The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-11
Buck Harley Tops Duckpin
Individual List with
Total of 352.
CLIPS THE TENPIN MARK
By JOHN A. DUsAN.

BY JOHN A. DUGAN.
Topping the high marks Is the title
of the drama staged at Camp Emery
during the twelve hours Of rolling yes
terday In the second week of the annual
Atlantic Coast Bowling Association
tournament.
High marks established by the best
of pin knights in the East were shat
tered to nothing yesterday during the
lengthy session held. But four of the
marks which were heretofore high. are
left standing, while many changes took
place in the different classes OF compe-
tition.
The most featuring work of the day
was performed by Buck Harley, one of
the Districts best, as he placed the high
individual score in the duckpin singles
at a height that will remain unkissed
for some time, while the team OF Law
erenson and Khenn grabbed OF first
honors in the duckpin doubles with a
count of 66S, while Potter and Warren.
shooting I'm the same squad, annexed
second position.
The Imperials, Of Baltimore. are nov
safely entrenched in first position in the
ten pin team list with total of ares
while the Arcade team from Mount
Pleasant came within an inch Of max
ing the crack Marquettes of the Kay See
League take a back position IN the duck
pin team ranking.
The team of Gheen and Lawrenson In
| the doubles at duckpins, hit the naples
| for SIS, with both bowlers dividing hon
ors in their slaughter on the little naples
The Arcade team were hitting the
naples for a fare-you-well and got every
pin that was obtainable. but with a lit.
tie more luck in the breaks they would
have succeeded in passing the-"score Of
the Knight of Columbus leaguers.
Won Loseberger. of the Imperial ten pin
| team, was the big gun OF the night ses.
sion, as he registered seven straight
strikes in his first game, which Melted
him a total Of 254
During the afternoon rolling P. J,
Donovan donned the spangles, and as q
bowler he proved to be the best little
national secretary In this neck Of the
woods, as 24 was the best he could
gather in his trio Of attacks on the little
naples.
Two hundred bowlers were in action
on the alleys In the twelve hours to-
day. which is believed to be the largest
string OF entries ever handled in this
| time in any tournament. Sixty-eight
were entered IN the singles, thirty-one in
the doubles. and fourteen teams, which
equal a total in entrance fee Of 8, 900
In handing out thanks to the scorers
foul-line men and the pin boys National
Secretary Donovan and George T Cox
stated that II 1t had not been for their
cooperation a schedule of this kind
| could never have been run OF.
President Harvey T. Rogers. Of the
Loval Chapter of the Atlantic Coast
Bowling Association. invites all local
bowiers to the meeting to be held al
Camp Emery on next Sunday morning
when the question OF the regulation size
ball and pin will be voted on by the local
duckpin spillerS besides the election of
delegates to the national convention to
be held at the Metropolitan Hotel Is also
scheduled to be held.
Buck Harley held the IIneHKht in the
afternoon session. The local crack duck
pin artist had his old batting eye with
him and gave q good account Of himself
in both the doubles and singles.
Teamed with Johnny Baum, they
smashed the naples for a good count In
this class, putting across 625 total which
| ties two other teams for third position
Baum proved to be the big gun In this
team, as he smashed the pins for a sci
OF ga while Harley was gathering 3o1
In the duckpin singles Harley came
through with his real work of the day
and hung up the high score in this class
to date when he smashed the wood fol
count Of 352. Harley obtained IFS In
his FIRST. 1s2 IN the second ana 1o4 in the
third.
Watson, Of the Boston duckpIn shoot.
ers, tied Chaconas' mark for third honors
in the duckpIn singles with a total Of
$40
The Portland A. c., Of Portland, Me-
held the Hmelight in the candle Dir
doubles and singles and these bowlers
| from way down east" grabbed of three
Of i've positions in the doubles and -four
OF the first FIVE in the singles. In the
doubles Harley and Brooks leads the
field with set OF coz. while Beack and
Thompson, Of the same team. totaled
5H. Chandler and Anderson, of Boston
still hold third position with 81, while
Hooper and Small, OF the Portland bowl.
ers, and Isemann and HALEY, Of Wash.
ington, are tied with fourth honors with
a set Of 526 each.
Harry krausS, the local alI-around
bowler, was the only Washington bowler
to jump into the list of the first Ave
bowlers IN the candlepin singles, Krauss
obtained total Of 31s in his trio OF at.
taeks on the tall pins. Hartley, of Port.
land, led with set of 49, while Pine, O,
the same team, followed with 800,