The Washington times., 1913-01-07
LAUNDRYMEN ARE
Y|CTORS ON ALLEY,
BAKERS-DEFEATED
Fight for Blood When Star
and Hahn & Co.
Clash.
TEAMS TIED FOR
LEAD POSITION
Commercial Duckpin League Is
One of Washington's Old
/ est Circuits.
By KIRK c. MILLER.

Tolman Laundry's duckpin team
showed up last night at the Palace al
leys starched to the highest degree
known to the laundrymen's profession,
and pocketed the first honors of the
new year from the rollers belonging
TO the General Baking Company. Al
though one rung from the foot OF the
ladder in the Commercial League race,
the .'washwomen" rolled rings around
the bakers, winning the first two games
with whirlwind rapidity. and incl
dentally increasing their percentage
sixteen points.
Oh. Il was a great battle, and they
used balls the size that they feed to
regular cannons in the real big" army.
As each marksman took his aim at
the ten little wooden men at the far
end of the battlefield just so sure did
those men fall Imply into their trench
ea Yes, those laundrymen are some
sharp-shooters. and they sure took an
opportunity to prove it to the bread
makers last night.
However, this Tolman-General Baking
Company fiasco was a mere scrimmage
compared to the warfare that will be
waged next Thursday night, when the
Evening Star and William Hahn Com
pany teams meet on the battlefield Of
ducxpins.
Share Equal Honors.
These teams, let II be known. share
equal honors to the commanding posi-
tion IN the great war on the alleys.
and one or the other of them must
be reduced to a lower point of van
tage. 1t will be fight for blood. and
the victors will be heroes indeed, In
the eyes of the vast array Of admir-
ers that assemble nightly to see the
single battles fought out.
This is not a new feud that is be-
ing waged by the Commercial bowl
ers. Some venture to say that the
quarrel for superiority on the alleys
antedates that of the conquest Of
Trey and the beautiful Helen. 1t is
admitted by all, however, that tie
Commercial bowlers have been in
the running for many, many years,
and this statement is borne out by
the fact that one of the members has
been given the cognomen of Rip Van
Wrinkle. His regular, everyday
ma me is Campbell and he is mem
ber Of that famous band of Railroad
ten pin bowlers that at one time was
tiguors territory Besides being one
OF the veterans in local alley gath
erings, Campbell is the leader OF the
cheering section and often he has to
stand on the benches and yell to
make his voice heard above the
noise caused by the ball coming in
contact with the pins
Other Celebrities.
There are other celebrities in the
Commercial League who did not figure
in last nights conquest There is Dan
McCarty. who is no relation to the
rev heavyweight wonder. Dan has
been one Of the greater lights on the al
leys for many years. He is chiefly re-
sponsible for the existence of the Even
ing Star team. When he was a member
of the Mt Vernon qufnt. in the Ma
ronal Capital League. last season, he
established a record of 397 pins for high
individual set and one OF 1S2 pins for
high individual game
Then there Is Raber, who roleld last
night with Tolmans. He is leading the
circuit with seventeen spares, while Ro-
der, of the Star FIVE, is a close second
for that honor With q total of about
fifteen clean sweeps. Moler. has dis
tinguished himself as a collector of
spares, and, together with Raber and
Rodier is contender for league Iaurels
Manager Gurnee, of the Tolmans had
q new man on the alleys last night in
ihe person of Keith. who recently Joined
the forces of iron wielders. Keith
bowler up to expectations and can be
sure OF his place on the quint