Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26
TOURNAMENT ENTRY BLANKS
RECEIVED BY BOWLERS
Washington, Baltimore and Richmond I en-
pin Knights Show Increased Interest in
Event-Duckpin Men to Cooperate.


tenpin tournament which is to start II
this city Monday. February 10. are no"
in the hands of all the bowlers in tn
three cities who are expected to compete
and many returns have already beei
made tn Secretary Field of the associa
ton. If the tone of the letters received
Inv tho tourney officials reflects the gen
eral sentiment of all the participants, en-
thusiasm is to be the keynote OF the
event. Not only the Washington entrants
hut those of the other two cities as vel
seem jmbued with spirit which spells
complete success for the big tenpin meet
and every indication points to the loca
city associations banner tournament
Monday, February 3. is the last date OF
which entries will be accepted.
The EXPRESSED intention of the duckpir
men of the District to join in with the
tenpin association in the tournament was
brought to the attention OF SecretaI!
Field last week through communication
10 him from Mr.. Goldberg. secretary OF
the Washington City Duckpin AsSocia
ton The letter in part foilows
"A special meeting of the washington
Duckpin Association was held JANUARY
IL in the boardroom of the Palace bowl
ing ALLEYS. with President Cox in the
chair. Other officers of the association
present were Second Vice President Rog-
ers Secretary Goldberg. Treasurer H2lle$
and Director Borden. There were also
representatives present from the "eis-
bachs, Belmonts, Resolutes. Nationals
Sherwoods. Evening Stars, Climbers, al
Men, Imperials and Toledos President
Cox outlined his reasons for calling the
meeting and the following motion, intro
duced by Treasurer Haley. was unanl-
mously adopted: Resolved. That the W ASH
ington City Duckpin Association is near
lilly in accord with the proposed intercity
tenpin tournament. and VIII give 10 the
project its moral support and boom the
event in every way possible. we trust
that the seventh annual tournament VIII
he the most successful in the history OF
your organization.
(SiCnedl NJ GOLDBERG, Secretary.
Secretary Field was also in receipt OF
another communication last week whlch
will prove of interest to washington
bowlers generally. 1t was from A: L.
Iangtry secretary of the American
Bowling Congress, and was an acknowl-
edgment of the action of the local Or
ganizaton at recent meeting IN ADOPT
ing a resolution declaring against the
use of the loaded and "dodo balls Inc
letter follows:
NV Dear Mr. Field: Beg 10 acknowl-
edge receipt of your favor of the 10Th IN
slant, and congratulate your city assocla-
ton in voting AGAINST the future use OF
the loaded and dodo bowling balls. This
ball is one of the evils that grew into the
game without notice. and, like all eVils.
is hard to eradicate. We feel hlshiy
elated that such cities as Bunalo. NaSh-
ington. Cincinnati. Detroit. Chicago Kan
sas City, Milwaukee and s.. Louis, as
well as many smaller cities. have taken
sides against the unfair bowling pail
sincerely hope that your city tournament
that you have the hearty good wishes
and good will of the officials OF the Amer
lean Bowling Congress
(SigneD A. L. LANtSTR1,
Secretary"
Secretary Field has requested official
scorers of all tenpin leagues to send IN
their averages in order that proper ciassl-
fication be made in the tourney he also
asks captains of the teams TO ME entry
blanks as soon this week as possible.
Belmonts and Royals clashed Thursday
night in a series which the Distrlct
League leaders counted as one of the
hardest remaining on their schedule and
the New York avenue team won two
games. Not only were the Belmonts
beaten. but Weckerly of the Royals hung
up the years high score in his league.
getting 153 in his last game, and $50 for
his set. Rodrick was back at the ancnor
position for the winners. and shot very
good set. getting a total of $50 Tor MS
three games. Baum did best work Tor
the Belrhonts, shooting 116 and ia after
a SO start.
Woodward & Lothrop were three-time
winners over the lowly Washington To-
bacco quint. JohnsonS team having
1851 set. V. Riston furnished the fea-
ture of the nights rolling by pulling up
two very bad games with a strong finish.
He had is in his eighth frame of the
first game, and with a strike and a spare
got l03 out of the contest; in the next
game he was again behind the box at the
eighth frame. and again put spare on
strike, for 49, In his last game he got
81 tinr fha
eighth-and made 101. Johnson had high
score 127 with Hughes second, 123.
The Imperials of the Arcade League
which had witnessed the leaders. I'm
manuels. and the Arcade Market lose
three straight, and by winning the set
from the G.. p. o. team are now tied with
league At that the Imperials We're
lucky to get all three games. The team
total in the first was 475. Carrolrs lis
score carrying his quint; in the second,
which was very close. 800 to 5U6. all save
Carroll were over the century, with Mill
Ter 112; the last game was the best of the
evening" the scores being J43 to So, Vince
GULL, Leslie Malcolm and Miller doing
the heavy work, with Eichorn and Noone
keeping their team close to the winners.
The latter's 326 set was high.
Lon Krauss made a gain on his adj
SerSdrleS IN the tournament last week,
winning four sets out of five played
Thursday night he beat both Harwood
and Thomas, while on the same evening
Thomas and Harwood hooked up, with
the former getting the decision Lon
Erauss, Mcknew and Van Buskirk are
closely punched I'm the tourney, with Van
the present leader by a slight margin.
Agriculture won two from the Interior
in the Departmental Tenpin League,
n in
the second. and losing the third Bnley
had high game and Levers high set
That the Saengerbunds are the weak
sister of the District League is mani
fest by their poor totals in II cent sets.
The Hammers had little difficulty i'm win
ming three last week. with Meany getting
high game and set. The popular National
Capital League president. who also rolls
in the District with the Hammers, re-
fused to be perturbed by the fact that
he was the pistol target early in the
week of a disgruntled tenant at his place
of business When 1t comes to shoot
ing'-and particularly with the ducks
President Meaney is more or less there
himself.
All that Finance of the Post Office
League has to- do is put five men on the
alleys-with Joliffe'S name as anchor
and 1t can chalk up three games as vic
tories Last week they rolled 1913, 469 and
4seand none of the games was close.
their opponents best game being 46G. In
the same league Executives beat the
Rural Mails three, and Postal Savings