The Washington herald., 1912-03-03

The most successful duckpin tourns-
ment ever held in Washington came 10 a
close Friday night on the Royal Alleys,
when the last man had rolled in The
Washington Herald's monster tourney.
Nearly 500 pin knights competed for
'he handsome gold. silver. and bronze
medals offered as prizes. and the scores
we're OF the best. Starting February l..
the tournament covered one month, with
The best duckpln bOwlers in the District
taking part.
When the announcement OF the tourna-
ment was made. the BOWERS focked to
the alleys. making the competition keen
for the early dates. When the schedule
was finally announced. it was found that
there were 1S9 names on the list, includ-
ny fOrty-three fve-men teams.
Changes were many. as il was seldom
that record stood for more than a few
lays in the early part of the tournament.
although toward the end the marks were
acld up rather consistently.
Distribution OF Prizes.
The distribution of prizes will take
PLACE at the Royal Alleys tomorrow
night, and all winners are requested to
he present. Those who are tied for any
prize will roll off the tie tomorrow
night.
The Mount Vernon quint. OF the Ma
tiInal Capital League. won the first prize
in the team event. taking the top honors
With total Of 1.5I3. The Mount VerrOns
will receive handsome gold medals. V.
GULL and Howard, not TO speak Of Capt.
Mccarthy. rolled great duckpins, and
raptured the high title wr:n room to
spare.
Second place in the team event was
A.
last week Of the tourney The lmper!als
are composed mostly OF members of the
Mount Vernon five. and these powIers will
receive solid silver medals Tor landing
in second position.
The District League managed to have a
team stop in third place. the Belmonts
rolling the three games for a total OF
l.5S5- just two pins lower than the I'm
perials. The Belmonts worked hard for
This honor. the men getting bad breaks
from the start. and they really did the
best rollins in the tourney.
Bill Rider and Sam Hawksworth. that
psir OF popular DIN knights, are top
nOtchsrs in the doubles. the combination
isking the pair of gold medals offered as
prizes by nine pins. their total being SIS.
while Stanford and King. who finished
second. only rolled 649. V. GULL and
Geraci, Of the Imperials. finished third
ir tie doubles with ca.
Du Busky star.
The singles brought cut some OF the
nest bowIsrs in the District, practically
every pin knight Of any Importance, roll
ing for the prizes offered. The first place
vas woT by Du Busky, the plucky little
Commercial Lacquer, who rolled S5l for
top place. Meaney landed in second posi-
ton. with SH. and Harley, with S43, cap
The gold medal offered for the high
single game goes to Du Buszy, who roll
ed 15S, and this sterling pin knight also
captures the gold medal offered for tho
nigh total, for nine games. Du BuSky-
rolled 32S with his team, 35l in the singles.
and 81 IN the doubles, giving him a grand
total OF 1000 for the nine games. Du
Busky will receive three gold medals for
prizes tomorrow night
The Brunswick Bake prize or three
nnerali;e balls for the high team game,
as well as the Spalding prize OF a Ma
chusCtts State score book goes to the
Belmonts, with a total OF 565.
Harley and Farrow are tied for the pair
Of bowling shoes offered by the National
ing the greatest number of pins in the
last box, both having a record of twenty.
These bOwlers will roll one game to de-
C'de the winner Of the prize.
The Loughrap prize of fifty cigars for
the pin knight getting the greatest num-
Der Of pins In the NTH box of the second
game was won by Michaud. who corraled
twenty.
Another Tie for Prize.
Du Busky, r. Howard. and Mcclure are
tied for the offterdinger prIze OF fifty
rigars offered for the bowler making the
greatest number of strikes in singles, each
having a toTRl of three. These pin knights
wa roll Off .he tie tomorrow night be-
fore the prizes are given out.
Three bowlers are tied for the Cochran
prize OF EftT cigars for the power max
ing the greatest number of spares in the
singles Moore, V. GuIf, and Harley hav-
ing ton each. These pin knights win also
rell OF the tie tomorrow night.
Aichaud and Oliver captured the box
"f fifty cigars offered by the Washing
ton Tobacco Company. for the I.air get
ting the high game in the doubles, this
"utft toppiins the pins for a count OF
sls
e TIE Coca Cola prize of a case OF that
drink was won by McKiIlen. This Hss
Altered as a prize for the bowler rolling
the highest nat game in the singles. Nc
hilien, seitins ninety-slx in one or The