Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31

After many postponements. the two
leaders OF the National Capital circuit
finally got together last Thursday night
and the result of the set shows that from
being a good second the Palace quint
now looms up a dangerous pennant
contender Taken all in all, the set was
a disappointment from high score stand
point to the many who We're. present to
see these two sterling aggreSations clash.
1t had been freely predicted that it would
take not under 500 pins to win game.
yet, aside from the opening game. the
others failed by many pins TO reach the
five-and-one-half century mark. Although
the scores were no more than ordinary, II
is only fair to say that the pins had on
one of their Hggravating nights when they
absolutely refused to break with any
kind of an advantage to the bowler Hank
Baileys effort of 152 was offset by
mediocre work upon the part of the other
four men of the Casinos in the first, and
the excellent team work of the T. street
representatives, the Palace breeding over
a total of 53j. with the Casinos just three
plns under. In the second, Lefty GOOD
man took up the Work where Bailey ieIt
OF in the first, but has 10 was twenty
three pms shy OF a ueinS Hldh, tHe
fdIdCe again Will CIV Us,e'ii-''I i"c
With IL clean sweep in view, +trmlnser
ASsaulters equaied their second game IN
number OF pins, while the best the present
league LEADERS could SnoV was 43o 10
no particular bowler OF the Palace qulht
can the victory ne credited, as VIII be
SHOWN by the set tolaiS OF each man:
Carroll SO, Harley, 800; Lewis, SO,
Lennon, 3lS, and harry krauss, 3A.
IL will be interesting TO note the scores
hung up by both the Palace ana CASINOS
in, f1xra- mar
ment. In it's match the Palace showed
/ o0I and the CASINOS, 80. Either team
is capapie of gong over the 4,COo marx
when once started.
iIld you near those two duh thudS
during the Hummer-Acme set? The
first one was the result of Buck Clay
ton pinng in u on top OF ~, ana
the second that SO game in the last
But the Bard OF PalysS Was more than
there in the opener.
Guess the Departmental must have
died one of those sleeping deaths. 1t
has been little over Il week now since
any of the teams have hit the drives
WHAT'S the use, when Jim Field $ Rubes
have sewed it up by about forty yards.
| There's no position like the first.
Although the 1mperials counted five
more pins than the Holmeads GULL &
! Co. lost two games. johnnie Baum
was more than busy that night, as he
turned in totals of 1870. 104 and 103.
Malcolm ndu a great 10 put
the league high-set mark on the blink,
as he got away with 1913 and ia in the
| first couple Of the Maplewood-Ars
set Pulling up with 50 IN the last
blew his chances.
1t was through no fault of Hank
Bailey'S that the Casinos lost that hrst
game to the Palace by three pins. Hank
/ contributed 1872 and Hawksworth los.
but the others were away down.
| Doer furnished the thriller in the
| Commercial during the past week. Start
| ing with 1a3. he followed it up with
| 341 The set was high by over twenty
pins.
Here's an excellent illustration of con-
sistency the part of Il good bowler.
Eddie Herbert. bowling with the Critics
| in the Columbia circuit, cracks lO2 IN
the first and tops il off with rs, finish
| ing with 9S.
Through good pinning on the part of
Mcclure the cubs were enabled to win
| all three games from the Buffalos.
| Mack had totals of 109, 116 and 107, an
average of one pin under three aces.
| Another championship decided. The
| Royals by taking the entire set from
| the Belmonts, have practically clnched
the pennant in the District. Al Rod
rick's stellar performance featured the
| set, as he pulled up with H., 1i2 and
10S.
One Slim Carroll was another potent
factor in that Royal-Belmont set me
| animated one had totals or 100, HZ and
| 11O. Somebody else branching out on the
championship limb.
Our conception of the only and original
| link, with credit to all others, is none
other than Ship. To bear us out In the
| statement we refer you to either Lewis,
| Carroll Armiger, Lon Krauss, Bradley,
Brush or Lennon.
| All aboard for the City Duckpin Associa-
| ton tournament There are about seven
! hundred and forty-siN thousand who are
| down To win the individual championship.
| Dent overlook the fact that We have a
| lee hold on oae corner of IL.
johnnie Murphy has recovered from