Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02

| A. Wheeler, Oils; F. Estes, 91-14;
Rothgeb 90-33: Eaton, 1920; Beeler
1916, and B. Haycock, 1888.
| Southern Diaries hung up a Mer-
chants League record with a game of
GIG against National Biscuit Co.. which
was shut out. McProuty was the star
of the victory with set of ISL, though
G. Douglass was big help in one game
with a score of 141
A doubleheader strike by Diamond
was the margin of victory when Stern
Co. won the odd game from Thompson S
Dairy.
It's becoming a scramble for first
place in the Southern Railway Clerks
League. Operation, with a three-game
triumph over Law. moved into a tie
with Construction for second place, one
game behind the leading Auditors. Pur-
chasing No. l surprised by winning the
odd one from the Auditors. Ramsey of
Purchasing got away to a brilliant start
with seven spares in the first 10 frames
but couldn't hold the pace long enough
to get big set.
Just when it appeared the pennant
race in the East Washington Church
League would become exciting, the lead
er, Douglas No. 2, won three games and
the runner-up. Ingram No. l, dropped
three. 1t was like the swapping of a
fiddle string. Douglas No. has a six
game lead now and figures to win the
flag without bearing down. Mac Smell
ings of Douglas No. shot the weeks
high game of the league with lat.
Washington Centennial is back on
top in the Eastern Star League, dis
YO1o
unexpected two-to-one beating from the
Joseph H. Milans girls, with Ellen Vein
meyer supplying the winning punch.
She had a set of 301 with high game
of 118. Washington Centennial seized
the lead by sweeping set from Bethle-
hem. Ruth Chapter won three from
Martha and is now in third place be-
hind Bethany. Unity, Columbia, Lafay-
cite and Joseph H. Milans are scrapping
for fourth place.
Those who rolled 800 or better dur
ing the week were: Whitbeck, 1923; NAL
colin. BIT: Youmans, 3l4; Alley, 313;
Owen, 302; Hughes, 302; Viehmeyer,
3Ol and Greevy, 800. Lucy Owen,
washington Centennial captain. con-
tinues to lead in average with 10O-45.
Bureau of Mines clings doggedly to
a three-game lead over Patents No.
Fugett of the top team. mixed three
strikes with five spares for game OF
1874, an all-time league record.
Norman Groff's records for game and
set in the Lutheran League, $50 and
403, were threatened by Shakelford OF
Georgetown No. /, who shot 153 and
1894.
In five of the six matches in the
knights of Columbus League, the lower
team in the standing won. Trinidad
was hardest hit. 1t dropped three to
Columbia, after having taken IL OF its
last Is games Columbia shot the high
game of the night, sal, which was three
sticks better than Trinidad's score. De
Sotos 1870 set was high.
The Woodchoppers of the Terminal
R. R. Y. M. c. A. League are ninth in
the team standing, but second in total
pins. They've found the handicap sys-
tenn Improbable, having won 10 games
and lost %.
Dartmouth. which tops the Intercol-
legiate Alumni League, has one-game
margin over Maryland, but otherwise
is hogging honors. 1t has the high
game of SGT and the best set of 1886,
and one of its members. Brand, the
high single. 1853.
Pauline Ford, who is shooting the
best game of her career, having recently
established two Washington Ladies'
League records, picked up on her av-
srage in the Ladies Federal League with
a set of 322 for the leading Navy team
against the Commerce Comets.
Mary Thompson, captain of the Ag-
gies, turned in high set for the week
with 1923.