Evening star., 1921-03-06

Instituted four years ago and the first
two were won by the Royal aSgrega-
lion. Last year, however, the Palace
faen turned the tables. giving the
locals a severe drubbing. Home-and
home blocks of five games each con-
stitute the annual match, total pins
deciding the victorious team
Bowling at Roanoke this season, the
ROYALS started in whirlwind style and
easily distanced the Palace five in the
first game. The Nirginians came back
TO take the second and third, Dut the
Washington pin spillers barely man
aged to make the games even with
win of the fourth. This served TO put
the Roanoke team on it's mettle, for
the Royals were routed in the hnal
set-to. -
AS a result. the Palace bowlers will
carry r es-pin lead into the nnai
vantage. considering the Impressive
performances of the team IN tne
Roanoke games. Mc1-ain. Gather
Brown. Stonebreaker and Harris all
are formidable duckpinners win
perhaps one exception, these men Will
face the Royals again tomorrow. 1t
is possible that Hodges may be USED
instead of McI4ain.
The Royals will stand pat with
xSkinny Carroll. Andy Goddard. Glen
Wolstenholme, Earl Lewis and Harry
Krauss on their roster. These vet
Grams will have TO do some spectacular
bowling, though, to win. They VIII
have to best the Roanokes at an aver
age clip OF almost twenty pins game
and that's some handicap. The Royals
will entertain the visitors with
banquet tomorrow night.
Post Once Club. with IS victories
in 81 starts. has about clinched the
Ladies' Duckpin League. Delivery
team is runner up, with 36 wins and
Is losses. Bureau of Engraving and
Printing and Federal Trade are en-
gagged in d warm battle for third posi-
lion. The former now holds il with 81
victories against 30 defeats. but the
Federal Traders have won 80 of their
- engagements. War Risk. WASH
ington Terminal. George NJ oyster
Money Order, Interstate Commerce
Commission and Navy Yard follow in
the order named.
The Rawlings family has garnered
almost all the individual records for
The circuit. Rolling with the Money
order ouint Monday night against the
leaders, of which her sisters. Eliza
beth and Frances. are members,
Louise, youngest of the trio, estab-
Ished a new league mark with a
game of III Frances has bowled high
set of 3l4, tops the spare list with
SIS. has the best average. s2-2i.
for 81 games. and is tied with Bron-
son Quaites OF Washington Terminal
and Miss Houston of George NJ.
Oyster for the greatest number of
strikes 8. Elizabeth also has done
much to keep Post Office Club at the
zap, for her average of S1-20 for 81
games is bettered by only four others
in the league.
Leaders OF teams other than Post
once Club and their averages follow
Martin delivery. s55: Gladding
Bureau of Engraving and Printing!,
S4-43: Honkala tFederal Trade).
1919: Quail (War Risk. s3-l1:
ouaites washington TerminaD. sS-7
Knott George VI. OYSTER. 1920: Nc
.cormack (Money Order), S6-2: Heine-
mann Interstate Commerce Commits
sion). s2-Il, and LOgeman. Navy
Tard). 72-13.
Moore appears to be in a class by
himself N the Marine Corps League.
He tops the lists with game OF 15s.
set of $40, average of 1917 and has
made 10T spares in 4S games for the
best average Of 2.25. The only mark
that has escaped MIN is the strike
average In that branch he runs sec
ond TO Stahlberger. who has made IL
" 81 games, against II In 4s games
for Moore
The Lea,hernecks are leading the
league with 3S wins and 16 losses. but
they are less than game ahead of
the scissors Quint Semper Ftdelis is
third. Belleau Wood fourth and Cha
teau Thierry fifth. The last named is
hut four games behind the leaders.
Veterans. Nimy Ridge and Victory are
trailing in the order mentioned.
American Security and Washington
Loan and Trust are battling desper-
ately for the lead in the Bankers
tage at present. with 45 won and Il
lost hut the Washington Loan men