Evening star., 1912-11-03
BOWLING NEWS AND GOSSIP
FROM ALL LOCAL LEAGUES

complete ''S'' lineup, the present men,
bers being Sherwood, Sunwold, Spiess
and Smith
Palace totaled 571 in the second game
with Mount Vernons. Lewis 1S1 game
was high
Hughes and Hollidge had a nice little
battle Monday night in the set in the
Commercial Lea que Holidge lost the
first by four pins, and then tied the sec
ond up in the last box, 115 all. Two pins
separated the bowlers in the last game,
with the Washington Tobacco anchorman
on the short end of the score.
The teams of the Interdenominational
League are not running exactly to ante
season dope. Sixth always a contender,
is In the rut. having won only four
games. The new league leaders are the
st. Marks, and their unexpected good
great deal of confidence. Only two games
have been lost in the twelve that have
been rolled, while Fifth Baptist and
Westminster are tied for second place
with eight won and four lost. In the set
last Tuesday night Kendall furnished the
fireworks, getting as team total In the
three games 1857, which is a record in
this league, and mark which the other
teams will find difficult to better. Cramp-
ton blaZed the way for his team with a
800 set, while F. and T. George with 321
and Leach with $40 helped materially.
Carroll had poor. set, needing only 2S3
to send his team into the 1,6OO class. His
total was 266 Riston. who has developed
into good bowler while rolling with
Woodward & Lothrop of the CONNER
cial League. had the high game for the
evening, getting 141 in the goodnight
match
Fifth pulled itself together after the
defeat handed 1t the week previous by st.
Marks. and rolled a 1889 set against
Bethany, winning all three games. Par
kers 122 first and 335 total stood out as
best in the match, with Richards of the
same team the only other man to get
800 set
with Bethany, the last game being the
only close one, and that being decided
all Q2O and 300 were in best form in
the set.
First and second games were captured
by the Woodworkers in their set with the
Plumbers of the Patent Examiners
League. with Minnick's 1S3 count the
evenings best
G. P. o. was on the long end of the
first game in the Arcade League. Bank
ers being their opponents, but the other
two were won by the Money Handlers
in the first of his three games rather un-
lmpressfvely, his total being 81, but a
133 count in the goodnight number. with
93 sandwiched in between. gave him a
fair set. Fants 800 set was the highest.
Starr, who went crazy" the week previ-
Gus. had 3O6 as his contribution to the
Printing Office quint's total
Ricketts, $50 set and the general con-
sistent work of the rest Of the Continen-
~ nj o1 700
much for Harwoods' quint, and all three
games went their way. Barclay also had
a good game to his credit, 213, while the
highest game recorded by Pilgrim was
Sheppard's 1885,
District and other duckpin records will
undoubtedly be put in jeopardy when the
proposed match between Jim Watt, Nor
ton. Fletcher and Ty Clayton is staged.
A hitch is imminent in the proposed Sc
ries; Clayton wants the Marquis Of
Queensberry rules to prevail, while Jim
Watt is holding out for catch-as-catch-can
regulations. Considerable money talmost
a quarter) will change hands If present
plans carry.
Chautauqua took three close games
from the Superiors in the Y NJ c. A.
League, the second being won by three
pins and the last decided by a margin of
only one. The winning quint had the best
game-31S-while Nubson contributed the
highest Q22). as well as the lowest (77).
The Ontarios of the same league shot
great set against the Senecas, winning
the three games easily. Farwell had $40
for his total, while Matten ran him a
close second, with 33S
Monday nights set in the Arcade
League went to the Imperial quint, the
SherwOOds being victims. Noyes of the
losing outfit had 124 as high game, while
nf fhn min %,,~,, ,oI g.,
Sanderson of the Navy Yard team in
the Departmental Duckpin League, with
ITO high and 80 set, was the most con-
sistent performer against Census, his
team winning three straight. Tolson and
BarrOWs of the tabulators were tied for
high honors on their team.
Trinidads of the Carroll Council League
grouped all their bad games in the second
lost, but easily took the other two. Cur
tin was high for both outfits, with 113
and 312 OF the Trinidads. Mclean was
the only man to roll all three games.
In the Northeast League the Haggerty
quint shot their lowest game in the first
A1-against the Capitols. but that was
the only one they captured. The last went
against them by one pin, after Lanahan
of the Capitols had tumbled from 119 to
II. G.. PoSton 3 3U2 was the most consist
ent set.
In the same league Tuesday night the
AtlanticS made clean sweep from the
CAROLS. getting 1.517 as the team total.
Crooks. with 124 as his best and 31S to-
tai, did best work of either team. Porter
finished up his last two games with four
sevens-T and (which would have
been better in another kind of game
Handy of the Railroad Y. NJ c. A.
League gave evidence of his last years
form Monday night, when he shot 332
for his three games, the team with which
he rolled winning three.
District Duckpin League bowlers
perked up considerably last week In
the set between the Royals and Hum
mers the New York avenue team shot
a 561 game. Megget contributing IA as
his share of the mark. They turned in
a total of 100 pins lower in their next
contest, but won the last.
Belmonts seemed to have taken the
scolding they received to heart In
marked contrast to their set of the week
previous was that against the Saeneer-
bunds Tuesday night. A total of 1.593
was hung up-a record for the season in
this District-every man being well over
his hundred average. HALEY, 3fS, and
Wells, 337 were high for the winners,
with Baker of the Bunds getting high