The Washington times., 1930-01-13
DO WEAVER
HARD At
WORK
By GNo sTNn

with q variation Of this duck pin
tournament racket all its own and
1nter-league affair with entries
limited entirely to the warp and
woof Of the fast stepping leagues
that hold forth on the croSs-r1ver
drives.
It will get under way on the
Night Of January 20 and continue
qn alternate nights until January
81. Handsome cups, beautiful
medals and hard cash will be the
lot of the various winners.
The event will be run similar
! D. the National and washington
Oty Duckpin Journeys, with team,
OoubleS, singles and au-eventS.
The leagues which will supply
the bowlers are the Arlington
Fairfax Firemen League, Wnlcn
has been staging a wideopen race
and a great brand of pin-maullng
lately, the strong RoSslyn Com
mercial loop, one Of the outstand-
ing circuits on suburban alleys,
and the Builders Supply League
which can boast goodly snare
Of competent maple-Shooters.
Young Billy Weaver, who Is
the factotum of the Rosslyn alleys,
is the motivating spirit behind the
tournament, and, having duly
peeled off his coat and rolled up
his sleeves, he is all set to put on
such a completely satisfactory al
fair that years will only make 1t
seem bigger. The material Is
promising and plenty Of hefty
scores can be expected.
League and alley records
are being broken With
machine-like regularity on
these alleys. The fire fighters
and the merchantmen taking
turns ut boosting the alley
marks, both being about ON
par In strength and ability.
At present the Firemen have the
bump on the Commercial circuit,
having amassed, two nifty rec
ords, high team game, GOT and
high team set, 1714, both held by.
!. the leading Falls Church team,
while it was only last week that
the Commercial. through the
crack Rosslyn Postoffice, Buddy
Weaver's own pets, were able to
total GOT and thus equal the
SmokeaterS for the alley record.
The Commercial Leagues best set
is 1895, by the A. L. Kelly and
Sons, which is 10 pins behind the
Siremen.
The Builders League runs four
men teams, but has plenty OF
material to enter strong five.men
aggregationS who'll render good
accounts Of themselves.
While no line can be drawn
on doubles teams, as this form
/. Of competition has been some
what neglected on these alleys,
quite a number Of powerful two
somes are in the making.
The main interest centerS on
khe singles competition where
the cream of these classy maple
ways will meet in individual
tests.
Gene Gordon is the big
gun who looms threateningly,
dispOrting a steady 11O aver
age for the season, with
reputation Of being able to
mount superlative scores on
occasions.
Crowding him for honors are
Frank Lefty" Jones, Of the crack
Temple Southpaws, tough
l1ombre in tournament competi-
tion, Joseph Loveday who re-
turned to spilling the little splints
after a long retirement and Is
going along at a fast clip, and
Buddy Weaver, who early in the
sSeason set a mighty high game
and set mark, 168 and 403, for
the boys to shoot at.
George Clark whose 1862 high
game and 1872 high set makes him
outstanding, gives an inkling re-
Garding his possibility and Astor
Clark who has gained reputa-
ton for. sharpshooting, having
1l9 spares to his credit for 80
games, are two others who are
very much in the running. The
field is studded with dark
4 horses who may pop up to
snatch the coveted laurelS from
the leaders.
The race for the all-events
title, a true test of a bowler's
competitive ability, will be par
ticularly close with record scores
on tap.
The intercollegiate League,
which stages its matches at
Tad HOward'S new Render
vOus alleys, is marking its
race with close battles.
The Dartmouth team featured
the weeks rolling by setting a
new high team game and set
record, SGT and 1887, respectively.
Incidently the Big Greens took
possession of first place, dumping
the CornelliteS into third notch.
Maryland is second.
Pembleton has high game, 1856,
and Buchill claims high set with
36s.
Team standings and statistics
follow:
W l., w l.
Dartmouth IS IOlNaVy ....... II 10
Maryland .. 2S l1lBrCwn ...... IL -
Cornell ..... "a 9lN. F. I.... II %
Lehigh ..... ~ l1Frinceton "a
High team Set-Dartmouth, 1857.
High team Rame-Dartmouth, ss7
HiKh individual game-Pemblston. 1S6.
~ Individual sAE-BaehiII. 3sS.