Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-07

after getting away with only 1UA IN tne
first game. has been the sole topic Of
conversation among local bowlers during
the past week. Miller has long been
recognized a. one Of the leading bowl
ers Of the National Capital. and IL
credited with many brilliant feats upon
tho drives. but his latest achievement
offsets any other which he has ever
pulled. Strange as 1t may seem. the
Navy Yard star not only shoots high
set for the season In the Departmental.
but also annexes high game. and Jumps
into the lead In the race with Jimmie
Field for individual high average. The
TO set 10 not only Z record for the
Clerks circuit. but also
breaks the mark made by Joe Hardie
some years ago. when he rolled up 71S
in the same league. Every time q big
net IL pushed over by one Of the local
bowlers discussion starts a. to who has
held the record In former years. The
opinion seems to be held by many that
the set of 712 rolled by Arthur Allison
with the Saengerbund. January 6. 1905.
has always been high, but In the season
prior to Allison's performance Joe
Hardie amassed 71S pins with the
Bureau quint. stili further. Hank Bailey:
bowling with the Market House Quint
in a set with the Acmes on the Palace
alleys, the same year, went Allison
mark two pins better. Miller's mark.
therefore. stands as the highest ever
From present indications the tourna-
ment to be held under the auspices OF
the Washington City Duckpin Associ-
alton will show an entry list In the Ave
man event Of not less than eighty
quints, and it would not be surprising to
Era vpyrTn1Sop avva1la6 ~ fhA cAnfnrV
mark before the date Of closing of en-
tries. Not only the devotees of the small
pin game are coming Ia strong. but 1t Is
q foregone CONCLUSION that the big pins
Will be represented by not less than
twenty or thirty teams
Any chance the Belmonts had Of over
coming the Royals lead and going into
first place received a jolt Friday night
that probably means that they are ahso-
Ss' tSrs out TO Of .ss the AS d sasg
aggregation. in an endeavor to regain
lost ground, turned right around and
dropped the entire set to the Runners
Only sensational shooting on the part OF
Of their next nftesn games by the
Royals will change the aspect Of tho
race.
That intefleasue match between the
four teams from the Ingram Memorial
and Westminster leagues IL causing quite
Primers. All during tho present season
the Ingram bowlers have been under
rated by the know-it-alls. but what they
are handing to the Westminsterites is a
shame.
Only three ten-pin leagues are still
doing business with the pins, namely.
the Patent Examiners, Mount Pleasant
and Departmental. That the past sea-
son has been far more successful than
that OF last there ID not the slightest
e{oa az or
pitch over A. B. C. talk. tho coming
season promises to show to still better
advantage than the one fast drawing to
q close.
tho Patent Examiners who came through
with q clean sweep over their opponents.
the ehoemakers being the unlucky ones.
The Cobblers were shy one man IN tho
first.
The Southwestern League has gotten
early summer games, and from the scores
that are being posted by the different
teams the league has every assurance OF
succesA
last week the Casinos came back against
the 7. n. G. A. and hung up q set total
OF 1.62O pins. with games Of 641, 513 and
506. That set would have put the =
Streeters completely out Of the running
Just when they had tho rag dashed 70
the mast In the Northeastern. the Hill
tops drop one to the Lincoln Laundry,
and the A. J. Bennett Company takes all
three from the Bills. who failed to show.
Looks like tight race all the way: ~.
games in the Arcade League during the
past week. The Laborites had small
chance Of coping when he was turning
in 112, 112 and 125, and the others were
going almost as good
sons and Arlingtons. In the opener the
Garr1sons show 6S8 against the Airing
tons' 6Oz, the second SA to OFT, ana the
last 500 against 500.
0rindle once moro springs into the lime
light Of the Patent Examiners with high
set for the past week. Shooting lS8. Z1e
and 172, an average Of 1913. was about
thirty pins better than the next nearest
one
ably the strongest team. man for man. in
the Mount Pleasant circuit. but they sure
are experiencing troubles Of their own In
keeping ahead Of the procession
Had the Bureaus started tho season In
ing during the last two months II 10 al
most q certainty that the race In the Do
partmental would have taken ON . differ
emit hue. The way they have been clean
ing up has been sight for sore eyes:
Casinos was high for the week In the
National Capital Any time Q man gets
by with an average Of only 116 for the
honor position in this league no can
count himself mighty lucky.
Tho Imperaals finally came to NE ana
threw the hooks into the Mohawks Tor
the odd game. After winning tho drGt
two we were asked 40 70 who laid that
even 50 In the last game. Search w.
The Pintas had an excellent chance TO
make q new league record for team set
In their match With the NinaS. ~ they
got away with q count Of $40 In tho first
game. The strain was too much and they
finished with al and 487.
wonder how our old friend Pop
Haley feels after that double defeat 81
the hands OF the Royals and Hummers7
It's dollars TO doughnuts that he took Il
In that same old smiling way.
Plans are already being made to GET
the Government Printing ONCE Quint
back into the Departmental League next
season. Some one ought to start little
interest among that old Treasury and
interior bunch No reason why all three
should not be In the league.