The Washington herald., 1912-01-14


while Lee Johns is given a place on thli
team. Johns standing IN this tourney
at this writing, Is fifth-from the bottom
upward-in this. the greatest OF all IN.
dividual tournaments.
And then. please. tell us where does
BIZ sweigert, the Baltimore crack. come
in Sweigert Is acknowledged to be The
best man South Of New York at ten.
pins. and withal one of the best IN the
country. Local pride Is a fine thing, bu,
the hero worship INDUCED in Is fast yerg-
ing on the ridiculous.
Among other business that win come
UP before the next meeting OF the Ameri-
can Bowling Congress in Chicago viii
be the awarding OF a gold medal TO
George Strotz, president OF the Middle
West Bowling Association, and a member
Of the executive committee OF the A.'B. C.
for rolling a perfect game Of 800 on Feb
ruary IL in an Individual tournament that
had secured an A. B. C. sanction. AS
the score was made after the A. B. c.
meeting in ST. Louis last January, the
matter had to be held over until this
year.
In the contest Of three games. he totaIed
$50. the SCORES being 800 rs, and 2S5
Starting In with twelve perfect hits and
with 800 TO his credit, he opened the next
game with double. spared in the third.
then tripled, spared IN the seventh. strike
in the eighth. picked a spare In the ninth,
and struck out in the tenth, giving him
2e5. In the third game he started with
double, spared In the third frame, then
tripled. spared in the seventh and then
struck II out making this game rs and
TIE total $50 Guess that amt so bad for
the president OF q league 10 roll
The weeks most consistent scores were
made by Van Buskirk. Of the Census
team, with ISL. ls4. and 1s4. while IN duck
pins. Williams, OF the Union Station
duint, with scores OF 100, 102. and lOe came
nearest to having his scores all even.
Hethinger. OF the Cresoents. in the
Northeastern League, sure was a factor
In the two games his team won from the
Lincoln Laundry with his scores OF 100,
lS1, and 1l6. The winning OF the second
game was due entirely to his III score.
No. kind friend. that's not fog hang
ing over the Saengers' aIleys-its gloom:
gloom In large sized quantities, chunks,
and slices, thick and hard to swallow.
How and why? Ask Redecker.
Frye. Of the Shoemakers' team. must
have a penchant for that No. I. The
'dfonhook" appeared In each one OF his
scores against the Mechanics, when he
rolled games OF III, III, and 107. Don't
you wish the seven in the last two |
games was in another posItion7
The Evening Star team, in the Com
rercial League. had very little difficulty |
| in disposing OF the Tolman Laundry |
bunch in all three games. and thereby
regaining undisputed possession OF frst
place Rodier, for the winners, turned |
in the best total for the night with
scores OF 10, Ill. and log, while not one
OF the TolmanItes reached the hundred
mark. oh, you Burnee and Campbell!
After what you told me you were going
to do. Let me give you two a little tip. /
Take all the starch IN your laundry,
letting the shirts go hang awhile, and
Inject 1t into your team, yourselves in
cluded, and II that does not help, Bill
Bailey has another prescription. Well,
here's hoping the next time I can say
something real nice about you Anyway, |
think you're lucky II you have no
pennant bee buzZing in your bonnet.
It's all right after you are there" but
until that time its-wel. never mind.
The Government Printing once team
took all three from the Nationals. aver
aging over $50 for their set. Tommy
Harlow, who had been somewhat on
color lately, came back with a vengeance
in this set with scores OF eO4 "a, and
1873, totaIing 621. Good for you, Tommy,
come again.
In the Continental-VirginIan set. Bar
clay. OF the former team, helped TO win
three games from the Virginians with
his scores of 194, 203, and Is2, totaling
Nra hest ,fr,
that series.
The welsbach-Mount Vernon set, in ]
the National Capital League, was pro-
ductive of more high scores than any
set for a long time has been. The team
totals were Welsbach, 1.56i; Mount Yer ]
non. l.s12 Among the high scores made
In this set were Griffin, 13e; McCarty.
l3I and 122; Mlchaud. 12S; Stanford. ls4. |!
Mount Vernon won the odd game by 7
two pins. II
Rodrick was there" again with !
couple Of century games in the Royal {
Resolutes set one of them being l2O. ,
Nice work. old top!
Starting on with games of II and IN I
Jack Loyeless and Drainy, y
=
neither man was able to come up to the
century mark in their next two games. ,
The Pioneers rolled two games wen :
1ver the 800 mark in their set against 2
he Knickerbockers, winning these by 9
big margin, put in their second attenpt 1
ct up somewhat. and the Knicks copied
The middle game by one pin. =
In the Westminster League. the Whites a
trimmed the Blues three straight, de- S
spite the fact that McKerIcher. of the I
winners, was the only man to pass the !
century mark in three games, and then
,nly on one occasion with 10l.
Louman, OF the Mechanical, I'm the I,
Southern Railway Duckpin I,esrue A
poiled what would have been a fine set :
when. after scores OF ia and Iee, he slId >
nto that 81 game. Hard luck, old mani / q
LEAGUE STANDING. !
PATENT EXAMINERS LEAGUE.
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