The Washington times., 1915-02-05
Close Followers Of Race Feel
That Eiseman's Team Is in
Front to Stay.
TRANSFER LOSES THREE
Israel Rolls Highest Individual
Game When He Spills 1877
Pins.
BY KIRK c. MILLER.

League pennant when it took trio
Of games from the Merchants
Transfer and Storage Company
team, cellar champions Of the cir
cult, and the two-game margin
which today separates the Fixture
Men from the Newspapermen is the
advantage by which the former ex-
poets to wind up the season. Star
and Welsbachs have virtually been at
each others throats for the past two
weeks, but as the end of the season
draws near, Eiseman's lads are
drawing away, little by little, and it
is the belief that the crisis in the
race has been passed, and that Wells
bachs will exc out title.
OF course, no member Of the Star
team is today ready to admit de-
feat, and the above is not quoted as
gospel" nor should it so be taken,
but the closest followers of the Com
mercial League race who have
scrutinized the work Of the three
leading teams, Welsbachs, Stars, and
Southerners, are agreed on the prob
ability of the teams finishing in that
order. The agreement is reached on
careful study of past perform
ances and glance at the schedule
still to be rolled and it seems that
the trio of leaders have just about
arrayed themselves in the order in
which they will finish.
Ordinarily a two-game margin ia
easy to overcome. particularly when
more than six weeks Of the schedule
Is still to be disposed Of. but the con-
lenders have been SO closely punched
Tor the past month that last nights
get which put the Welsbachs two full
games to the good is taken as the
crucial point in the pennant race and
today Welsbachs are heralded as the
most probable leaders when the season
winds up.
Israel made a most valiant effort to
pull the Transfer and Storage team out
Of the hole in the second game when
he came through with a healthy score
Of 1877: 1t was high game for the night
IN all Of the leagues and his team
backed him up to the extent Of killing
b2l pins. only to be bettered by a total
OF $50. by Welsbachs.
Whalley put across the fattest score
for the winners. his game of 126 in the
second round being largely responsible
for overcoming the big score contributed
by Israel. singular fact concerning
the set Is that Welsbachs' totals in the
first and third games were the same.
both hoir
Iroquois came through nicely in the
Colonial League and held their own as
far as the leadership Is concerned. Two
Waters had high game of 21S. He had
another nice string of c07 in the third
game and Field also came through
with 200 score. getting 205 in the
Virginians We're able to keep Up
their squirt but for two games and
the third one went to Puritans. Scores
the two openers while Puritans grab
bed the last string by s39 to 774. Will
Hanson. with a total Of 221 in the
inaugural round. had high individual
game.
Havenners Bakery proved easy pick
ing for the National Laundry crew
when the session warmed UP in the
men won all three games by the wild
est of margins. Stantons string Of
100 in the first game representing
the highest individual mark made in
the set.
Crissey featured the Postal Savings
Inspection match in the Postoffice
League by getting high game Of l22
matter of scoring individual henors
by Pearson who grabbed off a record
of 800 for. high set. Postal Savings
won all three games. about twenty
pins having separated the teams in
all three games.
GandiIs played safe with the Hess
& Co: rollers by winning two
OF the losers. had high game. l25. it
coming in the very nrst game Hess
victory also came in the opener, the
bowlers having rolled up a score Of
Clements and Walker divided indi-
vidual honors in the Highlands-Im-
manuel set in tn" Mt. Pleasant League
Walker amassed total of 3c3 for
high set. Highlands won the first
two and left the third for the Church
men.
Engineers kept close to second place
in the standing of the Reclamation
League when Wreckers fell down in
two out of three games. Clark had q
healthy string of 103 in the second
frame while Bebb and Cook tied for
high individual set with figures of
232 each.
by winning the rOll-off in the second
game. Car Department registered .
to | victory at the expense of the
Southern quint. southern Won the
championship IN the first section of the
Terminal schedule, but so far it has
been unable to roll up TO the standard
which II esta blished early i'll the season
Two sets were disposed OF in the Car
roll Council, n. of c., Duck pin League
PintaS having tahcn Two out OF three
from Ninas, 'f.!e Colunb as sdmn-
istered similar defeat 10 .le Genoas.
In the latter match trowell had high
game U llS. wh'te Mccarthy and Me
bonoEgh tied With figures OF lO- tor
the in iNilllnl hnQnLs n lh. NInl