Evening star., 1914-10-11
POP" HALEY THINKS BOWLING
DUE FOR BOOM THIS SEASON
More Persons Than Ever Are Engaging in
the Sport and New Leagues Are Be-
ing Organized-Other Gossip.

Pop" HALEY, president Of the City
Duckpin Association, thinks that this
will be the most successful year bowl
ing has enjoyed in a long while. and
perhaps since the Introduction Of the
for the boom which the game seems to
be having, the main one Of which Is
that there is greater general interest
being taken in 1t. necessitating the
organization Of a greater number of
leagues. More and more persons are
taking up the sport each year for ex-
ercise. and the demand for leagues. IN
which this exercise may be gotten with
the pleasure Of real competition, Is
growing accordingly. Says President
HALEY:
Bowling has been SO successful here
for the last several years that it seems
almost an exaggeration for me to say
that the game is going to enjoy even
greater progress this season. 1 really
think, though. that such will be the
case. There appears to be no doubt
that greater number OF persons are
going in for the sport than ever, and
that fact alone is the one that will
give us greater magnitude than ever.
1t 10 only natural that when several
men take up bowling for exercise they
should desire to have the added beneht
and stimulus of competition If pos
sibie
''This demand for competition leads
to the formation of new leagues, and
in existence for that reason. Then you
can Just bet that all the old guard will
be on the Job. Let a man once take up
bowling and he seldom drops it. so fas-
cinattng and beneficial does 1t become.
Yes, look for splendid season, and
when the final tourney is held next
spring you will undoubtedly be able to
look back upon the 1914-1915 year as
N q IA
in Washington"
The Forest Service Duckpin League
has again been reorganized. It COM
prises the following four clubs and
captains: Operation. Capt. Miles w.
Ely: Silviculture, Capt. George Lamb;
Edit Editor &c Capt 6 s,Ihn6stins A. dindstrom; Prod
All the games will be rolled on the
Speedway alleys, and the first match Is
to take place November between
Products and Operation. Twenty-four
sets of three games each have been ar
ranged, one set for each Monday night.
The following is the schedule:
November.2. Products vs.. Operation; 9, Prod
ucts vs.. Editor: 16. Editor VS.. Operation; q,
Operation Products. 80. Operation vs.. Editor.
December-7. Operation vs.. Silviculture; IA.
Editor VS.. Products; q. Editor VS.. Silviculture;
2s. Products VS.. Silviculture.
January. Silviculture VS.. Products:. IL, Sil-
viculture VS.. Operation; 1S Silviculture VS.. Edi-
February-1 Products VS. Editor; s. Products
vs.. silviculture: l5 Operation Products; q,
March,. Operation vs.. silviculture; 8. Editor
vs.. Products: Is, Editor vs. Operation; p, Editor
vs. S visul15s s PROJECTS s,
culture vs. Editor.
istence last week at a meeting of rep
resentatives of several of the banking
institutions of this city. The circuit
will be known as the National League
nd yxyfIl ha Af
the Continental Trust Company, Wash
ington Loan and Trust Company, Ma
tional Bank of Washington, Second Ma
tional Bank. National Metropolitan
following officials have been elected
+. b Gilmore, president, National Bank
Of Washington: F. Mix, secretary,
Washington Loan and Trust Company;
donal Bank: p. II. Sherwood, scorer,
Continental Trust Company.
The schedule Is to start October 19
and close April Is. The Casino alleys
have been obtained for the league.
Tho Southern Railway Clerks Duck
PIN League was reorganized at a well
attended and enthusiastic meeting held
in the general office building, 1900
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, Sep
tember %, and the prospects are for a
very successful season.
Oficers were reelected for the COM
ing season as follows: President, Dave
Fegan: treasurer, W. F. Barse; secre-
tary and official scorer, c. Thomas Par
ker.
The six teams which will comprise
the circuit were represented as fol-
lows: Bookkeepers, William Weyrick;
MecnaniGal. NJ G. Sparks M MManagerss D.
ber, H. o. Lawrenceson; Treasurers, c.
Thomas Parker.
According to present plans the sea-
son will open on October IL, and all six
a q af ha
same time. All games will be played
at the Palace alleys every Monday
night. where the league has engaged
will be known as Southern Railway
night" Schedule for first series, as
follows:
October 12-Bookkeepers VS.. Treasurers Me-
October is-1Lsw vs.. Managers. Bookkeepers
vs. Mechanical, Treasurers vs.. Tie and Timber.
Timber VS.. Law. Mechanical vs.. Treasures
vs11 NSvelnner 2aLaw S vs.. TreasIsers Managers vs.
November 9ITie and Timber VS.. Mechanical,
Treasures VS.. Managers, Law Bookkeepers.
The close of the first week of bowl
ing in Washington's crack duckpin
league, the National Capital, found the
Velvet Kind team in first place. as it
was the only quint which managed to
win three straight games, the Nation
ais being their victims on that occa-
sion.
Several Of the teams have already be-
gun to strengthen their line-ups. The
Columbians have added Johnnie Baum
to their roster The Nationals have
signed Jack Williams. The Capitol
Hills have taken on two men, Jules
Riston and j. G. Litchheld
Tuesday night of the past week the
Colum bians had an interesting match
with the Climbers. the first game end
ing in tie, which the latter team
won by one pin on the roll-of. The
former quint won the last two games,
however. Augie Noack was again the
star in this set with 12s in one of
his games.
October witnessed the opening Of
the Terminal Railroad Y. NJ. c. A.
League. The contesting teams were
the Auditors and Transportation, and
a large and enthusiastic crowd was on
hand to give the boys a good send-off.
Transportation was unfortunate ana
lost two out of the three. Though not
in midseason form, both teams put up