The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-04
BY BERNARD HARMON

The 18th annual tournament of
the Indianapolis Women's Bowling
Association, held this year at the
Indiana alleys, wound up yesterday
after two week-ends of competition.
The Bowes Seal FastS repeated
their performance of last years
tourney and won the Glass A team
championship on a total of 1882.
Games of 1874, 812 and 1856 enabled
them to retain their championship
Evelyn Weissman's 534 was the best
individual series of the champs.
Second place went to the Marott
Shoe Co., Lathrop-Moyer finished
third, Coca Cola, fourth, and Falls
City Hi-BruS, fifth.
Blanche Mas and Bertha Tou-
mey connected for a 1881 series to
take the doubles championship of
the Glass A division. Rice and
Johns took second, Mahoney and
Alexander, third; Rosner and Daily,
fourth, and Shea and Finn, fifth.
The singles title in Glass A went
to Blanche Meyer, who during her
three-game series totaled 545. Close
behind was Eva Dawson, with 536,
good for runner-up honorS. Helen
Weise's 533 took third place, Blanche
MASS 529 put her fourth, and 528
by Dorothy Finn Melted fifth posi-
ton. The all-events championship
was taken by Race Johns, who col
lected 1881 pins during her nine
games.
HooSier Petes, rolling in the Glass
B division, accounted for 1888, and
this total brought them the cham
pionship of that class. Indianapolis
Towel and Apron supplys took Sec
ond, and I. w. B. A. No. finished
third. The doubles title in Glass B
went to the team Of Loreen Conoly
and Iris Ronk who used a 943 total
to win the event. Meyers and Kav-
anaugh were second, and Wheeler
and Illif third. Grace Fischer won
the Glass B singles title on $40, while
Mabel Fischer took the all-eVents
crown, with 1878.
The championship of the Glass G
team events had been determined
over the first weekend of the tour
nament, Sterling Beers winning that
crown.
Next Saturday at the Illinois
alleys, the annual tournament of the
Indianapolis Bowling Association
will get under way with the largest
entry in the history of the event.
Two hundred and fourteen teams
will battle for the championships of
the three divisions, % teams being
entered in Glass A, 81 in Glass B
and 125 in the G Glass.
Forty-eight doubles team will
compete in the Glass A doubles, 95
in Glass B and Sc in Glass C. The
singles events will draw 1T Glass A
individuals, 10 in Glass B and SO
in Glass G. Schedules Of the event
will be announced some time this
week.
Cecil Bevis connected for a $50 and
Harry Shortstein a SAP. and these two
totals. combined with a 100 pin handicap
gave lheSe boys 14O0 Tor drSt prize in
the doubles tournament hello at the Della
ware Alleys over the week end Walt
Heckman and Joe Walls finished second
on 1888. including q 90 pin handicap the
former proving to be the heaviest hitter
OF the pair, with a 681 series. Third place
went TO the combination of Jack Hunt
and John Murphy. Their score. including
a IA pin handicap. was 1875 Hunt being
the spark plug Of the duo with the tour
nament's best individual score a 706
Charlie Macarthur and Jess Roe wound up
in fourth place, a $50 by the latter carry
ing them over to a 1912 total. with ii g
aid of a 90 pin handicap.
Others to finish in the money were:
Clayton Riggsbee-Lou Daughsrty, 1882
49,; John Murphy-Gene Gandolf, 1917
l20l; Frank Argus-Ctarley Gray. 1903
t22). and Lee Carmin-Larry Fox 1896
(18l. Argus and Cray pulled one for the
books when they both finished with iden-
teal scores. a 643 apiece. Ninety-five
teams competed in the event.
Eight Reformed Church teams from
Louisville visited Indianapolis yesterday
and tangled with eight teams Of the local
Reformed Church League IN a match at
Pritchetts Alleys. The two groups met
al Louisville in December in the first half
Of their home-and-home series. and the
ing by one pin. But in yesterdays series,
the locals made a nice comeback TO out
total the Louisville combination, the mar
gin of victory being 10l pins. This gave
them 100 pin lead over the visitors for
the six game series and won the trophy
that goes with these annual affairs.
Leading individualists during. Yesterday s