Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1928, Page 48

THE SUND-\T STAR, .WASHINGTON, D. { ol 1028 — SPORTS fiF("I‘fO\’ Convention Hall Bowlers Expect to Beat Brooklyn : Realtors Back Tournament FORESEE TRIUMPH ON RIVALS, DRIVES | Confident They Will Show| Better Form Than Here Last Wednesday. HOUGH Convention Hall's crack | Dowling team will enter the second half of their home-and- home competition with Brook- Iyn AllStars in that eity next Saturday night, holding an advantaze only in the doubles and that by just wling Iw:umu‘. son half finished, and Investigato Post wins and are tied for first\place at 14 defeats each. though the former leads in total pins, 217 4] . Tndian No. 1. third, is only ong game behind the teaders. Post Office holds high tea B 3 and Check Accounting’ 1,646 is best. Warfield of Post Office has the hest average at 111- nd Chappell” of Check sunting has high-game honors at 1 Figures on the league follow: gande three pins. the Joc are confident of gaining the major s re of the honor and winnmg the sevies. ‘ashington’s team. as a_whole, in the opening matches here Wednesday ight was decidedly off color, thoush it managed in addition to winning the doubles to hattie Brooklyn to s the team matches and hold the visitors to only a_four-pin advantage in the singles. The locals figure to| profit hy relling on the new Borough Hall drives in Brooklyn. No change the Washinzton used Wedn templated. 1t compri Wolstenholme, Hap Burtner. Red Megaw and Jack Whalen. Mezaw and Whalen will roll the doubles and Woelstenholme the sinzles. However, Barney Spinella is expected to shoot for Brooklyn in the singles instead of his brother Phil, despite that the lat- ter vanquished Wolstenholme here Wednesda P call for the Washis leaving here about 18 a'clock morning. It ie expected t 20 will’ be in the local contingent. which will not rerurn to this city until Sunday night. 5 Last season the Convention Hall| sharpshooters went to Brooklyn hold- | ing an $8-pin advantage in the team | matches and edges of 19 and 18 sticks, respectively, in the doubles and gingles. Brooklyn. however, won out | in the team competition, though Wash- ington triumphed in the singles and doubles. The scores were: Team— Brooklyn, 5.740! Washington, 04. | Singles—Washington, 1.200: Brooklyn. | 1.15® Doubles—Washington, .-1“01 Brooklyn, 2,351 i COUNSEL BOWLERS | LED BY TEAM NO. 5' wWith 17 Wins and 10 losse XNo. 5 is heading the flag race in General Counsel Bowling League. Teams 1 and 6 are tied for second | place, just onme game behind the! leaders. { Team 2 has both high team and high set honors at 519 and 1,508, re- spectively. Epeer has an average of 208 to lead the circuit. Girardi has high individual game at 142, League statistics follow: TEAM RECORDS. which | v is_con- Pi 4 1 9! 51 1 Hish_ team _ sets—Team *imd<al - l.l”—“ Team No. 2 er Xo. 4. 517 Horner. 342 individual uqm—Gmnh. 142 o 10%: s ".um.r. 55, Voirart, b Cherest, 103 ”"knléuuhl; 727 Girardi. 10: Homer, W.—a 59: Horner, 56: Girardi, 49. Individual Keeords. 3 Bieeal EERNE: f“lTS” PROVES IT IS IT IN BOWI.ING LEAGUE quine ix hdlding the lead in| | Comforter Soclety Bowling league by | ja (3 e | ] MARINERS LEADING E SHIP BOARD ROLLERS | | SR { Mariners, with 27 wing against 151 defeatn, are seiting the pace in the Uniteq Ktates Rhipping Board Bowl . 4ng League, holding a e margin over Able Bodies' quint noersup. riners also hold high team wet and me at 1589 and respectivels Ftoner of Mariners hax the best indl widual average at 11616, League fizuresr follow TEAM KA [ ¥ e Wovigutor ANBIVIDE AL RYAORDS, MARINYS oW s s s fiy e 1% IR 108 L e binaon TEAM RECORDS. Post_Office T estiz. Indian Indian No Claims Check Ac Rookkeapi Veter s00 Hich team set—Check Avcounting, 1641 xame—Chappell. Check Acrmmting 1 Lo | High indivitiial set—Rerser. Indinn No.| A0 | Hish individual average—=Warfield, Post | Ofge 1115 o spares—Hawley. Indian i strkes—Ruxecll Indi flat game—Elisw, INDIVIDUAL RECOR! ert. Inv. | Montgomers G. A. 0. BOWLERS STAGING GREAT RACE FOR BUNTING Stone. Cla. 7 110 110 ~In Hughes Tnv. Cohen. Boo set oU i Desal. Detwiler. | . By Hildebrand. Raumann. Doughe: Browr R Simy Stewart ¥ k HIZ matter of handicaps in bowling leagues, touched upon in recent discussions in these columns, s largely one of tempering the wind to the shorn lamb, g0 to spe The average bowling league Is started, not to de- mine the best duckpin shooters on rth, hut to bring together ocially the employes of the office, department or group of related husiness organiz tions concerned: to e a friendly . and to provide an interesting m of physical recreation. ‘Without the hand p it Is practically certain that any league restricted to a single organization, where the teams ot permitted to pick up s wherever found. will contain one or two outfits so much stronger than the rest that the league members can at the very outset of the season pick the probable winners. The rest of the teams know that they will get nothing but the exercise o far @ pennant winning s concerved. As long the population of the world is made up of hum beings—and for suke of argument, let us consider howlers as puman heings—this condi- tion of affairs is not xoing to he satis- “The man who can go along enthdsiastically where he knows he hasn't a chance of winning just isn’t human, The playe Interbureau proposed award by ulture Duckpin League has hrought a number of Inquiries as to bow the award is to he made. The league manager’s tentative notice to the teams mentions that the plan, suggested by Harry A. Nelson, aluable NG duckpinners, who won the flag in _the t Washington Church Bowling League last sea son, again loom as probable cham- pions. Ingram holds a six- lead over Douglas Ne. 1, which is | second. Ninth No. 1 shares high team game honors with Inzram at 600, and In. gram has high tefim set at 1701. Cordell of Centennial Ne individual average, at 112, and Jen- nings of Ninth No. 2 has mrmd in a game of 1 5 League fignres follow: TEAM RECORH Ingram Keller Centen. < Metro. Baptist 7 35 1,546 19,232 Hizh individual average—Cordell, 112, ‘High individual games—Jennings. 156, High individual set—Cordell, 412 High individual spares—Price, 01, High indiyidual strikes—Stevenson. 27. fesm game—Ninth No. 1 and In- sram, . High team sel—Ingram, 1.701. INDIVIDUAL RECONDS. $28 - aaed 1 has high (§ 'CHURCH DUCKPIN LEAGUE IS LED BY INGRAM QUINT LIRTH o, 2. Stitley Condell Jeflvics | 3 Ern Av)dmnn Rea Hunter Butier “rnr rather comfortable margin, The | leaders have won 13 games and lost 2 against 7 wins and 5 losses each for Cyclones and Tornadoes, tled for wec. ond. Whelen of Holy Name is the {leading performer TEAM KECORDS, 1| stinr on—Werle and l,l Milly, 'LI Reidts st Somith: | INDIVIDEAL RECORDN, | “ITS | ) HG, 08 Stsn dve. | Yetgion 5 I s it Werls 3V iy £ analiZa § esiiia Ktakem ., ¢ kX TORNADOYS He | Individual | Field Audit MISCELLANEOUS FIVE LEADS REVENUE L0O out in front fn the Internal R League, holding a three.g; over neral *Counsel, runner.y Jolliffe of Miscellaneous ix leading t rollers, with teven ne an avera of 1095, Team Standiog. Sierllane s vyt ety | Revaonal &gk Rules and fezulition Revision ¥ eutman Morscll ] AL .'nu | nugionn P TRW f6s o tain of the Central Stores team of that sircuit, contemplates the iss: five to each of the eight teams. The five men on tha team who have par- ticinated in the most games do the voting. First they pick the man they consider as “most yaluable’s on each of the cight teame. These men are then ranked on the ballot in the order of their estimated value—Nos. 1 to 8. A player ranked No. 1 on a hallot is given § points; No. 2, 7 points. ete. When all the ballots are totaled in tnis manner, the man veceiving the highcst number of points will be de- lared the winner, 1t a bowler happens to be listed as No. 1 on each of the 40 ballots, he | would have 320 points. and so on. Be- | cides the winner an “honorable men- tion” list will include the 10 howlers | receiving 10 highest number of votes fter the winner; and, of course, the most valuable man an each team will be listed. " mphasis has been placed on the that a high average is not neces sarily the deciding factor in votin | but the man's team value. In other words, it i= proposed to suggest that | the voters choose the men they would clect if they were picking an all-star team—not for a single game, hut for an- entire season, thus considering ability to bowl regularly. team spirit— and bowling skill. Tt wil} be recalled that the Citv Association last wvear picked Mandley as the “most valu- able” player in spite of the fact that at the time the selection was made Wolstenholme was generally admitted to be the pick of local shooters. The assoclation felt oblized to consider the :LAUNDRY PIN LEAGUE LED BY MANHATTANS Manhattan pinmen are heading the race jh Laundrymen's Bowling League. FElite stands second, two games behind the leaders. . Glasscock of FElite holds most of the individual honors. League figures follow: TEAM RECORD I Manhattan AT Rersmann X8 | Washington, | Pioneer o Hish {ndisiduat ¢ By | Hieh i il k. Glawscock, Fiis Hizh individusl spares, Glasscock. Elite, Hixly individual strikes, Giasscock, Elite, (IXDIVIDUAL RECORDS.) MANHATTAN | Xilana | R ; | Buckey f | Latham "W, | Hammuna PvL Miscellancous ‘bowlers are stepping fivn ue | Folina lend | Soier Su'in Fwors Smith | Hudson T he h Ke | FI ARCADE " man | Richands 4 Woadsela 30 poons N il 45 | Cinttiln woity S| it 4 vy o) oy e at | the end of the season of 40 ballots— | year's woyk of the howler: in special events. OPD FELLOW: \ Team Standing. W 2 and ket—Monunt. Pleasant, 5 Mividual game—Sislen and P. El- Av oy . 11 Harville, 100.26, - Bowling the past week was helow the usual standard, poor scores being ‘corded by most of the teams. Columbia rolled the best set of the to win the odd game from Har- mony. Ehlere led his team's attack with” a total of 327, closely followed Cones, with Mossburg was high for Harmony. rlich was in good Covenant, rollinz games and 111,% total of 340. won the set from Central much opposition. ‘After a number of reverses, Mount Nebo finally got going and won two of its three games with Canton. Lanzdon, Loyalty and Washington won their -respective matehes with rtwood No. 1, Brightwood No. nd Eastern ton proved the best performer Langdon, with Dennis of Washington, and Lund of the pace for their form for of 124, J Covenant without tive quints. After extending Its winning streak to 12 straight games, Amity suc- cumbed to Magenenu in the first same hy two pins. However, the next two went to Amity with plenty to spare with 336, Crutehley and, Haynes were in ex- cellent form and as a result, Arling- ton trounced Fred D. Stuart in the first two games. Harville of Fred D. Stuart, got into his stride in the last zame, rolling 137 and placing his team in the van in this game. Harville's st was the best of the week, 3 g‘rult-hle) totaled 342, and Haynes, Keen interest is being shown in the rity Club Bowling League, formed the staff of the American Security rust Co. Dark Travelers and W | kanduit are_tied for the lead with 2 | wins and 17 defeats. Filibusters are {only one game in pacesetters, There are 14 teams in the circuit, and the personnel of each was picked with a view to providing good gompetition. The league bowls cach Thursday, after 4 p.m., at Con- vention Hall. * Fourteen of the 26 matches have been rolled so far. Standing of teams: SECURITY CI K Travele anduit Filibisters Little Nems Crawlers LEAGUE. Kahe nm-u Derm ra . Ioida Rk Sharpeh . ooters’ veral 105-19: Howard. Hizh game—Flathe " 149: Dulin, 145: Souder, 185, JUEh set—Nyman. 371: Howard. 360: Mil- '(ln':u-.—-flllw 19; Souder, 18: Mil- ler, 1 Sp;u‘,-nl—-.\xlhllr. 87: Souder, 81: Ho¥- ard, Virtually all leagues of the city will resume their schedules this week following a suspension becaure of the holidays. VOUCHERS PRESSED FOR BOWLING LEAD JVouchers are showing the way by a narrow margin in the Fruit Crowers’ Express Bowling League. Several | teams are within striking distance of the top. Theimer of MecHanical has the best avepagé at 14 League fgures follow: No. 1 team | Team Kecords, Vouchers Roukkeeni 13 W came—Record: i wam San i No game—Theimer ¢ ual o Cooper ( Beokkeepins | 147 ih jndivigual et anical A5 S Hikh strikes, dx) % Hoim Gumptrllers), TE Coutmr ook keening —Helm it et ) ruge—Fure Helm (Comptrol ndividual Reeords, VOUCHERS. mpteollers), 66 ) | joltien «Mechymeal No, i Ruoi . | pavis O l«..w'm | sna’ 1004 Ty AR P. Ellett of Amity was high | b ND of the first half of the season in the Southern Railway Clerks’ Duckpin League finds Freight Auditors in the van, holding a one-game edge over Purchasing, Accounts No. 1 and Law, uli * gecond at 19 wins and 14 h. * Auditors boast high team 582 and high team set ; Orme of the Auditors has an e of 10 to lead the circuit. gue figures follow Station Freight Auditors Purch Hiper | Auditors . 7! Disbursin INDIVIDUAL AVERAG Hish average—Orme. 106, Second 1 High game—Stultz Hizh set—Orme. _number on. 106-15. strikes—Harrison, Freisht Aud Audi | Operation STATION ACCOUNTS G St Sn. i 4 Kirkoatrick Keefor - Snelling farber Ryan M. 16 Campbell M Haring Anderson tenger . Rasnberry Magruder Orme .. Gleason Hut-mnsog | Hummer Duncan {aviderton | Rail Ramsey MedCailen Lennon Dorsey Reanett Cahill Ardin: Thom Goug | Otta Lynch Nolte v celiing RAILWAY BOWLING LOOP, IS TOPPED BY AUDITORS DISRURSING. qa_«.‘s 32 3333305 = 335558 3 SISEIEESE SHEE T 2063 8 | Kusel Yost YA«E'GG!‘I ACCOUNTS, Pr Moreland ... 31 ‘4 51 131 313 Clem e the wake of the | Kearney | Hobenstein Myers | Parker FENTIRE . . LOOP ENTERS BIG EVENT |First o Place All Teams in Competition to Be Held in Baltimore. OWLING realtors, those of this city. will figure prominently in the first ma- tional tournament, under diree- tion of the National Duckpin Bowling Congress, to be held March 0 31 next on the Recreation Center | drives in Baltimore, | AN 12 teams of the Realtors’ Leagne {of Washington have entered the big tournament and the circuit has the distinction of being the first to get its full complement lined up for the affair. This is particularly noteworthy, as the league is comparatively nevw. 1 Comprising the fireuit are team: | representing prominent real estate jn-mn which are members of the local Real Estate Board. Only quints repre- | senting firms holding board member- { «hip will be permitted to enter. Rivalry | on the drives has heen the means of | bringing about closer social relations | And understanding among the various | firms, it is pointed out. | Twelve allexs will he used by th | realtors on Realtors’ night in the tournament. The other eight avail- able drives will be occupied by realtors from various other _citles. Entrles from Boston. Hartford, New especially | | | secretary of | Congress. A high spot of Realtors’ night will be a box to be rolled by heads of the various competing firms with James P. Schick, secretary of the Washing- ton Real Estate Board, presenting a | medal to the winne Teams that will represent the local |league are: Boss & Pheips, M. & R. B. Warren, J. Dallas Grady, Douglass & Co., Wardman. Shannon & Luchs, Thomas E. Jarrell Co.. J. B. Shapira, { Hedzes & Middleton, District Title Co., |Cafritz and E. R. Carr. Semi-final and final rounds of the | third annual Convention Hall elimina- {tion tournament will be rolled tomor- row night. This event last Winter was won by Joe Harrison, who bawls with Curb Cafe in the District League and Arlington in the Athletic T sague. | Harrison shot 371 to trium) 1 over T. JEROME'S team, with 28 vi tories against eight defeats, setting the pace in section 1 and Dixie Pig and Mount Rainier are tied for the lead, with 27 wins and nine losses each, in section 2 of the Prince Georges County Duckpin Association. Section 1 high team game and set at 620 and_ 1.7 respectively, are | held by St. Jerome' has high team game at 552, and Dixie Pig high team set at 1,588 in section 2, Bill Kessler of St. Jerome's, with 117 has the best average in sec. tion 1, and H. Waldrop of Dixie Pig leads section 2 with an average of 109-28. League statistics follow: = 7 Catrmy 9 50s BAL individual Kesaler, ! same—H. Wolfe. 173, | set—Wuriz, 408, High sna £ HIEh team came—St Jerome's 620 High team set—St Jerome's. i ST. JEROME. average—W. | Kewster, w. il . Criwtey Halloran Shrehy” Miller ‘G Bauman Huy ROSS' ALL STARS Mount Rainjer | § el AL | Rich o’ Alirniee 'CLEVER BOWLING MARKS RACE IN COUNTY LEAGUE B il *;EEEEEE‘EE §§§§5§§ SERVICE £ SHUDETET GeBwENa apiten i nIRENIR ¥ sre52 | Maxie Rosenberg. whe had 35 Other semi-finalists were Mulroe and Mand- ley. Al Gardner, Convention Hall mana- zer, has annéunced that a two-pound box of candy for men and a one- i pound box for women will be awarded jevery hour on the hour for high scors | tomorrow on the Fifth street drives. 'BARBETTES LEADING | WAR ROLLING LOOP |* End of the first half of the War ! Department Bowling League sedson | finds the Barbettes setting the pace with 33 wins and 12 defeats to lead | Hobbies, runners-up, by 7 sames. | Quartermasters, defending cham- | pions, hold both high-team set and 0| zame at 1841 and 397, respectively. ‘1% | Husted of Quartermasters and Faunce @ 18014 | o Barbettes are leading performers. During the past week Quarter- | masters showed old form. sweeping { their set with Topos. Husted led the | victors™ attack with a set to emable his team to achieve the new team-set 1| record of 1841 Barbettes added three more triumphs 3 | to their string at the expense of Statie- { tics, which bad a 14-pin handicap. | Team records for the first half of | the season: 18 Won Lost Fort_Humph: i jumphreys. . | [ ratermasicrs 83 10114 | 3 1l fow fre 03 umm Enzineers. Arlie Webh and Clem Weidman bt night won Class A and Class B honors. s | respectively, in the annual eliminat ournament on the King Pin howiit Ners. Webb overcame Sam Sw, whd staged a valiant rally im the ks | hattling. Weidman mads an uphi't jfzht to \.\nqnl*h Jointte. 3T Hs qrass A, 184 s Il\‘ l‘( 1 R CARRY’S BOWLERS AHEAD IN COMMERCML CIRCUIT Tand N losses, pace in the Commervial Duck- nin holting Rt fow and-place one Co, High team st honors ave held by the Telephone bays, Bvening Star has high te RY'S quint, Loague vaee, Chesapeake & tean. with 31 wins! ix sotting the | Lance game odge over the sec Potomae ar LEs1, and The wm NRme, N At Wettman TINESHERALD { S Y Rrve: | R, Waen Rures Akt P ot ?‘.m ok ln;unl k :un:n‘“ Db w [ e McGee of Peoples Diug Store, with an average of 11210 leads the oo Howlug it the leasue, which has s | heen suspended for tvo weeks hecause | Raman of the holidays, will he vesunwed | e i R AR Thursday. The lep, wne of the oldest | ¥ 3 ¥ i A 2 SOU SN N AT 83 i the elty, In enjoving a Mghly sue ) cossful season, LRAGUR .“‘.‘ NN RO TIRRO TR Loy Bureaws Quinw o I 84y Castmginy { Bamiby .. ] s e g e n\::n & O LN | Rioisten P w0 Knern o | K l'v'h:. | pw b =23 Mg Cribons wlkey ¥l 47 ewessiiend s e Woubikan Pl Sothy 1 0verein e 2% = s - —vemr 1 {0 i :V e PR IR ks Hor shh r\muun Niar Vales e, Sties ‘.«k. 8 Ny, Youne Mew's Shon W x‘\..« v 1h \ SN st % \ w-n‘v e b e “L NV umum \‘\Il\' ~ 1 it b i Vitton \....-:m-;. . prans ) N i 3 i 1 o v (5] 74 i ‘)FRENCH BASKETERS WIN i SEVENTH GAME IN ROW | inf g HWowned A, Vrench Cn. haskeinrs Ewith Andevaon handing. their. astnh, | | yosternny downed Noel Honse tossers | 140 a0 B2, for thelr nth srmieht yietory. 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