Evening star., 1917-03-11


/; The number of players bowling in
the Masonic League Is so great that
the playing of the many matches in
wolves the expenditure of a consider
| able sum each year. Enough money
is spent In this way to provide set of
alleys within four or five years. if the
alleys were bought and paid for with
note which could be curtailed at the
option OF the association. The situa-
ton has aroused a sentiment in the
great body of Masonic bowlers that
| they should have their own alleys. and
steps already have been taken to pur-
chase q site for that purpose. It is
| felt that the association can operate a
set OF alleys at less cost than 1t now
encounters, and possibly, by opening
| the alleys to the public during the day
and part of the night. make some little
revenue which could be used for char
| of those intimately acquainted with the
| situation that before another year
comes the Masonic Bowling Association
will be using it's own alleys for its
games.
An important meeting of the Wash
ington Duckpin Association has been
called this morning at the Palace al
leys by President George Iseman. General
routine work, preparatory to the actual
arrangements for the tournament. is
| to be taken up. The most important
action. from the standpoint of the
bowler, will be the classification of the
players. This will be taken up, dis
posed of and afterward suggestions re-
ceived as to what can be done to boost the
tournament and make II the biggest
ever heir here as a local affair President
lseman has the following to say:
IF personal effort of those in charge
| of the tournament can make it an ex-
ceptionally big affair then it will be
just that We intend to work and work
hard to build up an enormous entry
1fcf nd
we should not do SO, as the game has
grown and there are a great many
more interested in and taking part in
the sport than in previous years. Our
task is to make all the bowlers feel
the Importance of the tournament and
get them to show sufficient interest
Tor it to enter"
Despite the apparent strength of the
Stansbury team. La Fayette and Co
lum bia are giving it a hard fight for
first place in the Masonic League. All
three teams are grouped within two
or three games of one another and
the struggle for first honors is likely
to continue almost until the end of
the season. AS a matter of fact, prac-
tically everybody In the Masonic Cir
cult is alive to the potential strength
of Stansbury. and nearly all admit
| that it will win the championship. un-
less by some unforeseen turn of cir
players in the final stretch of the
schedule. Further down in this column
are given the figures on the players and
teams in the circuit. and all are par
ticularly good considering the fact that
it is a closed organization.
Some good records have been estab-
lished in the Post Office League. Sta
tion F has the high team set and
game, the former mark being 556 and
the latter 1868. Whalley of the Sub
Carriers leads the players with an av-
erage of 1868. Gaskill of the Railway
Mail Service has rolled a game of 152
and Thorpe of the Sub-Carriers tops
the sets for individuals with 372.
There has been lot of hard luck
bowling in many tournaments, but that
experienced by Walter Lundgren of
Chicago yesterday in the tournament
of the American Bowling Congress at
Grand Rapids. Mich. takes the cake"
Lundgren had a perfect score of 270
in tenpins for the two-man teams at
the ends Of his ninth frame. His roll
ing had been exceedingly accurate and
it looked as if he were going to finish
with a perfect count. However, he got
split with his first ball in the tenth
frame and counted only nine. At that
Lundgren. with his partner. went into
the lead with set of 1890.
The following are the figures on the
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