The Washington times., 1916-04-11
Today's High Marks
TENPINS.

with the National Capital, holds the dis
tinction of numbering among its MEM
bers the premier pin performers of the
city. will provide, the. feature of the
evenings play.
From the District ranks. two teams
stand out noticeably Rs candidates for
top notch positions. They are the Sher-
mans, who are leading the league, and
the Royals. who are Just two games be-
hind them, Much is expected of both OF
these two ouints by everyone who has
followed their work throughout the
league season. Either or both may be
looked for to break into the lead place
tonight. The Jeds are generally con-
sidercd. the dark horses in this even
Although composed throughout Of
rollers of the very first ability, the
Sherman quint will include in it's line
UP tonight one man, toward whom all
eyes are turned, namely, Bernie
Bontz. Bontz is now setting the pace
~ the District League with an average
of 100. In addition to being considered
a little better than the ordinary at all
tfmes the Sherman star Is now con-
his bowling career.
Bontz. rolling third, will be supported
In his attack on the maple fortress by
Although running second to the Sner-
fnan aggregation, the Royals are by
many considered to have the stronger
En-ereund lineup, and consequently the
better chance To get high mark. There
Is not a member of the Royal quint but
has a long record OF alley victories be-
hind him. Viewed from every stand
point. It is hard to see how this crew
can fail to be heard from.
A glance at the personnel OF the team
Is most convincing. Pop" Haley will
roll the first ball. HALEY is the only
man having any claim to the city title
city tournament. which gave place this
year to the national event, an open
elimination tourney was staged at the
Royal alleye the latter part Of Febru-
down to twenty contestants. Further
elimination resulted In a flnal match be-
tween Bernie" Ponts and Pop" Hal
ley. HALEY won out. and was generally
No. Q in the iine-up is Earl Lewis,
always reliable. "5kinney" Carroll will
shoot third. to be followed by Harry
Stanford. and the Incompatible Harry
ond to Bontz in the Individual averages
In the District League, with a 106 aver
age: HALEY holding third place with los.
1t Is believed that Krnuss will be able
TO come back tonight after his unfor-
tunate slump In the tenpin events last
week In connection with his complete
failure against the big pins. II Is said
that Krausg was never known to have
shown such poor tournament form be-
fore.
Some stanch supporters. of Krauss
aver that his mediocre showing was
because Dame Fortune-the 'fickle
mistress-turned her back upon him.
They claim to have counted no less
than nine bad splits on pocketed balls.
In other quarters. however, II is said
In explanation, that the speed of the
new alleys-declared to be as nearly
perfect as any that have ever been
used in a national tournament-was
Krauss' stumbling block. Whatever
the results OF the post-mortem may
disclose. Washjngton's "favorite son"
will have an excellent chance to re-
coup tonight.
Starting at 2 o'clock today, the six
members OF the Imperial tenpin team,
the Baltimore city champions, who set
set, paired or in the doubles. All doubt
as to the bowling ability OF these mas
ters OF the game was removed last night.
von, LosSberg, the Imperial lead-off.
pulled seveh-s-e-V-e-n-strik in sue
cession. topped with three spares, in the
first ten boxes OF his match The game
-2%-with only 800 possible-was the
highest game Won Lossberg ever rolled
In tournament competition, according
10 the Baltimorean's own declaration.
Poehlman, another of the old guard, in
this first game. hung up four strikes
backed by Ave spare counts, for a game
OF 1874. Sweiger swung the big minerillte
for no less than eight spares in the
opener. Smith scored two strikes and
five spares, while Walters, the nth
member of this remarkable combination
OF pin-wizards. toppled the tens for a
trio OF clean sweeps and five spures.
The team total for this game was 952.
II was this great getaway which tlded
the Baitimoreans over their last two
games. In which they fell away to counts
of SS6 and S69. The new mark tops the
old one. hung up last week by the Tigers,
of Philadelphia, by 1872 pins.
II will be recalled by those who have
followed the big pin game for the last
, Few years that II was Won Lossberg nnd
Sweiger who won the doubles in the
Washington Baltimore Richmond inter-
city match, in this city, In 1913 Won
Lossberg was also high man in "all
events" and Walters. another Imperial
man. finished first In the individuals.
s Getting under way at $3.50 o'clock, a
number Of singles take TO the alleys for
small pin matches. Two Baltimore
rollers and two local performers are
picked out OF the list as deserving OF
high scores. They are Johnny Vaetf
and A. wolhanden. OF the Monumental
CITY contingent. and George Isemann