The Washington times., 1915-01-26
Take Three Straight From
Bookkeepers and Are Now
But One Game in the Rear.
FERGUSON STARS AGAIN
Rolls Remarkable Game Of 163
for Land Office in Depart.
mental Duckpin League.
BY KIRK C. MILLER.


BY taking three straight games
from Law Department the Treasur-
ers, Of the Southern Clerks League
moved up to within one game Of tpe
leaders, and today but % points sep
arate Captain Parker's crew from
the Auditors. Those Treasury bowl
ers have been coming to the front
rapidly during the past six weeks
and It is their determination to give
Treasurers the hardest kind OF a
scrap for first place.
Much Of the credit for last nights
victories on the part Of Treasurers
belongs to Anchor Man Grimes, who
seemed to come back from Martins
burg with some new curves to his
ball. He rolled games Of 100, 1O6,
and 1876, for a set Of 342, one of the
best marks for three games rolled
this season in the Southern Clerks
League. Stanley gave Grimes good
support while Richmond rolled we'll
in the third game.
Moe Goldbergs trip to West Nir-
Elnia availed him nothing. as he was
a party to Laws three straight defeats
At that, Moe can hardly be expected
to carry tho whole team. his scores
having been better than any in the
first and third games when he came
through with l19 and 103. respectively
Bookkeepers we're able to get but a
single game when Tie and Timber was
encountered. and Managers took a
pair from Mechanical in the third set
in the Southern Clerks League. the
opening Manager-Mechanical game end
ed in q difference Of one pin between
the teams. and is the closest game roll
ed recently in that circuit. Managers
icsi, had high game Of 1o7 in this set.
keeperSTis and Timber fracss. =.
Mr.. rrereuson. who has been having
such Q successful season with the duck
pins, has today added another feather
TO his headgear. the latest achievement
Of this bowler SenE the ehs
Departmental League. Monday night
he rolled a string Of 1853 in his opening
attempt for Land Office against War
epsrh'i to Is and i1s. | and % tosether with the
record game gave him a set Of 1913.
High Individual game had been ield
by Mikesell at 162; up until last night.
second game wien he came through
with q game Of l62. but this had al
ready been overshadowed by Ferguson.
ynuD wnS got ns oce s6 took in ali tie thrss s
games. each Of them being won by
Comfortable margins with the exception
Of the middle game, which ended in
figures Of 54s to 6s3:
Chit" Gandil's duckpin artists af-
forded themselves rare practice for
their set Of It. tomqrrEW f,9v, night night VIII, WITH
Center Market crew. All three strings
went to the home team. and Bill Moore
hung up high game for the night with
10 in the second string.
Second National Bank tied Metropoli-
tan Bank for third place In the Bank
ers League when the former won three
straight from Metropolitans. Cullum
was the individual star of the match,
his game Of ns giving him that distinc-
ton.
Nedss. with lis. led the bowlers in the
set which Woodmen of the World won
from Anacostia in the Southeast League
by to /. Anacostia got Its second game
by the narrow margin of two pins, the
score being 613 to 5l5.
In the Capital City League, National
Laundry won the opening game and
dropped the last two to Ivory Soaps.
McAboy came through with the largest
single game total, 12S. and Works, with
III, was second best in this line Of
sndeavor.
Washington Centennial Lodge got a
line start when the Masonic League
convened and took the first two games
with LITTLE difficulty. Richards and Voc
chiolli improved in the third game. how
ever, and helped materially in Ma
tionaIs victory in the third
Smith, who rolls in second place for
Treasury in the Departmental League.
rolled a commendable score In the OPEN
Ing game with Commissioners when he
delivered a string of l35. Commission
ers, however were working overtime"
in that string. too. and Won the first.
second. and third games. Thomas set
Of 348 was high. it coming as the result
of games of 130. 105, and ll3.