The Washington herald., 1916-10-19
GOVERNMENT CLERKS
in BILLIARD LEAGUE
W. D. Allen. of Bay State Academy,
Believes Employees of Depart
ments Can Form Circuit.
BY LEN" COLLINS.


The best piece of news OF interest to
followers of the billiard game in the Ma
ton Capital released for some time is the
report that plans are under way for the
formation Of a Departmental Billiard
League, to be composed of from eight
to ten teams, representing the different
branches OF the governmental service.
The idea of such a league was first
conceived by w. D. Allen, proprietor of
the Bay State Academy. Several of the
different departments are represented
either by a bowling. rifle, tennis. chess
or some other sport club, and~as Mr..
Allen reasoned, It is strange that league
composed of players from the different
departments was not thought of or in
augurated a long time ago. There is no
question but what a billiard league along
these lines would prove highly successful.
as the greater number of the cue WELD
ers of this city are employed by the
government.
Frank Sherman. Maurice Cafritz and
Michael Scanlon, proprietors OF the
Royal, Scanlon and Grand Central par
lors, were broached upon the subject and
all three expressed themselves as conf
dent that it would be little or no trouble
to get league of this kind in the field,
once the right start was made.
The Herald, in its endeavor to boost the
billiard game along. would be pleased to
hear from any of the players in the diff
fercnt departments who might wish to
enter a team in the proposed league. 1t
is practically assured that should the
league be formed suitable prizes would
be awarded to the prize winners.
Local duckpinners are looking forward
TO the match next Monday night. on the
Grand Central alleys. between the Royals
and Tom Keane's Grand Central Stars,
when it is expected that one OF the hot
test contested sets of the season will
be staged. 1t is practically a certainty
that the Royals will select their team
from five of the following six men: Earf
Lewis, Bernie Carroll, Harry Krauss,
Harry HALEY, Harry Stanford and Eddie
Howser. while Manager Tom Keane will
in all probability present the same line
up he has been using the greater part of
the season-Acton, Ferguson, Mayhem,
Miller and Vaeth
Another record went by the boards last
night in the District League when the
Continentals in their match against the
Goodfellows, not only established a new
set total OF 1.769 for their league. but
pinred the highest team game ever rolled
In the annals of the local duCkpin game.
After barely nosing out the Goodfellows
in the first game with a count Of $50
against $40, the new record makers came
back in the second and amassed a grand
total Of 655 pins. In this game Manghum
finished with a count of lis; Oehler, 1O6;
LOveless, 1876; Chaplin, IA; ard Wright,
153.
At the end OF the second game the
Continentals would only have had to
pinned J67 to pass the mark Of LIS made
by the Royals Monday night. In the
first five boxes, of the last game, they
had cleaned up no less than nine marks,
but small counts on the spares gave them
a total of only 2S7 pins in this frame.
Altogether in the last game they made
one strike and Is spares, but their aver
age OF only 4 pins to the spare accounts
for their failure to better the Royals
record mark.
The individual marks and scores of
each player was as follows