The Washington times., 1914-01-24
| EADING GLEAGUE
BY ELEVEN GAMES
Miscellaneous Shops Has the
Lead on QuintS at the
Navy Yard.
By KIRK C. MILLER.

Although the bowling week JuS'
losed was filled from Monday &c
'riday with many fast matches and
nigh scores, probably not one league
..nds itself in SO decisive a race as
nat which exists in the Navy Yard
League. which holds forth at Bissell's
lleys, and which situation is the di-
rect result of games rolled during
the past five nights. Miscellaneous
Shops, the ringleaders down by the
Navy Yard, took to the top of the cir
uit by leaps and bounds and today
finds itself in first position by an ad-
vintage of eleven full games.
Only Friday night the Miscellaneous
,tuint rolled its last games, having for
= competitors the Secondary Mound
,hop ouint. Il team which has always
hcen considered a prominent CONTENDER
nut even these bowlers allowed three
,rrairbt games to slip by them when
,lcv took on Miscellaneous. A peculiar
s~eture of the set which put Miscellane-
is in its lofty position is that no in
,viduaI games or sets OF z high nature
% ere recorded either by the winners OF
sers OF by any individuals on either
am. The highest game turned in was
nat of Shipley, in his last string. Ii
III and the bowler who recorded II is
- member OF the losing team. All of the
.. her single games averaged from 30 r0
d. which is only fair rolling, accord
x to the accepted standard. Morgan :
Il which included rouDds OF 81, los anG
= is an example of the best INDIVIDUAL
p-or-k seen for the entire match.
Though the standings Of the Columbia
DUckpin League were not seriously
CARED by the set in which Cubs tooh
.Eree straight from the Indians, by
.crfeiture, the game was an interesting
. NJ, considering the conditions under
F:ch IL was rolled. Indians could not
.uuster five mon to roll and could have
rurfeited the set without even going on
ne alleys. However, the sporting spirit
~ the members who were present as
s,rtcd itself. and four men rolled
aEainst the Cubs. ober, of the Cubs,
contributed en- individual game of III,
v lich characterizes the set as including
the second slightest individual ngure
ruTned in IN any league during the
night.
Not to be outdone b. the performance
..r the Cubs and Miscellaneous teams,
the ROYALS. of the District Duckpin
League, also came across with clean
sweep, their opponents being the Good
fellows team. Rider was responsible for
the highest pinfall. his game of l2S com
raring well with the general run OF
gGmes rolled. Morgan was next high
nan IN his set. his mark of 125 in his
-econd round winning that honor for
uim.
Shops and Car Department presented
uis tch which held the attention of
ne Terminal Railroad Y. n. c. A.
OWIers for about an hour and half,
ht. latter uuint winning the set by two
aues 10 one. Both of the teams con-
med are nearer the bottom than the
Oh in the standings, but this fact is not
4iscernible by Slancing at the scores.
rhe style of game they played Friday
.jght is not to be grinned at, and q
"rtiruancc Of such games should soon
at them among the contenders for
cI'ors over at the Union Station.
The old worm turned in the Patent
attorneys League, and the ancient
4dage, It's a long lane that has no
IrninE," was emphasized, when the
vans quint, until last night holding a
Derfect record, dropped its first game.
rhe rollers from the office OF Jon1
of the dope, It winning one out Of two
from the team with the immaculate
ecord. Wright's game of 122 was the
est round rolled
DIVERS string OF I32 in the Arcade
..eaGue shone brighter than the rolling
II any other individual who partici-
rated in the Bankers two-to-one defeat
~ the Immanuels. MalcClm's 127 was
ne next highest game. while the other
oilers adhered to a game which aver
sed %. No standings were affected by
he set.
Bclmonts rolled themselves into first
lace in the Mt. Pleasant League when
hey swept Up the alleys with the Parks
cam. The first two games only were
aompletcd, and McCambridge and Hall
alone rolled for their respective teams
D the third round. McCaInbridGe rolled
rut 50 against Iii for Hall. and these
- set. In the second round WetZell
oiled for Lange and Imiris for Mccain
'ss-iEe.
The little old league records tucked
lZh up in the archives of the Postoffice
,epartmentaI League were shaken
when Chatterton and Knee rolled indi-
dual games of I25 and ~, respectively,
md Mess turned in a set of :G3. This
- Urk represents some OF the best rolling
s"cn this season in the Pcstofice cir
uii. Railway Mail took two out OF
three from the City Postoffice quint, but
rhe standings of neither team were al
r-G-ed.
over at the association alleys, the
g. NJ. e. A. League staged set which