Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
ROYAL QU|NT WINS
AND GETS RECORD
HalIey's BowIers Register
1874 in Defeating Roam
oke, Va, Quint.
HIGH SCORES ARE MADE
BY h. C. BYRD.

In the first five games of their
ten-game match with the Roa-
noke, Va, team last night, the
Royals rolled the highest set ever
recorded by duckpin team in
the District of Columbia. In their
first three games they averaged
more than 900, bowling a set of
more than 1900. They fell short
by a margin of only twenty-six
pins OF averaging 600 for the
five contests, their total be-
ing 1914. The Royals won all
the games and obtained a COM
handing lead by scoring 205 pins
more than their opponents.
In the opening contest Pop
Halley's aggregation of alley
stars rolled their highest mark,
o35. Against that the Roanoke
five got SIS. In the second the
visitors were surpassed by big
ger margain, 5o4 to sly. 1t did
not look as if the Royals could
maintain such a pace, and every
body thought the Virginians were
way beyond their average. How
ever, the third setto found both
clubs hitting the naples just as
hard as before, and when the
totals were added it was found
that the Royals had obtained an
other big count. 5S5; but their
opponents were right on their
heels with 578.
Cheers for Royal Scores.
There was lot of cheering from tho
hundreds of spectators who lined the
alleys when it was announced that the
Royals had counted a total OF more
than 1.S0o pins for three games. Every
body was shouting for them to go ahead
and get enough in the fourth and fifth
to make their total over 5000 In the
Iourth contest they came across with
a mark of Gle, which appeared to give
them a leeway for the big total How
ever, there were some bad breaks in
the fifth and they got only-only is
here used in a comparative sense-546
pins. HALEY and his men all were
somewhat disappointed, but felt con-
siderably elated that they had broken
the District record.
While the Royals naturally occupied
the center of the stage all through the
match. there were many favorable COM
ments on the work of the visitors.
Everybody seemed to feel that Roanoke
brought up the best quint that has ever
appeared on local alleys as a regular
combination. The Mia Murray five,
which cut such a wide swath in the
Atlantic coast bowling tournament
was stronger. but that was a picked
combination and notsone that had al
ways been rolling regularly as a team.
The one factor which stamped the
they Were not depressed in the least
by the fine scores hung up by the
Royals, but went on hitting the pins
as unconcernedly as if they We're bowl
ing in an exhibition match.
Royals at Their Best.
However, it is doubtful if any team
could have beaten the Royals. Hal
leys men had not been showing very
well in their matches just prior to the
games of yesterday, but that was more
because they were not extending them
selves against weak opponents than
for any other reason. AS soon as they
were facing a real quint, they got up
steam and started rolling such as would
have made the average five look like a
selling platter against a stake horse
Two members of the Royal five got
sets of more than 600-Earl Lewis and
skinny" Carroll. Lewis rolled 622
and Carroll $40. One visitor beat that
figure, Harris topping COS of the ma
pies. Harris while his set was lower
satisfaction of registering the highest
game. 1872. The best game scored by
Lewis was AS and the best by Carroll
139.
In his high game Harris got spares
in the first, second. fifth and eighth
boxes, and strikes in the ninth and
tenth.
In the opening contest it looked at
the end of the seventh box as il the
visitors might win, and when HALEY
aud Krauss spared and Carroll got
strike in their eighth boxes a big howl
of delight went up from the spectators.
and the issue for the game was de-
cided for good in the tenth boxes when
Lewis got a spare and Stanford and
Krauss made strikes on which they
counted exceedingly well.
The rolling of the Royal players was
consistent and consistently good. Only
one count of less than 100 was regis
tered in any game and Harry Krauss
fell one pin below that in the third.
Halley's team produced the best bowl.
ing ever seen here against a qufnt
which is strong enough to prove a
worthy opponent for any combination.
The result in figures: