Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-03

The most important match rolled in
the Commercial League this year is
scheduled for tonight-that between
the Welsbach and The Evening Star.
The championship will probably hinge
on the result of the meeting. the
Welsbach being In a position where
victory will put it almost safely
in front, and The Star where it must
defeat the leaders in order to stay
well in the running.
The Welsbach has the lead right
now, being far enough ahead that it
nights match. The general effect of
defeat for the Welsbach this even
ing. though, would be decidedly detri-
mental to its future prospects. On the
other hand. il Pop Halley's men
come through in the manner in which
he expects they will have the flag
right in their grasp. Harry Essex.
captain of The Star five. says his men
are going after the leaders from the
time the first ball is sent down the
alley. and he looks for them to win
just as surely as the match Is rolled.
1t is likely that one Of the largest
crowds that have watched a match in
the Commercial League this season
will be present. The interest in the
fight between The Star and Welsbach
has been considerable, and in the last
conflict between the two clubs both
had many rooters on hand who did
not fail to voice their sentiments as
to which team they wanted to finish
with the long ends of the scores
The Royals stalled off the Belmonts in
the District League again last night. win
ming the first two games of the match
The Royal five took the first contests in
the easiest kind of manner. having big
margins in each. They lost the third by
sos to 532. The Royals got the only set
of more than 1900 pins and they ex-
ceeded the mark by only five.
Pop got a total of 341 for his three con-
tests Notwithstanding that he fell below
100 in his third. HALEY opened up with a
score Of LOT, then knocked down 1876
pins in his second game, and finished by
for scores of 106, III and lis. Krauss and
Howser did the best work for the Bel
mont quint. the former getting marks Of
1l2. 112 and 103 and the latter 40, 105
and Ill.
The Lansburgh team lost two games to
the Adams and Company five in the Bust
ness Mems League. Stevier, with scores
Of ia. 119 and 101, was high man of Che
match, though he rolled for the losers.
Treasury made clean sweep in the
Departmental League. winning from
the Library five. Treasury's highest
game was its second, in which it got
a mark of 571, the highest registered
by a team in any of the organizations
Mack, Rose and Williamson did good
work for the winners. Nolan rolled
only two contests for the losing FIVE,
but In those got marks of 121 and 100
The Grands won all their games
from the Virginians in the Southwest
League. Allen, rolling in the anchor
position for the winning quint, was
high man of the match. Allen knocked
down 1872 pins in his first contest, then
got 1913 in his second, and finished by
registering count of 119.
Bethany and st. Marks were winners
in the Interdenominational circuit
Bethany won two games from Fifth
and st. Marks made a clean sweep
over the Kendall outfit. Wittstatt and
Hartstall led the Bethany quint and c.
Noack and A. Noack proved the best
bowlers for the ST. Marks quint. c.
Noack did better than any of the other
players, rolling for scores of ia. 100
and 100; the three marks gave him
total count of 343.
The scores Of the matches of last
night follow: