The Washington times., 1914-10-12
BOWLERS RAPIDLY
TAKING TO ALLEYS
Pin SpiIIing Has Become More
Contagious in Capital Than
Ever Before.
By KIRK c. MILLER.

Before the month Of October is out
Washington will be almost entirely in
the hands Of the bowlers Of tenpins
and duckpins. With the closing OF
the worlds series this week the fans
who divide the year into different sea-
sons, according to the prevailing sport.
will be distributing their attention be-
tween bowling and football. and with
the exception Of the latter sport. which
has SO short a season, pin-spilling has
a fair outlook for drawing down the
popularity honors.
So contagious has the alley game be-
come among the men and women Of
Washington that the proprietors are
finding difficulty in accommodating the
many leagues which seem to spring up
from nowhere. This condition prevails
in every nook and Granny Of the city
where alleys have been established (:
in fact. afternoon leagues seem to be
the only answer to the eternal ques-
ton among the bowlers: Where can
we get alleys?
Hardly an office which employs as
many as half a dozen men can be
1OOfld IiOl d uuShDnH OF len-
pin team rolling under its name, and in
many. OF the larger firms whole leagues
have been organized among the en-
ployes. 1t Is almost safe to say that
half OF Washington's male populs ton
between the ages Of eighteen and fifty
ts connected IN some ~way-swith this
most popular of winter pastimes, and
the fever for knocking down the maple
woods is spreading each season.
Within the neighborhood of fifty
leagues will represent the Capitals
bowling army by the time mid-season
Is reached, and when 1T is remember
ed that the season is six months long,
the magnitude which the sport has
reached is more easily conceived AL
ready eighteen circuits have announc-
ed their schedules and have started
the rolling and this number will be
doubled within ten days. when regu-
lar league bowling will be started up
throughout the season. Some Of the
organizations do not begin activities
until after the big baseball classic
has been disposed OF and the strain
of a worlds championship taken off
the minds Of the fans.
1t is a singular fact that the major
ity Of the fans who throng the stand
out at American League Park
throughout the long and tedious base
same ones who can be found flocking
to the bowling emporiums throughout
the equally long and tedious winter
nights and afternoons. They are one
and the same. The two games seem
TO be closely allied and each has the
same supporters. The only difference
seems TO be the fact that in the pin
game. the fans have a chance to get
in and do some Of the work them
selves.
One step further. Baseball players
are for the most part bowlers. Few
OF the teams in either major league
are there, but what boast Of a full
team OF expert pin spillers. and in
deed that very business is one which
helps pass away many a long night
in the early spring training season.
Also many Of the stars of baseball
dom spend the off season as propri-
etors Of their own alleys, which bust
ness has proven most profitable one
for players. both majors and minors
Right here in Washington, we have
Chic" Gandil, the Griffmen's star
first sacker. as head of the Arcade
Bowling Alleys. From his own ranks
in the diamond sport, Gandil draws
the patronage Of none other than Ray
Morgan and Germany Schaefer. both
Of whom are way out in front" when
II NOHntS 10 IeIIlHS iUt HldIIeS ItOrBe
Mcbride, Alva Williams. Joe Boehling
and MiCque Martin are all bOwlers Of
ability and all Of them keep their
limbs supplied up during the winter
months by following this very pastime
Of bowling.
Following the announcement Of the
schedule of the Westminster Duckpin
League for the l9l4-l5 season. the
full roster or names Of the four teams
has been issued. 1t follows:
Greens-H. NJ. Davis. Charles Heys,
Walter stephenson, II. G. Dautnrich. II.
z. Bittinger, Fred Darlington. and Paul
Weeks.
Reds-G;, W; Grubbs. G: B. Holmes, c.
u. Church. r. y. Whittlesey, G. r.
Church. Joe Stephenson. and V. G.
Woodbridge.
Whites-George Downs. J. ". Nc
Kericher. +. r. Jasper. +. c. Wood, H
{. Malinka. T. S. Hayden, and Frank
Byram.
Blues-J. c. McKillen. c. W. Hahe. A.
r. Weeks, L. VI. Church. c. w. Church,
+. Boyer, and c. J. Hicks.
Suia adpcki at Last