The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
ny AL MAoHLER.

meeting the board of governors auInor-
lied Manager Fitzgerald to take prelim-
mary steps toward securing the presence
Of President Taft as the principal guest
on opening night. A host Of notaoles'
both in the political and bowling field, are
to be asked to participate in the opening
ceremonies. The bowlers of the SIX
League are to bowl the first games.
With less than two months before the
closing of entries, an immense amount
Of work will have to be done by the
Patersonians, such as getting out posters
and advertising matter of different kinds,
principally the souvenir book, contain
ing the schedule, which il is intended
to make a work Of art and one that
claims of the Paterson bowlers come
true, and II Is TO be hoped that this
will be the case, the sixth annual tour
ney of the n. B. A. win be the best and
biggest in the history Of this organiZa-
tion.
How many bowlers have made a reso-
luton this year to roll that much-cov-
eted 800 game?
With a set Of 2,73O, the Easterns, in
the Railway Relief League, swamped the
Lighting Company by nearly two hun
dred pins to the game, as the losers were
only able to spill the naples for a set
total of 2.l4S. The heavy work for the
winners was done by Rea with scores OF
2S3, l72, and 259 for a set of 644 with
Mitchell good second, having scores Of
226, III, and "a, for a 617 total Too bad
that both should have slipped a cog in
their second game or there might have
been new mark hung up.
Fenton, Of the ImmacuIates, rolled one
Of the best and most consistent sets with
scores of ia, ll3, and III. averaging lis
Tor the night OF course. higher sets
have been bowled but It is seldom that
any bowler can put three games over
with almost the exact total in each one.
That was some attendance at the Car
roll Council and SpaIding Councn
League games last week, when the Car
rolls broke all previous District land
probably world's) records for the num-
Der of men to compete in a single
match game. Eleven bOwIers represented
the Carroll Council League, and that this
number was not larger is probably due
to the fact that the rest of the league
hadn't recovered from the effects Of the
holidays.
In the District League the race is grow
ing closer with every set bowled. The
former lead of the Chamber of Com
merce team, of six games, has been cut
down to four and with the team not
bowling the scores they ought 10. IT
would not be a surprise to see the
Saengers overhaul them before the sea
son ends. As these teams still have six
games to bowl with each other, the cham
pionship will probably be decided by
these unless one or the other is handed
an unexpected trimming by one OF the
four teams out of the running for first
honOrs.
The Belmonts trimmed the Good FeI-
lows in the District League two out Of
three; thanks to Michaud's IA game
which let the champs win this tussle by
two pins.
Carey, Of the Government Printing
Office team, surprised everybody by roll
ing the excellent set of 576 in his last
match game. II this is owing to a New
Years resolution to pass up low scores.
We hope you'll stick 1t out for the season.
The reason so many Of the scores last
week were a frost may be attributed to
the cold wave for want OF a better ex-
cUse.
The A. J. Bennett & Co. team had
hard fight TO land two games from the
AtIantics in the Northeastern League,
winning the second by only three pins
thanks to FowIer's high score Of I20,
which came in just the right tfme-at
least that is the way Sam Loveless looks
at II.
Wonders will never cease! Here's the
Columbia Duckpin League with a man in
the honor list, Barrick, of the Cubs, with
131. This is the first big game bowled
in this league as far as the records SHOW
Well We don't mind repeaters, fellows,
so come again.
Now that Harry Hagemann has his |
200 game, what's the matter with Bill
Ernest doing likewise?
shaffer, of the Saengers, saved the
third game of their series with the Cen |
trails, by rolling 3OS score, which enabled |
the Germans to win although Redeker |
did his best TO throw the games away
with his scores OF rs, 129, and IS1, which |
would be classy duckpin games. but don't |
loom up SO prominent in tenpin records. |
In the Spalding Council Duckpin
League, Murphy continues to set a pace
that is far and away too swift for the
other members Of the league. In his
last set Murphy spilled the little pins
for scores OF I3O, IS, and Us, giving him
an average OF I2I for the night, and the |
weeks highest set in ducks.
II the Government Printing Office could |
have won all the games they bowled !
as easily as they copped their last set |
with the Nationals, they would be leading |
the league by a big margin.
Those So, ia, and III scores in tenpins, |
made by Ref, OF the Chemists, entitle !
him to shake hands with Redeker, who |
offended similarly, only Ref does not |
claim to be a big Lacquer" as does the /
bare-topped one.
In three close games in the Interde-
nOminational League Kendall won the |
odd game from Bethany by three pins.
while Fifth beat Sixth all three, and
Westminster took two from st. Marks.
Again IL was the ''hoodoo'' third game
the Chamberites dropped to the CAROLS
in their set last week. This makes the
sixth time the leaders in the District
League have lost the third game of a
series Rabbits feet and horseshoes
have proved OF no avail, and Hammer
sits up nights thinking Of some new
stunt to change the luck.
The Acmes could hardly help winning
all three games from the Arlingtons In