Evening star., 1905-11-05
BOWLING NOTES.

Mr. George T. Cox, president of the Dis
trict League and captain of the Acme team,
was presented with a beautiful bunch of
American beauty roses Wednesday evening
before rolling the first ball in the first game
of the Acme series.
The members of the Interdenominat;onal
League are showing much Improvement in
their bowling the season progresses.
The Bureau team leads the Departmental
League in the greatest number of spares in
a set which they made in a match with the
Commissioners, securing 81
Charles F. Lennon of the Interior team
of the Departmeneal League made four
strikes in succession in duckpn game at
the Jolly Fat Mems Club, which Is a record
for the District
1t is reported that Toledo, Ohio, is
leading candidate for the national bowling
congress for 1907. This report pleases the
local bowiers very much.
The game scheduled for last Friday night
on the Fat Mems alleys between the home
team and the AcmeS was postponed and
will be transferred to the Palace alleys and
played next Wednesday evening. owing to
the new alleys of the Fat Mems Club not
being in condition for play.
Lennon of the Interior team has the
highest score for the season in the Depart
mental League-256. He also has second
high with 2o2.
Campbell of the Florist team of the Dis
trict League has high score of the season
23S.
The bowling game has certainly taken a
boom in the capital city during the past five
years. Several years ago there were but
six alleys in the District: today there are
sixty-eight. There are thrty-five bowling
clubs in the District
The officers of the national bowling con-
gress for the season 1g05-1g05 are: j. h
Hangar, Louisville, Ohio, president: M. A.
Phillips, ST. Louis, Mo-, first vice presi-
dent: A. c. Anson. Chicago. second vice
president; F. w. Goesewich. st. Paul,
Mimi, third vice president: Sam Karpf.
Dayton. Ohio. secretary: F. L. Posdeioup.
Chicago, ILL.,, treasurer. The executive COM
mittee is: ]. w. Mccormick. Toledo. Ohio
Percy G. Hills. Cleveland. Ohio: George A
Metzger, Pittsburg. Pa: George Langhenry,
Chicago, ILL.,; George T. Cox Washington
d. c.: r H. Bryson. indianapolis. Ind: c.
j. Kaufman, Cincinnati, Ohio; Wilbert A
Robinson, Baltimore. Md. and w. A Terry
Milwaukee Wis.
The principal subject discussed at the
meeting of the bowling congress. now being
held in Chicago, is to give the executive
committee entire charge of the prizes at the
bowling congress tournaments instead OF
the tournament committee, so that there
will he no more trouble in distributing the
PRICES as there was at Milwaukee during
the last tournament, when several local
bowlers lost their prizes
The Post Office team leads the Depart
mental League in team average with a total
OF 300. They also hold the record for the
highest set.
The Treasury DOyS nave the nigneSt aver
age of strikes and the Bureaus lead in the
number of spares.
The standing of the first three teams of
the Departmental League are: Interior,
won II, lost 4: average. T7S: Treasury won
I3, lost s. average, To: Bureau. won 10. lost
s; average, 557.
Harry Steers. who with J. Mclean won
the national two-men championship at Buff
falo In 1902, Friday evening set a high
game record for the season In Buffalo. with
. score OF $50.