Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-11
nson to Twill Initial Game Tooow-Bowng Records Broken
MASONIC BOWLERS TO ROLL
IN TOURNAMENT TOMORROW
Feature Night of A. C. B. A. Convention
Is Planned by Wearers Of the Square,
Records Are Still Falling.

From Il local standpoint tomorrow
night will be the most popular of the
| Atlantic Coast Bowling Association
tournament 1t will be Masonic night,
and teams representing twenty lodges,
or the entire membership OF the Ma
sonic League, will be on the alleys be-
tween Z o'clock and 1880. There is
every probability that the largest
crowd of the whole season will be pres
ent.
| The Masonic League undoubtedly is
the biggest organization of its kind IN
the world, and it is fully represented
Shortly before the close of the entries
a check for $500 was sent to Tom
Grant, secretary of the tournament
company, covering the entry fees for
the entire membership of the circuit.
1t is not known that any one organi-
cation ever paid an amount nearly that
large for entries in tournament for
bowlers.
There are some good bowlers. too. IL
I the Masonic League. OF course me
teams are not exceptionally strong. pc
cause that could not be expected WIN
the limitations for material in a closed
circuit. Some of the quints. though, are
likely to rol! for better scores than are
generally expected.
Here is the schedule of the teams and
the ALLEYS on which they will roll:
Alley DUCKPINs.
3 Myron NJ Parker Lodge. Washington.
Lebanon Lodge. Washington.
FcntalpEa Lodge, Washington.
S'ansbllry, Lodge. Washington
Dawson. Lodge. Washington.
. Acacia Lodge. washington
10 Mount Pleasant Lodge. Washington.
II 81. Johns Lodge Washington
j. East Gate Lodge. Washington.
9i5 PM
Alley DECkPINS.
3 King David Lodge. Washington.
King Solomon. Washington.
Columbia Lodge, Washington.
Washin:ton-('entcnniai Lodge. Washington
Federal Lodge. Washington.
8 J.afayette Lodge. Washington
IL National Lodge. Washington.
II Ai:acoStia Lodge, Washington.
l. Geo. {. Whiting Lodge, Washington.
Several features are being planned-
and an attempt is to be made to have
the banner" night of the tournament.
Special efforts are to be made to take
care of the big crowd sure to attend.
New marks were set yesterday in the
tournament in several classes, the most
interesting to Washingtonians being
those made by Buck Harley in the sin
giles and by Gheen and Lawrenson in
the doubles in duck pins. Besides these
the Imperial quint of Baltimore hung
up a high score for tenpin teams. Hart
ley of Portland, Me, established the
best count in the first days bowling
pany with Brooks of the same city
jumped to the front in the candlepin
doubles.
Harley did some remarkably consist
ent rolling and had one very good game
to aid him. Buck" toppled the pins in
the first contest for a count of 116,
then sailed into them for mark of
1872 in the second and in the third up
set 104. The three counts gave Harley
total of 1852 for the set. which gave
him five pins more than the set which
went to the credit of Kelley of Lowell,
Mass. Saturday. Harley's bowling
much better than Kelleys, too, in that
he did good work straight through his
three games and kelleys score main
ly due to one big game. the last. in
which he got some lucky breaks, which
gave him count of AS.
Both Gheen and Lawrenson rolled
well in their doubles. Gheen knocked
down only SO pins in his first game
but that was the only time either of
the two players fell below the century
mark. Lawrenson got scores of 105,
100 and 100, while Gheen knocked
down SO. Ill and 127 pins. Gheen's to-
tai was 33l and Lawrenson's 334.
The Imperial five of Baltimore did not
experience much trouble in smashing the
mark for tenpin teams. They raised the
mark previously held by the Tigers of
Philadelphia from 2,576 to 2.708. The I'm
perials bowled much more consistently
and better than any other quint WHICH
has been on the floor. There was surety
about the way they. shot the balls down
f1an .l1a hot Il I1<.v