Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
IMPORTANT DUCKPIN SETS
ROLLED DURING THE WEEK
William Hahn Cinches Commercial League
Pennant, While Welsbachs Run Into
Three-Game Defeat

one OF the leagues in which a hard
fight has been staged recently for premier
honors returned pepnant winner last
week, and III another quint which look
I'd 10 have fair sailing ran into a bad
snag which should give to the race a
very interesting aspect for the balance
of the season The William Hahn team
practically clinched the Commercial
League pennant Friday night by winning
three games from Chaplin & Sacks. after
The Star team had dropped its set with
The General Baking quint on the Tuesda!
previous The Shoe Dealers need TO win
only five of their six remaining games.
which are with weak teams. to make
sure the honor of leading the commercial
body and it Is safe to award them the
plum for which they have worked SO
hard. While Chaplin IL Sacks put up a
mserab bic showing against Hahn-only
one man reaching the dignity OF nun
dred game in all three contests-Vogeis-
berger's quint deserved to win. Their
nearest competitors, The Stars. have roll
ed in extremely poor form since the ten
min tournament losing the major part of
every important set since that date. They
dropped two games to Chaplin & Sacks.
two to Woodward & Lothrop, two to
Hahn and follow this up by dropping
three to General Baking. The calber of
rolling by the team, too. with the excep-
ton of Champion. has been very bad not
man holding the average recorded up
10 February ;. when the tournament
stopped the games temporarily. Hahn
on the contrary, has improved in Its
games among its achievements being
a set in excess of 1900
welsbach is the other team which ran
into shoaI waters last week, and the un-
expected three-game defeat at the hands
of the Fat Men is going to add great in
terest to the closing sets in the National
= Capital League If the Palace team can
dispose of the six games 1t has with the
Eat Men by pulling down five of them, |
and then waIlop the Welsbachs when they ]
meet, the team which had been con-
IDENTIFY expected TO head this organiZa-
ton may get left. In any event HALEY
ouint will not come in under wraps.
The meeting of the City Duckpin AsSo-
citation which was scheduled for last
week has been postponed until next
Wednesday, at o'clock, at the Palace
alleys. President Cox requests a full at
tendance the approach of tournament
time makes arrangement details sub
ject for immediate action
Commercial League officers for the en-
annual meeting tomorrow night at the
Palace, o'clock being giveff ,as the hour
of assembling.
Climbers and Y. NJ. c. A. had three
hard fought games at the Arcade Friday
night. The association lads won the first
by Is pins the second by ] and lost the
final contest by a single pin.
Arcade Market furnished little opposi- |
pn1
victory sent the latter into tie for sec
ond place in the Arcade League IHyes
with lis game, starred.
Washington Star bowlers hope to atone |
for the severe beating they received two
weeks ago at the Palace alleys at the |
hands of the team from the Baltimore
newspapers, when this quint is met IN the |
Monumental city tomorrow night. In the
Baltimore end of the annual lntercity
match between these two newspapers AS
a further incentive for the locals TO put
forth their best efforts, Mr.. Rudolph |
KauffmaGn, managing editor OF The
Washington Star, has offered as re-
ward to the shining quint tomorrow
three mineralite duGApin balls, in hand
some leather case. and that Doth teams |
will put up the best quai.iy Of rolling |
in their power to land the tropffs>is un- |
questioned. The bowling balls and case |
which he has offered for tomorrow 5 VIM |
ners is to become the permanent PROP
Baltimore tomorrow night special |
car has been chartered by the Washing
ton newspaper crowd, which viii leave
I4th street and New York avenue at |
o'clock The games to be rolled on
the Kaiser alleys. Madison avenue. at |
o'clock the contests to be followed |
later at the Hotel Emerson with ban
quet. Home and professional talent VIII
be utilized TO entertain the visitors. and |
with past Baltimore barrauets as "A cri- |
ferion the Washington team and its sup !
portcrs is iii for a very enjoyable even |
ing =.
The INSTRUMENTATION B,sHling |
League will celebrate the close of itsS913
season Tuesday evening. when the pen |
nant-winning St Marks team VIII be |
host at a banquet In the Sunday school
rooms of the church, 18th and Is streets |
southwest This is the third annual
spread of the church league. Fifth Zap |
tist being the quint which last year en- |
tertained the league and its friends at a |
banquet. In addition to the awarding |
OF the trophies for the seasons work on |
tho alleys, remarks will he made by the |
dignitaries Of both the church and the |
league.
When credit was given in these col !
umns two weeks ago To the Martinsburg |
team of Martinsburg. w Va. for a set |
in excess of 1.S1o the performance was |
hailed not only locally but elsewhere as !
a wonderful exhibition of the art of little |
pin rolling. 1t seems. however that the |
team does not deserve tho laurels 1T re- |
ceived. An article in u Martinsburg pa |
per, giving the team praise for another |
set above 1850. makes the previous mark |
questionable. as evidently the alleys |
whereon the scores arc made are using
the rubber-banded pin, which caused such |
stir in this city last Year when they /.
were used in the Northeast League From !
the following article and tho accompany
ing scores there is little doubt but that
this is the kind of pin used
The Palace bowling alley team broke |
the record last Thursday night during
their games in this city with !; strong
team from Brunswick. rolling the phe-
nomenaI score of 1852 pins to e6., by
their opponents. Although Brunswick
won two of the previous games. the Mar
tinshurg contingent with this aud another
game played last night. resulting III a
score of 1852 10 1883. has q majority Of
:.2t pins. But the game last night was an
eve opener. The summary was as fol-
lows:
MARTINSBURG;
t8Skey ..--.....-.-. IL los tl3
Grove northumberland. los Us f2S
feerN .-..,----.- .-.---... y. Ito l-b