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Evening star., 1923-11-18
WASHINGTON LADIES LEAGUE.

Several of the leading quints were
given rude jolt by the supposedly Y
weaker teams last week. Post Office
Department. mainly through the good
bowling of Dorothy Wilson. copped
the odd game from the Commercials;
then City Post Office proceeded to
hand the leading Hilltoppers a trim
ming, taking two games Of the set,
thereby knocking them out of first
place.
Anna Mccormack: bowling in the
anchor position on City Post Ofice,
was thorn in the side of the HILL
toppers, as she not only rolled three
good games, but pulled the first
game out of the fire in the last box
by getting spare and counting
enough on 1t to tie up the contest
In the roll-off. Post Office won by a
good margin.
Sales Tax was another quint to up
sst the dope. Facing the strong
Billie's Team 1t was the natural sup
position that they would be lucky to
get one game, but instead they grab
bed two out of three. Della Smith,
captain of Sales Tax, came to the
rescue in the last box of the first
game with a spare and got enough
on 1t to place her team in front by a
two-pin margin.
During the Commercial-Post once
Department battle Marjorie Bradt
gave q fine exhibition Of anchor work
In the last frame Of the second game.
Her team was eighteen pins behind
when she slanmed over q spare and
got eight on 1t, Just enough to tie it
up. But the Post Oface Department
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NO. lx-BASE BALL WESTWARD HO!

enthusiastic soldiers of fortune
something about the same thing?
Who knows but the first ball on
the California coast was a gold
nugget? And is it not also pos
sible that the natives of Hawaii
in 1850 were regaled with similar
lessons, when he moved there, to
remain there for life?
But it was not until 1859 thst
the Eagle club was born in San
Francisco, the first of its kind,
and they had their first match
with the Red Rovers in 1860, but
the match broke up over a de-
cision of the umpire's in game
played on Washington's birthday
so much for climate! Never
theless, the first state champion
ship game was played this year,
a silver bat and medals being the
pennant of the time.
The Eagles split, for the better
interest of the game, in 1868, and
their offshoot were the Pacihcs,
whose picture is here given. Will
liam Shepard, their third base
man, writing reminiscently OF
games in 1861, said: Il we'll re-
member a habit the gamblers
among the spectators used to
have, that surely savoured of the
wild and woolly west. Just as a
fly ball was dropping into a
felder's hands, every gambler
who had bet on the nine at the
bat would discharge a fusillade
from his six-shooter in an en-
deavor to confuse the fielder and
make him miss the ball"
But if Cartwright's influence
on western base ball is a matter
of speculation. that of Martin F.
Cosgriff is not; he had been one
of the charter members of the
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VETERANS BUREAU
LEAGUE AVERAGES

Chief Clerks Division team Of the
United States Veterans Bureau
Bowling League has won only two
games SO far this season, but the
members get considerable satisfac-
ton out of the fact that the best
duckpin spiller in the organization is
their lead-off man, Nolan, who car
ries the nice average Of 1915. The
leagues leading team, Accounting
Subdivision, has two men, Hender-
son and Watt, with averages of 100
or better; Insurance Division has two
in Howder and Meek. while Disburs-
ing ONCE also has two in Rosen-
blat and Bishop. Accounting Sub
division team to date has made a
runaway race Of 1t, with seventeen
games won out of eighteen played.
Individual averages to date follow:
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score. Several team captains have
been on the wrong tack as regards
the handicap and have left the alleys
under the impression that they were
winners by a few pins when In fact
the correct figures were against them.
The Washington-Centenn team
appears to be linked. Only eleven
of the twenty-seven teams in the
league have spilled more pins so far
this season, yet they appear to be
anchored in last place. The team is
made up of good. steady bowlers,
who apparently lack confidence in
themselves. 1t should be only q
question of a short time when the
quint will be climbing up the ladder.
The leaders up to date in the DIFF
ferent departments are: La Fayette
in team set, 1643; high team game.
Federal, 616: high Individual set,
Hough of Naval, 37S; high individ-
ual game. Litzau of Acacia, 164:
high individual avearge, Williamson
of Acacia, III; Simmons of Mount
Pleasant has the largest number of
strikes, is. and Newmeyer OF Leba-
non tops the field In spares. with so.
BUREAU OF STANDARDS LEAGUE.
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This doleful scout said he had
travelled thousands of miles during
the past season, looking especially
for pitchers. The results of his tour.
In the old days-the days of
Christy Mathewson and his CO.
temporaries," he continued, II could
go into the minor leagues. and even
minor leagues. and seldom come away
without seeing at least one pitcher
that was too good for the company
he was in.
Cannot Be Found.
But I give you my word that
haven't been in a town all this past
summer in which 1 found a pitcher
to whom I could give a class C
recommend. But here is what 1 did
find:
Scores of young ball PLAYERS
could get of Babe Ruth; natural
right-handed batters trying to hit the
ball left-handed and develop the Ruth
pose at the plate. They even tried
to copy his walk. IL they had seen
him. and some of them were trying
all their lives they had never exer-
cfsed their left arms except to bring
wood in from the shed. For all 1
know. some of them probably stood
DCAotc thSii iiiIlOIS iiSHl
to see if they couldn't grow black
hair and eyebrows like Ruth.
THE kid generation of ball play
ers has gone crazy over Ruth. Most
Of the boys think a pitcher can't hit,
so they don't want to pitch. They
want to be outfielders and hit home
runs. With them the hitter is
mightier than the hurler.
Always Emulate Stars.
60 back with me few years.
Marhewson was in his prime. Nc
Ginnity was the iron man. Mordecai
Brown was so well known as Three
fingered Brown that mothers had to
watch their young sons to make sure
they didn't cut off the extra digit
Wherever you went you found the
small boy and the big boy trying to
throw the fadeaway.'
Il went into one small town in
Evening star., 1923-11-18
AVERAGES ARE HIGH
IN NATIONAL CAPITAL

Averages of the National Capital
Bowling League demonstrate that
the organization is on a par with the
veteran District League as a ma
jority of the pin smashers on each
team are we'll over the century mark
or course, many Of the National Cap
ital boys roll in the veteran association
also. but the youngsters measure up
well in all-round work.
Elicit, of the Rathskeller. is lead
ing all the boys in the league by d
good margin with the classy figures
of 1862. Campbell of the same
qufnt and Moore of the Regulars
are tied in second place with 115-1
and l15-2 respectively. Campbelrs
average appears to be on a solid
foundation, as he has rolled in eigh-
teen games. while Ellett's figures
cover but trio of contests. Fol-
lowing are the individual averages
to date:
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BY II. II. FRY.

ROM present indications the
optimism of those who pre-
dicted big things for bowling
this season was fully justified. With
the season practically in its infancy
A record OF several years standing
has been broken, and from the way
the old-timers and newcomers have
been crashing the naples, other
best figures" are likely to go by the
board
When the Rathskellers of the Ma
tional Capital League hung up that
remarkable game of s66 last week
the entire bowling fraternity was
made to take notice, and the feat was
the chief topic at all the alleys dur
Ing the week. General opinion Is that
these figures may stand for years,
hut there are those who believe this
mark may be excelled before the
present season is over.
Newcomers who did fairly we'll last
season are showing a most decided
improvement in their bowling this
year. according to Manager Wood of
the King Pin alleys, and he is one of
the experts who believes many sur
prises will crop UP before April ar
rives. The old-timers doubtless have
taken affront at reports that many
in their ranks are slipping" and are
outdoing themselves this year
The two krause boys have hooked
up with Petworth in the District
League, and the way the quint out
rolled the Rathskellers last week
demonstrates that they still are there
with the deadly little hook.
Al Works has not found himself
yet, and is due for decided improve
ment. Charley Benson of the Colo
malls is another veteran not yet in
his stride.
The employees of the Crandall movie
houses have organized bowling
league, consisting of four clubs, and
the boys are competing for first
honors with great enthusia SIN. Fritz
Hoffman is the president of the or
ganization and A. G. Fleet secretary
and treasurer. with Sol Rosenberger
the business manager. Mr.. Crandal.
has promised to hang up a trophy.
once the organization shows him that
its members can keep the balls on the
alleys.
The Harmony boys Of the Masonic
League became quite chesty last
week when they took all three games
from the NJ. M. Parker quint. The
handicapping system is wonderful
leveler, and the leaders will find this
out before the first of the year.
Evening star., 1923-11-18

The pretentious schedule of the
Brooklanders will afford District bas-
ket ball fans an opportunity to see
number of well known institutions
in action here. Duquesne University.
which for several seasons has rated
among the top-notchers in the game
around Pittsburgh, is to be here
early In January. Lafayette and
Bucknell also are to visit during the
first month of the coming year.
Good Teams to Visit.
Among the February visitors will
be the Quantico Marines. North Caro-
lima. Johns Hopkins and Fordham.
The Brooklanders are meeting only
two local aggregations this season,
having home -and-home arrangements
WithsGeorge Washington and Univer-
sity of Maryland.
Catholic University last year went
to Annapolis and took the measure
of the Naval Academy, but will not
have the opportunity to repeat this
season, for it is not on the schedule
of the Midshipmen. 1t will, however,
tackle the Military Academy at West
Point and hopes to show the Army
Evening star., 1923-11-18
Team STANDING

Mr.. Brookes has failed to hit the
naples since assuming the presiden-
tial duties.
Shaw of the Industrials put over
90 fiat game during the past week.
Brenner, anchor man for the Sharp
shooters, bowled the high set of the
week, a nice 349.
The Sharpshooters established two
records In defeating the Nationals
three games The quint has high
set, 1,555, and high game, $50.
Mr.. jeffrey, the leagues star rooter,
joined the bowling ranks long
enough to help the Sharpshooters es-
tabIish their second game ane set
The schedule for the week Is as
follows: Tuesday, Sharpshooters VS..
Midgets; Wednesday,, Chemists VS..
Nationals; Thursday. Unions W. Indus
trials
Evening star., 1923-11-18
NATIONAL CAPITAL LEAGUE.

Some one will have to grease the
tracks or the Rathskeller bunch will
be riding out in front far enough to
XIII off the interest in the pennant
race. But the season is in its in
fancy. and a great many things may
happen by the time the new year Is
reached
The Post Office team, reorganized
by Walter Muir after forfeiting two
games to the Rathskellers, was not
a bit pleased by the record 666 game
rolled against it, and demonstrated
this by turning the tables in the fipal
game. The "Raths" werl SO excited
over their record score that they
couldn't. pull themselves together
again.
Red Morgan is bowling this year
with the Post Office qpint and will
strengthen that outfit before the sea-
son is over. as he is just beginning
to find himself.
Don't overlook that Internal Reve-
nue. bunch. They have a strong all
around quint, and demonstrated this
when they grabbed two games from
the Nationals last week.
National Capital dates for this week
indicate lots of action is In prospect:
Monday. Linwoods VS.. Nationals;
Tuesday. RathskeIler VS.. Anacostia;
Wednesday, Post Office VS.. Internal
Revenue; Thursday. Belmonts vs..
Regulars; Friday, JOS. Phillips Co. VS..
Wayerly
Evening star., 1923-11-18
Team Standing,

The three-link boys are putting UP
one of the best balanced races in the
city, every one Of their contests being
hard fought and marked by much en-
thusiasm. The league is run on the
handicap system, which accounts for
the tight battles.
The high-game honor is held by
Logan of Mount Pleasant. 153. Camp
bell has the best set, $50.
Such well known bowlers as Megaw,
p. Elicit, Campbell, Chaconas, Logan,
Hasville and Hornig are scattered
through the league. bracing up their
respective quints perceptibly
The Odd Fellows schedule for the
week is as follows: Monday, Golden
Rule vs.. Covenant: Tuesday. Eastern
vs. Salem; Wednesday, Amity VS..
Washington; Thursday, Central vs..
Fred d. Stuart; Friday, Mount Pleas
ant VS.. Harmony.
Evening star., 1923-11-18

of the leagues record game of 155,
rolled by Bradshaw of Sales Tax two
years ago.
Duke" Harmon. captain of Ac-
counts and Collections, came out of
his slump and, in scoring 341 for the
set, established a record for the
greatest number of marks in a set,
with thirteen spares for three games.
Inge of Annex No. l and Rhine of
Personal Audit were others who had
sets better than $40 during the past
week.
Evening star., 1923-11-18
HEBREW INTERcLUB LEAGUE.

There appears to be more interest
shown in this league this season than
ever before. The match last week
between the Young Friends Club and
the Y. Community attracted the
largest crowd of the season. The
cheering was almost continuous. and
strike or spare ELECTED yells that
could be heard block away. Friend
he toppled over 359 of the naples and
was in the limelight almost continu-
ously.
The winner of the first series prob
ably will be decided Thursday night,
when the Rialtos hook up with the
Y. Community boys. The Rialtos have
been going along like house afire
and expect to take the scalps of the
Community boys when the games are
rolled.
Evening star., 1923-11-18
BIG DUCKPIN SCORES BEING MADE

with the Linworth boys. as on the
dope they should be in the van. They
are high" in all departments. Cox
has the best game, 1853; also the high
set. 394. Their high team set. 1884
is the best, as is also the best game
571. Joliffe also is helping things
along with the second high set. 3S1.
and is very strong when II comes
down to pinch hitting"
Following Is the schedule for this
week: Monday. Georgetown VS.
Arlington; Tuesday. Rosedale VS..
Stanley; Wednesday, Linworth VS..
Hilltop; Thursday. Dominican Lyceum
vs. REQ; Friday. Eagles vs. Vogue.
onn FELLOWS LEAGUE.
Evening star., 1923-11-18

credit, 142, and a. J. Williams leads
In strikes with ten.
The Contract quint, holding second
place In the pennant race mas the
best team set, 1,551, while the best
team game belongs to the Secretary
Quint.
There is quite a battle on for the
third place, Legal Claims and Sec
retary being tied with eleven won and
ten lost, while Voyage Accounts Is
close up, having won ten and lost
eleven There also is a tieup for
sixth place. Reconciliation and Gem
tralized Accounts having won nine
and lost twelve games.
Evening star., 1923-11-18
CARRY ICE CREAM co. LEAGUE.

This we'll balanced siX-team league is
going along nicely and by the time the
first of the year rolls around the teams
should be more closely together.
Wolfes is the star of the organization,
leading in the averages with 100-15 /;
Is high man in spares, with 80, and
shares with Draper top honors In
strikes, with 8.
Hall has the high game, 1877; Draper
the best set, 342: the top team game
honor belongs to the Spring Blossoms.
with sos, and the high team set goes to
the Orange Ice boys, 1,470.
A remarkable thing about the Garry
League is the almost total absence Of
dummies in the lineup. So far but
one has turned up this season.
Evening star., 1923-11-18
SCARCITY OF TWIRLERS
IS. BEMOANED BY SCOUT
Declares All Diamond Performers Once Wanted to
Be Pitchers, But Now Their Ambitions Have
Turned to Couting.
BY GEORGE CHADWICK.

EW YORK November What als the of
N young ball players? all pitchers.
pitchers among them-they all
be Babe Ruths."
This the sad plant of has studied making
base ball for purchased
players in his time
There clubs
how hga pitchers needed by these eubs To be
days of imitation worth $4,000 fortyeigh would $4S0O
nearly half million dollars Do happen there
o
Evening star., 1923-11-18
SOUTHERN RAILWAY CLERKS LEAGUE

Operating team continues to lead, but
only by one game, and is fearful of
Construction, as the latter quint has
been going great guns recently.
The Disbursing boys, who are tied
for third place with Freight, handed
the leaders quite a slam during the past
week when they took them over the
jumps for all three games. 1t was
something of a surprise.
Construction owes its close proximity
to the leaders to the fact that it grabbed
all three of its games with the Freight
Auditors Bernhard helped matters
along nicely by rolling a-146 game and
a set of 36S.
Evening star., 1923-11-18
MASONIC LEAGUE.
Team STANDING

the handicap system in force for the
current seascn which is two-thirds
of the difference between contestfng
teams, with a maximum of forty.
Where fraction Is involved 1t Is
disregarded when only one-third. but
an extra pin handicap Is given where
the fraction Is two-thirds. When
q dummy Is used. 100 is charged on
tho handicap and only S5 Is added to
the team total. In computing 'otal
.pinfall no credit is given for dummy
Evening star., 1923-11-18
BIG TEAMS WILL BE MET
BY CATHOLIC u TOSSERS
Army, Lafayette, Bucknell and Duquense Are
Among Fives on List of Red and Black-Thr-
teen Dates Are for Spacious Home Floor.

unusually attractive schedule has been for this
~ sons basket ball Catholic University In ALL
Brookanders, OF
them with colleges that long have ranked high the floor
thirteen OF the games be played in the spacious
local university Three other pending
Red Black will
Il Loyola Baltimore
to continue campaign through February H.
Only extensive has been scheduled
vile This be taken
Gay New will be
time will be Bookanders away home more than day
Evening star., 1923-11-18

thing or two about the game. The
contest with the soldiers is listed for
February s.
Joe Lawlor. who has starred for
several seasons as basketer At
Brookland, is captaining a siza BILE
squad Lawler, Lynch. Eberts and
breslin are veterans of ability, and
some very capable players are devel-
oping among the newcomers Fred
Rice. successful tutor of the spor,
for number of seasons at Brook-
land, again is in charge.
The Schedule.
The schedule for the Catholic U.l-
versity team follows:
December-l2. Loyola; is, Western Mary
land, at Westminster; 10, Crescent Athletic
Club. at Brooklyn; 20, Fordham, at New York
FL. st. Francis, at Brooklyn.
January-5, Loyola at Baltimore: 8, Du-
quesne; II. Washington College; l2. Johns
Hopkins, at Baltimore; l6. George Washing
ton; II. Lafayette; 10. Western Maryland 26
Maryland; 20. st. Francis; 81. Bucknell
February-2, Quantico Marines; T. North
Carolina; 8. United States Military Acadeny
at West Point; 8, pending; 13, Maryland, a :
College Park; Is. ouantico Marines, at Guam
ticoi is. pending; co. George Washington; 90
Fordham; 27. Johns Hopkins.
Evening star., 1923-11-18
ATHLETIC CLUB LEAGUE.
Team Standing.

The Eagles have won twelve straight
games and are breezing out in front
OF the Linworths, who captured nine
straight This week the leaders will
stack up against the Vogue ouint.
while the Linworths will have q
sitter proposition to overcome In the
Hilltops.
There must be something wrong
Evening star., 1923-11-18

If it were possible for Alexan-
der Cartwright to step in amidst
some boys playing around Muir
ray Hill, in New York, and tell
them thing or two about what
was afterward to develop into
American national base ball, and
if he could be instrumental in
forming the first base ball club
in the country, is it not right to
argue that when. he went west
ward, stricken by the gold fever
of l84o, he stopped digging now
and again to tell his red-shirted
Evening star., 1923-11-18
INTERNAL AEvZNUE LEAGUE.
Team 9tAndiAG.

The outstanding feature of the past
week was a game Of 500. rolled by
Personal Audit, the runner-up In the
league. in its match with Accounts
and Collections. This is the highest
score ever made by q team since the
league was organised, back In the
fall OF 1920. In spite OF this big
game. Personal Audit lost the match.
other two with scores OF 612 and E38.
In the 500 crash, Eddie Rhine con-
tributed game of 152, which is high
for the season and within three pins
Evening star., 1923-11-18

girls would not be denied and won on
the roll-off In the last box of the
third game Miss Bradt made a
strike and came within one pin Of
bringing about another tie game.
Those who won movie tickets with
high scores during the past week
were Bronson Quaite, Dorothy Will
son. Lucille Preble. Pauline Thomas,
May Scanlon and Billie" Miner.
Evening star., 1923-11-18
U. S. VETERANS BUREAU LEAGUE.

The Accounting Subdivision Quint
has made a new all-time Veterans
Bureau record by winning the first
seventeen games Of the season. They
made a clean sweep against every
team in the league on the first trip
around the circuit and were finally
stopped in the third game of their set
by the Chief Clerks Division. last
Tuesday night. The Chiefs were
mighty proud over the feat.
Evening star., 1923-11-18

old Boston Tri- Mountains and
took to California, whittier he
went in 1853, the rules of this
New England club. During that
famous period in base ball his
tory when the Cincinnati Red
Stockings frolicked east and laid
low every team playing the game,
they also frolicked to the coast
and lorded it over the Eagles and
the Pacifics. They taught the
west a great deal about profess
sionalism.
Tomorrow: 'The Name of Spalding."
Evening star., 1923-11-18
o. 8. SKIPPING BOARD LEAGUE.

A. ]. Craft smilin@iy carries two
for the best set. s72, and also having
the largest number of srares. As. w.
d. Boston has the high game to his
Evening star., 1923-11-18
Ball Players NowAun Be uths Brookland nt Has 3Gae


Highight History of he National Game
Evening star., 1923-11-18

ROM present indications the
optimism of those who pre-
Evening star., 1923-01-11

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Evening star., 1923-01-11
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RADIO NEWS

Six government lectures are on
NAAs broadcast program this even
ing. The first lecture will start at
6:45 o'clock and the last is scheduled
to end at $40.
The Lorenz family orchestra will
furnish the regular weekly program
tonight OF station WMU of the
Doubleday Hill Electric Company
Answers to the questionable of the
Washington Radio Broadcasters' As
sociation published in the Local
Radio Gossip" column in The Sunday
Star were received by the radio edt-
tor today from e. S. Huntington, 1880
Massachusetts, avenue, and William
Thompson, 434 10Th street northeast.
Mr.. Huntington and his family voted
in favor of the silent night proposal,
while Mr.. Thompson favored the
operation Of the local stations every
night until $3.50 o'clock.
Station WIZ at Newark will broad
cast next Wednesday the 200th an
nfVerSary celebration exercises of
Benjamin Franklin's entrance into the
publishing business. which will be
held at the statue in Printing House
Square, New York. The ceremonies,
which have been arranged by the
New York city chapter of the D. A.
r., will begin at $3.50 am.