Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
STRIKES AND SPARES.

| Chiswell of the Belmonts averaged 1O7
at the ducks last week.
After bowling twenty-eight clean
frames, Land had to get a break in his
| twenty-ninth. Hard luck. Sandy.
The Bureau team averaged 975 against
the Capitols. Just another league record
that's all.
Does Ludwig believe in mascots? The
Baron wears a straw hat when he
bowls in all league games
Garrett bowled 1871, followed it I'D with
PIT, then dropped back to a 1853 game
Stop your teasing, George.
Peed bowled a game of IS In the Unions.
Columbia match. Another case of a
bowler dreaming Of duckpin games.
Land bowled PA. 25a and 1873 last week
1t was also noted that Sandy was not
smoking any souvenir cigars.
Helmerichs bowled well in his first and
second games-2O and 23O, but his last
game-wasn't it awful. "Ted?"
Dexter Of the Erecting Shop quint
scored III in his last game Three aces
would look better in some game other
than bowling.
The Commissioners took two games
from the Post Office, but it was a hustle
all the way, as the latter team was in
grand form.
week and got three good games-195. 800
and 1856. Always thought that Jim was
a born leader.
The War quint had a new anchor man
in their set against the Aggies. and he
was good one. Howdy. Baker. since
when did you join the Army?
The Royal duckpin team took two out
of three games from the Sparroughs'
quint. 1t takes clever team to walk
away with that Royal bunch.
Flanagan of the Uniorf League bowled
112 and lib in his second and third games
1t is safe bet that he had to hustle
some to get those games
Crist got 204 and 219 for his first and
third games. but had to butt into $50 for
his second. What was it, Billy the
pins. the ball or the thumb
Brosnan dug up a 264 game Monday
night, and one for Gao on Thursday night
Wonder where Jack keeps his new brand
of dope? 1t is powerful mixture.
Snyder Of the Moses duckpin team
bowled singular set last week-1O2 81
and so-a drop of II pins each game
Charley always was very systematic In
his work.
Auguste of the Navy Yard had nice
set of games against the Interior-2O3, DIS
and 1S3, averaging POI. Sorry you could
not last in that down and out affair,
Gus.
The Interiors lost the first game to the
Navy Yard, won the second. then fell
down, when they might have won the
last one. A regular case of the Navy
Yard lucking out.
1t is a rare thing for Brosnan to bowl
his ball into the gutter before reaching
the pins. but he did it last Wednesday
night. Smatter, Jack, your bali want
drink?
With two substitutes in it's lineup the
Aggies put up a 946. 963 and 93S set
against the War team. 1t wouldn't be a
bad scheme to put McLennan on the
regular team. as he has been doing good
work of late
Eiker made no great display during the
preliminary scoring in the tournament at
the Royal alleys, but when 1t came down
to the finals he was the real thing. A
total of 437 is travelling some, especially
In competition.
james of the Sparroughs, with 81, %
and 95, and Nesbit of the Fowls, with
SIS, 81 and "a, were candidates for the con-
sstency club last week Too bad, boys,
but the club put up the bars when it
took in Fisher with three 12O games
When a bowler bowls tenpins on one
alley with one hand. and duckpins on the
other alley with the other hand. delivering
both balls at the same time, 1t is about
time for all good bowlers to go home.
Gus! How dare you do such thing?
The Departmental League Is once more
at the top with a new record. In the
Post Office Commissioners set Thursday
night Brosnan bowled games of 1874. 219
and 279, an average of oyer $50. beating
the previous record of 645 pins made by
Burdne Of the Saengerbunds by seven
pins.
Agriculture has bad habit of digging
up substitutes who can bowl one or two
double century games in set. Robin
son bowled 2O1 and 2O7. McLennan had
204 and 201, and along comes Williams
with 200 and 258, the last named bowler
being a regular. Wonder If Capt. Field
has another team In training?
Echoes from the Down and Out tourna-
ment:
Fritz, got into the finals with Brosnan,
but some of those strikes were rather
lucky, Fritz.
Some bowlers are lucky, others unlucky.
Did you see Waters and Williams last
Monday night at the Palace?
Miller got a $40 prize for finishing
ter results from his hits.
The totals in the third series were very
ordinary ones and outside Of Brosnan's
$50 the others were not of much class.
The feature of the tournament was the
bowling of Brosnan. For steady and
have anything on Jack.
Monday night Bill Williams got
total of $50 pins, and Tuesday, in a
regular league set, a total of $40. Oh,
the irony of fate.
Waters. in the second series. got 56S
pins. but in the third he could only
reach 524 for a total. A SIS prize for an
average of Ia is not SC bad, is 1t, Harry?
Brosnan won the first prize of $40 with
a total of ST pins for his five games, an
average of IT'S, and Fritz carried off the
second prize of $40 with a total of $50.
an average of III. Did any one ever see
such easy money?