Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05
BOWLING TEAMS RENEW
STRUGGLE FOR REMNANTS
Close and Exciting Races in Many Leagues.
Ray Morgan's Challenge for Duck
pin Match Is Accepted.

posed of shortly-possibly the coming
week. Fifth the leaders. were scheduled
to meet Bethany, the tailenders; Sixth
was to have tackled Westminster, which
latter team is tied with st. Marks fol
second place, two games behind Fifth
The Lutheran quint was paired with Ken
dali. Any advantage would appear to be
with Fifth, in the light of the present
standing of the teams. The regularly
scheduled games for next Tuesday cal
for matches between Westminster and
Bethany, Sixth and ST Marks and Fifth
and Kendall. Capt. Elicit of the leader:
is on the sick list. and as he has done
good work for his team this year should
he be unable to roll the match it might
weaken his CUNTS chances.
Two other leagues are staging tight
races. with teams tied for first. These
are the Navy Yard and Y. M. C.. A.
Leagues. In the former West Gun Car
on even terms. while Chautauquas and
Ontarios have identical totals in the won
and lost columns. The latter quints will
decide the rightful holder to the first
rung in the ladder the coming Tuesday
night. when they meet on the Association
alleys
In the Departmental Duckpin League
Commissioners and Navy Yard are
scheduled to meet Wednesday evening,
and the latter's three-game lead may be
put in eopardy-whatever that is.
Treasury and Bureau have a post
poned set to roll. and the Bureau quint-
now in third place-may get closer to the
leaders when this match is played. Navy
Yard and Bureau meet January 20.
Finance has made a runaway Of the
Post Office League race. This quint is
nine and one-half games ahead of its
nearest rival-and still gaining.
Most of the other leagues have close
races on their hands, and interest un-
doubtedly will be kept up in the bowling
ranks until after ball teams start for
the south
And pausing for a slight divergence.
let us note that it is only SO days. Ol
hours-until the time we start to really
live again-the day upon which his
majesty, the ump, will announce, John
son and Henry and Ford and Swee-
ney." What?
- In 18th, the n meantime lets go after some
duckpin score among friends?
Ray Morgan and his Baltimore team of
little pin rollers are going to have the
time of their young lives. if there is no
noted in these columns last Sunday. the
popular ball player is keeping in shape
during the winter on the maple drive
ways. and has gotten together a duck
pin team which he AYERS has considerable
ability. He challenged Buck Becker to
an intercity match. but that worthy fail
ed to take him up. However, a match
has been arranged from another source.
and team from this city. composed of
Harry krauss. Pop" HALEY. John Eiker.
Garroll and Lon Krauss. will meet the
baltimore outfit in series of ten games,
five to be rolled here and five in the
Monumental city. In accepting the chal-
lense Morgan stated he was not pre-
pared to give the personnel of his uuint,
nor to definitely set date for the first
leg of the set. although Saturday. JaS.
uary IL, was mentioned for the inaugural
match, and this city as the scene of the
first battles. Whether this date will be
acceptable will be determined tomorrow
though 1t is more than likely that the
following Saturday will be decided upon
The followers OF the local team-and they
will not want for supporters-wil be an.
prised in ample time of all the arrange.
ments connected with the match games
and repetition of some Of the former
exciting intercity contests will undoubt.
eddy result.
Spalding Council. X. of C. League. will
nold banquet Wednesday night at the
Continental Hotel, the committee of ar.
engagements being DIR. j. Rozier Biggs
Maurice McAuliffe, j. NJ Tabler and =
F. Carr.
, Johnny Baum won the prize at the
Palace Tuesday with q total Of 3S1 for
three games. beating List by one pin. In
the tenth frame of what had to be his
last game-it was nearly midnight-he
needed spare and five. He pulled the
spare and barely counted the necessary
in M
NO better proof perhaps of the increas-
ed efficiency of duckpin bowlers both in
this city and Baltimore can be had than
by comparison Of the scores totaled in
the American Duekpin Association's
tournament in the latter city in 1909 and
the scores of the present day OF the
twenty-four teams that were entered In
the tourney, but one, the Baltimores. silo1
a set better than LEGO. and 1t won hands
down. as its 1,6O2 score was thirty -fovl
pins better than the next team, me
Diamonds. The team scores of the vim.
ners was 555. 4Sf and $685. and a prize OF
$40 was gathered in by the five for its
500; the Lonbards, thirds. with 1856
earned $40, while the next team was the
first Washington quint to show. tn.
Royals No 2. On this quint rolled
Roberts. Rice. Clliswell. Speiss and Gu,
Eiker, and the scores were 1913. 51S aflt
ga. prize of s33 was the reward fol
this set. which would hardly win a thir
tythree-cent pot in a tourney in either
city at the present day. Roberts, Will
3G1, carried his team single handed II,
was at his hest then. and there were few
in Washington who could hold their owr
with him. Eiker with 324. was til,
other member of the team to do we'll Til.
Capitol Hills was the next local uuint
and their ,JG5 total drew down $40 TIL,
team and scores were: Carroll, IS, 113
100 GOD: Augusta. 81, 81, 81 CID; Jay
90 1O4. 10 (313); Slye. 1W. 124. 81 t319)
Kreiger. 10. 81. 100 GOD. The CARR
sons. with 1.4S9, Won $50, and was com
posed Of Gwymne, $50; Crowley. 3O4
Bailey, 80; Harley, 31S, and Garrison
CIT.
This team was the last to land {
money prize. beating the nearest quint by
were: Royals No. 3-Iist (2o2). Hoek'
(8o5). Oliver (2sO, Dunn (298) and Week
erly (2gO). Acknowledgment (25S), Arm
strong Gid. Wilson (279), ]. Eiker (2g1
and Slattery GID. Pilgrims-Ball (2sO)
Fenton GOO. Rupert (27W. woodfret
(2S6) and Michaud (316). Royals No. l.
Baum (26s), Warren (2Ss), Yates C2S2)
Harlow (26O and Rodrick 600. In tn,
two-man and singles the team score ha(
to be something nearer present-day total.
to win prizes. The winners-Kreh an(
German, with $50, won first prize $50
Roberts and Eiker were third, with 6SS
and took home $50: Bailey and Garrison
(B4O) won $1,000; Slattery and Armstrons
(630) and Harley and Cox $500 $50;
each. The scores OF the other Washing
ton entries were: Rupert and Michaud
COG; Yates and Baum. 800; Carroll ant