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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-25
2 MISSING WITNESSES
DELAY BOMBING TRIAL
Continuance Asked by Prosecutor in
Sullivan Case.

sullivan Case.
By United Press
SULLIVAN, Ind, April 25.-Trial
of Virgil May, charged with the
bombing of a grocery store near the
Starburn mine last September, was
delayed today when it was found
two state witnesses were missing.
The continuance was asked by
Prosecutor Rex BridwelI and other
state officials assisting in the prose-
cution. The motion was granted by
Special Circuit Judge Walter F.
Wood.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-25

By United Press
TOXIC, April 25.-Foreign Minis
ter Koki Hirota today dismissed i'm
perturbably as "a friendly inquiry"
Great Britain's request-received to-
day-for information regarding
Japan's startling declaration of Far
Eastern policy.
At the same time. Mr.. Hirota said
Japan did not expect to receive rep
reservations from the United States
because Ambassador HiroSi Saito at
Washington had explained every
thing in an informal chat with
Acting state Secretary William Phil
lips.
Sir Eric Lindley, British ambas-
sador, visited Hirota for an hour
today. making his inquiry regarding
Japan's assertion of dominance in
Chinese, if not all Asian affairs.
Mr.. Hirota explained Japan's posi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-25
CHAIN GANG TORTURED
Legislative Committee Charges
Abuses in Georgia County.
By United Pre-

By United Press
ATLANTA, April 25.-Severe
charges of open use of convict labor
for private purposes and torture Of
prisoners resembling days Of the
ancient Roman empire were made
against Butts county chain gang
authorities today by a special legls-
lative subcommittee
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-25
HEAVY FROST CAUSES
LITTLE DAMAGE HERE

Only Early PeriShable Plants Hurt;
Cool Weather Continues.
Heavy frost which occurred here
and throughout the state last night
probably did little damage, other
than to early perishable plants such
as tomatoes, according to J. H. Arm
ington, local meteoroligist.
The mercury dropped to 81 last
night at Municipal airport and "a
at the downtown weather bureau
Office.
Fair and not so cool weather to-
night, but light frost, and increas-
ing cloudiness and slowly rising
temperature tomorrow, was forecast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-25
CITY ACTION SOUGHT
ON DEAD-END STREETS

officials Anxious to Protect Lives of
Motorists.
Action to protect motorists against
dead-end streets in the city is to be
taken this afternoon at a confer
ence of various city officials. 1t was
reported at the city hall today that
FERA funds may be available to In
dianapolis for the work.
If that is true, officials said, work
will be started Immediately. Two
weeks ago a Lebanon woman lost
her life at the dead end of Eugene
street when the car in which she
was riding ran into the canal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-25
EMERSON CAUGHT:
EXTRACTION FIGHT
GETS UNDER WAY
Jon Murder Suspect Who Walked From
Noblesville Jail on Feb. 9 Battles
Return From Cincinnati.
FUGITIVE NABBED WITHOUT FIGHT
Alleged Slayer, Hair Dyed Brown, Is Taken
From Bed in ROOming House by
Heavily Armed Police.

Preparing to battle for the custody of Ernest Red)
Gberson suspect in the machine Staying of Police Ser
geant Lester JONES' and jail breaker Indianapolis detectives
this route to Cincinnati where Gbeson
was captured this morning.
Governor Paul v McNut signed extradton papers for
the escaned criminal Detectives Fay Davis and Orvlle
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-25
Government Official Dead
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, April 25-Dr
Ulysses Grant Houck, So, associate
chief of the agricultural depart
ments bureau of animal industry,
died here late yesterday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-25
Japan Put On Defensive Concerning
Her Far Eastern Hdnds-Of' POLICY

ton in detail. The impression was
that he discussed the open door
policy as regards China and wide
range of matters concerning British
japanese trade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-25

uation. Mr.. Hull returned to Wash
ington last night from weekend
in New York and Immediately be-
gan a study of developments in the
Orient since he left here last Fri
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-25
M'NUTT SETS DATE FOR
BETTER HOMES WEEK

April 29-May Period Designated
in Proclamation.
Governor Paul V. McNutt today
issued proclamation designating
April 90 to May as Better Homes
week. The Governor said he felt
it the obligation of all citizens to
give heed to better homes and he
therefore called upon all citizens
to give serious consideration to the
annual observances Of Better Homes
Week"
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the Federal Trade Commission in
Washington.
The wedding will take place Satur-
day, June 2.
Representative and Mrs. Frederick
r. Lehlbach entertained at dinner last
evening at the Shoreham in compli-
ment to Mrs. William o. Becker Of
Westfield, N. j., chairman Of the Ma
tiona, Defense Committee OF the
N. S. D. A. r.
Mrs. Rudolph Max Kaufman will
not be at home this afternoon.
Mr.. Joseph H. Choate, jr., director
of the Federal Alcohol Control Ad-
minstration, has rented Mr.. Hugh
Wilson's home, 2839 Woodland ave-
nue.. and he and Mrs. Choate will
move down from New York and take
possession Monday. In little while
they will be Joined by their son, Mr..
Joseph H Choate, Sd, who is now in
college.
The three daughters of Mr.. and
Mrs. Choate are all married, the
Youngest, Miss Priscilla Choate, having
married Mr. Norwood Penrose Halo
we'll, jr.. Of New York and Milton,
Mass, in the Church of the Heavenly
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Former Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Air Mr.. Davis S. ingalls, flew
to his Cleveland home yesterday after
making short visit at Hot Springs.
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features Of the ball, which will be
attended by Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
velt and outstanding diplomats, will
be the entrance of the queen and her
party through an arch Of cherry
blossoms.
Beginning today school children,
under the direction Of the Community
Center, are making 1000 branches of
cherry blossoms which will be used
for decorations during the festival.
Horticulturists trimming the cherry
trees recently have sent hundreds Of
branches to the Community Center in
order that artificial blossoms might be
attached.
Both the coronation ceremonies and
ball and reception will be broadcast
over a Nationwide hook-up.
Miss Roosevelt and her attendants
will have a final rehearsal of their
part In the festival Wednesday at 4
o'clock pm, when they will meet at
the old Polo Grounds to go through
the coronation ceremony and go from
there to the Mayflower Hotel to re-
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Senator Royal S. Copeland has been
Joined in his apartment at the Shore
ham by Mrs. Copeland, who is recov-
ering from an operation which she
underwent in a local hospital.
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Rest, New York, in a brilliant we'd
ding April last. The other married
daughters are Mrs. Geoffrey Platt and
Mrs. Charles B. Harding of New York
Washington is Mrs. Choate's old
home. She is the daughter Of the
distinguished Gen. Robert Shaw Oliver
and in her young ladyhood was quite
a belle in society here, where she has
many friends. Mr. Choate is the son
of the late Joseph Hodges Choate, one
Of Americas greatest lawyers and at
one time Ambassador to Great Brit
ain. In his own right the son stands
at the head Of the New York bar.
The League of Republican Women
will conduct a school of politics in
May under the direction of Mrs
Virginia White Speel, assisted by Mrs,
William Gilbert. This will be the fifth
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ready been designed with the cherry
blossom motif in mind. The queen,
Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, will be dressed
in all-white, her gown Of chiffon and
her four-yard train of satin. The
ladies in waiting will wear dresses Of
varying shades Of pink chiffon and
wide brimmed brown hats. They will
carry branches of cherry blossoms.
The queens train will be carried by
little Miss Elizabeth Goring Bliss and
Grace Colgate Rumbough, who Will
wear shell pink ankle-length ruftled
dresses. Tiny Bo-peep hats Will be
tied on their heads. The picture will
be completed with little Miss Betsy
Baker, attired in white satin knickers
and blouse, who will carry the queens
crown on q white satin cushion. The
costumes have been designed by Mrs.
EIdridge Jordan. Mrs. Fulton Lewis
is making Miss Roosevelt's crown.
In an effort to make the corona
ton ceremonies Of the queen and the
ball and reception the most colorful
events Of their kind ever witnessed in
Washington, Mrs. John Allan Dough-
erty, vice chairman Of the Reception
Committee of the Cherry Blossom
Festival, is supervising decorations
She has designed the dias on which
the queen and her court will sit next
Thursday afternoon following the
coronation ceremonies A platform 20
feet by 20 feet will be constructed with
a shell-shaped top to be covered with
green canvas and overlaid with
branches of cherry blossoms. The
platform will be in the center of the
boxes on the old Polo Grounds near
the Tidal Basin. A large horse show
will take place following the corona
! ton ceremonies.
Indications are that the ball and
reception next Saturday night will be
the most colorful event of the festival
program. Elaborate plans are under
way for unique decorations never be-
fore seen in Washington. One of the
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session of the school, it having been
inaugurated In 1925.
The regular weekly tea Of the league
will be held on Wednesday afternoon
from 4:30 to 6 o'clock, at which the
hostesses will be Mrs. William Fitch
Kelley, Mrs. Bruce Baird, Miss Edna
Patton, Mrs. Harry Hull, Mrs. James
S. Parker, Mrs. Louis @. Weller.
Mrs. Ellis A. Yost, Mrs. Edmund s.
Kochersperger, Mrs. William Lee Cor
bin, Mrs. Earl Venable, Mrs. John
Otto johnson, Mrs. William M.
Guthrie, Miss Ruth Brown, Mrs.
Arthur Vandenburg, Miss Daisy
Prentice, Mrs. Harry K. Daugherty,
Mrs. Charles Alger, Mrs. Russell Har-
rison, Mrs. James Watson, Mrs.
Frisbey Eikef, Mrs. Wallace s. Demp-
sey, Mrs. Guy D. Goff and Mrs. Will
liam Gilbert, who are the new officers
and members of the board of directors.
All members Of the Daughters of the
American Revolution are cordially in
vited to attend this tea.
Preceding the tea and commencing
at 2:30 o'clock pm, Mrs. Webb Wood
fill will give review Of the book en-
titled 1.-The Mutiny ON the Bounty
by James Norman Hall and Charles
Nordhoff.
Mrs. Fairfax Harrison is chairman
of the committee which is making
plans for the celebration of the
thirtieth anniversary Of the founding
of the Potomac School May 9. A
luncheon in honor of former trustees
will be held at the school on that day
and will be followed by the Spring
festival. in which ali students will take
part. The members of Mrs. Harrison S
committee are the present Board OF
Trustees, Mrs. Keith Merrill, Mrs.
Charles Baird, jr.; Countess de Sieyes,
Mrs. William Mckee Dunn, Mrs. John
Spalding F1annery, Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe, Mrs. w. Chaplin Huntington,
Mrs. Pierrepont Moffat. Mrs. Duncan
Phillips, Mrs. Robert Clement Watson
and Miss Dorothea Stillman, who is
head mistress of the school.
Former Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Ogden L. Mills, with the
latter's son, Mr.. John r. Fell, jr.,
returned to New York today after
spending a short time at White Sui
phur Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Pierrepont Wag-
gaman, who have been in New Orleans
for the late Winter, will be at the
Savoy-Plaza in New York after to-
morrow until they sail Friday on the
Vulcania for Europe.
DR.. and Mrs. Charles Stanley White
have gone to New York and are
spending a few days at the Waldorf
Astoria.
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SOCIETY
President and Mrs. Roosevelt to Have
President of Haiti as Their Guest
During Visit in Washington.

Payne, the Assistant Secretary Of
State, Mr.. Francis B. Sayre; DR.. and
Mrs. Herbert Feis. Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Fred Essary and Judge B. Lawrence
Groner.
Mrs. Billiard, widow of the late Ad-
miral Frederick Billiard, commandant
of the Coast Guard, has as her guests
her sister, Mrs. Laurence Arnold Chap
pell, and Mr.. and Mrs. Elmore Spaul-
ding of New Haven, who arrived today
by motor from their home. Mrs.
Chappell and Mr.. and Mrs. Spaulding
will remain with Mrs. Billiard in her
apartment in the Westchester until
after the Cherry Blossom Festival,
when they will go to Hot Springs for
the remainder of the Spring season.
Former Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Air Mr.. Davis S. ingalls, flew
to his Cleveland home yesterday after
making short visit at Hot Springs.
Former Representative and Mrs.
John B. Sosnoski of Detroit, Mich.
have announced the engagement of
their daughter, Irene, to Mr.. Lewis
Elwood Whyte, son of Mrs. Joseph G.
Wnyte Of Washington, the wedding
to take place in July.
Announcement was made in Wash
ington yesterday at a tea which Miss
Louise Moore gave in the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence w.
Moore, where Miss Sosnoski and her
mother and sister, Mrs. Edward Mus
kowski, are visiting
Miss Sosnoski is graduate of
Georgetown Visitation Convent and
Mr.. Whyte attended George Wash
ington University and is a member
of the Simga Alpha Epsilon Frater-
nifty and of the Gate and Key Hon.
orary Society. He is now connected
with the Washington Times.
Mr.. and Mrs William Monroe Zieg-
Ter announce the engagement of their
daughter, Marion Maxine to Mr.. Nor
Mr.. and Mrs. N. D. Hawkins, jr. The
betrothal was announced yesterday at
dove" tea given by the bride-elect's
mother. Both the prospective bride
and bridegroom attended George
Washington University. Miss zeigler
being a member of Sigma Kappa
Sorority and Mr.. Hawkins a member
of Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
The wedding will take place in the
early Fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Chalmers
Armstrong of Hampton. Va, an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Elizabeth, to Mr.. Alexander
Boyd Hawes, son of Mr. and Mrs
Charles Henry Halves of Cambridge,
Mass. Announcement was made in
Washington yesterday at tea given
in honor of Miss Armstrong, who is
visiting here. She attended the Mas
tiers School at Dobbs Ferry and is a
member of the Junior League of New
York.
Mr.. Hawes attended Princeton and
Harvard Universities, receiving his
degree from the Law School at Har-
ward in 1881. He Is connected with
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Cherry Blossom Queen and
Her Court in Pink and White.

Decorations for the coronation cere-
monies Of the queen of the Cherry
Blossom Festival next Thursday aft
ernoon and for the grand ball and re-
ception, which will close the three
day festival next Saturday night at
the Mayf1ower Hotel, will follow the
cherry blossom motif throughout.
The gowns of the queen, her IL
ladies in waiting. the two little train
bearers and the crownbearer have al
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hearse the part they are to play La
the ball and reception.
Former Representative and Mrs. Z.
Hart Fem have come to Washington
from their home in Wethersfield,
Conn, and will remain through the
early Spring season.
Mrs. Abby Morrison Kicker, soprano,
of New York, and Mr.. Arthur Carr,
pianist, will give a Joint recital at
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THE President and Mrs. Roose-
welt will be hosts to the PreSi-
dent of Haiti, M. Stenio Vim
i cent, who will arrive there
tomorrow morning at 1890
o'clock Mrs Roosevelt will leave
Washington tomorrow at midnight
for New York, where she will spend
Wednesday, returning to Washington
on the midnight train.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
will entertain at dinner this eve
ming followed by a musicale. This
afternoon at the tea hour they will
receive the retiring dean of the dip
lomatic corps, the Ambassador of
Turkey, Mr.. Ahmet Muhtar, who will
go to New York later in the week and
sail Saturday for his home.
Yesterday President and Mrs Roose-
velt entertained guests at luncheon
and were hosts again at supper, a
program of Southern mountain folk
music being given after supper by
Mr.. John Jacob Niles. In the after
noon the President and his son and
daughter inlaw, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Roosevelt, drove through the country
while Mrs Roosevelt and their guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Mortimer and
Miss Sarah Delano took a drive.
The retiring Ambassador of Turkey
Mr.. Ahmet Muhtar. was honor guest
at luncheon yesterday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter r. Tuckerman and Mrs
Charles M. Lea. who entertained a
company of so at the National
Woman's Country Club. Among those
from out of town at the luncheon
were Mrs. James Francis Sullivan of
Philadelphia, and Mrs. Bruce Cotton,
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Gordon, Mrs
Winslow Williams and Mrs. Tunstall
Smith of Baltimore.
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The Assistant Secretary of State,
Mr.. r. Walton Moore, and his sisters,
the Misses Moore, entertained at a
dinner yesterday, when their guests
were the United States Ambassa-
dor to Germany, Mr.. William E.
Dodge; Senator and Mrs. Henry
Wilder Keyes, Judge John Barton
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
HILLTOP FIVE.
J IS SLIGHT
FAVOR|TE

E Five times in five successive
years, Georgetown University's
basketball team has met the quint
representing Loyola, of Baltimore.
/ Five times Loyola has won.
L Tonight, in Tech gym, George
towns HoyaS will be out to regis
ter q triumph over the Balti-
moreanS. Even Coach Freddy
SMesmer, of the Hilltoppers, fig
NreS Georgetown will win.
II Tonight's Loyola game Is the
next to last on Georgetown'S card.
To date, the Mermer-coached five
Mas a record Of 10 wins against
IL losses. If the Hoyars are to
finish the season on the right side
$of the ledger, they must win both
remaining games. Incidentally, II
Georgetown does win both re-
naming games, it will be the first
time in four years that George
town quint has finished a basket
ball season with more wins than
losses.
In tonight'S preliminary game,
the fast-going Hoya yearlings,
victorious in their last four starts,
will clash with a strong Gonzaga
team. This game is scheduled to
get under way, at 1880 p. m, with
the varsity contest set for $3.50.
This is a busy weekend for the
District colleges.
Tonight, at American Univers-
lty, the Eagles meet Virginia Me-
>dical College at basketball. In the
Ambassador pool, George Wash
tngton University'S water polo
team meets the Baltimore "Y';;
Newark IN. j. State Normal bas-
ketball team clashes with the vii.
son Teachers College quint, at
Wilson Teachers College, with the
Alumnae VS.. Wilson Teachers
Women's team playing q prelim-
dnary at 1880 p. m.
Tomorrow night, Maryland'S
boxers meet Penn State, at State
College, Pa. Navy's boxers clash
with Washington and Lee, at An
nspolis. Virginia Medical College
moves over from American Uni
versity and meets Wilson Teach
erS' College in basketball.
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H|SER To HOLD
BLIND Pic TEST

o. K. Hiser will hold a Blind
Pig Doubles at Hyattsville tomor-
row, at 8 o'clock. The entry fee
will be $1.45 and will provide
plenty Of fun for all, according to
Oscar Hiser. Each person will
roll three games and the sweep
stakes is open to both men and
women.
When Northeast Temple rolled
a $50 game last night to sweep
its set with Lucky Strike, it bet
tered by five pins the score
rolled by Occidental earlier in the
season. Frank Mischou did most
of the work with a I'll game.
Other games incorporated in the
record breaking game were Ches-
ter Bids 1913. George Honey's
ia, Charley Phillips 145 and
Ollie Pacini's 131.
King Pin picked up a game as
it whitewashed Columbia, while
the pace-setting Occidentals were
dropping the odd game to George
town. Despite Joe Pricci's All
set, Convention Hall dropped two
games to Hyattsville. Martin Nc
Carthy's 379 game helped Arcadia
take the odd game from Beacon
Sign.
Johnson's 141 game and 374 set
was high for the Takoma-Silver
Spring League. Ontrich's 376 set
and Gilbert's 140 game topped
the War Department League.
Jesse Deloe's 148 game and
Willie Edinger's 357 set led the
Daylight League.
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2GETOWN QUINT BATTLES LOYOLA TONIGHT AT TECH

five on the road. The Longest
road trip will find Georgetown
meeting Temple in Philadelphia
on May IL, and Villanova College,
at Villanova, Pa, on May IL.
The schedule:
April 7, Richmond University, Rich.
mond. Va; 12, Western Maryland College,
Washington, ID. c.; -, Richmond Uni.
versity, Washington. ID. c.; 26, Temple
University, Washington, d. c.; 2S, Navy,
Annapolis, Md; 80. Duke. Washington,
ID c.
May 4, West virginia, Washington,
ID. c.; 5, Mt. st. Mary's. Emittsburg, Nd.
3, Washington & Lee. Washington, ID. C.J
II. Temple University. Philadelphia, Pa;
~. VillanOVa College. VIIIanOVa, Pa;
I8, William & Mary College, Washington
ID. C
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They think, however, their
Church League team can take the
Washingtonians and challenge
them here and now to a ten
game home and home match.
The B. Y. P. U. outfit can offer
blond AL Woods, sensational
youngster who has a 1T average
and an average Of almost 120
in the District League, while the
suburbanites can shoot right back
at them with Perce Wolfe, who
has a 121 average for the District
League.
Wants Match
Anyhow, Oscar Hiser. is anxi-
GUS to arrange the match and
can be reached at Hyattsville
1924 after II a. m.
Another Of the Match Game
Elimination bouts finds Joe Fres-
chi (Rendezvous) meeting Paul
Harrison (Arcadia) at Arcadia to-
morrow at 3 p. m. The second
block will probably be rolled at
Rendezvous, Monday at 3 p. m.
Freschi is averaging 1913 in Recre-
alton League and 119 in the Dis
trict League. Paul is Wavering be-
The Washington times., 1934-03-02

He stands 6 feet 4 and weighs
over $50 pounds. He is of Aus
trian birth and speaks English
with a picturesque accent.
Bitunyac Is considered the only
professional duckpin bowler in
existence, making a living travel
ing around the country giving
trick shot exhibitions and bowl
ing any maplepopper who dares
face him.
T. Pacini Stops Him
Until Pacini beat him by seven
pins at Richmond two weeks
ago in the opening 10-game block
of q match which will be con-
cludHd tomorrow, the colorful
Austrian had swept aside all op-
position with ease in Norfolk,
Roanoke, Fredericksburg, Rich
mond and other Virginia points.
Bitunyac does not hesitate to
state that he is good" Top
notch bowlers who have watched
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him in action admit that he isn't
exaggerating a bit.
He makes trick spares with un-
canny frequency and considers
a 81 or SO split a break"
making it 9 out Of 10 times.
Center Of Storm
Bitunyac was the center of a
storm Of protests when he rolled
in the national duckpin bowling
congress tournament when it was
held at Richmond several years
ago.
Some of the participants in
the tournament sought to have
him barred because he was a
PROFESSIONAL but the protests
were disallowed and Bitunyac
placed fifth in the singles and
seventh in the all-events, and
also took down seventh money
with "HobnaI" Francis In the
doubles.