Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-13
DUCKPIN TOURNEY ENTRIES
CLOSE THURSDAY NIGHT
Record Number of Contestants Now Seems
Certainty-Bal Players to Roll in
the Different Events.

Entries in the duckpin tournament close
Thursday, April II. at midnight, and
captains of teams destroys of entering
should see that the necessary papers ana
entrance fees are in the hands OF the
committee at the headquarters, Palace
Alleys, on or before that date. Many
surprises are in store for participants,
and, as has been repeatedly asserted, the
affair is expected to eclipse all past
events OF Its kind. A team from the
Washington base ball club bowling con-
tingent, composed of Mcbride, Shanks,
Foster, Hughes and Morgan. the latter
acting as captain, is expected to partici-
pate. the players also having expressed
their intention Of going In the singles and
doubles. President Cox has called meet
ing Of his committee for next Thursday
night to attend to the many details in
connection with the closing Of entries
The sooner entries are sent in the more
expeditions will be the Journeys progress
be given special dates, to be known al
National Capital night, Columbia night
District night, Arcade night etc. A par
tial list OF these special nights is as fol
| lows: Opening night, Thursday. Apr
"a. Columbia League; Friday, April .
NduOua1 CaplLdl League, odlUTudy, <1pi
g, Arcade League; Monday, April %. Dis
trict League: Tuesday. April %, Depart
mental League; Wednesday, April &c
Commercial League; Thursday, May
Navy Yard League; Friday, May
Knights OF Columbus League. Saturday
May 3. I'm. G. A. League; Monday, Ma,
B. Southwestern League. These dates ar
only tentative, but President Cox will en-
deavor to schedule the several teams OF
the nights mentioned.
The reception committee for the open
ing night of the tourney will be as fol
lows:
John T. Meany. chairman; H. I. Rog
ers, vice chairman; Joseph r. Costinett
president Arcade League; F. M. Nc
Loughlin, Inter-Councn League, Knight
Of Columbus; F: D. Pollard, Southern
cial League; J. Q. slye. Department.
League; H. Fellinger, Interdenomina
tional League; Joe McKericher. West
minister League; John Anderson, secre
tary. Post Office League; DIR. E. CLYDE
Shade. District League; C. G.. Farwell
Y. NJ c. A. League; Mr.. MCGEE, Navy
Yard League; Luther Schriner, United
Trust League; Mr.. Pierce, ~Columbis
League and P. w. Page. president Wash
ington Bowling Association.
Palace, Y. NJ. c. A., welsbachs, Pc
tomacs and Climbers staged a quad
ruple-header at the Palace alleys Fri
day night. the E street team meeting
and defeating the Climbers in three
games and then turning around ant
losing two to the Y. NJ. c. A. team. Wells
bachs met the Y. M c. A. team ant
won the Set. and then turned around ant
disposed. of the Potomacs. three straight
The nights game-too much Of stratr
upon those teams rolling two consecu
tive sets, by the way-virtually gives tn,
Welsbachs the pennant, and at the sam,
time pushes the Palace team back to {
point where the Fat Men should go int
second place on the seasons play. Y
M. C. A. must meet Palace and the Fa
Men also take on the e street quint
The work cut out for Lewis team, there
fore. is very heavy.
John Baum's work with the Welsbachs
bordered on the sensational. He hae
sets Of 1856 and 339, getting a 156 game III
the Y. M. c. A. match and coming within
few pins of the record for the league
this year.
Roy Whitford's nineteen-pin spare fol
Y. NJ. c. A. against Palace in the tenth
frame Of the last game started his team
to its second victory of the evening. Hi.
quint was on even terms up to thai
point and his spare put the Association
boys ten pins ahead.