The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-13
PIN GOSSIP
BY LEFTY LEE

tional tournament will open on the
Pritchett Recreation alleys, Satur-
day March 18, with lat f1ve-man
teams, 217 sets of doubles and 435
individuals enrolled to try for the
championships in the different
events. A new system of play that
should prove popular to the visiting
bowlers is the schedule that dlsposes
of all local teams before the 'lSltorS
arrive. In former tourname the
city that acted as host to thi tour
ney rolled its booster teams and
saved the fast teams for the final
day of the meet.
This years meet requires all Indianapo-
lis players to roll their team event, dou-
bles and singles next Saturday and sun
day This rule will be followed for both
the booster and regular Team ent +ean5s
will start their play Saturday, March 20,
and continue until mid-April. Chairman
c. C.. Cray also wishes 70 announce di [1I th Se
placed on a team if he desires to bowl II
you are not placed Just put in an :, appear pear
ance at the Pritchett drives next Saturday
and you viii be taken care Of, While no
records for entries were broken local
officers are well-pleased with the enroll
ment and will take care OF all ylsltorS III
a style that will make the 1888 meet a
pleasant memory.
The Reformed Church League turned the
tables on the Louisville Reformed Churcn
boys when they defeated them in the hnal
half of their home and home match on the
Pritcet alleys Saturday. nigt, 2O,579 10
20237 The grand total for the match was
indianapolis 40. 629; Louisville, 40,346. The
locals margin was $40 pins in the fnai
match and 283 pins for the entire set. BUD
schock and ChaFe Cray s ie9 the Ioca! 9oeS
rolled GOA for the visitors. This is the hrSt
time these leagues have ever met IN match
play, but the success OF TINS venture Is Ger
tain to make it an annual event that the
members of both leagues Will look Tor
ward to.
zens Gas team in a special match against
alleys ls t'S scored a perfect 800 game in his
and 215. a total of tbs, that led the Citi-
zenS team to a grand total Of 1901 and
an easy win over the Hoosier Pete boys;
sos. sos and SOB, as Werner was the, only
member of the losing team to hit IN stride.
his sheet showing a total OF GA. Both OF
these teams are scheduled to perform IN
the American Bowling Congress tourna-
ment now in progress at Columbus, rolling
on March 81 and April l.
The seasons greatest scoring session was
produced by the Capitol City Travelling
League on the Uptown alleys, Sunday aft
ernoon. new records for one game. four
team play in addition to a new single
game mark of 289 by Jack Hunt. The
Uptown Alley Five produced two Of these
marks. rolling a single game count of 1890
"a new city record. and their fourgame
score was 4 401 Wheeler Lunch and In
diana Wheel and Rim each rolled APO;
u FOL 7
4041 Barkeepers Friend. 1892; Barbasol.
1890 and Mic-Lis- McCahill 1913. During
other sets rolled this season. the mark OF
any of these teams during Sundays play
would have copied high honors
The individual scoring was also brill
liant, Johnny Rice rolling, GAG to lead. John
Burnett had 943; Dad Hanna. 928; Ahearn
1913; Nordholt. 80, Wheeler, 874; Abbott
865; Barrett. 864; Weisman 862; Mounts
$50: Heiss 846; Schoch. 845; O'Grady, Sal
Vollmer. 1877: Hornbeck. 1885, Hardin. 1856
Mahoney. 1874: Mark 831; Spencer 827;
Carmin, 1914; Fehr. 821; johnson, Bio. and
Bowen. So
To break the city single game record, the
members of the Uptown Five rolled the fol-
Rice. 276: Hanna. 256. and Hornbeck. 245
Johnny Barrett also tossed in a row OF
strikes. scoring 27S game, which is sec
| ond to Hunts new record.
Alice Shea hit the NAPLES for a total Of
607 to lead the Indianapolis Baseball Clut
Ladies' team to an easy wiz over a picked
team from the indianapolis Railways anc
Peoples Motor Mems League. Sunday night
on the Indiana alleys, 1883 to 2264.
The team average per game for the eigh
teams rolling in the Capitol City Travelling
League Sunday was 1921 1-3 pins for thu
thirty-two games rolled This mark rank.
with the best leagues in the country anC
should really be considered even higher AZ
/ the rules of this loop require the teams Il
change alleys at the end of each game