Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15

The merchants of the city are giving
their cordial support to the tournament,
and as result there will be many
merchandise prizes in addition to the
monetary purses hung up for the bowl
ers. There will be no trouble about the
alleys. balls or pins. as the management
has procured the best on the market
and employed experts to place the
drives i'm spick and span order. The
Grand Central management certainly is
OUTGOING Itself to prepare for the cham-
pionShipS.
The closing of the entries has been
shifted from last night until midnight
the government departments to figure
if they can stand the expense after re-
ceiving theeir bimonthly checks from
Uncle Sam. By that time the Nautical
League will be in position to decide
Just how many teams it will have in the
big smash. The Southern Railway
League is in the same boat and 1t Will
decide Monday evening how many IL
will have to represent its organlza-
ton.
indicated that majority of the bowl
ing leagues Of the city had decided to
take part in a body. The Agricultural
League goes in with eight teams, the
Internal Revenue with ten, the Carry
Knights of Columbus with eight. and
the Bankers League with twelve.
At the annual meeting Of the Dis
trict League the following officers were
elected: President, Henry TAFT Rodier;
vice president, j. w. Wood; secretary
Arthur H. Urban; treasurer, Harry F.
Krauss; scorer. Horace B. Elmer. Urban
was elected delegate to the city asso-
citation The only new official is Wood,
the we'll known manager of the King
Pin alleys.
President Rodier will give two prizes
for the best set and best single game
i'm the coming tourney of the city asso-
citation. A special night will be given
over to the District League bowlers.
It was determined at the meeting that
a team having alleys of it's own must
keep, them in first-class condition or
have the home games transferred to
other drives.
The Masonic League will have at
least sixteen teams entered, perhaps
more, in the tourney. a special night
Will be set aside for this organiza-
ton. and a gala affair Is predicted.
Roy Whitford has charge Of The
Evening Star League, and although
he has but tWoA teams to take part
in the big affair, there will be at
least twenty. individuals entered for
She singleseand doubles.
waverIy Athletic Club quint, which
won the pennant in the Athletic Club
League, had most formidable
bunch of bowlers in Works, Toomey,
Mccarthy, Hurd and Hagen. Like a
thoroughbred racer, it ran close to
the leaders all through the season
and then. when the stretch was
reached. shot to the front by TRIM
ming the Anacostias in the last week
of play. Toomey finished the season
with an average of, no. AL Works
piled up an average Of. :115, but was
Ineligible for the official league lead
ership because of HIS failure to
participate in a sufficient number Of
games. Close behind Toomey, the
leader, came Mccarthy, with an ay-
erage of 100. Three bowlers like this
trio would be apt to place almost any
team in the front r.,
The season Of 1s2x-23 is fast draw
ing to a close, and only two leagues
will continue the. struggle. the Odd
Fellows, whose dates carry it until
the end of May and the Washington
Ladies' League, which pulls down the
curtain on May 8.
This is the twenty-ninth week of
the Odd Fellows. Their dates for
the next six days follow: Monday,
Amity VS.. Golden Rule; Tuesday.
Rrightwood VS.. Central; Wednesday,
Fred d. Stuart VS.. Washington;
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