Evening star., 1912-11-10
INDIVIDUAL TENPIN TOURNEY
TO ESTABLISH CITY CHAMPION
District Stars to Meet in Interesting Compe-
tition-Games Will Be Rolled on Palace
Alleys - Other Bowling Notes.

After several Intellectual attempts i'll
the past few weeks to inaugurate the in
dividual tenpin tournament, the object oil
which is to establish the rightful holder
of the city tenpin championship title. the
first of the series of games is definitely
set for next Tuesday night at the Pai-
ace alleys, when Page, Covert and Nc
Knew will compete against each other
The Palace viii be the scene of al the
games, Manager Brown having offered
as his contribution to the .ize fund d
substantial sum. All stories concerning
District tenpin championships, it seems,
must start with Harry krauss. In the
present instance this is strikingly true.
Krauss holds this honor, has held it, and
probably could continue to hold it for
many days to come But Harry is more
or less tired of the game. mas aDso-
iuteiy no desire to defend his rights to
the championship honor, and wnen the
proposed tournament was broached,
promptly announced he would not enter.
This has left an open field to IA great
many aspirantS to the title. and as the
list of entries in the match contains
the cream of the tenpin talent of the
city. close competition and high scores
sure to result. The bowler who
can come out ahead after having bested
ment will have just cause to be proud
of the achievement, and will have
earned the right, for the time being, at
least TO be called the champion tenpin
artist of the District. Fifteen men. re-
cruited from among the three tenpin
leagues of the city-the Colonial, De
partmental and District-are listed
among those who Will strive for bigpln
supremacy.
They are Brown. Hartman, Thomas,
Page. Covert. Mcknew. G. Miller, Field,
Van Buskirk. W. Miller, Shaffer. l..
Krauss Hardie Donahue and Watson.
All of these bowlers have been promi-
nently identified in the tenpin game
in Washington for several years. and
many of them have won houors in
tournament competition. both local and
in the big affairs. The recent achieve
ment of Lon krauss in the y Z at
Chicago is still fresh in the mind of
followers of the game locally. and
others-notably. the Bureau entrants
have mixed things UP in the two big
tournaments. as we'll on local alleys.
While 1t is an accepted fact that ten
pin bowling in this city is rapidly drop
ping from favor. there are many who
are keenly interested in the sport, and
interest in the coming matches Will
not be confined to the participants. 1t
is to he regretted that other bowlers
who have shown prowess with the big
naples did not join in the AFFAIR, al
though the list is sufficiently large to
schedule for the rest of the coming
week follows. Wednesday, G. Miller.
Field. Van Buskirk; Thursday, w. Mil
Ter. Shaffer. L. Krauss: Friday. Hardie,
ponahue Watson. Brown, Hartman
and Thomas were scheduled for Mon
day night. but the absence of the
former from the city necessltated a
p0stponement. Their matches will be
rolled later. PLAY each night VIII be
At 1n-t5 o'clock.
Welsbach and Palace won three games
the past week. while Y. NJ {. A. was
losing one To Potomacs. Halley's team
now leads the f street and Association
ten EN- and d lost two. Both the sets rolled
hy We!sbach and Palace were in their
usual style. The former had 1,6sl for
its set. while Lewis team totaled 1885.
The work of every man on both teams
Was so uniformly excellent that mention
would need he made of all to give credit
where due In the next set between
these quints Friday. December Il. "A great
match viii undoubtedly result.
Hahn took two games from Chaplin &
Sacks and retains it's lead in the Com
mercial League. The winners established
high team game (jts;D, while Hollidge set
new individual mark-1ii
Another duckpin outft-the Y. NJ. G. A:
Dornitory Mems League-bossomed
their names from the different floors OF
the association building. In the opening
sets Fifth took two games from the
Second and Fourth made a cleanup
from sixth. Bradley, with a 3Oi set. did
the most consistent work. while Christ
mans H. game was high
The Belmonts won two from the Royals
Monday night, the work OF both teams
being. in the main, along lines they are
furnished the feature" of the evenine
when he contributed high and lofty
tumbling act. his feet slipping from un
der him while rolling in the fifth box oil
the first game. this popular duckpr
artist getting a nasty spill. He injured
his knee severely. but stuck 1t out, and
his great finish in the initial game made
an otherwise close contest fairly easy
Oliver of the Belmonts did the bes
work of the evening, totaling 1863 for hi:
games with 139 as his best one. Stan
ford followed two bad games with II
I'm the last, his large count winning fol
the ROYALS a four-pin victory. Goodman:
1884, Hailey's 121 and Posts 10 were
other notable scores.
Rodrick has started out to equal hi:
last season record-that is. not missini
a set in the District League. He had {
clean slate last year, being the only
member of the league with this honor.
The SenecaS won two or theif games II
the Y NJ c. A. League. Porter of tn
losing team the Champlains, getting higl
game u14l and set GOD.
Poor rolling marked the set betwee1
the Arcade Market and the Imperials II
the Arcade League last Monday, the mar
ket team winning all three, Taylor. 81
and Cue. 800, slipped into the select class
Close scores marked the set between