The Washington times., 1914-11-04
VELVET KIND BESTS
CASINOS ON ALLEYS
JedS Have Lead in District
When Royals Trim ResoIutes
Three Times.
BY KIRK c. MILLER.

Three separate and distinct leagues
furnish the excitement today in duck
pin circles the National Capital. Dis
tr1ct, and Commercial coming in for
a big share OF the dope-upsetting. as a
result OF sensational scores contributed
last evening.
Jeds are today in first place in the
standings OF the District League, fol-
lowing q tumble in the dope which oc
CURED when Resolutes, the leaders un-
I'll last night, dropped three in a row
10 the Royals, who had been travelling
along In third place and who are today
giving Resolutes a close run to main
tain second position.
skinny Carroll again came through
the evening In his usual championship
form, when he spilled the little NAPLES
for a total of l43 in his second string.
By virtue of this remarkable string he
is today leading the best bowlers. as
he has done no less than three times
in the past week.
Pop HALEY and Harry Stanford
gave Carroll excellent support, and.
next to him, We're largely responsible
for the three straight wins of the Roy
Gls. Halleys highest game was 10.
while Stanford let his totals for games
, soar far above The 1G9-mark in all three
instances. His games scored about as
follows: III. II, and LA, three OF the
best strings registered in the District
League to date.
Tonight the Jeds take on the Con-
tenders, a tajl-end organization. which
has shown distinct signs of new strength
and should the Dulin outfit succeed in
getting a fair break tonight il will have
an fnroad on the leadership which will
prove hard to break down.
Captain Hughes has strengthened the
Newcomers by the addition of two den
tist-bowlcrs, DTs. Taylor and Lawrence
having been signed up to roll
In tonight's set with the Contenders
the Jeds will be deprived of the serv-
hospital list Dulin will start one of
the many substitutes in the place of
Goodman. who is one of the best pin
ners on the team and in the league.
The Jeds will appear in uniform
shirts for the irst time.
That National Capital League pro-
vided the principal excitement Of the
week when the Velvet Kind hooked
the Casinos for all three rounds and
got set of l,649. just fifty pins below
the league record for high team set.
Schmidt turned in the highest game,
l39, which stands next to the mark OF
Carroll. in the evenings best games
~ Cl cuabtO N4Ii lliC
best act, games Of 1S7. 129 and III,
q. giving him d total pinfall OF 2S3.
AS direct result Of the clean sweep
recorded by the Velvet Kind team, II
Jumps from fifth 10 third place in the
National Capital standings, as its
record is II victories and Z defeats,
the marks Of Palace and Y. N. G. A.
alone being better. Casino, the defeated
ouint, drops 10 ifth place.
Capt Louis Eiseman's boys from over
~ the Welsbach factory We're I'm a real
rolling mood. and they whitewaShcd the
Woodward &; LothroD outfit, and this
achievement completes the three prin-
league sets. To e1emplify his position
as anchorman. Eiseman got the highest
game of the set when he rolled a string
OF II in his second attempt
Welsbachs are today so firmly anchor
"a In nrst place that those other nine
teams In the loop viii have their hands
fUll to unreat tho gas and electrical ap-
plianCe team. Twenty-one games haV"
been won TO date by HaIleY's Comets,
aud they are rapidly pulling away from
Secretary GoldberE's Southern Railway
rollers. who threatened 10 be dangerous
early in the season.
The Columbia League seems TO be
ell along its course, and after slight
hesitation which il experienced carly in
the year. IS now progressing TO the sat
Iscactlon Of all four teams Bufralos
snd GriTs presented a fast comnetition
last light Ruffalos getting the first and
third games. and leaving the middle
string 30 Griffos.
II was church night at the National
Bowling Academy. when four teams
took part IN the program Of tnc Inter
dnnouins tion2l League. Thanks to the
effective bowling Of Pilot Hdrtstall, the
Bethany "cholr'' took all three from
tho Fifth, Hartstail getting high game
l2s. and hiEh set. &&. In the othe~
match. 50. Mark 5 took two out OF three
from Kendall.
Tonight's game IN the Commercial!
Alley League will be for blood, If the
word OF the home bOwlers is to he
taken as spoken. Tom Culhane. after
an absence uf nearly six weeks. will
be back in the lineup. Tom suffered
g severe tOlt t0 his bowling arm late
IN September, and has been forced to
sit on the bench for a long period. His
sIlmcnt has been pronounced well by
his physician. and he will be found out
there tonight trying to hold the Hi
tons at bay.
Chevrolets dropped two &c Grands last
night when the latter tea m had tho ben
eft Of "fy back which cam" in the
last frame Of tho second string. The
rebound gave Grands enough pins to
win the string hy margin Of seven
rins Ferguson's ~ was high individ-
usI game while Grards game OF 'Df