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Evening star., 1927-04-03
PRIZES IN CITY DUCKPIN
TOURNEY TO TOTAL $500

first, silver cup. presented By King
Pin Bowling Alleys: second, silver belt
buckle and leather belt, presented By
w. Fl. Wright, booster for duckpins in
Washington: class b, first. silver cup,
presented by Northeast Bowling Al
leys: second. links and shirt studs,
presented by The Hecht Co.; class c.
first, silver cup, presented by Bruins
wick Bake Collender Co.; second, sill
yer belt buckle. presented by Sol
Herzog; special event class. bowling
trophy. presented by Oppenheimer &
Shah.
For high game. any class-First.
silver cup, presented by. Recreation
Bowling Alleys; second, Manhattan
shirt, presented by Fashion Shop;
third, hat, presented by Vienna Hat
Co. fourth, necktie, presented by
Young Mems Shop; fifth and sixth,
5-pound bag of Wilkins Breakfast cof
fee presented by John Fl. Wilkins Co..
seventh. eighth, and ninth, 2-pound
box Nanny Lou candy presented by
Peoples Drug Stores.
One dollar for each doubIe-header
strike.
Five dollars for each triple-header
strike.
Evening star., 1927-04-03
BANKERS LEAGUE.
TaaS,, Gfoudiu1

High team game-Perpetual. 6o3; Bank
High team set-Riggs, .677: Washington
Loan; 1879: American Security Trust.
logf HsP n?SsRsl SseBs fSGssdfH 5S wddd 53 Pol
,oH High individgal sset11Hrown1 tPerpetuaD
High spares-sheehy 339.
Gheen. 112-10: V. OFT. 110.6s
With only three weeks more to go
the race in the Bankers League Is be.
coming. hotter with every match.
This week the American Security
and Trust, with six straight wins and
forfeiture, pulled up within one
game of the National Bank of Wash
ington, and when these two teams
meet soon a great battle is expected
The Bank of Washington has been
doing some exceptional bowling, it's
last II sets having been better than
] 800.
Hibbs & Co.. and Federal.
each took one game from the Bank of
Washington, which considerably helped
American Security's cause
Riggs National lost a little ground
when 1t dropped one game to Fed
seems safely in third place and may
better its position when it meets
American Security.
All hands in the Bankers League
just now are getting ready for the
Bankers Annual Tournament, which
viii be held next Saturday from l to
pm. on the Convention Hall alleys
1t Will be q closed tournament and
only those employees of the institutions
having teams in the league are eli
gible. The outlook for the affair this
year is very bright, and there is a lot
OF enthusiasm among the various
teams. 1t is expected to be the biggest
tournament the Bankers have ever
held. with possibility of $50 entries
Evening star., 1927-04-03
ATHLETIC CLUB LEAGUE

High tIg team set--Recreation. 1s17.
High team game---Natonals 652.
n. High indiyidual set--McKitrck (Unior
,,rl5,sh. High in,dsiyyidual Ssme--Cowles Union
High strikes--Prevost (Ortjsonl 40
High spares--Mandley (Arlingfont l76
algh average Work (Smith felds>
Arlington's chance to win the
championship of the Athletic Club
League was blasted the past week in
its match with the leading Smith
fields. After winning the first game,
Arlington was nosed out in the second
tilt and was completely outclassed in
the last.
Recreation, by white-washing the
Orrison Coal Go. in three games, re-
gained second place over Arlington.
The G Streeters' triumph was featured
by the rolling of Frank Henderson
with q, set of 37S, while Ollie Paccini,
a teammate banged out 371, Jimmie
Clark with 81 was high for the coal
men.
The Nomads as usual found the
Union Printers easy prey. Eddie
PesIell did the best shooting for the
Wanderers. while Frank Mischou led
the Printers with the best game of the
week, 1856
The other two matches resulted in
the Nationals winning two from
Hugh Reilly and Georgetown taking a
like number from Ahepa
Evening star., 1927-04-03

opens at convention nan uH
April IS. They include numerous
cups and cash awards.
Secretary Arville l.. Ebersole an
nounced yesterday that entries Tor the
tournament will be received until next
Saturday, April 9, instead OF last
night, as previously announced. The
additional time has been allowed, ne
explains. in order that several leagues
which meet the first of this week may
have an opportunity TO arrange 10
enter the tournament.
Official rating of the clubs in the as
sociation will be made as soon as all
the league records have been compiled.
Secretary Ebersole is anxious to have
all official scorers send in their aver
ages for the season so that the team
and individual ratings may be COM
pleted.
The prizes offered and the donors
are:
For the best nine-game total-Class
A, silver cup, presented by Washing
ton Times: class B. silver cup. pre-
sented by Washington Post; class c.,
silver cup, presented by Evening Star
Newspaper Co.
For best set of singles-Class A. sill
Yer cup. presented by the Bulletin;
class 3. silver cup, presented by
Washington Herald; class G, silver
cup, presented by Convention Hall
Bowling Alleys.
For high set in any event--Class A.
Evening star., 1927-04-03
NATIONAL cAPITAL LEAGUE.

High team game----Areadia. $40.
High team set--King Pin, 1888.
High individual game--Logan Meyer Da-
High individual set-Campbell tKing Pinl
434
:. high Individual average-work (Joseph
HIGH strikesWwork (Joseph PHILLIPS, 45
High spares--Mller tBelmonts). 1855.
Joseph Phillips Co., knights of
Columbus, Young's Stars. Belmonts
and King Pins were the respective
winners last week in the National
Capital League with the II. B. Den
ham, Rosslyn steel Internal Revenue,
Arcadia and Meyer Davis teams finish.
ing on the short end of the scores.
None of these results, however,
affected the standing of the teams.
King Pins, clinching its second sue
eessive pennant. with Meyer Davis
practically gaining the runner-up post.
The race for third place Is still on
with Joseph Phillips and Belmonts the
principals. Both teams have won the
same number of games, but the phil
lips crew has postponed match with
the Meyer Davis club that may he
rolled this week.
Al Work of the Sausagemen rolled
372 set and increased his average TO
1865, practically assuring him Of
leading the circuit when the curtain
falls on the fifteenth. Though he
failed TO count any strikes in his
string Of 122. 123 and 127 games, he
still tops the field with As. none of
the runners up adding to their strings
AS to spares. Frank Miller is the
leader with 1855. Seltzer, Whalen and
Weidman are trailing we'll behind for
second place. for which there is M
prize.
The best sets turned in Included the
following: Works 372: Myers 347,
Walkers 331. Webb's 352 Prices 34S,
Phillips 34S. Mischou's BAT. Nuber's
312 Megan's 361 and McGolrick's 401.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

%WO golf events of more than
passing interest will usurp the
attention Of Capital golfers to
morrow, while today the sec.
ond round in the first big club
affair of the year is scheduled,
Bright and early tomorrow morning
4 group of 80 or more golf profession
Ais from the District of Columbia
: Maryland and Virginia. gathered un-
Ger the banner of the Middle Atlantic
Professional Golfers Association, will
meet on the first tee at the Columbia
Country Club for the initial tourney
Of the organization. Later in the day
they will hold their annual meeting,
elect officers and discuss plans for the
Fcon7ing Journeys of the association.
Late tomorrow afternoon repre-
sentatives Of virtually all the Govern
ment departments will gather at the
/ Treasury Department to discuss de-
tails for the forthcoming Government
4 team championship to be played at
the Manor Club in June for the An
drew w. Mellon trophy. donated by
fthe Secretary nf the Treasury, and
for other prizes A committee headed
! hv John r. Harris has drawn up a
constitution and bylaws for the
fSso-called ''Tnterdepartmental Golf
League. setting forth the aims of
4 the league and the terms of the com
petition.
Interc;ty Match Saturday.
Next Saturday a team Of nine golf
ers from the New Maryland Country
( Club Of Baltimore will engage an
equal group Of golfers of the Wash
ington Golf and Country Cluo over
the washington Golf and Country
+ Club course in the first round OF a
+, two-day team match
Golf is getting underway around
Washington. and within month the
big tournaments will be in progress,
ushering in practically nine straight
5 weeks of h,gh-cIass competition for
< those who can spare the time to play.
f Courses are in top-notch condition.
aided materially by the early Spring
and the determined efforts of greens
\ committees to help nature.
J With the first round of the event
( finished Yesterday, Indian Spring
golfers now are to swing into the sec
ond round of their two-man team COM
petition. handicap affair which VIII
run well into MAY.
Although Roland II. MaeKenzie's $
/. long driving now is known on both
sides of the Atlantic, the youngster
who has made heavy hitting by
word in the championships in which
s-he has competed, gave Columbia mem
bers a new stunt to talk of the other
day Roland returned to Washington
from Brown University last Wednes-
dav. In his first round this Spring
over the Columbia course he hit one
on the seventeenth that carried to the
green, a matter of something more
than 280 wards. Some authorities
claim a 275-yard carry is impossible,
but Roland. Bob Jones. Jesse Gull
ford and other long hitters are doing
it. And Roland has carried on the
seventeenth green from the back tee.
Y. c. Diekey, an enthusiastic mem
Der of the Washington Golf and Coun-
Evening star., 1927-04-03

~ OWLINC'S popularity in Wash
ington is evidenced in it's power
to hold the limelGht at this
season Of the year. Profes
sional and amateur basket ban
have gone down to hard death max
ing way for COLLEGE. sandlot and pro
fessional base ball. track and other
Spring outdoor pastimes. Not so with
the alley sport. Regardless of the
fact that maple spill ng Is indoor ex-
ercise. II holds its own in Washing
ton until the weather gets hot
Several of the duciipin leagues have
finished their official championship
races for the season, but many others
will continue far into May
The exciting part of the bowling
season is at hand The finals In most
of the leagues and the two major
tournaments OF the season are still
in the offinG. Intercity matches are
numerous for the various duckpln
teams of the District. Several inter
city matches Gfe now in progress. and
will not be completed for several
weeks.
The two big tournaments of the sea
WASHINGTON City Duckpin Asso.
citation, opening April Is, and Wash
in~ton Ladies' Duckpin Association,
opening Nav are the big pins yet
to be felled. Both Of these events
should prove even more interesting
than they have In former years.
Secretary Arville l.. Ebersole has
predicted that at least 200 teams will
vie for honors in the mems tourna
ment. with about 25 teams competing
in the special independent matches
that have been added to the program.
Women's teams have until midnight,
49, no, Nnf.ss
for their tournament. These matches
will open on Monday May :.
A ladies' bowling league. composed
of at least 80 and possibly 40 teams. is
assured for Washington next season.
RAYMOND Cross and William Fl. Dyre
both Masonic League enthusiasts.
state.
The league hopes to carry the name
of the Eastern Star sorority and Will
appeal Ito the grand chapter of that
order at its annual meeting In NAV
to sanction the plan. The teams VIII
represent the various chapters OF the
order.
The name of the league and mum
her of teams to be included are the
only uncertain quantities. Organiza-
ton will be effected next THURSDAY
night at 8 O'Clock at a meeting in Con
vention Hall.
Twentv-eight chapters of the order
have indorsed the plan and have
elected captains. About six other
chapters have agreed to enter teams
in the league and viii be represented
al the meeting next week.
The organizers of the circuit would
like to secure 40 teams for the league
but state they are figuring on 80
teams only. 1t is thought that some
of the present proposed teams will oe
withdrawn before the race gets un-
der way next year.
Evening star., 1927-04-03
THE COMMERCIAL LEAGUE.

But one more series remains to be
rolled in the Commercial League and
the result of these games will not af-
feet either Carry's. who is the leading
team, or The Evening Star team, in
second place. However, there are
four teams tied for third place and
an interesting battle is certain Times
Herald boys should breeze in, as the
schedule favors them, they having the
last place Sworzyn's team to roll.
Last week there were no sweeps of
sets Carrys took the odd game from
Woodward & Lothrop, The Evening
Star did the same against Washing
ton Battery Co. and Dulin & Martin
and the Young Mems Shop won like
wise from Times-Herald and Galts.
The Evening Star rolled high game,
571, and high set, $3.50. for the week
Evening star., 1927-04-03
AGRICULTURAL INTERBuREAU LEAGUE

High team sets--Property. .ea7 Plant
Industry. q 633: solicitors: ,632; .o.
pransy ash 'fs@ Sss Bams IS ss1 0'S
High individual sets-Lindstrom fPlantl
377: Murphy tSolicitors), 374 Stork tAc-
High individual gsmes-Myers prop
ertyl. 151,, Moeiler so-Kemsl Dixon Eco
High gain over handicap average--Raake
Accounts, ~ pins.
Capt Stork and Bill Raake helped
the Accounts five to compile 1,6l4
team count when they registered sets
of $50 and 332, respectively. giving
the team q sweep over the Inter-,
bureaus; win that apparently ties
up the 1926-27 championship for
Accounts, since only three more
games are to be rolled and these
are with the tailenders, Entomology
Terwise and Cooper also bowled well
for Accounts, while Smith was the
only InterburealI shooter able To get
going. his set of 81 being the only
one for his team over the 800 mark.
Bill Raake's 141 game was high.
Economics took two of three games
from the So-Kems. though outrolled
by the latter, 1887 to 1904, on the
set. Dixon and Barber were the big
guns in the Economics team wins.
while Adams and Charley Gersdorff
led the So-kems, and Adams regis
tering 131 for high game of the
match.
Plant Industry slipped into third
place by taking all three games from
the Entomology five, F'errall had
high count for Plant with games
of 112. 107 and lis, while De Glantz
was the only Entomology bowler get
ting over the 800 mark for his set
DR.. Martin rolled three good games
for Plant Bureau. getting 100. 98 and
105, low counts on marks holding the
set total down considerably.
The Property team outrolled Solic-
itors by SAB TO l,496, but dropped
the second game when McConville
and Ruppert put over counts of f2i=
and f13, respectively, for the lawyers.
Evening star., 1927-04-03
CUE KING,
LISTS MATCH HERE

Erwin Rudolph, world pocket bill
lard champion, will meet Joe Con-
cannon, local star. in 450.point
match, at the Arcadia next Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
These two experts have both seen
about the same number of years In
this sport.
Concannon defeated Rudolph back
in 1925. Since then Rudolph has
forged to the top of the list, having
defeated Greenleaf on January %.
concannon was the New York State
champion for three years. and finished
third in the world title matches In
1920
Evening star., 1927-04-03

dropped two games to the fast travel
ing Washington Stars last week. they
are still out in front by lone tilt.
While Drifters were losing their pair,
Bonzai and Potomac each were scor-
ing two-game triumphs, 10 gain a
game on the pace settlers. DAILY OF
Drifters regained the lead in high indi-
vidual average, picking up As pins
on Miltner. who had been out in front.
In the bronze medal contest Raecar
runner-up. pulled to two games be-
hind Potomac. league leader. by win.
ming one while the latter was dropping
all three.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

Curb team. by spurts during the past
three or four weeks has pulled his
mark 10 1863 and is now but ~ pins
back of the pace-setter.
The best scores turned in last week
included Groff's 329, McGolrick's 3l5.
Thorpe's 341, Wards S 352, Friends 376,
Canpbell's 361, Cowden's 37a, Honer's
36S, Wolstenhome' ass and ochler's $
33S
In addition to the regular scheduled
games this week. the postponed set
of Cornells Lunch with Meyer Davis
will be rolled on Thursday No pro-
vision has been made as yet for rolling
the curb Cafe.G. r. o. or the Curb
Cafe Temple matches.
Evening star., 1927-04-03
BOWLING LEADERS STICK.

PEORIA. H.. April 2 tP.-N
Nelson of Hammond, Ind, rolled into
tie for eighth place here in the
singles at the A. 3. C. tournament
with a SIS score, shooting games of
223. 246 and eos. Other leaders were
undiSturbed.
Evening star., 1927-04-03
,ef Under Way Tomorrow Nelson Toughest Of All LghtUegts
DOPE ON RACES IN VARIOUS DUCKPIN CIRCUITS

Frank Donaldson, Nelson and Tai
bert all bowled we'll for Property,
while Eddie Matthias, returning TO
the alleys after an illness, staged
decided comeback, shooting 3l1 for
bis set.
Evening star., 1927-04-03
EAST WASHINGTON CHURCH LEAGUE.

ltlgh in0lN10udI aNPTAER-~-GUTuPll. l'frb4
High individual game--Hughes l61.
High individual set. Hughes. 80!
High individual sBares-Cordell, 1g2
High individual strik kes--Forney ~
Eirh team game--Waugh. 59S.
High team set Ninth. No. /, 6S3.
Ingram team, leader in the East
Washington Church circuit, lost
ground last week by dropping two
to the Fifteenth Street Christians,
while Ninth No. and Centennial, the
nearest contenders, werea winning
from Gorsuch and Waugh Ninth No.
, took two from Keller. Epworth
knocked off Douglas No 2 for couple
and the lexington, boys showed what
they could do by taking two from the
strong Douglass No ] team. With
five more sets to be rolled and with
standing of teams changing every
week. an exciting finish is expected
Donald Forney of Ninth No. ! rolled
high set for the week hanging up a
mark of $40 for his three games; Muir
ray of Keller shot a nice 14l for high
individual game; Gordell of Centennial
struck his stride and rolled 354 for his
set: NJ. Snellings of Douglass No. ?
rolled game of 1873 to help his team
to victory, and Mitchell of Ingram
topped his mates with S41 set
Evening star., 1927-04-03

RIzES totaling $2.5Oo are to be
awarded this year in the
Washington City Duckpin AS
sociation tournament, which
nnens af Convention Hall ON
Evening star., 1927-04-03

Retired LishtweiTht Chsmnion OF the World.
n YEw YORK, April Who was
M the toughest of all the light
NJ weights?
Evening star., 1927-04-03
BOWIE ENTRIES

FIRST RAcE,-IFuTse. 81 200: maiden 2
Evening star., 1927-04-03

TWO golf events of more than
passing interest will usurp the
attention Of Capital golfers to-
4 morrow, while today the sec
L l.. IL Ok
Evening star., 1927-04-03

The Washington Golf and Country
Club clubhouse is getting new coat
of stucco on the major portion of its
upper stories. The work will be com
pleted in about two weeks.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

Tom Armour, Congressional pro,
and Fred Mcleod. mentor at Column
bia, arrived back in the city yesterday
after competing in the North and
South open. Armour, Travelled with
the pro brigade which started tour
in California in December.
Evening star., 1927-04-03

Maryland Country Club golfers who
win play at the Washington Golf and
Country Club next Saturday and sun
day include r. Lee Slingluff. Frank
Sweeney. Snowden Hoff, Roland Long.
G. H. Spedden. John Sand, Charles
Neal Jack Philbin and c. H. Gilbert.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-11
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Chicago, Feb. ll.-(u. S. d. Of A.,
Hogs $4,000; fairly active; gencr-
ally 20 to rs cents lower than Thurs
days average; spots 40 cents or more
lower on butchers as compared with
best TINT; top 1920 paid for choice
$50 pound weight; bulk l4O to 200
pound averages ll.9O@l2.l5; most
2lO to 24O pound butchers 11.65Ml
1870: bulk $50 to 800 pound averages
ll.55Ml1.65; bulk packing sows
mostly hcavics lO.50M1O.75; most
slaughter pigs 1l.5OQ1l.75; selected
strong weight 1900; heavyweight
hogs ll.5OM1l.75: medium 1900
1900; light n.75Ml2.l5: light light
ll.5O0 1920; packing sows 10.4O@
HOO; slaughter pigs ll.25@l2.OO.
Cattle 5000; most killing classes
steady to strong; bulls slow weak;
fat steers scarce; best 1l.75: few
loads ll.OOQll.50; bulk 9.OO@lO.5O;
weighty Texas cake fed 1850; light
or and less desirable Kind 9.5OM9.15;
stockers and feeders firm; 7.25M
S.25; most medium bulls 6.OOM6.25;
vcalers l2.50@13.50; outsiders up
ward to 1850.
Sheep $4,000: very slow; few early
sales fat lambs about steady; top to
shippers 1926; desirable lambs 1915
Ml3.0O; few heavy lambs around
1875; culls steady; l0.OO0lll.OO; fat
ewes unchanged; desirable ewes $50
$50: feeding lambs steady; choice
lightweight lambs held above 1900;
desirable kind mostly 12.50@l275;
medium light weight and good hcav-
les 1926.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-11
GRAIN
LIVESTOCK
MARKETS
By Associated Pres Leased Wire
WHEAT MARKET
STEADY TODAY
Prices Open Unchanged to
u Cent Off. But Soon Rally
Corn, Oats Firm

Chicago, Feb. 1l.---lF)--With all
American grain exchanges scheduled
to take holiday tomorrow, wheat
trade was light today, and. prices al
most at standstill. For the most
part, business WIS confined to even
ing. up Of accounts. Hard winter
wheat at the Gulf of Mexico was Mt
abotu the lowest level of the season
as compared with May but the move
ment in the southwest was reported
as falling off.
Wheat closed easy. unchanged to
a cent lower. corn unchanged to \.
cent up, oats unchanged to q cent
advance, and provisions varying
from Is cents decline to rise OF
two cents.
Steadness Of Liverpool whoa: to-.
day Notwithstanding increased ship
ments from Argentina, attracted con-
siderable attention here.
Bears in wheat today were dis
posed to stress on apparent small
ness Of export business from North
America. Indications Of only poor
domestic milling demand was also
emphasized. with assertions likewise
current were the main element Of
strength in wheat is Withholding Of
supplies.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-11
MINNEAPOLIS FUTURES
DULL AND lRAGCY TODAY

Minneapolis, Fob. 1l.--t4)-Whca,
futures ruled dull and draggy today
news being bearish on the main and
trade largely confined to evening w
for over the holiday tommorrow
Prices held within range Of y
cent up to late in the session.
Oats were slow within !. cen,
range. May barley was dull and
draggy.
May rye opened steady, dipped 3.
cent and recovered part way. May
flaxsccd held ut Thursdays closing
level.
Cash wheat demand continued
spotted. Only the dry. heavy weight
springs Of fair to good protein were
in good demand. Intermediate quail
ity and weight under 81 pounds ruled
slow. A slightly better demand ex-
listed for the poor wheat, but it still
moved, slowly. Winter wheat was in
fair demand, with offerings light.
Corn offerings were small and de-
mand was quiet to fair. Oats were
in quiet to fair demand, with offer
ings slim.
Rye was slim and quiet.
Barley was firm at So to "A cents.
Flaxsccd was firm.