Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
INTEREST ON THE WAIVE
IN THE BIG-PIN SPORT
Tourney Fails to Arouse the Enthusiasm
Expected-Lack Of Practice Cause
of Poor Scores.

While the intercity tournament. which
was brought to a close last "Wednesday
night. was the most successful ever held
by the local city association. judged from
the standard of the number of entries,
there was much left to be desired by the
adherents of the tenpin game in this city
Not only were the scores more or less oil
a experimentation the local men
held their own with the out-of-town en-
irants-but the spirit which. II would
seem. ought to prevail at such an affair,
was entirely lacking There were very
few occasions when the teams shooting
displayed any great amount of pepper,
and there was an entire absence of the
enthusiastic roofing which is so helpful
to the men bowling in competition. There
was one occa sion. however. when team
took the alleys with a large gallery oil
supporters to cheer ii on. and this team
the Palace-was the winner in class A
In any event, the tournament has con-
clusively demonstrated one thing, and that
is until the local bowlers decide TO take
an active interest in tenpins and devote
a little of their time to practice, large
scores-that is. consistently large scores
going to be conspicuous by their alb
sencc Very few of the men who are
rolling with tenpin leagues in this city
ever bowl a practice game. On the night
they are scheduled to roll they may get
in q few boxes, but otherwise il is seldom
that they are to be seen ON the alleys,
either afternoon or night 1t was con-
tidently expected by those followers OF the
big-pin game who seek to re-establish the
Old sport on its former plane that the
tournament would awaken great interest
in the game. but the most optimistic sup
porterS have found little to enthuse over
in the results of the affair.
In marked contrast with the situation
which exists in tenpins talk already is
rife as to the probable date of the duck
pm tourney. and that there Will be an
entry list far in excess of previous at
fairs. and that from an enthusiastic point
of view the 1913 event will be banner
one seems assured. The little pin game
surely has the call in Washington.
Palace won two games from Wells
hachs Friday night, Harry krauss roll
ing $40 set. and getting 131 score in
the last game which enabled his team
TO get a four-pin decision. Halley's quint
IS now four games ahead in the Ma
tional Capital League fight.
Evening Star lost two games to Wood
ward and Lothrop Thursday night, while
the weeks rolling putting the newspaper
quint two games ahead of Hahn and
Johnson's team. which latter quints are
tied. These two quints are scheduled to
meet next week.
Two weeks more of bowling will wind
up the 1nterdenominational League, and
there is every likelihood that the final
week will be reached before the pennant
Is decided. Westminster took two games
from Kendall Tuesday night, while st.
Marks was giving Fifth a two-time lick
ing, the evenings bowling enabling the
former quint TO retain it's lead of one
game. while st. Marks was able to draw
a like distance away from Fifth. with
which team it had been tied for second.
Next Tuesday Fifth will meet ST. Marks,
and upon this set rests Fifth'S only
chance to again wind up in front of the
Church League, though Westminster will
have chance whatever the outcome, and
a triple tie for the first rung in the lad
der Is by no means improbable and the
latter team may again witness pennant
slip away from its grasp through the me-
dunn of total pins"
l.. Kluge carried ST. Marks to a four
pin victory in the second contest with
Fifth the genial middle man of the
Lutheran team have 123 game. Fifth
struck its stride in the closing number.
winning by big margin. In the set
time in the first. the league leaders turn
ing in the poor score of AIS. McKericher
got into the game IN the next two con-
tests. and his team, with 492 and 523
walked in Holmes rolling was the
best. Sixth won two games from Beth
any. with Litchfield starring, his high
game being 133.
Good scores and a piece of rare judg-
ment in substituting new player char
acteriZed the set between Emmanuel and
q. p. O. of the Arcade League. in which
the former were two-time winners. I'm
manuel won the first game with plenty
of margin, the score being o41 to 5O4.