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PLUMBERS ORGANIZE
8-TEAM PIN LEAGUE

An eight-team circuit with mem
oers drawn from the plumbing in
dustry to be known as the Plumbing
Industry Bowling League will start a
championship campaign tomorrow
night on the Recreation drives,
beginning at s o'clock.
Teams in the league are Crane Co,
E. G. Schafer Co.. O'Hanlon Plumbing
Supply Co, Edgar Morris Sales Co,
Master Plumbers Association, Dis
trict Plumbing Inspectors Office and
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Co.
The league has been organized not
only to provide recreation for its MEM
bers, but also to promote sociabilfty
and friendship among the employees
of the various organizations in the
membership.
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NAUTICAL LEAGUE.
Team Standing

High team game-Potomac Boat. 500.
High team set--Drfters' Canoe. 1.713
= High Individual game-A. King tDrfters
High Individual set-A. King (Drifters
Cancel, 1914: Meany Potomac Boat 394
zail. ITO.
Greatest number of strikes-Compton
washington Starsl 30.
Greatest number of spares-Wetzel (Po-
tomac Boat, 40.
All of the four first teams in the
Nautical League were in a terrible
slump last week, each of them losing
two games
Compton of Washington Stars forced
himself into the lead for the greatest
number of strikes, with 30, while
Wetzel of Potomacs pulled Meany of
the same team from the largest mum
Der of spares by running his total up
TO 120
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INTERIOR DEPARTMENT LEAGUE.

Survey No. / leads the Interior De-
partment League with clean slate in
the lost column, after the second week
of the second series. This week it
broke all team set records with 1880,
including high game of 5S4 for sthis
series. Each man had 800 set with
Capt Boteler leading with 359.. Only
two games in the set were below 1913.
F'lanery of the Secretarys team
piled up "a set of 3S2 with the aid of
a 149 game, and as a result his team
whitewashed Indian No. 2.
Survey No. took the odd game
from Pension, while Morris did the
best for the winners with a 140 game
and "a 365 set.
After dropping the first game. Land
came to life and took the next two
from Indian No. /. Gamma was test
for the losers with a 1913 game and
32S set.
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UEUHUEIUWN CHUhLH AK1fAt
Team Standing.

Hjgh team set-West Washington, 1.572.
High team game-Christ, 800.
High individual set--De Lashmutt. Christ,
High individual Eame-Birgfeld. Christ.
High individual averase-De Lashmutt.
Christ. 103-41.
Matters waxed hot in the George
town Church League last week.
Peck, No. / had to fight hard to
get three games to retain its lead of
one game over the second-place West,
Washington Baptist team, bur did so
with the superb bowling of r.. Tucker
in the last game of the set with
Christ Church team.
West Washington Baptist took
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REAL ESTATE LEAGUE.
Team Standing.

j. Dallas Grady team still retains
its hold on first place in the Real Es-
tate League, although Hedges & Mid
dleton took two games from it last
week.
Douglass & Phillips took two games
from N. L. Sansbury, Cafritz Co took
two from Boss & Phelps and the Jo-
seph Shapiro team took two from
Shannon & Luchs.
Douglass & Phillips rolled high team
game and high team set, 53S and
1913. Brent of Boss & Phelps rolled
high individual game and high indi.
vidual set, 1874 and 343
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COMMERCE LEAGUE.
Team Standing.

High team sets-Coast Survey. 1.577;
Mines. / .555.
High team games--Mines. 544 Standards.
$50.
High individual sets-Parkhurst Coast
Survey, 1856: Fugett (Mines). 1863.
High individual games-MacDonald tCen-
susl 1879. Fugett (Minesl and Parkhurst
Toast Surveyl. 1876.
High individual averages-Ploehsrczyk
tSecretary's Office . 1922: Fugett tMlnesl,
1905: Watson (standardsl. 110-l.
1t again becomes necessary to con-
slider total pinfall to place teams in
the Commerce League. A number of
ties still exist in so far as games won
and lost are concerned.
Coast Surveys revamped team won
two games from Mines, and while ac-
complishing this. made high team
set record for this series of 1877 pins,
Census and F. and ID. Commerce No.
winning two games each. Secre-
tary'S Office won two games from the
first series champs and thereby caused
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS LEAGUE.

High team averaze-Santa Maria, 500-l 10.
High team strikes-Colupbia 70.
High team game-Columbia. 576
High team set--Columbia / 1877
High individual average---Woods (Colum.
bla). 1879 (12 games): Lansdale santa
Marlal. 106-14 sf45 gamesl
:. High individual strikes-Faunce (Colum-
:, High Individual spares-Lansdale (sanA
High individual game-Gorton tGenoaI.
90 High individual set-Faunce (Columbia).
High individual fat game-weeks (Bal-
At the end of competition, last week
in the knights of Columbus League
Santa Maria and Columbia quints were
tied for first place. This is the four
teenth week in fifteen that a tie for
the lead has existed.
In the weeks matches Santa Maria
won two games from Christopher, Co
lumbia downed Pinta twice, Genoa
grabbed a couple from Trinidad Sal
vador scored three-game triumph
over Forest Glen and Ovando bagged
pair from Balboa. The first game
between Ovando and Forest Glen
ended in a tie with Balboa winning
the roll.off.
After 13 weeks in the cellar Pinta
emerged by taking the game from
Columbia, while Forest Glen was
dropping three.
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NEW ORLEANS RESULTS

and 10 yards-New Hope. 101 1Arnold) ,
81; 81 20, So 90. won: Muskallonge, II
fVWhIiFsh "a 80 tbs sscond 0'rle 4 i4o
Blush. Drummond. Banbury Cross Edith
Gibson. Wapiti Tribal Pretty Politician
Gondolier. Buck Jones and Victor NJ. also
SECOND RACE. 4-year-olds and up 6 fur
long-,711Georgia Rose, lo7 lMcGonigienl o
Sfs Sna5 $3.50 S Second 6as bF een o9
III fStamperl $3.50. third Time Ia x
Ensign. Jad, Paul Weldell, End Ice. ITALIA
dega. Rambling. Bradleys Toney. Forestar
THIRD RACE. 3.year-oids and up; s fur
longs-Od Slip. 1l9 (Crumpl. $500, So 50,
1919 y"en3a Bu Seab 1Ia ke sgsas
third. Time. 1 l2A. Alibaba Traveller,
and Shark also ran.
FOURTH RACE. 3-year-olds and, up. 8
81. s. 80, Won; Comrade, los fJohnson5,
So 500 second S' TIP Top lo9 S. Arn .3ata
tricia Marion and Juggier also ran.
FIFTH RACE, 4..year,olds and up; d.
Golden Rule 10 Gch 1ao 500. s. g e.
second; Pat Calhoun, 110 Smith. S3.s0,
caster sfr and Mons Boy also GI ran ND ,,o
So a So So sS. S Won GOOD Night 1os
SO 10 ss s6pd seS9nd s plskTeed o los
Cap. ,Norseiand Desert Gold. Crosswise and
SEVENTH RACE, 4-year-olds and up, !
1Johnsoni, ESQ. S4. second: Rowiands
I55as Marsdale. optimfst, Love Child and
Drone also ran.
Inpannn,.f Ind Hi0h SchooI has
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three from Grace Episcopal. whining
the first two games by four and nine
pins, respectively. Banson, Baptist
anchor, came through in the pinches.
Arlington Methodist took three from
the strong Calvary team, and Peck
No. 2 took six games from the Cove.
nant team, rolling off a postponed
! match.
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NORTHEAST LEAGUE.

High individual game Baucom. 1873
High individual set-Bennedetti. 373.
High team set--Artie Bells. l ,634.
High team game-Junor All-Stars. sol.
High spares-Bennedetti. So.
High strikes-Slyman 80.
Edinger's $50 set was instrumental
in the Hilltops' three-game victory
over the Artie Bells last week in the
Northeast League.
Junior All-Stars are cutting quite a
few capers these days, recently TAX
ing three from Benning. Olive Cafe
won three from Princess Theater.
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Accuracy Marks 7nesas Co Capital and Baltimore Shoe


sible for the Climbers lone victory.
turning in a nice 109 count in the final
clash to clinch the game for her quint
by pins.
May Perry is showing we'll at an
Choir for the Climbers. May Is a
southpaw with nice delivery and
good. control, and with a little more
experience should greatly strengthen
he team
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High team sets-WashlngtOn Centennial.
/ .741: La Fayette. 1713.
High team games-Potomac. GAG: NJ. M.
High individual averages-Rosenberg IS.
J. GomDersI. 1873: Urban Tia Fayettel
114-3: Watson Tia Fayettel. 1917; Burt
ner washington CentenniaD. 11217
High individual sets-Urban Tia Eayette)
40; J. Ulrich lPotomacJ. 500; Miller
High individual games--Iseman liar
monyl 1854: Chaconas king Solomon
l64 Dyre Mount Hermonl. 159.
High strikes-Watson Tia Fayette). So !;
Webb washington CentenniaD. 30; Urban
High spares-.Urban ia Fayettel. 1917:
RosenberR IS, j.. Gompersl 1872 BURNER
washington Centennial). 130.
La Fayette chung to first place in the
Masonic League by making clean
sweep of it's set with j. H. Milans
last week. In taking these three
games it rolled into second place for
high team set with Lib
Brightwood dropped three games to
Washington Centennial and the latter
went back into second place.
Some fine sets We're turned in last
week, the most notable being Golfers
393. Other sets of $50 or better were:
Watson, 3S4: I1eeler. 1872: Papas, 361;
Webb, 353; FetSer, $751;
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High team game--Arcadia, GAO
High team set--King Pins. | 500,
High individual game--Logan tMyer
Davtsl. 172.
High individual set--Campbell tRing
Pinsi 434
High avcrage--Logan (Myer Davis). Ito.
King Pin widened the breach be-
tween itself and Meyer Davis in the
National Capital circuit when, with
Glenn Weideman in top form, it
swept the series with Internal Reve-
nue.
Meyer Davis took another Knockout
blow when the II. b. Denham team
beat it two Of three games.
Joseph Phillips showed return to
old form when it took all three
games from Rosslyn.
The Belmonts made a clean sweep
of the set with Jerry's Stars.
The Arcadians picked out the time
that X. of c. rolled it's 603 game to
break the league record and roll a
$40 string. Pretty tough on the
CaseyS.
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tShtoHlViukSJS u.
ECONOMIES put on pressure and after
dropping the first game of the set to
the Interbureaus won the second and
third contests rather easily, stepping
into first place in the Aggie Leagues
standing for the first time this season
though only by a margin of 33 pins.
being deadlocked with the Accounts
five in the matter of games won and
lost. Dixon's set of 345 was the best
effort for the winners, while Conklin
total 342 to lead the Interbureau
bowlers, his count of 1877 in the first
game giving his team its sole victory.
Accounts, with Capt. Stork in some
thing of slump, dropped two games
to the So-Kems and slipped out of
first place. The entire team was below
form, while the So-Kems Travelled at a
smooth, even pace. Indications point
to a real match next week when the
Accounts outfit hooks up with the
Economics team in a battle for Sc
cure grip on first place.
Rudy Deglantz threw something of
surprise into the Solicitors camp
when his Entomology bowlers took
the lawyers over the jumps in two
out of the three games, Rudy con-
tributing set of 343 to his teams
WIN. IN the only game lOSL Dy En-
tomology he staged a garrison finish,
pulling a doubleheader in the eighth
and ninth boxes and compiling a game
of 1872. His team lost by a margin of
pins when Ruppert,a shooting an
Choir for the Solicitors. registered a
spare in his tenth box and counted
9 on it.
Property, bowling in the form that
won it the leagues championship last
season, shattered Plant Bureaus win
ming streak by taking two of the
games rolled between these outfits. 1t
was the first match lost by Plant since
December 8. Harry Nelson, at anchor
for Property, spared in his tenth box
and counted s pins to give his team a
victory by Spin margin. after the
game had been counted in Plants won
column by most of tie gallery. F'errall
had the best set of the match, 342. for
Plant Bureau; while Nelson, Myers
and Hollis bowled wei for Property.
The match was unusually even, Prop
erty totaling 1854 for its set, against
a total of 1853 for Plant.
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Centennial had it's lead cut last week
in the East Washington Church
League, by losing two games to Ninth
No. I. The Ninth Streeters were led
by Donald Forney with 3S2 set, while
Cordell topped his team mates with
362 set.
Others who rolled good sets last
week and We're mainly responsible for
their teams winning were Meader of
Ninth No. with 364 and Price of
Waugh with 1856.
Waugh knocked off Fifteenth Street
for two games, establishing new rec
ord for high team game, by splitting
the naples for 598 in it's first win.
Douglas No. 2 won it's first set of
the season by taking Gorsuch into
camp for three games.
The results of the week leave three
teams tied for third place and with
first place within easy reach of any of
the first five teams.
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ATHLETIC CLUB LEAGUE.
Team Standing.

High team set-Recrea sI7.
High team ganfe--Nationals. $50.
High individual set-Paccini tRecrea-
toni. 800.
High individual game. Wolstenholme
fArlingtOn). 100.
High strikes-Sanders tSmithfields) and
Tompros (Ahepa). ~.
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DISTRICT GOVERNMENT LEAGUE.

High team game-Sewer Department. $50.
High team set--Chief Clerk r. d. 1857.
High strikes-Sewer Department 81.
High spares-Sewer Department. 295.
High individual average-Steele. Sewer De-
partment. 1917.
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JOLLY ANTLERs BUSY.

jolly Antlers A. C. are forming a
junior base ball team for the coming
season. Players interested should
write Manager Mike De Bella at 322
Third street northeast.
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INTERNAL REVENUE LEAGUE.
Team Standing.

High avefage-Leslie. I0S-40.
High set-Leslie. Rontson. 1863
High game-Shear 14Q
High spares--Lesie III.
High strikes-TarteT. 20
High team game-PersOnal Audit JS7
High team set--Personal Audit 1644
Personal Audit gained command
ing lead in the pennant race in the
Internal Revenue League by making
a clean sweep of it's match with An.
mex No. /.
Clearing Division lost a chance to
tie for second place by dropping a
game to the tail-end Special Adjust
ment team. Consolidated took two
games from Solicitors to tie the
Lawyers at the head of the second
division.
. Miscellaneous finished ahead of
Executives in two of their games
after dropping the first one by three
pins.
Arlington bowlers brought their win
ming streak up to IL straight in dis
posing of the Hugh Reilly Company
last week in the Athletic Club League
Smithf1elds turned in high set, 1,741,
and high game, 59S, for the week and
gave the Orrison Coal Company
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tenn. Burrows with 40 was second
and Shelton with Sc. third.
The clubs viii face next over the
Oriole Club traps on February 10.
Yesterdays scores:
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that team to drop to the cellar posi-
ton.
Parkhurst of Coast Survey rolled
the highest set to date, tOtaling 366
pins.
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SINGLES

Other scores In the singles, 100 tar
gets being shot at unles otherwise
stated, follow:
Becixwith so: c. White. 20: Franklin
81 MahOney. IS; Miss German. 33x5O
Marten. 90: Wynkoop. 81; sAlbaugh. 90
sP N. shelton % Parsons. 50 Miller. 80
Richards So; Dove So; n Geerman. e
Mai. J. 6. Smith. 81; 'worthington. %
wagner, a2; GoOde. IS Bay.. "a scott. 80
Pfeiffer SO: Horton. 3Qx50: HShaab. 41x5O
McCaron. 60x75: Blundon. 50. and Constan-
tine. So. professional.
other scores in the doubles, 50 tar
gets being shot at, were:
Martin AZ: Wynkoop. 40: Derinz 80
Richards A.: Bay. 80; Beckwith, 80. Par
sons. 30. and p. N. Shelton. A
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match was indefinitely postponed by
mutual agreement.
AGRICULTURE INTERBUREAU LEAGUE.
Team Standing

High team sets--Economics ,613; Plant
Industry. 1912; Solicitors, 6O7
=, High team games-Interbureaus 593:
Economics, 577: Plant Industry $40
High individual sets---Murphy (Solicitors),
$40; stork (Accounts), 372; Conklin Inter
bureau), 37I !
High individual games--Moeller $50.
kems) and Dixon (Economicsl 149 each;
Stork and Terwisse lAccounts) 14S each.
High gain over handicap average-Eliff
Entomology, 81.
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Loganport, Ind, High School has
two basket ball teams, Varsity A play
ing all the home games and Varsity
3. doing all the travelling.
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EAST WASHINGTON CHURCH LEAGUE.
Team Standing.

High individual average--Cordell. HOBS.
High individual game-Jeffries. 15I
High individual set-Price. 3SS.
High individual epares--Cordell 124.
High individual strikes-Forney. 49,
High team ganle--Waugh. sos.
High team set-Ninth No. L. 1888
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NATIONAL CAPITAL LEAGUE.
a.

High team game-Arcadia. GAO.
High team set--King Pins. 500.
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High team game--Mount Pleasant and
Golden Rule 500.
High team set-Amity. 1858.
High individual game--Ward and Harville,
las
High individual set-Harville 397.
High. individual average----Harville. 113.
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pitfalls Of the city under the guild
ance Of The Washington Times
and also what pleasure it gives The
Times to provide such entertain.
ment for othe unfortunate shut-ins.
Harry Harrison, who called him
sci: the ''clown of the air." cap
tured the continental broadcast
honors from WAY, Cleveland, with
his bubbling, intimate fooleries.
Anita Bancroft at WTAM. another
Cleveland station, made radiotics
sit up and take notice with her
fine voice and the expert manner
in which she used it. From WGN
an unusually good concert was
heard by the Salernos group and
WPX, Havana, provided a novelty
orchestra that kept radio sets
tuned long after the usual bed
time hour.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-23
Isaac Mcbride to
Speak Here on Russia

The first Of a series Of lectures
to be held at the Playhouse, 1914 N
st. N. W., during the next three
months. VIII be delivered tonight
at 8 o'clock by Isaac Mcbride on
"Russia's international Policy"
Representatives Of the British
Labor Party. who are expected to
visit the United States in March
and April. win discuss labor and
political problems confronting the
workers Of Europe at meetings to
be arranged for them.