The Washington times., 1916-12-07
ALLEYS In CELLARS |
HURT ROLLING GAME
Modern Idea Of Building Them
Above Pavement Helps +
Sport to Grow. !
BY r. d. THOMAS.


Building bowling alleys in other
places than the dIngy easements Of
buildings has had a beneficial infiu.
once on the game, in the estimation Of
q veteran Washington pinspiiier.
There was q time when all bowl
Ing alleys were installed In the un-
oerground compartments and to have
placed them elsewhere would have
evoked considerable wonder. No rsa.
son could be assigned for this particu.
lar arrangement other than the fact
That IL was customary. the first run
ways having been placed there and
those entering the business thers-
after following suit. 1Is
One OF the things aimed at by mod.
tion: Tall ceilings and plentiful win
dows Will be found in nearly all up.
to-date estsblishments wherever their
pre,ssnce , Is possible, Few enjoy exsr.
with tobacco smoke, and since the
idea OF bringing the bowling alleys
out OF the cellar was instituted, the
game has progressed long way.
Build En Up in the Air.
In some cities, especially tho large
ones, bowling alleys are placed on the
top floors OF big buildings. The ai.
ieys on which the tenpin match OF last
season among teams OF Washington,
New York. and Philadelphia was
rolled. In the last named city. occu.
pied the entire top floor Of big
Msnasers Have Their TressIes.
Why bowling alley manager
should care whether or not Il rains is
not easily understood at f,rst thought.
But, nevertheless, when Il looks like
rain, the alley manager who pays
much attention to the welfare of his
drives, figures on a little more work
than usual. Bowiers coming In with
Wet muddy feet bring dirt with them.
and repeated sliding over Il raises
considerable dust. ON the early morn.
Ing following a rainy day. the alleys
gensraly are coated with n fine layer
OF dust which must be thoroughly re.
moved In order not to slow up the
maple paths.
Wells Roll. Wen.
Pop" Wells, the veteran. has taken
liking to the new brick and fibcr
ball and has gained such efficiency
with IL that he wins nearly all his
games at the Royal. In fact, when
Pop" plays slow man pays" he sci,
dom has TO dig. lie rolls nothing now
but the new sphere.
Best Performers Last Night.
Harry n. HALEY. the veteran, keeps
popping into the limeiight, but last
night he occupied the center OF the
stage and eopped all tho glory OF the
duckpin show. HALEY came within
a pin OF eaualing the, seasons record
Tor set when he toppied i0i pins e
anchor for the stansbury quint,. In
the Masonic League.
with ,So fSss adm 1o,S.r s1 ,.t ,Is fsms back
his already long string. and wound
pp with T.. His set constitutes the
an exceptional total Games OF ii2,
le0, and i2s gave him n set OF $50
stansbury won all three games from
the George G. whiting team.
anchor man, In the Masonic. knocked
down 3IS pins, with games OF lis,
l32, and l?3, and Howell. OF George
q; Whiting, battered down 36I ma.
pies. His strings were i20, li6, and
Bss. Gets BiEEest Came.
Johnny Baum. one OF the old.
timers OF the duckpin game, has been
heard from seldom this season. but he
came through In nne style last night,
with the National Capital League Co.
lumbians. Baum achieved the hest
single score OF the evening when he
He rolled ioo In the nrst and 03 In the
third.
Andy Goddard. OF various teams,
has been hitting the NAPLES for un-
usual counts OF late. He hammered
lumbia quint In the Columbia League
last night. when his team won a
set from the congresslonals,
viii Farrow performed well for
the Inglesides against the coiumbians.
HE team lost the first game. In which
he rolled ii2. but his l32 and li3 were
largely responsible for victories In
the other two. His total was 357,
southland lost three games to sani-
but not because Anchor Man Thomas
didn't do his share, He contributed
games or l0I. llS. and li0. Sanitary
Groesrys margin in each game was
stansbury's total of 1879 was the
only set OF 1900 or better rolled last
night It's best game. 677. also was
womea to Roll Match.
soDe lively competition is likely TO
take place at the Casino alleys sat
urday night when the Casino and Ma.
tional Capital women teams get to-
gether In the frst three games OF a
..ik-same match. The second half OF
tional Capital alleys, total pins 20
decide the winner.
These two teams will become mem,
bers of the women's. league to be or
ganiEed. Their lineGps are; National
Capital - Adder. Qualities, Thomas.
Frech, and Greenwood. Casino-Mai-
colin. Ackmsn, NJ. Eckhart, Bontz, and
II. Eckhsrt. All OF those to take part
In the match are among the best
women rollers In the city.
Royals Roll Tonight.
A shake.up In the standing OF the
FIRST three teams of the District
League probably will occur tonight
when the Royals roll the Belmonts ct
the Royal. The Continentals and
Grand Centrals are tied for hrst.
place with 20 games won and lost,
and the Royals have % games won
and lost, The Belmonts are cap.
able OF offering some stiff opposition.
last NIGATs CaACkS.