The Washington herald., 1916-10-09
MARKS MADE BY PIN
SPILLERS NOT FLASH
With Season but Two Weeks Old One
Team Hits 100 and
Individual 400.
By LEN" COLLINS.


II the scores which have been reg
lstered during the first two weeks OF
play are not a mere flash in the pan,
but indicate what is to be expected
from the pInners as the season be-
comes farther advanced. then 1t Is sate
to predict that the already high early
season figures established, and also
past District records. are In danger OF
being topped.
with the season, in the majority of
the leagues, only two weeks under
way, a 1,7O0 team and 400 tndiVidual
set have been showed across the boards
the former. mark by the Royals, OF the
District League, in their first appear
ance, and the single record by Johnny
Vaeth, of the Grand Centrals. in his
second time out.
While these two totals created .
considerable amount Of comment AZ
the time of their making, a glance
over the scores for the past two weeks
will show that no less than fifteen
ouints have better than the 1900 marx
and five of these fifteen have went
well beyond 1850. Among the indlYio-
nails Vaeth's 400 leads the field. but
to gain the seasons record he had 10
beat Schmidt, of the Weston, who mao
3s7, and Earl Lewis 3e9. with pet
ter than 1850 for teams and $50 TOT
individuals being turned In nlghtly' !.
would not be surprising to learn al
anv time that the Royals and Vaeth'
high marks have been passed.
What the writer believes is probably a
world's record was made by the ten clups
forming the District League In the nrst
week Of their schedule. compuauon
of the scores made by the ten teams Oh
this circuit shows that they anasseo
the grand total Of 15.@l pins. "hlcn
would give a team average OF l,59Z. 90
inc stIII farther this would mean that the
| fffv bowlers participating in the hrst
weeks play averaged 1o6 and traction
over a record that has probably never
been eoualled in the annals OF the locai
game and one that is in no immediate
danger of being broken ,..
Six of the ten teams piled up totalS
that exceeded the 1.60o mark, two passed
1,5OO, and two dropped below the charrneo ata
circle Leading the procession were the
westons with 1854 closely followed by the
ROYALS with 1852: Grand Centrals, l,6ol
Garrisons, 1,e45; Continentals, 1,0S4; Reso-
mites / 629; Belmonts, 1851; Goodtellows
/ 55O. Shermans, ,492, and the Contenders
with l.453 Had the Shermans ana Con-
tenders come through with anywhere near
the game of which they are capable the
Grand average for the teams would have
IDent we'll beyond the !, 800 mark and the
individual average in the nelghoorhooo VI
ITO.
Another Improvement in the scores
made over those of the past couple oi
seasons have been shown in the games
of the Washington City Ten Pin League
While 1t is true that one or two OF the
members of this organization did man
age to pull through the past season with
ta hnlaQe
a fact that as a whole the class OF game
NUT IN was very mediocre. This was
probably due to any one or all three OF
the following causes: First, lack OF rival
~. second, lack of practice and last ou'
not least. an indifference that could not
helm but drag the game down. So far sew
eral Of the quints have registered better
than 200 sets and some Of the indiVid'
uals have turned in better than 600 sets
George shaffer leading in this respect
with 646, piled up with the aid of 26'
game. There also seems to be more en-
thusiasm being displayed with a result
that the boys are putting forth their best
efforts and better scores are being regis
tered.
Johnny vaeth, the latest acquisition t
washington's already large and evel
growing bowling colony, contributed the
stellar performance Of the week las
Wednesday evening when shooting will
Morris Cafritz's Grand Centrals, he no
only topped Earl Lewis high set of 80
by one pin but also chalked up the high
est individual game Of the season, ITO
Vaeth for years has been recognized II
Baltimore, from which city he halls. al
one of the leading small pin artists Of tht
country, and his advent into local rank:
should be regarded as ten-strike among
bowlers. There is no question but whai
the former Baltimore star easily rank,
within the circle of the five best 'bowlers
Of the National Capital and his acquisi
tion should prove Of considerable value
especially when selections Of the five
| best men to represent this city in an in.
ltercity match are to be made.