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ing a license to fish in the Potomac is
going To materially help restore fish
ing in this stream. which is known as
the second home of the bass, having
been planted there many years ago,
being transported across the country
from the Mi sissippi Valley region.
The large mouth bass angler also
has had his inning. From reports
reaching the writer. many of these
gamesters We're and are being landed
in the Virginia and Maryland creeks
and coves. The largest catch known
to this column was landed about a
month ago when two local anglers
succeeded in bagging IT, none of
which weighed less than a pound and
hale and some of them tipping the
scales at over three pounds.
The 1926 fishing season was a ban
ner one for the salt water anglers. The
fresh water fishermen were handi-
capped by muddy water practically
the entire Summer of that year. The
past season put reverse English on
fishing and balanced things up in IA
vor of the fresh water angler.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL LEAGUE.

High team set--H. b. Denham Co I743
High team game-King Pin, 635
High Individual set-Muvey H. b. Den
High Individual game-Mulvey III. B,
Denham), 1852.
With but two weeks remaining be-
fore the holiday recess, King Pin and
Meyer Davis clubs of the National
Capital League will stage a bitter bat
tie TO gain the jump in the race for
the 1927-1928 championship. Latest
statistics indicate that the two clubs
are very closely matched. each having
won tWo-thirds of their games.
incidentally. King Pin held the lead
at the beginning of the week, but it's
sudden slump caused it to lose two to
II. B. Denham to make it four losses
out of six starts this week, the other
two reYerses coming in the District
circuit.
Meyer Davis managed to regain its
skill after rolling 475 in its first game
against Monarch Insurance and took
the next two to bring about the dead
lock. Owens and Bauer grabbed a
pair from National Capital A. c. and
drew into Il tie with Arcadia for third
place, when the latter lost a rOl-off
Of its first game with Chevy Chase,
who won its sixth game of the sea-
son.
The other match of the week saw
Columbia drop two to Charles ii.
Tompkins, thus aiding the latter to
moYe into fifth place as the result of
it's seventh win in the last nine starts.
Mediocre scores prevailed through
out the program, with but of the
80 team games passing $50. No new
records were established.
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Ingram team continued its splendid
bowling in the East Washington
Church League and took TN ee games
last week from the Gorsuch five. This
gives the leaders a five-game edge
over Douglas No. !, which won three
from Fifth Baptist and moved up into
second place, showing EpWorth down
into thhd
EpwCrth had tough shedding ard
lost two 10 Centennial No. l, Ninth
No. won three from Roller and Ninth
No. took three close games from
Centennial No. ,; Douglas No. step
ped out and took a couple from Fiji
teenth Street Christian and Waugh
won two from Metropolitan Baptist.
Clarence Mitchell of Ingram, with
152 game and 367 set, was the star
of the week and with Charley Ste
phenson, who heads the list in the
number Of strikes, kept their team in
front at all times Charley rolled a
1871 game and a 335 set.
Ralph Cady, rolling on Ninth No. >,
with a 40 game and 364 set, was the
next best bowler of the week and was
the big gun in the winning Of three
for his team.
Others who shot good games or sets
were MeGaw. with 1873 game and 35G
set; Lilley, with 131 game: =. Smell.
ings, with 1870 game. and NJ. Snelings,
with 25l set
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AHEPA LEAGUE.
Team Standing.

11l-l2.
High individual game. Spiridopoulos, 1873
High individual set, Mantzours, 361.
High spares, MantZouris. Sc
High fiat game, Places Christopher 81
High team game. Plato. 593
High team set Hercules sos.
Plato made its leading position more
firm in the Ahepa League last week
by winning two from Aristotle and
all three from Socrates. With the ex-
ception Of Zaharoudis, the members
of Plato rolled an average of over
zoe in both sets and established a
new game record of 500. Christopher
tied the high fiat score of "a, held by
Places.
The fighting Pericles continued its
losing streak by dropping all three
games to Hercules. Versis finally
rolled over 100 per game. While the
contest between Hermis and Aristotle
was nothing to brag about, the former
took advantage Of all the breaks"
and grabbed all three games.
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D. C. TENNIS PLAYERS
PLAY IN BALTIMORE

Washington's indoor tennis team
will so after it's second win in az
many starts in the Winter Indoor
Tennis League this afternoon when
the locals engage the Racquet Club
of Baltimore on the Fifth Regiment
Armor courts in the Maryland Metro
polls. The matches start at > o'clock.
Last Sunday Washington defeated
the Baltimore American Legion team.
Frank Shore, local boy champion,
and Dean Judd, Cornell title holder,
are newcomers to the local team,
who will appear in todays engage
ment. Others making up the Wash,
ington combination are Bob Burwen'
Carter Baum, Everett Simon and Bob
Considine.
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COMMERCE LEAGUE.

High team sot--Patents No. L. 1914;
High team game-Patents No. l, 5g4
High individual Settlements tMinesl ,
36S
High average-Clements (Mines), 10s1s.
standard won double header from
Coast and Geodetic Survey last week
in the Department Of Commerce
League and now is assured of win
ming the first series of games. Mines
also won two games from Buforcom
No. while Secretary's Office was los
ing three egames to Patents No. ana
now is tied for second place.
Fugett of Mines scored a count OF
155 and new league record for a
single game while his set of 367 fell
.two pins short of establishing an
other league mark.
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Mount Pleasant received quite an
unpleasant surprise in the Odd Eel
lows League last week when the quint
representing Magenenu threw it for a
tWo-game loss. Pope, anchor man for
the winners, rolled 1872 and 33S for
| best game and set of the match. his
scores having a direct bearing on tn.
result.
Folger, of Loyalty enjoyed a good
night on the alleys, leading his team :
assault on Central as Loyalty won the
odd game. FQlgers best game was
| 1873 and his total for the three, 331.
| w. Mason rolled well for Central,
| turning in set OF 1923.
Langd0n suffered a severe setback
| at the hands of Eastern, the latter
applying that famous brush. Presi.
dent Lawson proved to his many ad-
| mirers that despite his corpulent ap-
| pearance he can bowl when necessity
arises. In both the first and second
contests he came through at oppor.
/ tune times with games Of 100 and lis.
| his team winning by few pins in
each instance.
BY the time the third game rolled
around. he was exhausted from his
previous efforts and turned in Sc, but
the other members of the team took it
upon themselves to carry Eastern
| across in the final. Lawson's 324 was
the best individual total of the match,
though Claggett was considerable of a
help with 319. Stanton of Langdon
rolled his usual steady game, totaling
313.
In the HarmonyCanton setto. good
bowling predominated. Harmony
rolled a game of 557 and a set of 1900,
with Morgan, it's anchor, demonstrate
ing that he has attained top form by
hitting games of 134, 10 and 102 for
total Of 346, the best of the match
However, he was ably assisted by the
other members of his quint, all sof
whom rolled better than their aver
ages. Sterling Chamberlain turned in
a set of 500 for Canton and Wines
contributed 313, but their teammates
could not come through. Harmony
won three.
John Harville led the Fred D. Stuart
quint to triple win over Mount Nebo.
HarVille's total for these three games
amounted to 339. Griffith and Greg
Dry also rolled well. Marvel was the
| only member of Mount Nebo in form.
Arlington gave Brightwood No. l a
lacing in all three games. Gordon of
the winners had game of 100 and set
of 347, easily the best of the contest.
Furgason made his debut with the
Brightwood boys and turned in the
best set for his team.
Amity enjoyed a field day, winning
six games, three from Brightwood No
/ and three from Eastern. p Elicit
was high for Amity in both contests
with 367 and 357, respectively. j. Ell
lett and Wallace Donaldson also rolled
well for Amity. Claggett was high
for Eastern and Hale contributed the
best bowling for Brightwood
Golden Rule climbed right back into
the pennant race by taking the set
from Washington, Neither side rolled
| as well as might be expected, but the
Golden Rule boys We're just good
enough to win
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DISTRICT LEAGUE.

High team set--Convention Hall 1917.
{lgh team game-ConventIon Hall. 643.
High individual set. Wolstenhome
High Individual game-worlz Convention
HalD. 1T6.
High individual average-Whalen ICON
yentlon HalD. 1904,
Convention Hall appears to be well
on its way to another pennant in the
District League, Washington's major
circuit, as the result of it's triple win
over Petworth Friday night. which
put it four full games in front OF
G.. p. o. and King Pin, tied for sec
ond place.
The runner-up position became dead
locked when the King Primers dropped
two to Arcadia. while the Printers
were making a clean sweep of their
set-to with Cornell's Lunch.
Stanford Paper Co. took Curb Cafe
for a pair and pulled UP to a tie with
their opponents for fourth place. The
other teams held their previous posi-
lions, with Meyer Davis winning two
from Temple TO complete the week s
program.
No records were broken during the
week. Arcadias 500 was high, while
Mcgaw's 374 topped the individuals
Whalen again assumed the lead in in.
dividual averages when he rolled 1913.
While Moore was turning in 332.
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High Team set-lnterhureaus. 1,6S3.
High team game--Interhureaus 607
High individual set-Ready Alb
High individual Eame-Ready. 1873
High game for week-Rohrman, 147.
Economics took a slightly firmer
hold on the first rung of the ladder.
IN the Aggie Interbureau League last
week, by sweeping the set with Shops.
even though it had to give the latter
team a 2S-pin handicap. Rohrnan's
147 game and 352 set featured the
work of the winners, while Costello's
count of 296 was the best mark set by
a Shops bowler.
The Interbureaus shot 617 set to
take two of three games from Plant
Bureau, every man going over the
300 mark. Charlie Lyons counted 365
for his three games, and inserted
triple header in the tenth box of the
second game. Lindstroms 1886 set was
high for Plant Bureau. which had the
unpleasant shock of bowling 1874 for
IT'S set, only to drop two games.
Central Stores, with Harry Nelson
and Jim Talbert leading the way, had
little difficulty in taking all three
games from Capt. Avery's Blister
Rust outfit. Martin and Avery did
the best bowling for the Blister Rust
team.
The Accounts bowlers took two of
the three games from Joe Nc
kericher's So-Kems, a rally bv Joe
and his lead-off man, Adams, saving
the second game. The entire Ac.
counts team shot evenly and consis.
tently, with StOrk and Rupert lead
ing, while Adams and McKericher
were the only Chemistry shooters
able to top the 800 mark for their sets.
The Interbureaus' games were fea-
tured by some extraordinarily high
counting on marks. The first game
witnessed four instances of combining
spares and strikes, while Lyons and
Ready, in the second game, pulled the
astonishing feat of piling up so pins in
their tenth boxes. Lyons placed a
strike after spare in his third game,
giving him at least one 10-pin count
on mark IN each of his three games.
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NORTH WASHINGTON CHURCH LEAGUE.
Team Standing

PetWorth Baptist retained It's hold
on first place in the North Washing
ton Church League last week by out
lasting Emory Methodist in a Cruel
ing setto and winning two out of
three. In the course of the battle, Pet
worth Baptist equaled the high team
set record of 1912 held by National
Baptist and Percy Elicit tied with Fis-
cher and Morgan for high individual
game record of 141.
Columbia Heights and Mount Pleas
ant swept their sets with Gumton-Tem
pie and ePtworth Methodist EpiSco.
pie and Petworth Methodist Episco-
Wallace, two to one, These matches re-
suited in a triple tie for third place
Clampitt, Morgan, Caffee, Kluge and
Elicit were the bright stars of the
night, Clampitt's 362 set being best.
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THROUGH WITH RING,
RERLENBACH STATES
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, December 10-Punch
En- Paul Berlenbach, who once ruled
the liGht-heavies, is through.
In his dressing room last night,
after he had been technically knocked
out by Jack Delaney, Berlenbach was
approached by an attendant who
asked him for his gloves.
mo" said Paul, "I'll keep these
I've made my last appearance in the
ring"
So passed Berlenbach out of the
ring racket; beaten, groggy. wobbly.
but still on his feet, staggering
gamely forward, wide open. into the
rapier thrusts Of Jack Delaney.
NEW YORK. December 10 tR-
Mrs. Paul Berlenbach, wife of the
former world light-heavyweight cham,
pion, wants him to put away the box
ing gloves for keeps.
Il don't want my Paul to fight any
more" she said, land there isn't any
reason in the world why he should
continue. We have enough money to
live on for the rest of our lives. He
certainly proved he was a real fighter
when he was champion
1T isn't going to do him any good
to keep on fighting. If he doesn't
quit, I'm afraid he is going to get
hurt ard l wouldn't want that for
all the money in the world"
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NEW work. Decon,ber IN
CHISOX SELECT CAMP.

CHICAGO, December 10 [P).-The
Chicago White SoX will do their
Spring training at Shreveport, La. in
1928. Although wet weather hampered
the preseason work last year, other
advantages caused the club manage
ment to refuse offers from Texas ant
Mississippi.
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REDS TO PLAY GRIFFS
IN EXHIBITION CLASH

CINCINNATI, December 10 (R.-
The Cincinnati National League base
ball team will leave Cincinnati Febru-
airy q for its Southern training camp
at Orlando, Fla, Manager Jack Hend-
ricks has announced.
The Reds will play exhibition
games against the st. Louis Browns
Washington, New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians, Birmingham and
Nashville of the Southern League, and
Louisville and indianapolis of the
American Association.
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FRANKIES
TRIO OF TEAMS PUNCHED
AT TOP OF r. r. Y. LEAGUE

Three teams arc waging merry
fight for the lead in the Terminal
r. r. Y. NJ. c. A. Bowling League.
Loungers are in front at present.
but they have only a game advantage
over the second-place Station team.
which in turn is but a game ahead
of the third place Toppers.
Figures on the league follow:
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KANSAS PICKS HARGIss

LAWRENCE. Kans., December 10
OH. w. BilD Hargiss, athletic
director of the Emporia, Kans., State
Teachers College. today was selected
head foot bali coach by the University
of Kansas athletic board to succeed
Franklin S. Cappon, who resigned
recently.
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LEXINGTON. Ky, December 10
P).-The foot ball schedule of Ala
bama University for 1925, announced
here today by Coach Wallace Wade,
will include a game with Wisconsin
at Madison, November 3, and with
Georgia Tech and Louisiana State
Ia ter in the season.
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LADIES' DISTRICT LEAGUE.

High team Settle Bllies 1.47S
High team Game-Petworth ana Tempe
525. ,..-,
High individual set--Frere tPetworthl,
1872
High individual game-Preble king PM,
1879.
High spares-Frere tPetworthl 81. r.
HIGH strikes-Anna Williams Meyer Da-
Visl. IL.
High average-Frcre. 999.
Showing a punch that will more
than likely carry them near the top
in the near future, the Bibles in sue
cessive weeks have trimmed teams
which had previously handed them a
beating in the Ladies District League
In their match with Convention
Hall, the Billies took the last year
champions into camp for three games
and incidentally turned in the best
team set for last week. 1853. with a
high game of sol. Catherine Quigley
pummeled the NAPLES for counts Of
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GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE LEAGUE.

Uiph team set-Checll Accounting. GAG.
High team gane-Post Office, 1913.
High average-W arfield Post Omce),
High individual set--Berger tlndian No
II $50 o,.r lc,.ol,
Hieh spares-Hawley CIndian No. y, 50
Hlch sirikes--Russell lIndldn No. -, ~.
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MICHIGAN SEEKS CAPTAIN.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, December 10
P).-Negotiations are under way to
secure Franklin c, Cappon, former
head coach of the Kansas foot baV
squad, and former University of
Michigan fullback and end, as an
assistant coach at Michigan.
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RECREATION WILL HOUSE
BIG MEET IN BALTIMORE
Entire Fourth Floor of Bowling Plant, Leased for
Championships, Will Afford Full Facilities
for Duckpin Contests Next March.

Using 90 alleys a one time Will
enable the congress to complete the
tournament with dispatch. The tour
nament committee expects to roll 40
teams each night. sending them to the
drives in shifts at 7:3Q O'Clock and
$3.50 o'clock In this way, it will be
possible for an out-Of-toWn bowler to
roll his singles and doubles in the
afternoon and roll with his team at
night, thereby completing his program
in "a day
r. l.. Dunnock, one Of the leading
duckpin boWlers ot Baltimore, has
been made a member Of the board of
directors of the National Duckpin
Bowling Congress Dunnock is con-
nected with the L. s. Fidelity &
Guaranty Co. and for "A number of
years was secretary Of the Inter
Alleys League in Baltimore.
Placards bearing full details of the
forthcoming National Duckpin Bowl
irg Congress tournament and entry
blanks for the event will he out to-
morrow Secretary Isemann. who has
been working StrenuouSly in prepare
ton for the championships. is conf
dent that the bowlers will shoot for
prizes aggregating $4,000 when they
compete on the Baltimore drives.
Old-timers will figure in two inter
city matches soon. Harry and Lon
ME krauss, Haley Carroll, Eiker
and Rodier have been named Tor a
team that will bowl against Balti-
more combination to be led by Ray
Morgan, former player with the Ma
uonalS and now manager of the
Grand Central drives here. This
match will be staged on December ~
and a banquet for the contestants
will be given by the management of
the local Recreation chain afterward.
Some time later the old Royals. who
used TO boast several inter city titles
before they disbanded in 1922. will
meet their one-time arch rivals of
Roanoke HALEY, Stanford, Carroll,
Lewis and Harry krauss probably
will get back to the drives for the
Royals.
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MEMS n. Y. =. L. LEAGUE.
Team Standing.

High team game-Kcndall. BIB.
High team set-Kendall. 1891
High individual game-Rothgeb (Fifth)
Hehelfnger (Kendall) ISL.
High individual set-Rothgeb (Fifth) &,
361
high fiat game-Wine (Kendall). Wilson
(Firstl Braugh Temple 90.
Fieh strkes-Felows fFIrstl 10.
High spares-Fclows (Ftrstl 81.
High average-Heffelfnge (KendalD
11O-6.
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AGGIE ROLLERS LEAD
FEDERAL GIRLS LOOP

Agriculture is blowing along in first
place in the Ladies' Federal Duckpin
League with a two-game advantage
over the Marines. However, all of the
teams back of the leader except the
last-place Commerce outfit, are doing
well
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Dupont Bowling Club. newly organ
lied, is casting about for challenge
matches. 1t also would like a fran
chise in some Washington league. In
formation of the club may be had of
Jack o. Harvey, 1909 Warder street.
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HEBREW. INTERCLUB LEAGUE,

high team set--Nsta 5S5
High team game-Vista $40
rri hlEh l,n9dvidnal set-Coonin (Young
, d, High individual game-KoIokin Vista
High fiat rame-H Goodman (Vistal Q3
High sparcs-C0oniu Young Friends . ] +
High strlkes--Schooler Young Friends
and Block (Palsl g.
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latter totaled 332 for the set. Fellow.
ship won two games from the Ma
tionals when Bob Lavender's crew
rolled their lowest set of the season,
1,4S7.
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son-the team high in
standing according it's opponent rs
per cent Of the difference between
theira averag es. if it happens to have
higher averagc--the Barbettes do
not seem to have any trouble sticking
at the top of the lot They have been
giving a handicap to every opponent
thus far this season, at times as much
as % pins a game, and getting away
with it consistently. Right now the
Barbettes are leading the parade with
- wins and IL losses, three games
ahead of the second-place Fort Hum
phreys outfit.
The lowest set turned in by the
Barbettes during the past month. az
cording to statistics given out by Of
fetal Scorer G. T.. Iiamann, was
] $50. And that would be good bowl
ing in any company.
Kimbel of the Engineers continues
to topple strikes at good rate. He
is leading the league with "a to his
credit. Faunce of the Barbettes is
best sparemaker. with total Of 81
in So games.
Official statistics Of the circuit
fo1l
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Hugh team game-lnterstdte, 5I2
High team set-Agriculture. l. 81.
124
-, High individual set. Brown tMarines)
High spares-Ford Navy. SO
High strIkes-Brown Marines 6.
Hugh fat game-Cox tLabor1 a.
High average--Ford Navy. 95-12
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IFAGTF RECORDS

High team set-Barbettccs. .625.
High team game-Quartcrmasters 597
High Individual averagn-Faunce. j ! n
High individual set-BlumenthaI 3Sl.
High individual game-Husted, III
Total striIes-Kimbel ~
Total
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High average-Megaw. 1923

After holding first place in the Ath-
letic Club League for five weeks. the
Union Printers relinquished that no
sltion last week TO Joseph Phillips by
dropping a single game to the No
MAIDS while Frank Dubois maple
, maulers were trouncing the lowly
hugh Reilly Co. team for a tripl, win.
Inc Printers started their match
with Earl Steers Nomads bv an over.
whelming victory, 500 to So They
turned in a pitiful 507 in the second
tilt to lose by 20 sticks Claude Cowles'
1873 game saved them from being hui.
inflated. The third game showed a
distinct reversal of form for the Typos
when they shot SIS. Henry Schroen.
Nomad's crack pinman, registered the
| best set with $50.
With Glenn Woistenholme cloutinc
the naples for 1888 and a game of 1877
Arcadia handed Ninth and New York
Avenue Lunch a FASTING for three
games. Johnny Papas rolled 335 to
lead the Lunchmen's scoring.
Red MegaW is still running wild.
His last set with Phillips .totaled 9S1,
with a game of 142. boosting his
average to 1923 for q games. His
teammates, Work. Nolan, Mulroe and
| Whalen, ran up good scores for the
high team set of the week, LIPS.
Arlington rolled three consistent
| team scores to take the odd game
/ from Georgetown. Winning the first
| two with games of $50 and SAG they
! dropped the last tilt, 551 to SIS. Spares
| by Bailey and Beavers with big counts
| decided the issue for Georgetown.
Bus Provost and Jimmie Clark
rolled we'll for National Fellowship
| (sI,,h the former smack the DiuS
for 127 in his second try. while the
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ATHLETIC CLUB LEAGUE.

H!sH Iedhl set--Jos. Phillips Co., 1.743
High individual set--G WoIstenholrna (Ar
cadiaD. 421. 'i'' IN
High Individual game-Oberman (No.
High Ispares-Pantos 10th & New York
O, High strikes-McKitrick Union Printers)
High avarare- Moc,vr 11ooo