Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-06
FAT MEN LEAD
DISTRICT BOWLERS
Heavy Boys Going Well, With
OrientaIs Close Up.

The race in the District League. with
the schedule about a third completed,
shows the Fat Men in the lead by the
margin Of one game over their nearest
opponents. the Orientals. Up to their set
with the Saengerbund they had a COM
Portable lead of about three games, but
by some sensational bowling on the part
of the latter team they were downed for
all three games. The Fats are COM
posed of veteran bowlers, who have been
through many a tight race, and the team
as whole is well-balanced one. Their
team average is about 800 They have
two bOwlerS who are over the 1870 aver
age, one within four pins and one with
in six pins of that mark. The three
games which they lost to the Saengers
were not a disgrace. for 1t took record
breaking games to beat them out, and
If they don't win they are the ones the
winners will have to reckon with.
The Orientals. who are now second, are
not the well-balanced aggregation that
the leaders are, nor are they as we'll sea-
soned to stand Il driving finish. They
have three bowersi over the 1870 mark,
two over the 10 and their team average
is about 500 If anything. they are rather
weak in the matter of d fifth member for
[,
one can hardly figure them To beat out
the Fat Men,. although such a result is
possible IL the leaders fall down in their
work, which is hardly likely. Up to their
recent set with the Fats" when they
lost two out of the three games, they had
won five OF their last six games and were
on even terms with the leaders.
Saengers Slew Starting.
The Saengerbund quint. up to their rec
ord-breaking work against the Fat Men,
had done no work of special note. They
were slow in getting start and when
once started were in rather poor form,
which was DUE more or less. TO a little
hostile feeling in the club, which has
since passed away. They have two or
three seasoned bowers on the regular
team, but they are not one which is as
yet well-molded. One of their regulars
is over the 100 average, three over $50
and one as low as 173, but their team
average is well over the 91O mark. due to
their work in the Fat Men set. nj their
match with the latter team they created
new high team total, a new team aver
age for a set, and one Of their men new
individual average for set, which was
glory enough for one night. ands while
they showed grand form on that occa-
sion, one must not consider them too seri-
ously since they are not likely to repeat
that kind of d performance. On general
form they can hardly be looked upon as
league winners. They might finish second,
but third place looks about their size I'M
less they fall down in their work, which,
IL they do, then some other team or teams
may beat them out for even that berth.
The Potomacs looked strong on paper
and were regarded as dark horse be-
fore the season opened. but they have not
shown the form which was expected or
them. They have fairly we'll balanced
team, and, like the Aggies in the Depart
mental, have worked the same 1--WE men
in every set bowled. They have three
men over the 49, two over the 10 mark
and their team average is about SD One
of their members has the high individual
game of the league. also was the first
bowler to run thirty boxes without a
break. This team, like the Saengers, got
started none too well, having never bowled
together as team, but of late their work
has been very good and they are now in
third place. only two or three games be-
hind the leaders. They look good enough
to make a game fight for second or third
places and any improvement on their
present work will surely make the others
hustle to keep them down.
CAROLS Unlucky
The Carroll Institute team is a victim
of circumstances rather than of poor
work. They are again back in the District
League after an absence of several years,
and until very recently have been without
home alleys upon which to do their work
which fact has had much to do with their
present status in the race. All of the
members of this team are good steady
bowlers, and were it not for the fact that
they have had no home alleys their work
thus far would be hard to explain, but
from now on they will show marked i'm
provement in their games. They have
bowled many good scores, in fact good
enough to win games but they have been
unfortunate in that their opponents went
crazy on several occasions. But such
better results can be expected of them in
the future.
The Florists occupy last position in the
race. They got started we'll for q set or
two but somehow or other they managed
to sift down through the various positions
until the bottom is reached, and then they
land SO eeaSily that no shock is felt by
the other teams Each year finds them
doing the same old trick and in the same
old position, and they appear just as
happy and contented there as they would
were they higher in their standing They
have one record to their credit that for
the individual BOBBY game, which one of
their members now Holds. and the only.
thing which one can say against the
Florist team is that they took that honor
away from very popular member of an
other team in the league. The members
Of this team make no claim for medal
honors in the bowling line, but when it.
comes to good fellowship and genuine
hospitality none other can compare with
them, and all of the clubs which have at
any time been their guests will agree that
they are winners and are In class al