The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-08
lAFAYE I TE
VETERAN
SHINES
BY r. D. Thomas

A golden opportunity to realize
IN ambition more than 10 years old
was muffed by, Watso Watson, vet.
Nran member of the Lafayette team
Of the Masonic Bowling League
when he picked a two-pin spare in
next to the final box Of a match
with Stansbury Lodge.
Watson, a consistent but seldom
sensational star, has been trying
for years to shoot "400' set.
Half a dozen times he has been
close.
With the goal just at hand, in
the match with Stansbury, Watson's
skill deserted him for moment
and he fell five pins shy of the
coveted mark.
However, he had the salts
faction Of helping his team to
set couple Of seasons records
for the league. Lafayette to.
tailed 1,776 for the set and had
. high game of 659. The
league scorer, Ray Cross, today
Is searching the leagues files
to ascertain whether or not the
two marks aren't the best ever
made in the Masonic OrganiEa.
ton. It is certain they are
high for the year.
Watson's 395 set was made with
strings Of 100, 152, and 113. Bill
1nge was the principal contributor
TO the big game, with a score Of
las, and this pleased him nightly.
1t was his first set with the old
team in two years, Bill having been
in Norfolk all this time on a Fed.
eral job. He's here on a vacation
and the boys invited him to try
his stuff on the mapleways once
more.
''It sure felt good to throw in a
decent score at the right time,'
grinned Bill after his 145 had put
Lafayette in front for high game
honors. He started with IS, almost
found himself in the second with
107 and ''let 'em have it, in the
final.
Lafayette's scores were SIT, $50,
and $50, good enough to win three
games and place the victor in q
tie with M. M. Parker Lodge for
first place.
A conspicuous performer for
Lafayette was one Red Megaw,
who is about the most consistent
league.bowling star of this season.
Megaw took part in two matches
simultaneously. shooting on one set
of alleys with Lafayette and cross.
ing over to help out the Joseph
Phillips team of the Athletic Club
League.
With Lafayette he shot BAT and
with Joseph Phillips 81. That gave
him an average for the night of
nearly 800, which is not extraordi.
nary for the sorrel.topped pin
mauler. His average in the Ath-
letic Club League is close to 100
In the District League it is ia
and the same in the East Washing.
ton Church League. His speed in
the Masonic is 11S. Throwing in
the fractions. Red has a general
average of about 116 for four
leagues. The more one thinks
about that the more he is inclined
to marvel.
Megaw was ''red.hot" in his last
doubleheader string, shooting 142
for Lafayette and 1876 for Joseph
Phillips.
When Watson picked his two
pin break in the last game he
helped prevent Lafayette from
reaching a goal that has been
dreamed Of by star teams for
the last several years. 700
game. No less than seven
marks were blown by the La.
fayettes in the final three
boxes. Had these been made,
backed up by sizeable counts,
the Lafayette team would have
been well over the much sought
goal.
The highest game ever rolled by
O Washington team was 6S2. shot
by the King Pin Stars against
Baltimore's all-city quint. The
Waverlys. of the National CAPITAL
League, however, hold the record
for league play with a. mark of