The Washington times., 1914-02-22

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 22.-Ninety-
odd tenpin rollers of Washington are
today spending a Sunday in real rest
after having invaded the Virginia cap
ital for the purpose of participating in
the second annual intercdy tenpin
tournament and having tangoed right
up to the prize list, where an awful
cash was cut into the si21 fund which
has been set aside to be awarded to the
high teams and individuals.
Because the intercity tournament
does not end until next Saturday night.
teams from Norfolk. Richmond, Peters
burg, Mansfield and Newport News
still having their matches to roll, no
definite announcement as to the exact
amount of prize money pOcheted by the
delegation from the National Capital.
However. the size of its scores, which
eclipses any rolling done to date by
either Baltimore or Richmond, indi-
Gates that more than liberal amount
of the sum mentioned will be retCI5led
to Washington's participants.
Before sundown of Saturday new
marks in singles and doubles had been
established by rollers who had come
with the Washington rollers. and when
the five-men teams took TO the alleys
in the evening this number was in
creased materially.
Jacobsen and McKnew, rolling in the
doubles, experienced no difficulty in
bettering the marks of either the Mary
land or Virginia rollers, who had been
on the alleys earlier in the week. y to-
Ia! of 1.lC7 pins was hung up for
81. IA \
and Richmond is now on the anxious
seat regarding its ability to equal this
mark. to say nothing of betterinS it.
Then came Harry krauss and James
T. Fields. who were mated also in Class
A doubles. These are the boys who
really made the loca! spectators pcrh
up their heads when they spilled the big
pms for grand total of Ills. Nc
knew's and Jacohsen'S scores had al
most made the came!S back break. but
when krauss and Fields had retired
from the alleys, hope seemed to have
& ne, not to return The coming six
days will tell whether or not this ter
ra bic pace can be equaled by the teams
which are to follow.
To Harry krauss also belongs the
honor of establishing the highest indi-
IIduaI set for the entire tournament. ,
Nose" as he IS Familiarity known in
his string UP to the figure of 64i. II
coming as the result of games Of pa.
lgS and nj. Up to this match the first
same rolled by Krauss was the highest
vet recorded in the series of games be
ing produced here. but Joseph Hardic.
captain of the bureau team. battcIcd it
later i'll the day with 4 mark Of 2+7.
AS compared with HardicS big score.
lie best seen N the tournament before
his appearance was a game Of 30 con-
tributed by Ross smith last Thursday.
Smith Is member OF the famous
Metropolitans. of baltimore, and his
mark is now put in the shadow by that
Of Hardic. Hardir. together with Will
liamSOn, rolled two of the best sets Of
the day each having boosted their score
~ to Gu5 when they rolled in the dOu-
Eles.
Probably the most dist nctive victory
witch was scored by any Washington
tenn participating in the intercity
I ornament was that registered by III.
Agriculture team. Captained by W. J.
German. Recording a team total Of
=, ,7Ic pins. that team rolled 81 pins over
ard above the high set established
Thursday by the Metropolitans. of Bal
timore. Until Saturday. the Mctropoli-
tans' score was high for any Glass \
t, am which had rolled in the local COM |
petition.
But single disappointment is con-
ccded to have occurred to the Wash |
inrton bCwlers. it being the score OF
the Palace team in the last set of rve-
men teams which wound up the pro- |
gram. Their score Of 2,6u9 is good one.
considering that its members nal rolled
in the singles AMI doubles and were
naturally faticued when the :inal ANA
supreme :cst faced them.
Chamber of Commerce acquitted II
self according to tradition when il
spilled 2,7os pins. the highest team total