Evening star., 1912-11-18
EVENING STAR DUCKPIN TEAM
LEADS COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
Hangs Up New Records in Its Organiza
ton for High Game and Set, While
McCarty Gets Individual Honors.

Evening Star of the Commercial League
went on a rampage Friday night in their
set with the General Baking auint, and
in addition to winning three games, WHICH
put them in the lead in their organiza-
ton, established high team game, high
team set and a member of the team
made a new record for individual game.
as we'll as individual set in this league.
Each of the records made by the team
were recorded after exciting finishes The
first game, which was the only close one
of the set. was won by the score of JO0
to ass. In the second Dave McCarty
started with a spare. and for six consc-
cutive boxes made a mark. counting 3.
S, 8. 8, and on them. lie split in
the seventh, spared in the eighth. which
left him only one pin behind the high
individual game. His team, however,
came down. to this box hard pressed as
far as the previous record game Of the
league, which was JG3. With the last
! three men to roll, thirty-nine was needed
| to tie the record. Rodier, bowling third,
sneared In nineteen-spare. but Cramp-
| ton cut the two middle pins out, though
| by good shooting he got in his frame.
| With 10eneeded to tie. McCarty pocketed
| his first ball for a 81 split, but hooked
the Ddli lutO NO. anu Stu tie SpdTc
clean as a whistle. His count netted
| the team so. The Baking team got
| away in the lead in the last game. run
ming 80 or more pins in front of The
| Stars. After the fifth frame. however,
| the newspaper quint started picking up,
and finished within 512. for it's fourth rec
ord of the evening, high set, 1.os2 Nc
/ Carty's score was 157, and his set 81.
i The previous set was 361. Dave. by his
| big set, also assumed the leadership in
/ the Commercial League in individual
/ averages, with 1856
| While The Stars were winning Haven
.ner took Hahn into camp two out of
| three, and The Star team now leads the
| Commercial by two full games.
I! The opening weeks bowling in the in
!! dividual tournament in progress on the
| Palace alleys, produced some very good
scores, and prospects are great for a
/ successful tourney from every point of
), view C.. Miller. Field and Thomas did
| the most effective work in the initial sets,
the scores of the former being exception
| ally good. The prize list for which the
men are competing is announced as fol-
lows: Bowler with the best record in
sets won. $40; second. SO; third, SIS,
| fourth SO; fifth So. High score, $40; Sec
ord high score, 50: high average so;
| second, So In addition to the money
purse, the winning bowler will have
| claim to the District tenpin champions
ship.
The schedule for the week in the in
iividual tournament follows: Monday,
| Brown, Field and Krauss; Tuesday, c.
Miller, Covert and Watson; Wednesday,
Brush, Schaeffer and Thomas; Thursday,
Page. McKnew and Van Buskirk: Friday,
Hardie, W. Miller and Donahue.
Two matches which should prove ex-
Incnfipnallv interesting scheduled lOl
next Friday night, at the Palace. On that
occasion Palace plays the Climbers, while
the Welsbachs will stack up against Y
NJ c. A. AS three of these quints are if
the running for National Capital League
championship honors and are picked By
many to finish one, two, three in the race
either of the sets will be we'll worth wit
Messing.
Joliffe of the A. C. NJ. Y. team not only
hung up high game for the National Cap
ital League in the set with Nationals
Tuesday night, but he had the "makings'
of District record in his first game
| which was 1872 He was unable to keel
up the pace in his other two games, how
ever. neither of which reached the nun
dred mark. A. c. M. Y. had COL as
team total in this game, which is tn
; third 600 count made this season in tn
District, the Welsbachs and y. NJ. c. 4
being the other teams showing as goo'
a mark. In the race last year this sam
lfgure-6O1-stood all season as high. Tn
) prospects are it will probably be passe
; many times this year. SO improved is tn
] caliber of little pin rolling in the District
Ricketts, of the A. c.. NJ Y. quint woul
: not be denied honorable" mention i
: connection with National Capital records
. and furnished the low mark for the sea
: son, getting 6S In his last game. His frs
0 two games were good-115 and 1i0-bu