Evening star., 1917-02-11
AMITY AND CENTRAL ARE TIED
IN THE ODD FELLOWS LEAGUE
Latter, However, Has Slight Advantage in
Total Pins-Other News of Bowling
Teams and Players.


ing League. Amity and Central being
on even terms, with thirty games won
and nine lost. Central. however, has
slight advantage, having rolled for
a greater total of pins. Besides the
| tie for first place, there also is one
for third, Columbia and Eastern stand
ing even. with the same number Of
victories and defeats.
Williams of the Columbia team is the
star OF the individuals, holding several
records. He leads in the averages with
1o4 and has the marks for high game.
high set, number of spares, and Ii tied
with vignone Of Metropolis for the most
strikes.
The Marines and Navy are running
particularly close in the Departmental
| League, the latter leading at present
by two games and half. Treasury
and War are not far behind the two
| mentioned clubs. but the four are con-
siderably ahead OF the other Six teams.
The bowling In the league has been
better than the ordinary. Many OF the
| players have averages OF more than
100. Andy Goddard is the star and
tops the list with 1l1-1s. Lltsau, Rider,
Jacobsen, Mccormick and Arata are
| above the los mark.
Down in Alexandria a league was or
sanized last fall and Is running through
a successful season. Three clubs seem
to be stronger than the other Ave. The
Snorters, Cardinals and Richmonds are
standing well In front In the order
named. The averages In the circuit are
not particularly good, but the players
roll well enough to create a lot of close
competition and enthusiasm.
st. Marks seems to have the pennant
cinched in the Interdenominational
League. leading the club in second place
by ten games Such margin almost
precludes the possibility of the leading
plete reversal of form. The records for
the league follow:
High individual averake-smith. Bethany,
second nigh individual aver.se-o. r. eror.
High individual seme--wsl.s, st. Marks. 142.
High individual 'set-7E. Eartstail. Bethany.
Hish team game and ses-s. Marks. bss
Greatest number Of strikes-sm,,h, Bethany,
Greatest number OF spares-smiy, Bethany,
The Corinthian Yacht Club has a mar
gin Of one game on the Potomac Boat
Club and the Sycamore Canoe Club in
the Nautical circuit. the aforementioned
leading five has captured 20 conteets
and lost l6. and the other two, rs and
II. The Raccar Canoe Club. Washing
ton Yacht Club, Broadwater Canoe Club,
Washington Canoe Club and Eastern
Power Boat Club follow in the stand
ing in order.
Dwyer. Maize. Murphy, onutt and
Wright are the record-holding players
Dryers 141 for high game and Mur-
are about the best marks.
The Tmperials are leading the WASH
ington League with a margin Of two
full games on the Kentucky Reserve
five. which is second. Henderson Of the
Imperials. Hogan OF the Kentucky Re-
serves and Seltzer Of Ebaco are the only
players in the circuit with averages of
more than 100.
j. Dunn has the records for high aver
age and set by a player in the Four
teenth Street League. For the set mark
he rolled 574. and his average is slight
ly in excess OF 105. Both marks com
pare favorably with the records of
stronger leagues.
The Early Birds, the team for which
Dunn has been rolling, is leading the
league by margin Of four games. The
Army and Navy five 10 second
The Casino duckpin quint went out to
Laurel Friday night and rolled a five
game match with team picked from
the bowlers Of that town. The Casinos
won every contest and finished with a
lead Of 304 pins in the totals The local
aggregation bowled games Of 564. 575,
524, 577 and 52S. Gheen did remarkable
work. registering set Of ss3. for which
he got counts of 123, 100, 1874, 127 and
109. AS matter Of fact it was Gheen's
accurate shooting which gave the local
quint its big margin. Here are the
scores of the match: