Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14
SEASON UNDER WAY
Commercial League Has Open
ing Thursday Night at
Palace.
SIX TEAMS TAKE ALLEYS
Arcade, National Capital and Dis
trict Leagues Begin Rolling
Monday, September 20.

When Schofeld, lead-off man on the
champion Hahn team of the Commercial
Duckpin League. sends the first ball
speeding down No. I alley at the Palace
next Thursday night. at Sis, the 1913
1914 bowling season will be officially
opened and the commercial organization,
incidentally. will celebrate the eighth an
niversary Of its birth. Always a flour
ishing body. the present season is expect
ed to be its banner one. With ten teams
all moro or less evenly balanced, and
none standing out as "sure thing" in
tho pennant calculations, interest should
be maintained until the final sets are
rolled next spring. The opening battles
Thursday will be between Hahn and
Columbian Printing Company, Evening
Star and Rudolph g. West and Woodward
and Lothrop and Judd & Detweiler.
In starting the Commercial League sea-
son two weeks ahead of the other organ
izations of the city, the officers of the
body have made allowance for the annual
tenpin tournament, which occurs around
the first of the year, and which necessi-
tates the p0stponement of all league
games scheduled for the Palace alleys.
BY commencing earlier than usual, the
Commercial is thereby enabled to finish
its regular schedule with the other outfits,
and this without any doubling up to
make up for sets deferred on account of
the tournament. The schedule calls for
the regular Thanksgiving and Christmas
holiday receeses.
That the disbandment Of the all-star
Welsbach Quint in the National Capital
League and the Strengthening of several
other teams in the circuit are going to
make for a better and closer race this
year becomes more apparent as the date
for the seasons opening draws near.
While it has been impossible to secure
either complete or official lineup Of
any of the teams entered this year, in
Quiry among several of the captains de-
velops the following alignment Of men:
The Brunswicks win probably have Baum
and HALEY of last years champions. and
around these two stars Fletcher hopes to
build winner. doc" Watson, Lefty
George and Fletcher himself are on the
Brunswicks' list The Fat Men, who
made an eleventh-hour bid for the PEN
nant last season, present very for
midable appearance. Carrolls team Will
consist Of Harry Oehler, Dave McCarty,
Buck Harley. Miller. Keller and
the peppery Skinny himself The acqui-
and it is apparent even at this early date
that this quint will be in the pennant
hunt from the start.
Palace and Y. M. c. A. show new faces
addition to himself. will be Lennon,
Harry Krauss. Michaud and Hawks
worth. Another strong bowler will be
signed. and, as has always been the case,
the street quint will be there or
thereabouts' at the finish. Whitfords
Association FIVE will be picked from
John Eiker, Earl Eiker, Meaney. Harry
Stanford, RObinette. Whitford and Joliffe.
the latter the star of the A. c. NJ. Y.
Quint last year.
Casinos team will be chosen from
Gheen, Blaisdell Duryea. Boss. Brooks,
Lowering, Brandt and Gheen. The Chaplin
q Sacks five will have on its list Eddie
Houser, Simpson. tom" Hughes. the
star Of the Washington Tobacco team,
ex-champions of the Commercial; Oliver
and several others. The Climbers list,
other than mentioned elsewhere in this
column, is not available.
In all probability the A. C. NJ. Y
team of the National Capital League will
withdraw from the organization at the
meeting this week. {. G. Farwell, who
had assumed the captaincy of the junior
Y. M. c. A five, has encountered consid-
cradle difficulty in securing sufficient ma
terial to put In q team capable Of making
creditable showing. and for this reason
will probably reiinquish the A. c. NJ. US
franchise. Joliffe. anchorman on the |
team last year, has graduated" to the |
first team. Whitford's aggregation. and |
as his rolling was a big factor in A. c. |
M. US moderate degree Of success last /
season. his place would be hard to fill |
Definite action has not been taken as yet |
but there Is not much chance OF the
Junior Association bowlers having five |
in the National Capital this year
Maurice Pierce of the Climbers quint !
will captain last years tailenders, and |
with the aid of several stars from the
Southwest League hopes to pull his five
up near the top. OF the old men.
Tom Griffin, Riston and Champion are
the most likely candidates. and with
Pierce as the fourth man. only little
Strengthening Will be necessary Although
winding up in last place in the National
Capital League last year-due, however,
IN the main to many forfeited sets-the
Climbers had the distinction of rolling
extremely well in the tournament and
In team competition finished second only
to the Sherwoods. Pierce not only won
the medal for best work in the singles,
class b, but was the all-event man in
that classification.
While the president of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Duckpin League has not set definite
date for the initial meeting of the league
to formulate plans for season, 1t is I'M
derstood that such a move will be made
in the near future. apd the galaxy of