The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-05-04
BOWLING NEWS

The local bowling season came to ar
end Sunday night on the Blue Diamond
alleys, with the successful completion
of the second annual Blossom Festival
tournament. Portland teams captured
the team championship, but local men
ran off with the singles, doubles and
all events.
The most striking event of the tour
nament was the decisive defeat of the
Multnomah A. c. women's team by
the local ladies' team, the White Dia-
monds, which can now logically claim
the women's championship of the
northwest. During the season the
local women have won FIVE games and
lost but one, defeating the MuItnomah
club three times and losing to them
once at Portland, and decisively beat.
ing the Spokane women's team which
later won the N. |. b. c. event in the
inland city. This team the Hood Riv-
er women beat twice, the last time
rolling up the northwest record score
of 2349. In the second game against
Multnomah the ladies rolled 1919,
averaging 156 woman game.
In the mems tournament team
events the Board of Trade BARRIERS, of
Portland, finished first with 2779; Hood
River Ranchers, second, 2768; Page &
Son, Portland, third. 2767.
Cecil Lafferty and Bob Hartshorne,
popular Hood River amateurs. ran
away with first place in the doubles
with 1896; dad" Smith and Leonard
Howard, second, 1877; Jack Stewart
and Zack Annala, third. 1888: Sherrell
and Goodwin, fourth, ll24. Hood Riv-
er made clean sweep in the doubles.
Leonard Howard, Hood River, cap
tured the singles, 644; second, Stew
art, SO; third. Woodman, Portland,
635; fourth, Goodwin. 602; fifth, f.
Coe, Portland, 500.
BY rolling 1887 in his nine games,
with handicap, Howard, Hood River,
won first money in the All Events.
Manager House, rolling from scratch,
knocked over 1911 pins for second mon
ey in the handicap all events, at the
same time winning the Hood River in
dividuaI championship for the year.
Members of the only Hood River
five-man team among the winners
we're: Howard, A. A. Hukari, T. j.
Annala, Ed Hunt and House.
Mrs. II. T. Dewitt, with 434. nosed
out Mrs. George Mellon by one pin in
the ladies' singles tournament, and
these two women were high in the
ladies' doubles with S20. In the mixed
doubles Mr.. and Mrs. House, and Mrs.
I. +. Smith and Mr.. House were tied
for first place, 1912.
Alley records and holders for the
season we're:
Five-man team, three games, Blue
Diamonds, 1886; one game, Apple |
Growers Association, 1867.
Doubles, three games, House and
Goodwin, l347; one game, 487, Hall
and Goodwin.
Singles, three games, George Poe,
76l one game, Dewitt, 299.
Mixed doubles, three games, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dewitt, ll65, and one game,
Tito, AL.
Women's team, three games. White
Diamonds. 23l9, and one game, 80l.
Women's doubles, Mrs. Burke and
Mrs. Smith, three games, 1894; one
yame, 378.
Women's singles, three games, Mrs.
Burke. 578; one game, Mrs. Mellon,
.36.
The Blue Diamond alleys will be
losed till fall.
IL am closing a little earlier than
Usual, said Mr.. House, "but business
do not justify the expense
4 summer operation. | thank all my
rlends and local bowlers for their in
crest and patronage the past season,
md promise them even better times
ext season."