Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

| perials. Nal contributed ia. 11s and
lis, an average of lie.
Frank Geraci had a great chance to
| hang up a big set total in the Palace
| Mount Vernon clash. In the first game
Frank pulled a double-header and about
| four Spares, but light counts, especially
in the ninth, when he had two On
spare and two in the box, put his chances
! on the bum.
One of the noticeable features of the
Patent Examiners League Is the steady
| improvement of the scores being turned
| in by the different teams. Last year
| they were having a hard time to reach
| 800. while this year two-thousand-sev-
en-hundred set is common thing.
| is probably the closest of any in the
| city. AT the present time The Evening
| Star and Washington Tobacco CUNTS are
having a battle royal for high honors.
| each taking turns in leading:
| Now for that reorganized District ten
| pin league. The sooner gotten together
SO much the better. Everybody. with
a shoulder to the wheel. bury the ak
| and have the best circuit ever seen in
| the National Capital.
| George Cox threatens to break out as
| a popular song writer. his effort being
| entitled, Where, Yes. Oh. Where, Have
1 Heard That Question Before" Need
less to say, it will be dedicated to Lonnie
| Krauss
The argument has often been advanced
as to why some Of our crack duck
pin bowlers should not be stars at the
big pin game Imagine such Sterling
pin knights as Sam Hawksworth, Joe
Michaud, Roberts and others getting q
sixteen pound mineralite away with the
delivery they use.
honors in the Patent Office League lays
between Levers and Garrett. Both men
are going at their very best and the one
who wins out will know that he has
had to go the limit to top all others.
1t is about time that the Casinos and
Palace decided upon a date for their next
match This paper has been in receipt
of about twenty letters, telephone mes
cages etc, from inquirers, VINO are
anxious to be on hand when these two
quints hook up.
The Star has been requested to pick
the five best men in the city for an All
Washington team. That's a proposition
we wish to sidestep, but here are ten
men that would make too awful sweet
combinations: Harry Krauss, Joe MI
chaud, Johnnie Baum, Lonn1e Krauss,
Buck Harley, Lefty Goodman. skinny
and Jack Brosnan.
With any kind of start at the begin
ming Of the season Charlie Salbs At
lantics IN the Northeastern League would
by this time. The acquisition OF Tommy
Crooks rounded out the quint in great
style.
One Of the features Of the coming duck
Of the famous Wrechng Crew qu1nt.
Composed Of the five best duckpin bowl
ers in the city, they are picked for
championship honors The lineup will
be Collins, Kiefar, Thomas, Whalen and
somebody else.
Earl Lewis claims that Skinny Carroll
is rolling in the new Potomac Council
League and brought forth the evidence
the other evening. He showed us Car
rolls name in one Of the line-ups. but
the Palace star says that 1t is his forty
seventh grandnephew.
The sensational work on the part OF
Grant Goodman during the last Ave or
six weeks is the talk of all duckpin bowl
ers. Getting away with a rather poor
start, the portside shooter has set pace
that has featured nearly ever set in which
he has taken part.
You will always find a few knockers
connected with either the tenpin or duck
pin game who have their hammers out
for either one game or the other. but the
tenpinners are going in the coming tour
ney strong, a show of good sportnan-
ship, and the little fellows promise to
retaliate next winter in the big pin events.
There will not be much doing In the
next couple of weeks other than few
meetings of the executive board of the
duckpin association. The leagues are
practically through with their schedules,
and good hard practice will be INDUCED
In by all in an effort to make a good
showing in the tournament