The Washington times., 1916-04-10

Tonight has been designated as BAL |
timore night" In the A. c. II. A. tour
ney. in honor of the nine teams which |
will be here from the City OF Monu- |
ments." Six of the oriole quints are |
carded for the big-pln competitions, |
while three will tackle the ducks. The |
invading contingent numbers In It's
ranks plnmen whose names have long !
since been enrolled on Baltimore's
scroll Of fame.
Rising head and shoulders above these |
veterans of the maple trail. Johnny |
Vaeth. three times returned undisruted
champion of Baltimore and victor In
numberless gruelng tourney matches,
stands out pre-eminently as the Balt-
morean whose performance tonight will
be most anxlously watched by all con-
tenders. Vaeth will roll for high mark
in the duckpin singles Tuesday after
noon. following his doubles match.
paired with Sam Cunningham.
The Orlole quints will respond to the
gong as follows: Braehms. Montebellos.
Royals, Monday. Imperial. Lexington.
Plaza. Regent. and Go-Get-'Em.
Tho competitions will be put under
way earlier today than on any day since
the opening Of tho tourney, as the
heaviest end of the schedule is to be
run of this week. Rolling commences
with a morning session at 1880 o'clock,
when six canGle-pin doubles teams
took to the pirways. Three of these
A. e. rollers from Maine. who were
seen in the Gve-man competitions Sat-
urday night. e. NJ. Goodnow. of Bos-
ton. vice president OF the Atlantic Coast
Chandler, faced the slim-wasted pins,
as did two local doubles-George
Iseman and II. Il. HALEY. and Harry
Krauss and Frank Sherman.
Besides the candle matches in tho
initial session, four strong local two
comes were seen In duckpin play;
Chaplin and Hcwser, the well-known
Schmidt. who have paired together on
many occasions, and Wood and Armi-
ger. A. T.. McCallum and John A Nu-
gent, OF Portland. also went after the
Today is slated to be one of the
heaviest of the tourney, no less than
sixty-eight singles, twenty-seven doubles
and twelve teams being scheduled to
roll. All three styles Of the game will
he seen OH the alleys between II 80 and
midnight, and big-league talent Will
abound
Much doubt is being expressed In
some quarters as to whether the Bal
timore rollers who are to perform to.
night in the A. c. B. A, tourney wall
be able TO make a creditable showing
with the small duckpins which are in
official vogue this year.
Baltimore has steadfastly held out
against the new pins, which were
adopted by the Atlantic Coast Bowling
Association, at it's organization last
year. and as a result all of the Bal
timore alleys have retained in use the
older and larger duck.
In addition to the discrepancy In the
- ,Nt., IA oh, NhA Dalti iFanr na
will have to contend with tonight, they
will be further handicapped with cor
respondingly smaller balls. The ball
used In the tournament measures four
and three-quarters inches through,
while the ball used in the Orlole CITY
has a ldmeter OF five inches.
Although Johnny Vaeth with few
OF his followers have rolled several
matches in Washington in which the
jority of the visiting contingent have
never faced II.
II Is feared that the visitors will
become somewhat discouraged when
their pocket balls go for all kinds Of
impossible splits instead of the strikes
which ordinarily occur with the larger
pin an ball.
Following is today''s program, be-
ginning 1T 80 and running down
to the dinner hour.
Start at II 80 a; m-candlss-Alley
IL. w. CndnuleT-C. NJ, SOOunOW'
Boston; 2-Albert w. Hartley-R. D.
Brooks, Portland, Me-; 3-Fred w.
Hooper Roger L. Small Portland, Me.
4-David NJ. Beck-E. ii. Thompson,
Portland, Me-; 5-George Iseman II.
B. HALEY. Washington; 6-Harry
Krauss- Frank sherman. Washington.
Ducks-Alley 7-R. Chapin-W Il.
Howser, Washington; S-W. Harley
j. Baum, Washington; 9-E. Mueller
II. Schmidt, Washington; 1O-M
Wood-H Armiger. Washington; IL
Albert +. McCallum-John A. Nugent,
start at p. m.-pucks-Alley l.
Charles ]. O'Neil-Joe Loveday, Wash
ington; 2-R. Jones-R. Donohue
Washington; S-Charles Lickwig-
Alllster-G, Montgomery. HYattsville
Md. Candles-Alley 5-Fred w. Hoop
er, Portland A. C.; 6-Roger S. Small
Portland A. c.; S-Albert w. Hartley
Portland A. c.; 9-Elton ii. Thomp'
son, Portland A. C., l0-Ralph T
Brooks, Portland A. C.: lie. T. Rag
an, Washington; 12-William A. Ball.
Start at 2:S0 y: m,--,'andles--Alley ]
Albert e. McCaIlum. Portland. Me-; 2
John r. NuGent, Portland, Ne; 3, Ford
s. Pine. Portland, Me- I, George Ise
man, Wash; 5. ii. b, HALEY. Wash.
6, ~. +. Erauss, Wash. Ducks-AlleS
Z. NJ j. German. Wash. s, II. Il. Fits
Wash. Tens--hlley o. v. o. Carl, Wash.
~ Joseph Michaud, Wash. Ducks-AlleI