Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23

two. willing to participate in the pot
games. seeking an alley to get q little
practice. speaking for alleys for friendly
matches between the members OF an Of
nee force and so on. to no avail Nos.
and at the E street establishment are
taken up five nights a week from 3
until 1880 o'clock with the Commercial
League teams. Nos. and have not
been available four nights q week be-
cause of the Colonial League. and as
these two alleys are also the home of
both the Palace and Mount Vernon teams
of the National Capital League the two
other nights were uncertain. The De-
partmental held sway on Nos. and 8
four nights. while every other week the
WelSbachs had possession for league
games. At the other bowling alleys prac-
tically the same condition exists. though
the size of the Palace and the fact that it
is more or less the headquarters OF the
bowling fraternity make that case stand
out in particular. 1t is plain to be seen
from this statement of facts that 1t Is
almost an impossibility for new bowling
fans to mature unless they have an op-
portunity to get interested in the sport
through actual participation in the game,
or for the old ones to keep in good form
without practice facilities. Without alley
accommodations both are handicapped.
The answer assuredly is that as there is
an opening here for new alleys ample in
number to accommodate at least a part
of the bowlers who wish to roll at nights,
SOIlS one SlOulQ De i've enough 10 SI6It
a movement toward giving Washington
up-to-date bowling alley accommoda-
lions. I also believe that stock COM
pany with sufficient capital to finance
the enterprise could be recruited from
among the bowlers themselves. Person
ally I would feel absolutely safe in in
vesting my own surplus cash in such an
establishment. But in any event there is
paying field here awaiting some pro-
gressive individual or firm. and the soon
or. CHI he vxyfl1 hi n.
cal bowling situation get q much-needed
boost
This is not the first time this sentiment
has been expressed anent the local con-
dition Of affairs, and 1t is only a matter
Of time when the evil pointed out above
will be eradicated in exactly the manner
the pin knight suggests.
The work Of the Baltimore newspaper
team against The Star quint last Monday
city series was remarkably good, while
the exhibition Of Schmick, the lead-off
man on the team, in which he rolled the
second highest three-game total In a
match game wherein the foul line was
in vogue stamps him as q duckpin ar
fist of rare ability. With 1A as his ini-
tial effort, and 135 as his next effort.
the Baltimorean started a parade in the
second box Of the last contest and looked
as though he would cross the coveted
400 goal. In succession he had boxes
of 10, 10. Is. II. 10 and IA. and then fall
tered. with three bad boxes Of I, and g.
He missed two pins twice in his last
frame, though the fact that he was
trife shy Of the 400 did not suffice in any
respect to dim the luster Of his perform
ance. Pattison was in the lmelight in
the first game, with seven spares and q
151 total but his last two games were
poor. "Old Reliable Bill Menke was
more or less overshadowed by the stars
yyI,f ho had hrnnOhf from his
home city, although he trailed along with
q set In excess OF 800. Palmer went from
the ridiculous to the sublime in the
matter Of individual boxes. with a total
of 2 in his first box OF the first game to
20 In the eighth box of the second, he be-
ing the only member Of either team to
get double header"