The Washington herald., 1913-11-09
Spares and Strikes
BsIoHN A. DueAs.
BxJoHN A. DUGA'

have at last struck their mio-seAbon
form In their fierce attack upon the
duckpin<
The extra high games were few and
far between. but the consistent work
among both the younger blood and the
oldtimers show a marked Improvement
and The Herald honor list win show
generally good sets, but nothing OF
brilliant nature
The Judd & Detweiler Company
five of the District League were the only
ones to cause any sensation whatsoever
among the topplers of the pins. Sc
curing a score OF $50. Going at top
speed In the first game against the Con-
tenders Tuesday night the Printers came
back in the second clash and established
mark that will stand as a high sea
son game for the topplers Of all the
leagues 10 shoot at In this clash every
man was on his mettle and not a single
game was totaled under the century
mark.
Wright. the lead OF man for the Judds,
Tailed the lowest score, touching lOi,
while all the others were well up over
the 100 mark Miller secured Ill for
his game and deserves credit for pulling
every spare in sight and clipping the
fashion.
Lonnie Krauss helped a good deal to-
wards rolling up this high tally, ;otaling
liz for his game. "Lonnie" got on to
a poor start In the early boxes. but
came through In the last hve and turned
what looked to be a bad score into
grand total which fitted in nicely in this
attack upon the naples. Keller put over
the high game, grabbing lSe. Keller's
work throughout was consistent and II
was mainly through his efforts that the
81 ii. In a4ewk1e
and kept on their mettle.
Moore, rolling anchor man, fell ten
pins behind KelIer's mark, but was
there In the pinch in both the ninth and
tenth boxes, pulling two hard spares and
in the last got a ten counter. This game
Is the highest yet bowled in any league.
and bids fair to stand for some time TO
come. The Contenders were set down
for all three games by the Judds. though
the first was a tie and was won on the
roll on in the second game when the
large mark was established.
Thomas, of the Pepco five of the Mer-
camille League. lands highest honor In
the Herald's honor list In q single game.
Rolling against the District National
Bank tribe. he made the highest mark
registered by any Individual In the sec
ond game he toppled IA pins, placing
him at the top Of the ladder. The set
for the evening was good, securing 5s1,
giving him eighth position in high game
set
On Tuesday night ]. Rtston also
showed some ability at toppling the
ducks. Rolling as anchor man for the
Southlands, Johnnie dropped 1I2 in his
second game, being the second highest
game Of the week and landing second
honors on The Herald's list in the sin
gle games. The Southland five captured
the three games from Parker, Bridget
&c Co. and in the second game when
Riston made his high tally the boys went
over the five century mark, totaling 81
Eddie Eiker. OF the Holmead team Of
the Arcade League, and CHAMPION, Of
the Evening Star five, are tied for third
position for the highest game Of the
week The remarkable coincidence of
these two crack bowlers rolling a tic
is that neither had good scores in their
other two games. Champion had e0-91 for
his first and third. and Eiker came
through with $3.50 for the opening and
final game, but at the same time both
the Star quint and the Holmeads estab-
lished a high set for Monday night of
So, each securing this total It Is rather
more remarkable to note that It was the
second game in which the two teams
made their best mark and IT was also
in these two that Champion and Eiker
did their cleverest work.
Fifth position in the single games Is
awarded to Jimmy Baum for his I34
game, while bowling with the Belmonts
against the Toledos Wednesday night In
the District Duckpin League. Baum
rolled 96 In his first game and 30 in his
second, but in the last he spilled the
naples and came out of the fray with
ITO. Baum IL just one pin ahead of WAL
ters, who rolled second on Schuman's
outfit of the Saengerbund League In the
games Thursday night in the saenger-
bund when the Schumans captured three
games from the Wagners, Walters made
his brilliant mark OF 13a He rolled io1
in the FIRST and his big game in the sec
ond. but fell far short In the nightcap.
securing but 70 pins, having an average
Of 1os.
Willie Hurley. Of the Imperial outft,
secured third position on the honor list
by putting across his three good games,
100, IS, and LIZ. 1t was through the work
Of Hurley. when he bettered the CEN
tury mark. that the lmperiaIs were able
to capture the three games from the
Columblans in the Arcade League We'd
nesday night. Johnnie Riston, rolling for
the southland five, OF the southwest
League. fell one pin behind for his total
of three games, securing fourth position
on the honor roll II was through the
individual efforts Of Riston that the
Southland five were able to capture the
three games from Parker. Bridget & Co. |
Walker Colston, rolling with the Pied
monts against the Fatimas, captured
high game Monday night with 81 Ruaso
was the low man, his best score being
81. Platt and Costa had a great battle, |
Costa finally winning out
Roach the lead-off man Of the COM
mercial team Of the Washington Gas !
Light Company League Is tied for first |
position on The Herald's honor list for |
sets OF three games with Noack. OF the
St Marks team Of the International
League. Doth totanng ssl ror tneir sets. |
The consistent work of Roach In the 1
games against Distribution Wednesday,
night were Of an ace high order. Be-
,urinR III in the opaninr set-to Roarhi