The Washington herald., 1910-12-18

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Coliseum future tournament companies
will be up against it. The demand will
be for Morris chairs and sanitary
touches. Maybe after some Of US pull up
with about 40 in the singles we won
find those seats inviting? The farther
back the better
The team or individual that send in
their entry for the City Associations
meet before the end of the month will be
helping the tournament committee 10 an
appreciable extent. Remember that old
maxim, HE who hesitates is lost"
A movement is on foot among a few Of
the bowlers 10 have a mixed double event
earded for the first week OF the local
tourney, The writer has been assured OF
no less than four entries should IL 20
through, two from the Ingram Memorial
Church, one from the Arcade, and one
from the old District League Here is
one Of the best opportunities ever offered
TO encourage the woman bowler. It's up
10 the tournament committee 10 do the
rest
Looking back over the scores and rec
ords of the first, second. and third an
nual tournaments held by the City AS
ISOLATION reveals the fact that for some
unaccountable reason the names of many
men who had participated in these first
three events were conspicuous by their
absence from the entry list of the 1910
tournament. IL these same men were
out Of the game nothing would be
thought OF il, but a careful perusal Of
the scores each day shows that they are
still in the game and as good as ever.
The biggest falling on seems TO be in the
old G. p. .. crowd. We are going to go
a step over bounds, regardless OF the
tournament committee. and appoint
Pat Walsh. Billy Norbeck. Lednum
and phil Nachman a special commit
tee 10 whoOp things up. Any one else
who can stir up a little enthusiasm can
consider himself a committee OF one and
rest assured that his efforts viii DC APP
preciated.
During the past two weeks the scores
have shown a tendency 10 soar skyward
sam Auguste caused a commotion by
getting his annual high game in the Dc
partmental by posting 81. Page then
pulled up with count Of 275 in the sun
day School. which is some pins Not 10
be Outdone Eddie McKnew got in the
drives and piled up q big set with the
aid of a 265 game in the new District
A. the present time the calcium light of
publicity-whateyer that isis turned up
or BILLY" Warren, who. not satisfied
with 26S, wound up his set with - and
aN. Go ahead, fellows. pile 'em up
We're with you, everybody is.
How would you like to have been a
member of one of the teams when the
District League was organized back in
1898? In taose days it was the custom OF
the four teams-the league membership
being only four-to meet at the Same al
leys on the same night, the home team
rolling one game with each OF the visit
ing teams This naturally tended 10 de-
velop. the social possibilities of the game
since all the league players would meet
al one time. This may have been all 10
the mustard provided they had pin
spoilers, but nowadays it would take
about four hours TO pull this off,
Speaking of the District League being
organized in 1S93. how many bowlers are
there in the city who are aware Of the
fact that one of the three men who nut
this league under way seventeen years
ago IS still doing business with the pins
in the Colonial2 The number. no doubt,
can be counted on the fingers Of both
hands. Modesty alone has kept this
bowler from advertising the part he has
played in the local game. and his many
friends would have forever remained in
ignorance of the fact had the writer not
been delving through past records OF the
league In an issue Of a local paper OF
November, 1893. appears an article in
which II was stated that the bowler in
question, together with VIII Love and
Jake Jones had held a meeting at the
Columbia Athletic Club and formed A
tenpin league to be known as the District
of Columbia Bowling League, the teams
being the Columbia Athletic Club, Young
Mems Catholic Club, Carroll Institute.
and the Washington Athletic Club. If
Henry Chadwick earned the title of
father OF baseball" then Dr. Kicker
has more than earned the title of faith
er of Washington bowlers,'' for it was
none other than the genial doctor who
played such an important part in putting
this league under way Here's hoping
the doctor viii still be in the game in
1877.
Among bowlers you will find quite a
few who are adopts at the billiard game.
Monday and Tuesday nights Willie Hon
pc. the greatest billiard player the game
has ever known, will give an exhibition
at the Royal of fancy shots that are
safd TO be hair-raisers. It's a little tough
luck that the city does not possess a
player who can make the match inter-
esting; but bring him around TO some of
our local bowling alleys and we will show
him few kinds of English on a mineral
tie that has got what you can put on a
cue ball beat block, As for fancy shots.
wonder If he can pun OF one that looks |
any more spectacular than picking off |
when the game is close2
Milwaukee will send big delegation |
10 st. Louis in an effort TO land the 1912 |
convention of the American Bowling |
Congress. When the Home of Rs.-,zns5 /