The Washington times., 1915-01-15
Races Begin to Show Something
In Commercial and Railroad
Y! N. c. A. Leagues.
ARLlNGToNs COMING AHEAD
Lafayette Lodge, Masonic Cir.
cult, Seizes Three Straight
From Mt. Peasants.
BY KIRK C. MILLER.

F"' AA0sSSAS "SIS IcNColcu 90 q ~
suit of league games which trans,
pired within our bowling colony last
night. They are of equal import
ance, in that each revelation con-
Germs a separate and distinct league
they are: Welsbachs are pulling
away to terrific lead which nightly
threatens to cinch the Commercial
League pennant for them and over
In the Terminal Railroad Y. M. c.
A. League, the Southern team is
doing the same thing.
These are statements which ordi-
narily cannot be made with certain
ty at this period in any season, but
these particular two teams have
been going along at such steady
gait for many weeks, and when each
came through with clean sweeps
against their opponents of Thursday
night, the only conclusion is that
they are to be watched from this
out.
VI the two teams, Southern's lead is
the greater, 1t having something like
four and one-half games advantage on
It's nearest adversary. In the case of
Welsbachs. the margin of leadership Is
not so great, there being but two games
separating them from Evening Star at
the present time. Weisbach has demon
strated wonderful fighting power so
far this season and with enough good
men to change about from week to
week. and still win they are bound to
leave an awful story behind them for
the teams which they tackle
Last night Welsbachs won handily in
ali three games from the Washington
Gas Light Company outfit and thereby
increased its percentage sufficiently to
give the Newspapermen something to
worry over Southern, after the same
manner, took all three from Electrici-
ans. truly lowly team. but South
distance of or above the dOO-mark and
It's rolling was of the type that always
counts when pennant is at stake.
Y. NJ. G. A. experienced another Sc
we're shock when Center Market won all
three games in the Arcade Leage. BY
virtue Of the Association squads defeat.
the Gandils SO automatically into first
place in the standing of the circuit. and
7. NJ. G. \. is reduced to second place
or one game behind the Gandils.
tbsh This tbs is the second nighs hsxarIinnng
a reversal of form. columbians' G. uni se'a'the of tSe
"caught'' that club for two out of three
on Wednesday night
In defeating the "Y." Center Market
last two rounds. they having totaled
$50 and 5Ss. Y. NJ. c. AS scores in
these games were good enough to win
from an ordinary team. but Market
was going at rapid pace and was
Arlingtons experienced little difficulty
In taking all three from the Washing
Virginia railroad outfit in the
Georgetown Commercial League. Ar
lingtons are another squad OF bowlcrs
which is rapidly forging 10 the front,
and the other teams must inaugurate
some very close team work il the Brew
ers arc to be kept out of winning the
fag over In Georgetown.
In last nights set. Penn and Davis
tied for individual honors each Setting
a game of 12l for high string. Wednes-
day night Murtaughs administered a
3-to-0 defeat to the Logan Tribe of Red
Men.
That Masonic League held another
session last night and Lafayette Lodge
proceeded to pan" Mt. Pleasant GOOD
and properly. All the strings went tc
1886 recorded by little Tommy George
and to his generally good Bowling
throughout. His set amounted to ?59
the best which has been rolled to date
In the youthful league.
1t required the pcppcry litth- place
Farmers to win three in row from the
leading Mechanics, oF the Patent EN'
through with high game Of i25, and he
had another good Strino OF ltlI
Fed Men, OF the Commercial Alley
League. took three games from The
Athletics. thereby tieing Commercial
Walter Werntz's games of 1l3 and L;
featured for the Rcd Men. while Cost
mano Of the Athletics. Was high game
man with 1aa game in IL" second.
In the Patent Attorn">@ circuit: Full
cording whitewash at the Cxpens
Of the Watt team. Brwne had high gam
Of 1l6 and ponch's set OF 3i7 was tn
best record for three games.
from Virginia Avenue Stars when tn
totals had been audited In the South
cast League. Patterson. with a gam
Of lel. had the best Individual ivh1 ,,n mar
string of II and one Of lo9
Henpel Grabbed all of the honor
when Decaturs took three in ROY
f,om Columbias in the Mt Pleasant
Henpel's game OF 1l9 and set of 335 Is
example of the best individual rollin
during the entire set
Over at the Y. NJ. c. A. alleys
Navajos won every game from Crow:
Burtner having the best game, ia.
In the Postofhce League. Independ
cnts recorded 3-to-0 defeat at the eN
pcnse of the Financiers. Jolline ha
high game. ll9, and set, 500
Washington Union Printers droppe
the opening game and won the last tw
when Chapin-Sacks was encountere
out at the Northeast alleys. f. Boy
starred with a stNng of III in his sec
Dad attcmp.
= game Of iG9 WAS sufficient for FAN
lawns to win from Charles Hotel
tine first game. but that total did no
suffice in the second, the home tear
winning hv S7 To t9 The final struI
80 Ssnt to Fair'awns