The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-08
BUREAUS HOLD
A SLIGHT LEAD.
Lead Interiors by Only Two
Games in Departmental.
LOCALS OFF FOR CLEVELAND
Columbia Club to Compete in Ameri-
can Bowling Congress-
Tournament
LOCALS OFF FOR CLEVELAND


lean Bowling Congress-. at Cleveland !
and the competition in the local leagues
Will divide the interest of bowling eE-
thusiasts this week The Columbia |
Bowling Club. which will represent
Washington, has left this city for
Cleveland. and will begin it's competi-
ton this evening.
This year is the first Washingtonians
have ever taken an active interest in
the doings of the American Bowling
Congress, but within the past three
months some of the best clubs in the
city have become affiliated with the or
ganiZation, and the best players %
these teams were selected to represent
the National Capital, both in team and
individual matches.
The work Of District bowlers has been
as good as that of players in any other
citv in the United States, where the
loaded ball Is not used, and the local
boys should carry off several good
prizes
All OF the players who have gone II
Cleveland are members of the District
League, and their absence viii necessi-
tate the postpOnement Of two series il
that organization this week. The only
game which will be played is that be-
tween the Rathskelier five and the South
Washington Business Men, Wednesday
night. on the alleys of the Rathskellers.
Departmental League.
The feature of the week in the Depart
mental league was the meeting of the
Bureaus and Interiors, who rank one
two. The Interiors won two games of
the series and are now only two games
behind the leaders, with an excellent
show of overtal0ng them and capturing
the pennant for the second time in the
past two years. Had the Bureaus won
two games OF the set there would have
been little chance for the Interiors to
overtake them. This week the Bureaus
have the strongest team in the league.
with the exception of themselves and
the Interiors. to stack UP against, as
they are scheduled to meet the Commits
sioners. The Interiors, too, have hard
set ahead of them with the POstOftce
team.
The Interiors are now bowling better
than any team in the league. All of
them except Bum have been doing as
wei as they did last year. but UP to the
past two weeks their captain could not
strike his stride. Last season he was
the best Individual bowler in the De-
partmenta1 but until recently was way
down on the list. His excellent work of
the past three series. however, has
placed him in NTH place. but there is
little chance of his again leading the
list Joe Hardie, Of the Bureaus.
seems to hold the others safe. The fol-
lowing series have been closed for the
season:
The Bureaus defeated the Interiors
five out of nine; Agrtculturals defeated
feated Commerce and Labor six out OF
nine: Commissioners defeated Postoffce
five out OF nine, and the Navy Yards
defeated the Treasury seven out Of
nine.
Again the Navy Yard team rolled the
highest team total for q series, making
a score OF 2S57. II also rolled 1000
game but the Postoffice FIVE carried of
single game honors, with LOG o. Don
season. knocking over 266 pins, break
ing the record of Crist. German, and
Glad. who were tied with "a each
The Bureaus still lead the league with
the Interiors. second; Commissioners
third: Postoffiee, fourth; Navy Yard
fifth: Government Printing once. sixth.
Treasury, seventh; Agriculture, eighth;
War Department, ninth. and Commerce
and Labor. last.
The Individual bowlers rank as fol-
lows: Harcie, Brosnan. Crist Rice,
Bum ODonnell. Meyers. Budke. Lord.
Douglass. Smith. Helmericks. Hough,
Orspada, Fowle, and Bowshers.
District League.
In the District League the Jolly Fat
Men won three games from the South
Washington Business Men. in the earlier
part of the week, and tied the Saenger-
bunds for first position. but a few days
later the Saengers bowled the best series
Of the season. and captured the fun set
from the Raths.-eIlers. winning back
their place Of honor at the head OF .he
Cleveland. which many members Of the
Fat Men and Saengerbunds are attend
ing. these teams Will not play for two
weeks and the relative standing cannot
be changed until after that time. The
Golden Eagles pulled up on the Acmes
last week by defeating President Cox's
team in two games OF the series. The
scores OF the Acme-Golden Eagle series
have notS been handed in yet and this
probably accounts for George Campbell
being displaced from first position in
individual averages by Miller, OF the
Germans. The teams rank as follows
SaenRerbuno Jolly Fat Men. AGNES
Golden Eagles, South Washington Busi.
ness Men, and Rathskellers. Miller leads
second: Spiers. third. Krauss. fourth
Cooper. fifth; Eiker. sixth; Burdine, sew
enth; Allison. eighth: Crist. ninth. and
The Columbia and Lawyers teams
are having an exciting race for first
place IN the Title Insurance League
The Columbias hold the lead with
twelve games won and three lost. but
the Lawyers are only two games behind
The District Title Company IL third
and the Washington Title fourth, with
only one game won and fourteen lost
Miller easily leads the individual bowl
ers. Marsh Is second, Phelps third.
Fernald fourth, Leary fifth, and Dry
den sixth.
Clerks Move Up.
The Clerks won two games last week
and by so doing ousted the NOrtherns
from second place in the Railway Re
lief Association League The Easterns
Still have "A commanding lead for first
position. and will not be Overtaken be
lore the close of the season.
IT If well-niRh impossible to overtake
Whitney In individual averages as h
far outclasses any Of the tenDir
knights among the rafiroaders. Brown
IS second Staub third. Jenkins fourth
Mcintyre NTH. CARRIER sixth. WynkooI
seventh. Dodson eighth, Lovelace ninth
and WenZeu tenth.