The Washington herald., 1912-01-28
By AL ArAcHLER.

enInuSlaStns uuI Is also duuEessAAS PcA-
sonal letters TO bowlers whom he thinks
may have influence enough to get team
together and enter it in the sixth annual
y. B. A. tourney.
Several such letters were sent TO local
tenpin artists, and IL IS to be hopeo that
they will result in Washington having
good representation in the SILK CITY
classic.
Here's a chance for those wishing TO
assist the bowIers in their coming CITY |
association tournament, which will, as
usual be held at the Palace alleys next
month. The tournament committee has .
decided 10 issue handsome programme |
as a souvenir Of this annual event, the |
cost Of which is TO be betrayed by ad- |
vertisemeHts. Any receipts above GER
tain percentage for expenses Will go TO
the association, 10 be used as additional
prize money. As the expenses OF getting |
out such a programme are considerable
a good number of advertisements are
required before any profit on the publ
cation can be realized, and il behooves
the bowlers to put their shoulders to
the wheel and help the good cause
along. The fact that this is the first
Cf its kind since the organization of the
city association, and more or less in the
nature of an experiment, makes the work
all the harder and the more deserving
OF the support Of local bowlers.
Somebody bought a muzzIe for the
Mexican athlete.
Maybe the reason Willie Miller. oneI
Of the best tenpin artists in town.
is not rolling up to his average this sea-
son. is that wIlyum is fooling with duck
pins nowadays. This should be cheering
news for Eckstein. who likes to have
his men try both games How about II
Cap? Going to have heart to heart
talk with Willie and read him the riot
act. He wont deny his guilt cause 1
caught him in the act
That was some exciting set between
the Ga-isons and the Resolutes on the
Royal Alleys last week. Garrison FIN
ishes decided every contest in favor |
OF the team bearing the famous jockey |
name. The first two games were an
neXed by six pins each. while the thirt
required an overtime frame, IN Which 4
the Resolutes again came in second.
In the National Capital Duckpin
League there sure was something doing
last week. The Nationals walloped the
Palace quint two games in set in
which all scores were well above the 5OO
mark. 5F being the total OF the Ma
tionaIs in the game they lost. while the
same team IN IltH IldlCl d6aAiAoA AAAS
Welsbachs came near hanging up new
record when they spilled the little pins
for a total OF $50, following this up with
scores of SIS and SAG, totaling a set of
lG74. which is some set to be proud OF.
How that Goodman person must have 1
been hitting the little pins in the Hol-
mead-AapIewood act in the Arcade
League, when he scored 1l0, lOS and
wound up with a perfectly acceptable
score of I54. No doubt but what the
Holmeads think they have good
man" in this bowler. And they are
right in that, too.
In one OF the poorest sets Of the season,
the Saengers defeated the CentraIs on
the Bund alleys two out of three. Only
one Of the games passed the so mark
and only three men could spill the wood
for more than 800 total in their three
games When il is mentioned that the
highest set of the evening was 5J1, no
further comments on the scores are
necessary. |
Maybe the Saengers are saving their
high scores for the Chamber Of Com
merce team tomorrow night, on the
Royal alleys. If they are going to come
under the wire first, they have a good
chance by cleaning up with the crippled
leaders.
Oh. you star tenpin bowlers, Just
take a look at those scores made by
the Texas crack, william Z. Roach. that
are published elsewhere on this page.
I can just hear them mutter to them
selves. Gee, I wish I could roll a set
like that" This establishes a worlds
record, although the same bowler, in
1896, on the Academy alleys, in Whining
. nj -, "a F14,T
Of SEQ, with scores OF 800. 800. and e69
Maybe that ''ain't going some"
. The weeks consistency records in duck
pins go TO howIers in the Interdenomina-
tional League, where Copeland, Of the
Sixth team, piled up scores of 1O3 IG3.
and 1O6, while Noack. of st. Mary's, had
three games with scores of IOs, 1O2, and
100 ine tenpin prize for consistent
ganrSs should be awarded to a certain
bowler but his scores were so uni
formly low that he will undoubtedly
prefer not to have any mention made of
them. So NUNS the word.
An Eastern alley owner offers a unique
suggestion for increasing interest in the
spectacular side of bowling, by giving
a bowler credit for strike every time
he pulls a split spare. The scheme
has been tried on some New York alleys
and Is said to work out satisfactorily.
Let's hear what local bowlers think
about II.
The Crescents of the Northeastern
League again sprung a surprise on the
leaders. the 4. J. Bennett & Co. team,
when they defeated the New York ave
rue cIothiers in the first game by nine
teen pins. In the second game the pen
nant chasers came back strong and |
showed the tailenders under by the score
Of 5S7 to 441, also winning the third game
handiIy.
The Pioneers, in the Colonial League,
are gradually creeping up on the Man
hattans, the leaders, and by walloping
the pace-setters two out OF three, have
become dangerous contenders for first
honors in this league. The Manhat- ,
tsns' oft-predicted waIk-over does not
seem to materialize, and to land on top,
they Will have TO keep going all the time.
1t is seldom that two bowIefs on op-
TosinE teams can roll the same total by A
the same scores. but this coincidence e
in the Immaculate-Casino set
in the Nadonol Capital League. when A
Fenton, Of the former team, totaled 31s .
with scores of ICE, lO6, and 10s, while
Goodman. of the Casino duplicated the
Total by reversing the order OF the
scores and bowling games Of los. 1os
and 1d2