The Washington herald., 1915-01-17

Although statements. as to the out
come OF the various leagues. cannot be
made at this time with any degree of
certainty. the Southern team, OF the
Terminal Y. NJ. c. A League, is steadily
increasing its lead and is causing the
rest of the teams in the circuit quite a
little worry. Southern snatched all
three games from the lowly Electricians
last Thursday, and by doing so is en-
joying a four and one-haIf game lead
at this writing.
Its clean sweep over the adversary
last week was a criterion of its style
OF rolling. Although not pressed to
win by the opposition all the scores
was close TO, or above the 500 mark.
which speaks for the consistency of the
Southern men. This in itself is a big
asset to any team when a pennant is at
stake, and IL Southern wins II will be
due to this style more than any other
issue.
There is still another team rolling
well enough to be dubbed as probab Bile
winners in its circuit 1t is no other
than Pop" Halley's crew. the, Wells
bachs, of the Commercial League. This
combination managed TO COP all three
games from the Washington Gas Light
team last week. and in doing so, is top
ping the circuit with an advantage of
two games over the Evening Star.
While the newspaper men are standing
up well under the rapid pace of the
Welsbachs. they are aware of the fact
that it will take the spilling of some
real wood to forge ahead OF HalIey's
outfit.
Model Lunch and the NesIine Stars are
having merry fight for the lead in the
southeast Duckpin League. These teams
are tied Tor first place, each with 81 wins
ana IL losses. Competition in this cir
cult goes still farther than the struggle |
Tor first place as the Bohemian and An
acostia teams are battling for third |
place with an even percentage to date, |
The Southeast Stars with a percentage |
OF .6se, just a points behind the leading ,
teams, are in second place. This combi- |
nation is likely to cause considerable sur |
prlses before the final whistle blows, as /
II has managed to win over several rep |
utable teams in a number Of exhibition |
games. Earnest Miller and his men |
haye administered beatings on the Gan
dis and the Jeds.
Capt. MacMaster and his Agates are to-
day enjoying quite a little satisfaction
over their feat in The Herald Printers ,
Duckpin League, last Friday. The |
Agates jumped on the leaders, the Bre- |
viers, in fine shape. and won two of the /
three games ..'
Capt. Anderson proved the backbone of |
his team in the second game by rolling |
for a score Of ZIG and thereby paving i
the way for his teams only win.
One Of the most attractive prize lists
of any Of the local circuits has been pro- /
vided for by the National Capital League.
As the result Of list calling for $40,
some real competition Is sure to take i
place by the teams and individuals.
Prominent among the leading bowlers
of the Columbia Duckpin League is
Solem, of the Indians. For a full quota
of thirty-three games Solem has spilled
the pins for a grand average of E.4. sec
ond only to Rose. Of the Cubs. with an
average of 91.4. However. Rose has rolled
but twelve games. making Solem the real
leader. Solem's Individual game reaches
the 131 mark, with S6 standing for his
high fiat game.
Although 1t is certain that the Gandils
will meet Capt Yeach's Baltimore Stars
in the Monumental City some time this
week, the exact date has not yet been
divulged. The Stars rolled the Gsndils
on the Arcade alleys during the Christ L
mas holidays. and as result the locals ),
grabbed an advantage Of 1O6 pins. How
ever. this lead IL not considered sufficient
to insure a victory for the Capital quint,
and the locals win exert every EFFORT in
Baltimore to offset the advantage of the
opponents on their own alleys.
Engaged in a match game with the
Pepcos last week. the Evening Star team. L
in the Commercial League.
registered new figure for high set when
II toppled the pins for q total OF ls2.
The individual performances OF Whitford
and Baum were notable feature. Whit
ford's set OF sf7 was the best OF the
evening, while Baum had the distinction
Of rolling the highest game OF rs. He
was close on the heels Of Whitford for
high set with his figures standing at S42
The second highest score ever rolled IN
duckpins on q local alley. was accom-
plished by ". O. Weldon while engaged
In match with Ferguson and Mulvey.
The remarkable score Of III was broughtf
about BY Weldon when he fa1ed to make
a mari, 10 bat one box. that OF the s
fourth. Seven spares and two strikes
were made by weldon and In the other
box he succeeded in cleaning up for all ,
the wood.
Other high scores OF the week were
made BY Ffiede and Collins. Of the Mount
ana GsorgetaWn Commercial
leagnes respecilveiy Erlede hung up .