The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-14
INTERIORS LEAD
BY SINGLE GAME
Bureaus Base Hopes on
Cinch Tonight.
NERVE HACKING FINISH ON
Leaders to Fight It Out With Teams
of Equal St-ength-Week's
Bowling Schedule.
NERVE RACKlNG FINISH on

In about three more weeks the Wash
ington bowling season Of l903-1904 Will
be thing of the past The Bank Clerks
League has already closed. The Cit-
zens' National Bank team won the
championship, although the Capital five
gave it a hard fight until the last week
and half Of the schedule.
The Departmental League bowlers,
after April T. viii lay off until next fail,
bat the race will be close and interest
ing until the last set OF games has been
played. The Interior and Bureau teams
have only three sets-nine games-tO
play yet and only one game separates
( the two, the Interiors leading.
The Bureaus tonight VIII have as their
! opponents the Commerce and Labor
team, the tail-ender. and should win the
fun set. Tomorrow night the Interiors
/ met the War Department quint and
should add three more victories 10 their
string This would leave the teams on
the same terms as at present Next
! week the Bureaus viii meet the Govern
mont Printing Office five, and the Inte-
rlors VIII meet the Agriculturals- Two
games each Is q fair estimate 20 give
/ the leaders.
Reversal VIII Cost Pernant.
The following week each team viii end
the season, the Bureaus playing the As
/ riculturals and the Interiors the Com
mfssioners. So it is seen the Bureaus and
I Interiors meet teams Of equal merit
until the championship is decided. 4
! reversal of form on the part of either
I viii lose the pennant-
! Following the Interiors and Bureaus.
I the other teams rank as follows Com
missioners, Navy Yard. Postoflce, Gov
/ eminent Printing Office. Treasury, Agri-
( cultural War Department and Com
mercq and Labor.
Joe. Hardie, OF the Bureaus. who has
! held first place in individual averages
/ for nearly three months. was displaced
during The past week. Brosnan, Of the
/ Government Printing Office fvC, passing
him. Brosnan is only one point ahead
OF f1ardte, however. and II will be &
pretty race between these two until the
close of the season Crist, German.
/ Lord, O'Donnell. Bum Smith, Garrett
/ Douglass and Rice as named
In the District League only phenOme-
nal bowling by the Fat Men viii permit
Them to pass the Saengerbunds who
seem 10 have a safe grip on the pen
nant- II is net probable that any
[ changes OF position Will be made, but
the Golden Eagles viii put up a hard
fight TO wrest third place from the
AGNES. The teams rank in this wise:
Saengerbuuds. jolly Fat Men, AGNES,
Golden Eagles, Business Men, and
Rathskellers.
Individual Race Exciting.
The race for individual honors is ex-
citing great interest among the players
and their admirers. George Campbell,
OF the AGNES. has the call at present
with one point advantage over Krauss,
/ Of the Saengers. For the past month
| less than two points have separated tho
first and second bOWlers, and IL is prob
able the fight will remain exceptionally
| close for the remainder II the sea son
Following Krauss are Eiker, Scheurr-
! mann Miller Harlow, SpIess. CrsL
/ Warren. Rodrick and Allison
The Eastern team widened the gar
between IL and the Track and Roadway
team and is now so far in the lead
in the Railway Relief Association
. League that IL is well-nigh Impossible,
for il TO be overtaken. The Northern
Clerks, Southern. Northeastern, Me
/ Chanical Columbia Officers. and Light
ing Company teams follow in the order
named