Evening star., 1926-11-04


meeting last night were quite eager
to let the world know that the Ladies
District League is not the outgrowth
of spite; that it was not formed by
women who were attempting to work
out a grudge against any league with
which they had been affiliated. No.
indeed. This Ladies' District League
idea has been in existence for more
than a year, but only recently did it
seem there was an opportunity TO
launch such Il project.
All of the teams are representative
of big bowling alleys. The John
Blick establishments have two teams
and so have the Meyer Davis plants.
Northeast Temple and Petworth
alleys also are represented. Gladys
Lowd captains the Convention Hall
team, the Arcadias are led by Leda
Amidon, Lucille Preble is director of
the King Pin interests. Lila Hicks
will pilot the Meyer Davis quint. Ella
Limerick is Temple leader and Bessie
Gervais is Petworth commander.
Officers of the new circuit are: John
S. Blick, president; j. William Wood.
vice president, and Benjamin V. Me
Alwee, rytreasurer-scorer.
1t promises to be a good league. and
bowling. as it will, on several diff
ferent drives, duckpin fans all about
town will have plenty of opportunity
to see the matches. Here's the best
o luck to the new outfit.
Arlingtons are stepping along in the
Athletic Club League. For a time it
was feared that. having won 13 games
in a row, the team was jinXed. But
1t came right back to run it's string
to 16 at the expense of the Hugh
Reilly outfit.
There may be bowlers who still
contend that observance of the foul
line rule Is of no consequence, but
they are not members of the Bureau
of Plant Industry outfit in the Aggie
League. The Agriculture Interbureau
is using a foul line judge this season.
and in the very first game no less
than nine fouls were called on the
Plant Industry shooters. Since no
fouls were called on their opponents
and the latter won the first game
by II pins, the second by 9 and the
third by Is, it is gradually beginning
to soak into the minds of the losers
that playing the games according to
rules would have enabled them to win
all three instead of losing that num-
Der.
Sliding over the line may seem un-
important, but oh. what q kick would
go up from the sliders if the pinboy
spotted the pins a foot farther up
the alley for their opponents who re-
manned back of the line. 1t is odd
that a man who would not think of
violating the rules in checker game
feels perfectly free to ignore them in
duckpins.
Not so long ago a man who dropped
in late on a Federal League match
"razzed" Cooper of the Aggies for
blowing a couple of spares in his sec
ond game and intimated that he
should be benched. Cooper had just
shot 144 for his first game, but the
"raZzer" had not seen that. For that
matter, Cooper went above the 100
mark in all three games.
But the average spectator seldom
stops 10 consider that the best of
them fail, to land all their breaks.
In fact, it is doubtful if any bowler
in town gets more than 60 per cent of
his spare breaks. Check this up
some time and you will be n trif1e
more restrained in your criticism.
Every once i'm while we like to
give the names of league secretaries
or scorers who are real live wires i'm
their organizations and do much to
boost the game. Today we present
l.. E. Lansdale of the Federal League.
S. H. Poll of the Department of Com
merce League. n. G. Good of the
Automotive League, w. E. Young of