Evening star., 1915-12-11
VELVET KIND WINS
FROM ACMY TEAM
Takes Two Out of Three Con-
tests in National Capital
Bowling League.
SHANKS GETS GOOD MARKS
IN CAPITAL CITY CIRCUIT
Rolls for Total of 354 and Has Two
Counts of 127 and
1873.

The Velvet Kind team continued to
win in the National Capital League
last night, taking the measure of the
Acmys in two games out of the three
rolled. There were no very high scores
registered by either club, the best
game count being obtained by the
Acmys in their second-533. Schmidt
OF the Velvets and Earl Eiker of the
Acmys were the best bowlers, the for
mer rolling for counts of 1O6, 1O6 and
102, and the latter for 1O4, 115 and 81.
Polloc was victor in the Marine
Corps circuit, winning all three of it's
contests with Isabella. Rolf of the
winners was the only man of either
club to get score of at least 100 In
each of his contests. Lancaster was
the only player of the losing team to
register a count as high as 100 in
either game. and that was an even
century mark.
Miscellaneous Wins Match.
Miscellaneous took the measure of
FOUNDRY in the Navy Yard League,
winning two games. Hollis of Foundry
and Davis and Huttell of Miscellaneous
were the best bowlers of the match.
Agriculture won two games from War
in the Departmental League, but a War
player was the only member of either
qulnt to register more than 100 in each
OF his three contests. Kimble was the
man and he got counts of 1O1, 1O9 and
101.
5. Benson did some pretty good roll
ing for the Georgetown Athletic Club
In the Georgetown Commercial League
and led the bowlers in that circuit His
dafeQfad
Of the three being lost to the Muir
laughs. Benson's scores were 104, IFS
and 107.
Shanks Gets Good Scores.
Shanks of the National Laundry team
in the Capital City League was the
best bowler in last nights matches He
registered a set of 354 and had he
maintained in his last game the pace set
in his first two would have set a record
for the season. Sharks rolled 133 in
his opener, knocked down 127 in his
second, but fell to, 81 in the third. Sa-
bein of the same team had one game
of 123 and Price and Ober of the los
ing quint got counts of more than 100
In every contest. Prices scores were
1o5. 1o2 and 1o7 and ober's were lO7.
102 and 101.
The Belmonts lost to the Newcomers
in the match in the District League,
but Joe Michaud captured the high in
dtvidual honors with scores of 101, 106
and lis.
Cromwell of the Pentalpha auint in
the Masonic League got more pins in
one of his games than any other player
in any of the leagues. Cromwell sailed
into the pins for a count of 141. The
Pentalpha aggregation dropped all its
games to the Naval Lodge, notwith-
standing Cromwelrs brilliant effort.
Big Boosters Meeting.
What is expected to be one of the
biggest meetings of bowlers held this
year is scheduled to take place tonight
at the Chamber of Commerce rooms
The alley fans are called together for
the sole purpose of arousing enthusi-
asm for the tournament to be held here
next spring. 1t will be a boosters"
meeting. but probably many technical
and financial details of the affair will
be discussed thoroughly.
The principal speakers of the evening
will be P. T. Moran, president of the
tournament company; W. f. Guide,
president of the Atlantic Coast Bowl
Ing Association, and Tommy Grant,
secretary of the tournament company.
These men undoubtedly will urge close
interest and application on the part of
the many local followers of the sport.
manner of completing the preliminary
arrangements, which now are well un-
der way.
The scores of last nights matches in
the bowling circuits follow: