The Washington times., 1914-01-18
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
STRONGESTLEAGUE

The leagues prosperity. P. X Whit.
lord, besides captaining the Velvet KinC
team Is secretary of the league, and F
Ieracl Is treasurer. The official scorer
is T. T Rodier.
marked success With which the National
Captal League has met, can be made
Ihah TO refer TO the captains who COM
nlanu The ten quints, while in action or
the alleys.
?. i. Fletcher who leads the Bruins
WICK hve, through the firm of Bruins
Observation-Disclosures Company. has
been connected with bowling for a mum
Der of years. Although this is his hrst
season as captain of the teams which
holds third place in the National Cspi-
TAI standings, his experience on thO AL
le!s mas made him one OF the most
capable leaders of duckpin teams.
Capt. Earl 7. Lewis, OF the PaIace
9uint, Is recognized as one of the best
hItle duckpin generals now engaPed in
aCtlFe bowling. His average is largely
responsible in keeping the Palace Uuint
near the head of its class, and his CON
nectton with the Belmonts and Arca-
dians makes him more than fit to cen-
S Calh tne second team in the National
Capital League.
capt S. :. Gheen is rounding out his
third year as head of the Casino team
and each season brings him more and
more success. T. P. Howard is the pre-
SlIinS hgure over the Columbians,
which team is a rehabiIitated 0uinr Of
the old Mt. Vernons.
Earle l.. Keeler, captain of the FAT
Men team, has a reputation on the
aueyS which reads from the Patent At
toineys League, up through the Dis
!id' !iict' arcade, and finally to the Ma
f.0nri befnro OaplIaI. Moe Maer, who marches
~ ~E
mas enc OF the wiSeSt heads OF anv fol-
IGWer of the duckpins in Washington
MS strategy on the alleys has brought
ohe Potomacs gradually up FROM q
!oWiy berth in the league, and his nuint
Is now Two steps into the first division.
Captan Roberts has made the first
year for the Velvet Kind one Iong to
be remembered by the members NJ its
ranks. The Velvet rollers succeeded
the Nationals of last year. and IT'S
6Ira D[ana OF bowling is improving with
SNeIE game. Too much cannot Be said
ti,r tHT b. h. Whitford, who ras so many
tlIles S IN the rank of National Capital
print them. He is Secretary of tho
league and captain of Che Y, NJ. G. A
qulnt: Together with lis duties as
secretary and keeping his team at the
and successful bowling nnagnate.
Capitol Hills and Casinos are gener-
aled by no lesser heads than q. w c.
hreiger and VI. J. Pierce. These cap
tain tains round out the Ist of ten. who
Ielp make the National Capital
League the best managed anG most
successful, both from a sporting and
social standpoint, of any duckpin or
of Washington.
Here is the personnel OF the entire
league:
Palace-E. T. Lewis, [. 3, List II F.
Krauss, c. Lennon, Q II. Pattison,
Joseph Michaud, N. u. Goodman, w.
Potomacs-Moe A. 8aer F. A. Arm
strong. H. P. Brown, n H. Holt, X.
:. henzig, H. n. LoWery, n. H Scho-
The Velvet Kind''-R. Chaplin. E.
Howser, L. NJ. Johnson, L. Moler, F.
H. Armiger.
Y. N. c. A.-JOhn Giker, Earl Eiker,
W. NJ. Farrow, ir.: J. I. Me;tny, H. A.
Eo9lnGttT; fo13 e, H: o,,;sfa Stanford + K. Whit
'GFi BrnnswickSOP. NJ; Ti B. Fletcher, John
Baum, Charles Galliher. Thomas George,
II. B. HALEY. A. S. Imirie. Ray Nor
gan, NJ. S. Watson. James Watt.
Capitol Hill-E. W. c. Krieger, A NJ.
NJ Ferguson. NJ. 4. McCor-
mick, ]. J. Slye, William Elliott, w. e.
Van Buskirk.
Casinos-S. S. Gheen, NJ. W. Brandt,
H. Brooks; \. Boss, H. L. Duryea,
Climbers-M. ]. Pierce, T. Griffin, A.
Krauss, G. z. Champion, II T.
Rodier, II. G. SeitZ, George Wells, J.
Riston.
Columbians-Frank P. Howard. T. A.
iulli. H. P. Hollidge, Hugh Smith. Ro-
and Starr, George D. Mack. Carl Heinz
mann. James Hughes, Frank GeTaci. a
". Noack.
dcCarty. e. Miller, E. L. heeler. H. D.
)ehler, ]. B. Carroll.