Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13
INTERESTING BOWLING NEWS
FROM ALL THE LOCAL LEAGUES

That the Welsbachs are going to be
the hardest nut the National Capital
Leaguers have to crack this year. and
that Hal!ey's team is going to be in the
running at all stages was clearly dem
onstrated in the set with the Palace the
opening week of the season. And that
this is to be the best season ever en-
joyed by local duckpin artists also was
shown When a team turns in LOST IN
the initial series, and two members roll
366 and 373 sets. with the others not SO
very far behind. it's class cannot be
doubted Lon Krauss (36O and John
Baum (373), in the parlance of the day.
are some" lead-off and anchor men.
With one smashing into the innocent lit
tie naples from the starboard side. and
the other Furnishing the ducks from the
port. and with Goodman, Rider and MI
chaud contributing their usual good sets.
it looks from a more or less Impartial
standpoint that it is question more or
who will finish second than anything else.
For the good of the race 1t is to be hoped
that this condition of affairs will not DE
permanent \ close race would be FAR
preferable to runaway, and the rest OIL
the National Capital League should set
itself down to stopping the Weisoachs
before they get a lead.
William Hahn of the Commercial
League has been mixed up in more close
other team in any league. And. also. the
shoe dealers are giving evidence Oh
strength they were not eeneraI!y gwen
credit for. In the set with Woodward q
LOthrop they were beaten SOS to ol3 III
the first, lost the second by two pins. but
came out ahead in the last with ten
hin margin NalIy Of the Boston House
team skyrocketed from h2o in the first to
- in the last his internedlate game pc
ing 90 Lyddane turned in go for his
set, and Riston had POS. For the Hahn
team Voseldugey (which is the newspaper
spelling of Vogelsberg) had III as his
high game. Schofield had the best set,
800
Evening Star lost the first game to Toll
man Laundry by three pins and had TO
roll over 800 to get the next The Iol-
man outfit went down the line in the sec
ond game of the set with hundred scores,
Raber having 40, JessOp, 100; Du Buslly,
IG2 and Gurnes. 1902; Campbell broke up
the combination with 30 score. the total
being so for the Laundry boys and 32S
for The Stars Whitford was the life
saver" for the Newspaper outfit. his $50
total winning the game. incidentally
Roy tied up the leagues high set. his t3G
total matching the enc made by Burnans
in the first set of the season. McCarty
has not been able to get going for The
Star team, although he has hung around
the hundred average marx.
An individual tenpin league is on the
cards to be launched at the Palace alleys
Tuesday night, when a series of games
between the following men will be start
ed: Brown, Mcknew. Lon krauss, Z.
Miller, Van Buskirk Field. Hardie, Dono-
hue, Cooper, Hammer, Schaffer, Thomas,
HARDWOOD, w. Miller, Hartman. Covert
and Page. Additional names are expect
ed to be added to the list. and the men
will compete against one another In the
same manner az would a team.
The officers in the Colonial League.
which had it's opening last week, are
President, p w. Page; vice president. j.
Scarf; secretary-treasurer, Lon krauss,
and official scorer, Harry Krauss.
Navy took all three games from the
War team in the opening set Of the De-
partmental League, the latter team being
off it's usual stride. None Of the bOwlers
reached the coveted 200 mark. O'Donnelrs
1917 score being the nearest to that total.
1t takes time for the tenpin men to get
into their proper pace. and improvement
will be marked as the season progresses.
The Interdenominational League pried
omen the lid on its new season Tuesday
night, when all six Of the teams rolling
in that league took the alleys. The
Palace will, as in the past. be the scene
of their endeavors. Fifth Baptist. Win
neTS OIL JHc pSHAdll tSo1, toOA tNO
games from the Sixth outfit, it's old
time rival, losing the last game, AGA to
455 In the second contest Ellett's team
rolled 500, Baternan taking the place of
Purks in the lineup. rolling the excep-
tIonally fine score of 153. Just to show
that he did not intend to run away with
the '.high" stuff in the league. Bateman
skidded back to 70 in his last game. Pa
EyIlett-whose athletic efforts, like the
brook. seem to go on forever-had a 31S
set: Fish H. BinniX 116 and Richards
1O5 totaled highest scores in this set
Riston, who kept the Sixth team in the
running most of last year, was not in
his usual good form.
Westminster took two games from st.
Marks getting the decision i'm the last
game by the narrow margin of one pin.
Croft Of ST. Marks had a LIT game; Jas
per los while the only other bowler to