauss and Spiess Win Two
Men Team Championship.
DEPARTMENTAL RACE CLOSE
Only One Game Separates Interiors and
Bureaus-Both Play This
Week

The Columbia Bowling Club, which
represented Washington in the annual
tournament Of the American Bowling
Congress. at Cleveland. last week. re-
turned to Washington yesterday.
Although this was the first time a
local team ever competed in the event.
II carried off one championship: Spiess,
of the Acmes and Krauss. Of the
Saengerbund team. winning first prize
for two-men teams. knocking over 1.1s4
pins. twelve more than their nearest
opponents, pair from Milwaukee,
made.
The two Washingtonians got S175 for
winning the championship. Spiess scored
e22 of the points. and Krauss made E62
Their scores were: Spiess pa III and
2Z7; Krauss. 1877. 176 and 1S9 The only
other members TO figure in the prize
money were Harlow and ROdrick the
cracks of the Jolly Fat Mems team.
They were fifteenth on the list. and got
as their share $40 Hsrlows work was
excellent His scores were 19S. 213 and
Is9. but Rodrick did not bowl up to his
standard. having a string of 16s. 212 and
disappointing. 1t failed TO finish in the
149
The work of the five-men team was
money. On the Palace alleys the team
which represented Washington would
average about go per game but at
Cleveland il was lucky TO average S25
The Chicago team Of Capt Adrian An
son, the well-known baseball player gen
eral. carried off the championship for
five-men teams, with a total of 2.737
pins.
$4,000 for O'Learys.
The O'Leary's. of Chicago. won it last
season. Thus for two consecutive years
the championship has been won by Chi
cagoans. If the O'Learys had again
won it last week. they would have been
$4,000 richer. as James O'Leary. the
prominent Chicago bookmaker after
whom the team is named had promised
them this amount IL they again annexed
the title of champions.
For some reason or other the scores
or the tourney just passed were lower
than those Of last year. For instance
the event won by krauss and Spiess was
captured by Al Selbach. the Washington
baseball player. and Collins. last wear
with total score Of 1. .2Z7 pins Selbach
and Collins could topple over only l .O6T
pins this time, however.
Much was done for the general benefit
or the sport. all the existing difficulty
between Eastern and Western bowlers
being adjusted. A national bowiine
league was formed. with the following
members New York Brooklyn PhfIa-
0fiRilld. " NdSnlnKtnn. chicago Toledo
and Bunalo. Detroit and Milwaukee Will
also join the organization. it is said
Departmental League.
In the Departmental League. the race
for the championship is as close as ever.
only one game separating the Bureau
and Interior teams. The relative stand
Ing of these ouints may be decided this
week. however. as the Interiors meet
the Agricultural FIVE. and the Bureaus
will have the Government Printing Of
nee to compete against. 1t is unlikely
tnat either one Of these teams will fin
ish worse than second The Commits
sloners, Navy Yard. and Postoffice ives
arc having almost as close a fight for
third position. the Commissioners At
present holding IL. The Navy Yard five
however, is only two games behind them
aIlo an. erle Postoihce team. in turn. only
Joe Hardie has such a commanding
lead IN the individual averages IL is
SAFE 70 say he will carry of first hon
ers- FOLLOWING him are Brosnan Crist
German, O'Donnell. Rice. Bum Lord
Meyers, and Budke. BoWshers of the
Hayy yard nve. is only two points be-
hlnu Hardie, but has played in only
eighteen games. Before he can be
legitimately classed he is required To
bowl thirty games
District League.
Players on three OF the teams in the
District League competed in the CIeve-
land tourney last week. and because NJ
their absence. the schedule of games
was interrupted. only one set being
played.
The Acmes and Golden Eagles failed
to send in their cards for their last
series. therefore there is no relative
cnange OF standing among the PLAYERS
In individual averages
The ssengers have won three more
games than their rivals. the Fat Men
and have lost the same number How
ever. they have played thirty-nine
games. and the corpuleut bowlers only
thirty-six. The chances are the end Of
the week viii again find these teams
tied for first position. as the Pat Men
meet the Rathskellers, the taflenders
on Friday night and il is likely they
viii win the full set. The Acmes are
third, with nineteen victories and TWEEN
~ defeats; the Golden Eagles fourth
with sixteen games won, and twenty
lost; the South Washington Business
Men are fifth, with fifteen victories and
tWenty-four defeats. and the Rathskel-
iers are last. with thirteen wins and
Miller. Of the Saengerbunds. leads the
psf OF the bowlers. with a very small
isaa s over George Campbell Of the
Burdine, Spiess. Schuermann Harlow
Allison. Warren. Lord. and ROdrick fol-
low as named.
Railway Relief Association.
The Track and Roadway quint won
two games last week and tied the
Northern FIVE for third place i'm the
Railway Relief Association League The
Eastern team still leads in the race
for the championship. but should IL lose
the next four games. and the Clerks
win their next four. the latter would
displace the Eastern five Staub. of
the Track and Roadway quint broke a
league record during the week by top
piing over z4b pins in single game The
teams rank as follows. Eastern clerks
Track and Roadway. Northern. South
ern, Northeastern. Mechanical. Colum-
bia, Officers. and Lighting Company
Whitney still holds the others safe In
Individual averages. having nine more
pins per game THAN Staub. his nearest
opponent. Brown. jenkins. Mcclure
Wynkoop. DodsOn, Lovelace. WenzelI
and Hawking follow IN the order named.
CAR AND WAGON COLLIDE.
The rear wheel Of a Government
Printing Office wagon was broken. and