The Washington times., 1914-10-30
|RCQUO|S At LAST
LOSES IN COLONIAL
Manhattans Take One Game of
Trio From Team Which Had
Perfect Percentage.
KIRK c. MILLER.

The inevitable has occurred. OF
course no team is supposed to rush on
through even the shortest season with
out dropping a game now and then;
his goes for the Braves and Athletics,
TOO: but those IroquoIS tribesmen OF
The Colonial Tenpin League had plan
ned to go as long as possible without
a defeat, said plans being completely
upset by the Manhattans in last nights
set. 1t was then that the 1roquois
rollers allowed their firm grip on that
perfect percentage to loosen, and the
Manhettans got one game of the three,
thereby reducing the percentage Of the
Iroquois from 1000 to sS9.
Even $50 is not a deplorable percent
age Of which to boast; the team which
carries 1t can truly be said to be mo
slouch.' As matters now stand. the
IroQuois have won eight and lost one,
and If they can go through the season
at the same speed they look to have q
rather clear path ahead Of them. How
ever, Manhattans are not to be denied,
il being that outfit which made trouble
last night, and they are threatening TO
provide more Of the self same kind OF
opposition for the a. team which has
taken the lead in the Colonial SO early.
That close race in the Colonial is one
Of the strongest proofs that the big pin
adherents have to demonstrate that
tenpins are by no means an obsolete
sport. and more Of the same kind Of
competition is in store for its men,
bers ere the season is out. And then.
TOO. another, almost-unheard-of thing
happened in the Colonial; to wit, the
Pioneers took three straight from the
Plgrims-thc same emphasizing the
Biblical quotation that the last shall be
rirst, etc. Yes, the Colonial League has
= Z
IN its ranks are today singing, More
power to tenpins.
When Capt. Louis Eiseman's Wells
bach aggregation won three in a row
from the Washington Gas Light Com
pany. they not only cinched their posi-
ton in the van of the Commercial
league race, but they made some new
figures for the other teams in the cir
cuft to take careful aim at. Fifteen
hundred and ninety-nine pins were fell
ed by the Welsbachs, which just about
sets the seasons record for high team
set 1t is even better than the Bel
monts' mark of 1,552, which has been
hung up on banners and pointed to with
pride.
Gas Light bowlers. Captain Eisema n
was the leading figure. His second
game totaled LIS, and Wooden came
along right behind with a game Of 123.
while HALEY contributed a I24 whal-
ley helped the good work along by
Vino Oliveri would have been there
with equally as high a contribution had
he not been felled by the explosion of a
Tdum dunn" ball which struck a part
OF his body. Vine. in delivering a ball
early in the game, became entangled IN
his wind-up. He lost control of the
sphere and the bulky mineralite ball
turned on its owner in such a manner
that he had TO be taken to the retiring
room and brought around with dashes
Of cold water.
They staged a tail-end race out at the
Northeastern alleys when Navy Yard
and Langdon A. c.. the two cellar
champions. engaged in set The gum
makers won two out of three and as a
result find themselves in tenth place
1Oday. Clarke had the best game, 1t
being lJI, while the only other indVid-
nal game to go above the 100 mark was
that of Carmichael, who got a lG2.
Not 10 be sneered at is the set of 1,5sS
which was amassed by the Commercial
alley team when it made a clean sweep
II the alleys against the Chevrolet
rollers. MANAGER Jerman's three games
Of l25. 1ls, and ll6 gave him a set Of
go. which was big factor in the home
teams victory. James, who is seconC
IN the lineup. came through with a 1876,
the best individual game turned in last
night in any league match Senseney.
of the losing team. rolled to hard luck.
when he was able to get but an 81 game
on four spares.
Muzzy gave the Mt. Pleasant rollers
something to think about when he got
high game and set in the Columbias-
Decatur set. For game he registered
l2l. and for set his mark was 3G2 De
"atur won all three. getting the sub
stantial score OF 524 in the hrst game.
Followers Of the Southeast League are
looking forward with keen interest to
1onights match between Luc's Specials
md Woodmen OF the World. The Model
lunch outfit poCketed all three games
last night when Anchor Man Holman
got high game. lle. and high set. S25
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