Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
, REAT oaks from little acorns
grow. Often the real cause
for some surprising event is
, buried deep beneath the sur

~ REAT oaks from little acorns
grow. Often the real cause
7 for some surprising event is
~ buried deep beneath the sur
face. For example, a friend
ly" match between the Old Timer and
Harry Nelson before one of the recent
Agriculture Interurban League con-
tests was the direct cause of sur
prise that may decide the league
championship.
AS it happened, the Old Timer trim.
med Harry two games in succession,
the first time he had accomplished
this in IL years. Irritated by this,
Harry went into the league match
with blood in his eye and shot a 361
set, leading his Central Stores outfit
to three-game victory over the In
terbureaus and seriously injuring that
teams chances to beat out Economics
for the league title
The Old Timer, on the other hand,
was so elated by his success that he
forgot to bowl in the league match
and came out with a 271 set. with his
team on the losing end Of two games.
The next morning the Old Timer
found in his mail an anonymous note
reading: please put yourself in last
position on your team; there is not a
better anchor in the league"
Clearing Division, which has been In
second place in the Internal Revenue
League all season, has almost ceased
to be contender for the lead. 1t
rolled two matches last night on the
King Pin drives and dropped four Of
the six games. In it's battle with
Rules and Regulations 1t was saved
oh A.s- \
with double-header to get 1t the first
game by pins. It's second defeat was
at the hands of Personal Audit.
Annex No. l took two from Special
Adjustments, but Budiako of the lat
ter team hit set of 35S that included
game of 1877, the best of the week
for the league.
Field Audit Review, that hit set Of
1,610 last week. dropped three games
to Personal Audit. Only one of the IS
individual games of Field Audit Re-
view was of the 100-class. Personal
Audit now Is in sixth place, having ad-
vanced two positions from the cellar
in the last two weeks.
A couple of hairIine decisions oc.
CURED in the North Washington
Church League last night Columbia
Heights swept its set with Mount
Pleasant and jumped from fourth to
third place when Fred Robbins spared
in the tenth frame of the last game
and counted on the mark, to give
his team a 4-pin victory.
Petworth Baptists continued their
winning streak when Kennemore
spared in the tenth frame of the sec
ond game and counted 9, to down Wal
lace Memorial by lone pin. PetWorth
then went on to sweep of the set.
Fitting Department is far ahead of
the others in the 12-team Washington
Gas Light Co. League, according to
this circuits official statistics compiled
by Secretary w. r. Middleton. 1t has
won q games and lost 6, while the
second-place Meter Shop has won Fl
and lost II.
Sales Department, Installation and
ComptrollerS are deadlocked in third
place, each with 10 victories and IA
defeats. Street Department holds sixth
position with 16 wins and II losses
and Storeroom and Commercial Office
are tied for seventh with Is wins and
IS losses each. Timers with IA wins
and 10 losses are ninth, Meter In
spectors are tenth, a game back, and
Transportation Is eleventh with II
victories and % defeats. Last place
is occupied by West Station, which
has record Of wins and "a losses.
Transportation has hit the best
game thus far in the Gas League. its