Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-18
RENDEZVOUS QU|NT
NOTABLE FAILURE
District League Champ Now
in CeIIar-BIick Girls Lose
Dominance.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

MID HAS DeeH ldLSlS w aoAA-
ingtonS greatest bowling
i season-averageS, records,
number of bowlerS conSid-
ered-but it also promises to be
a season of detrhoned champions.
Seldom, If ever, in the history
of the game, have so many bowl
Ing league champions Of the year
before noSe-dived.
TVentv-one bowling leagues are not
a fair percentage OF - atys Downing
nublic. but it has been pointed out by
secretaries of no less than score ana
one circuits this week that this num-
Der can we'll give a fairs idea OF the
trouble the 1930-3l champs are eX-
nertencing. Out Of the II leagues
whose official scorers have eXactlngly
noted down at the end of this week
bowling. only one team, Mount Pleas
ant of the Odd Fellows League, Is top
ping the league race 1t finished nrst IN
last year.
DERHAPs the biggest flop of this
/ embryo season is the Rendezvous
team in the District League, which
now stands next to last with oniy tour
victories in IL games. weakened by
the absence of Jack Whalen, United
States singles ard sweepstakes cham
pion. the tile holders of last year have
yet to get up full steam.
Rivaling Rendezvous in its inability
to cope with this seasons contenderS
has been the Lafayette team in the
Masonic League. Judd g. Detweller IN
the Typothetae League, Bethany in
the Eastern Star WCmens League and
the John Blick girls in the Women's
District League.
La Fayette. despite two-game victory
last week in the Masonic League. now
IS in undisputed possession Of twentieth
place in that giant circuit. With ST.
Johns and Arminius hitting on all
hves, the champs prospects have not
been particularly bright.
Judd & Detweiler's team in the
Hypothetae League has been much in
the same situation and this weeks
standing shows the Typo title holders
resting in eleventh place.
THE Bethany girls in the Eastern
i Star Women's League. according to
Scorer Maude Yeomans. are going
20 find it a trying task if they mean
to retain their crown. Submerged in
fourteenth place. Bethany has watched
the Ruth girls pillow through all oppoSi-
ton thus far, rolling Is games with
out loss.
The John Blick girls walked in with
the championship in the Women'S Dis
trict League last season. but despite
their recent sweep over the weak Rec
reation club they are tied with four
teams for sixth place now.
Nor are these six in the boat alone
They have plenty Of company. albeit
kbece are mot en- dnanlv cubpnerpad The
Pals Club in the Hebrew League. Genoa
In the knights Of Columbus, Coin Box
In the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone, Beeques in the Washington
Women's Vista in the Jewish cCmmu-
nifty Center, Auditors in the Southern
Railway CLERKS. TreaSurers in the Almas
Temple and Peek Chapel No L. all are
trailing some other team, ranging from
second to sixth place in the standings
1t promises to be a hard season for
eome OF the champs, anyway.
TWO record breaking performances
l. featured the weeks rolling in the
WomenS District League. but
STRONGLY enough the team whose bowl
ers produced these scores was beaten
twice and showed into four-team tie
for sixth place.
Lorraine GULL. No. ranking girl
bowler of the United States, rolled
games of 1872, 1l2 and 1876. for a $50
set. while her team came through with
. 587 game for another record. Despite
this. Georgetown Recreation, led by
Annie Anderson. Reva Banks and
Gladys Lowd. won two tits.
Another noteworthy performance last
week was Betty Hoffman's 372 set with
consistent counts of 1875. 100 and 1877.
which aided the Blick Girls to sweep over
Recreation Rendezvous maintained
the lead with a two-game win over Co
lumbia. Deal Service dropped two to
Bill Woods, Lucky Strike won pair
from Takoma Park and Convention
Hall won the odd tilt from Meyer Davis.
Standing