The Washington herald., 1911-01-29

and Krauss. The Saengerbund. the high
est averaged team in the District. bowled
far below their usual form, and totaled
only 2.63S for their three games, good
enough to take third money only. with
the Fat Men and the Pioneers taking
down first and second money, reSpec-
lively.
Under the capable charge of pop
Myers and his corps of assistants. the
tournament is being run off in an ad-
mira bic manner. One feature that has
been favorably commented on is the fac;
this year the first teams to roll are
scheduled for ia p M. as against p.
m. last year. which was. TO quite Il num-
ber of men. highly incunvenient hour
to be on hand
That the bowling sport is growing more
and more popular in the District is evil
d"nced b. the large attendance every
night and the enthusiasm shown. The
alleys are nightly crowded to their ut
most capaCity, and standing room is at
a premium. The fair sex iS represented
by greater numbers than usual. and ~
julgr from the applause they give bowl
ers making difficult spare shots. their
knowledge OF and interest in this kln;
of indoor sports Is more than super
tic ial.
There is hardly any doubt that should
Washington be awarded the National
Bowling Association tournament for 1872.
20 obtain which a movement is now un-
der way. ii will be entire success.
In III" individuals. many of the Dis
trict'S star hoWlerS went bad. as is evi-
d~nced by the comparatively small mum
b"r OF 90 sets that have been rolled
'hus far. The best bowling ever seen
Il one OF the Capital City tournaments
was done by William Miller. tie Saen-
s.erbund star. when he rolled III" fin.
scores of 10. @t.'. and ~. for a grand
total of d.. This practically assures
Miller first prize in tn. Individuals as
none of the others. still scheduled TO
bowl. are likely TO srrpaSs this mark
In his d"ubieS NfiIie-. who was paired
with Shaf'r, topped even this total. by
scores Of II. n. and l64 or ,aaD for tn"
st. giving hin? m, remarkable. tuta! Of
III for SIX game. and. incidentally. the
ail-around championship for the b,st
totals "f pins fer nine games.
Eckstein. another Saengerbund crack.
also showed fine form in the singles
with scores Of 2Ul-2l7-2.3 total!ng 81"
n'uH points less than Miller THIS. of
curse cIincheS his title to second pIa.,..
The best previous totals in the singles
"'re far surpassed These had been
2:ad- by Waters. with So. and krausS.
with 62+. The adhrrentS Of these Fat
Men stars cnntide entiaily expected their
favorites would remain on top. but as
the records show the TWO Saenger-
Inders topped them 10y substantial mar
gins.
The high individual score prize will un-
douhtedly be awarded to Mcknew. who
made an excellent record Of W. y mum
her Of high individual games were
Euwicd. but in the majority Of cases
tie bowlerS fell down hard in one or two
-a mes Of the set, thereby attaining a
small total. Among the games played
thus far The following men have rolled
scores of more than 30: Mcknew NJ:
Miller, -9''-2iG--i5: Harwood. AS: O'Don-
nell. "A NachIe-. "a: Brown. ~:
- each.
The fact that h"wIcrs have their off
days as well as ball players was strik-
ingly Illustrated by the work of O'Don-
Eeli while bowling with the Nrwland
team. He rolled a ST of SD which any
bowler may well be proud Of. and three
days later, whil" bowl ling with th.. Navy
team. his best was a.