The Washington herald., 1916-04-04
President Wilson Fails to Roll
First Ball But High Moguls
and Others Are There.
HIGH SCORE FOR AGGIES
by JOHN 4. DUGAN.

to roll the first ball owing to stress of
official business, several of our leading
bank presidents, together with high
moguls of the Chamber of Commerce,
aided and abetted by two of the District
Commissioners. took care of this first
ball business in good shape.
Bill GUIDE rolled the first ball off the
alleys, but came back strong while the
pin boys were not looking and knocked
down eight pins The celebrities, max
ing no claims as duckpin experts. tossed
the balls in a perfunctory manner. lend
ing dignity to the occasion. That's what
they were there for and were roundly
cheered.
Brand new alleys with no grooves
perceptibIe to the naked eye, new pins,
unkissed by minerallte spheroids, pre-
cluded high scores. That was to be ex-
pected.
| The opening night was given over to
| the bankers. or. to be correct, bowling
teams representing nine District banks.
the two Agriculture teams and a bunch
| from Hagerstown.
The Emery Building was tastefully dec
| GRATED and the grandstand seats were
/ well filled. Enthusiasm was rampant
| throughout.
1t was up to the Aggtes team No. to
put over the first high team set of the
tournament as they gathered lao pins
in their three attempts against the
naples. while the Diamond team. of
Hagerstown. followed with a set OF l. 40.
Howard, the anchor man Of the Union
Trust team, put across the high
| ind {NIJ h,. tho
| for a 500 count. while Carncohan. Of the
Diamonds followed with a set OF 3l3.
II am sure that the coming generation
! Of American people will look toward
bowling as one of the greatest pastimes
and beyond a doubt it will be the great
est pastime of the next generation
were the closing remarks of President
| Patrick T. Moran, of the local tourna-
ment company, in charge Of the monster
bowling carnival now being staged at
the Emery Building under the auspices
| Of Atlantic Coast Bowling Association.
President Moran introduced the Ma
tional president, William F. GUIDE, of the
A. c. B. A. who challenged any of the
leading officials in the District, and
pointed out a few presidents of the local
| banks who were among the large crowd
present His response of rolling one
I ball down the alley was answered by six
| OF the leading directors OF the banks In
the District
President Guide proved to be a better
| speechmaker than a bowler. as on his
| first attempt he rolled the hail of the
alley, besides falling down. but when
| the ball came back up the runway he
took another shot and knocked eight
pins. c. J. Bell, president of the Ameri-
can Security and Trust Company, scored
the most pins in his one attempt, as his
ball gathered eight OF the little naples.
Mai. Raymond Pullman, OF the local po-
/ lice force. hit the pins for a count OF
eight, while the ten others who bowled
the first ball failed to hang up enough
pins to bother the boys in the pits.
Bank Presidents Bowl.
The following rolled in the order
named: w. F. GUIDE. national president Of
the A. c. B. A, on alley number one:
Patrick T. Moran, president of the local
tournament company, on alley number
| two; Corcoran Thorn, vice president of
| the American Security and Trust Com
pany, on alley number three; Thomas
Grant, secretary OF the local tournament
| company, on alley number four; II. S.
! Reside, vice president American Secu-
rity and Trust Company. on alley num-
Der five: c. ]. Bell. president Of the
American Security and Trust Company,
on alley number six; E. ]. Stellwagen,
president of the Union Trust Company
| on alley number seven: Louis Brownlow,
| Commissioner OF the District OF Column
| bia, on alley number eight; Oliver P
Newman. Commissioner of the District
! of Columbia, on alley number nine; Maj.
Raymond Pullman. superintendent OF the
| Metropolitan Police, on alley number
ten: C. ]. Gockeler, president of the
| District National Bank. on alley num-
| Der eleven, and Thomas Brahaney, chief
clerk to President Wilson. and delegate
from the White House, on alley number
| twelve.
| J. s. Wood. of the Washington Loan
and Trust Company, put across the first
spare OF the tournament in his first
opening box. while X F. Brooks, of the
American Security and Trust Company,
made the first strike in his first box.
| The Angles team, No. ., of the De-
partmental League. tailed the highest
game of the opening by splitting SIS
while the nearest approach to this was
in the second game, when the Hagers-
town team spilled 500 in their second at
| tempt.
kilograms were received during the
evening from c.. NJ. Goodnow. the vice
president Of the Atlantic Coast Bowling
| Association, in which he wished the To-
cal tournament company the best of
success and was sorrow that he could
not be on hand. President George w.
| Chandler, OF the Boston chapter, sent
the following message: Boston chap
ter sends congratulations for the sue
cess of the second tournament"
| w. c. Ecksten. the clerk of the ma
tional body, and George T. Cox. the
clerk of the local chapter, put in big
plead to the captains of the local and
visiting teams to report to the alleys
one half an hour before the bowling
tishe, so as to register their bowlers and
turn in their line-uos. This was the
only hitch in the rolling last night, as
one of the largest crowds that ever
turned out for an enterprise of this, kind
was on hand at Camp Emery, and all
left the hall voting the tournament from
the first nights work high success.
Harerstown Team Crippled.
The Hagerstown team. which was
looked upon as the best team bowling
last night. was slightly handicapped, as
Capt Neslin, who is ranked as one OF
the best bowlers in the State of Mary
land, was left home on account of ILL.,
| ness.
| A slight change has been made in the
schedule for today. The doubles will be
rolled at 5 o'clock. while the singles are
scheduled to start at 6:10. President
| ThOpoaS n JOneS of the philadaIpbia