Evening star., 1913-12-14

the rear, almost hopelessly last. The |
Sontihentais are the only club In the |
league which appears to be completely |
purchased They have won only two |
yet to win q set
Ihe Agriculture team has the lead in
the departmental Tenpin League by a
margin of three full games 1t has won
t"enty ana lost seven, while the nearest
aggregation to it. the Bureau has won
seventeen and lost ten The NAVY ouint
Is tnird with sixteen to it's credit and
fourteen registered against it. Commits
sioners and Interior are fourth and fifth, |
respectively.
tenpin leagues each furnish one team
that is almost SO far behind that |
there is little hope for it ever to catch |
up. war of the Departmental League
last In that circuit, with only two
games won. while it has lost a greater
number than have the Continentals, last |
in the Colonial League
The margin held by The Evening Star
in the Commercial League is enough to |
guarantee 1t much better chance for
the pennant than has any other five and
1t is nearly sufficient to say that it is
pretty certain to win the title. Thirty
games have been won and six lost while
the next team is five full games behind
The Woodward & Lothrop five has twen-
ty-fve victories to It's ccredit and eleven
defeats charged against it. The news
paper five has been rolling consistently
and appears strong enough to hold the
lead it has and increase it if it puts
forth its best efforts. The General Bak- |
ing Company has been doing some good
work recently, and is in third place with
twenty-five won and ten lost. The Wels-
bachs are fourth, having won nineteen
and dropped fourteen. The Hahn Ru-
dolph West Judd & Detweer, Ber-
herich Hoeke & Co. and Tolman quints
follow as mentioned.
The Engineers are leading the Patent
Examiners League by a margin of three
games The team in second place is
that which represents the Farmers. The
leaders have won twenty games and lost
ten. The Printers are only game and
half behind the Farmers, while Inter
ference. Woodworkers and Mechanics are
the next in order.
one of the few which are furnishing
leaders by good margins. The Finance
team is undoubtedly the best in the cir
cult, and it is showing it by heading the
list OF teams, with twenty-seven won and
only six lost. margin of six full games
on the flve in second place. Railway
Mails. 1t would be a pretty safe pre-
diction to say that Finance will win the
ond place, while Postal Savings is third. /
Thompson is leading the Patent Ex-
aminers with the highest game made this
season. His mark is 134. Pierce has the
best set, he having rolled a total of 341.
The Pepco and United States Trust
Company are running a close race in the
Mercantile League. the former having
only game and a half margin. Pepco
has won seventeen and lost seven, while
the runner-up has taken eighteen and
dropped nine. The other clubs follow in
order: Raleigh. Young Mems Shop. Dis
trict National Bank, c. xander Title
Guaranty and Surety Company and
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany.
Out in the Arcade League the Sher- /,
woods seem to be the class. They have |
placed twenty three games in their won !
co umn against twenty by the nearest
qunt, and have only seven defeats
charged against them, while the runner
second place. 7 The Holmeads and Ma
.ionals are tied for third place, only one
game behind the Bankers, while the
Goodfeliows and Arcadians are on even ,
terms, one game back of fourth place.
The ColumbiaS are the one team which
have yet to get going. 1t was not until
Friday night that they were able to win
the.r first set, which was taken from the
Argyles. They made good then. though
getting the long end of the score in each
game. The Arcadians, Imperials, I'm
manuels and Argyles are all dangerous. |
though they bring up the rear, and cam
not be taken too lightly by the leaders in |
any of the games in which they figure.
The highest set registered in any |
league last week was that secured by |
Baum for the Brunswicks in their match |
against the Y. NJ. c. A. Baum rolled con-
sistently getting good scores in each
game. In his first he scored 1873. but
dropped to 112 in his seconds he rolled
1877 in his third, though. which gave him
3s2 for the set
The Arcadans in the Arcade League |
had a big night last week. They took
three straight from the Goodfellows. and
broke three of the league records for the
year. They got the highest set, which
was 1,672, rolled the best team game. =,
$50 and T. Gull broke the record for in |
dividuals Gull. rolling as lead-on man, |
ond and 131 in his third. giving him a
set that was on.y three pins behind that |
of Baum who rolled 49, Friday night.
Three exceptionally good games were
rolled by teams last week. The Area
dians In the Arcade League and the Pal |
ace and Y. NJ. c. A. in the National Capt. |
tai were the ones which got the hlgh
scores The Arcadians had the best mark.
rolling $50 early in the week in match
with the Goodfellows. The Palace hve
got it's score-572-Friday night, while
bowling against the Velvet Kind five. and
the Y. M c. A. rolled its high mark in
the set against the Brunswicks, 1t hav-
ing a score OF 511.
Besides these teams the Sherwoods of
the Arcade League and the Brunswicks
of the National Capital rolled sets of
more than 1,600. The former, while roll
ing against the Goodfellows, got a mark
of 1.6l4, while the latter knocked down
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