The Washington times., 1924-02-25


But, those were the days when
the game was not rolled under
the conditions as prevails today.
The equipment did not measure up
to the present high standard. The
scientific methods employed in the
building Of drives was not exer-
cised with the result that the pair
or perfect alleys were the excep-
ton rather than the rule. Scores
did not soar to such heights as
they do now.
It may be Of interest for COM
parison to old-time ten-pin bowlers
to know that only a few days ago
in the Randolph League, a sixteen,
team organization of Chicago, those
sixteen Quints shooting all on the
same night turned in a grand total
Of 47,224 pins-a set average of
1881 or 984 to the game.
Those sixteen teams shot set
totals of 1886, 3,109, 3,07S, S,O71,
1910, 1922 1884, 2,977, 2,945, 1882,
1887. 1854, 1854, 2,S41. $500 and
2,748s Among the lot there were
four single team games of 1882,
1,142, 1,130 and Lib. Eighteen of
the forty-eight strings went over
1000. But one team fell below 900.
OF the eighty bOwlers pinning
that night three had sets of 700
or better, thirty-six hit for 600 or
more. The five highest sets were
14S, III, 7O7, 500 and SOL. OF the
24O individual games bOwled nine
ty.eight went over 200, the five
top ones being 278, 268, 267, 266
and 2S9. Six others had games
above the $50 mark.
Seven Primers crashed the wood
for 200 or better in all three of their
games, thirty-four passed the double
century twice, while ninety-eight
had one or more 200 counts. But
twenty-five failed to reach the COW
eted goal and Of these twenty-five
three shot all Of their strings in the
1905.
The individual averages of the
Randolph League would undoubtedly
make very interesting reading for
old-time Washington tenpinners.
With sharpshooters finding the
grooves with such consistency as
cited above there surely must be a
dozen or more in the league who are
crashing the pocket for an average
well over 200.
Good as Washington's big pin
bowlers were there never was but
one who manufactured and main
tanned an average of over 200 for a
season. He was none other than
Harry Krauss. This feat is prob
ably only overshadowed by another
made by Krauss in which he shot
118 consecutive games in twenty
four hours and averaged 1876.
To show the difference in the
ten-pin scores of ten, fifteen and
twenty years ago, as rolled in
Washington, compared with those
pulled off in the Randolph
League, it is only necessary to
state that upon but two occasions
did team ever bowl more than
$500 for a set and only once was
1,1OO passed.
On January II, 1906, the Saenger.
bund team hit the naples for a
single game of 1,122. This is not
only the high mark, but the only
100 game ever rolled here. The
individual scores of that game were
as follows: Arthur Allison, oil;
George Burdine, 2OS; Fred Eckstein,
212: Billy Crost, 20S; and Willie
Miller, 2SS.
Another record was made that
same night when Miller turned IN
2S8. There were any number of
instances where some bowler had
pinned 289 and 290, but Miller's 1888
still stands as the highest individ.
ual game ever bowled in the Dis.
trict in competition. No Washing.
ton bowler-at least there is no
authentic record Of it-ever better.
cd 290.
On February Is, 1909, the Jolly
Fat Men shot the highest set ever
registered in Washington, a total
of 3,110. The scores follow: