The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-15
BY BERNARD HARMON

TINE much ballyhooed bowling
l. battle between the City Hall
team and Emerson Post No. 262,
American Legion, today had devel-
oped into a battle of wits.
The match was scheduled to get
under way at the Pritcnett Alleys
at yesterday, so Jess Pritchett,
who was supposed to carry the bur-
den for the Legion boys, captained
by Lawrence (Connie) Connaughton,
well-known orchestra leader, started
his iimbering up exercises about
$3.50. OF course, Pritchett didn't
exactly need the warin-up as he has
been known to toss an occasional
high score, but anyway he stepped
out on deck and started to swing
his mineralite.
About that time he saw big
shadow moving across the alley. He
turned to discover that it came from
the frame of Lieut.. Dan Scanlon OF
the Indianapolis police force.
want an alley?" asked Pritche5t.
mo, you," said Big Dan.
Legionnaires Frantic
And although Jess explained that
he was supposed to star for the
Legionnaires, he was loaded into a
waiting police car and hustled TO
the ''hoosegow."
Connie and his boys became fran
tic. The price of a pigs knuckle
and sauerkraut dinner was at stake,
and the one-time soldiers didn't
feel in the paying mood.
well, let's co. cried Johnny
Noonan, who was directing the
strategy of the City Hallers. He
had his starting lineup ready for
the battle, and with Ownie Bush,
the Minneapolis baseball pilot, as
his n-the-hole," figured the
match was "in the bag"
But Comics boys were not quite
ready. They were buzzing around
and sparring for time.
In walked Deputy Sheriff Roscoe
Bredell. He seized the diminutive
Bush and carted him off to the
County Jail.
'Well, we're all even, now" re-
marked Connie, "let's CO."
The match got under way, Pepper
Corliss taking the Busl, vacancy and
Frank Irish assuming the PTitchett
assignment. With WaIlie Middles-
worth, Noonan, Police Chief Nor.
rissey and doc" Morgan Of the
Board of Health rounding out the
lineup, the Hallers COPIED the first
game when Middlesworth tossed
enough strikes to see 237 tackled
up behind his name.
Bill Figg, Bill Shea, Connie and
Chuck Klein, the lamhasting ball
hawk of the Chicago Cubs, repre-
scented the Legion and Klein
emerged as the star of the first ten
innings with 1879.
As the two aggregations squared
off for the second game, Pritchett
reappeared and was rushed into the
battle. The Connaughton forces
were all smiles-but not for long.
Bush, following frantic phone re-
quests of his mates to Sheriff Otto
Ray, had been released.
"Well, we're all even again."
agreed the captains and the HOSTILE
ties proceeded.
By this time Middlesworth had
cooled off, and when he responded
with an anemic 125, the Noonan
boys took a trimming. Pritchett
showed his wrath BY tossing a 21O
at his enemies, but Bush was still
nervous from his ''ri1oR and halted
at lit. Along about the seventh
frame of the final tilt, the boys de-
cided they were hungry so they
tossed aside the bowling balls and
rushed off to enjoy the waiting
feast.
The City Hall boys did The rush
ing. The Legion aggregation, you
see, had to stick around long
enough to pay off the damages. They
lost the conflict by margin of so
pins.
Charlie Bowes arrived at the Pritchett
Alleys just as the City HaH-Legion melee
wound up and upon observing the large
crowd on hand, figured that in case some
of them stuck around they would prob
ably want to see some real bowling.
Most of those spectators left. but in
a 10 haH oil Av dod tn
put on his exhibition, he went to work
in the Hoosier A. C. League, and when
he had finished his three games he was
champion soloist of indianapolis for the
evening. With games of FOG, 22S and 240
totaled GA, which proved to be little
more than the opposing Potter Coal &
Material Co., Bowes Seal Fast could over
come, SO his aggregation emerged victorious
in every game.
One honor count was posted in each
of the other team matches. Jack Hunt,
with Al start in his first two games,
skidded to l6S nightcap to wind up with
6i5, but the total gave his Kernel OPP
ticals enough punch to take a pair of
wins over Barrett Coal Co. With Fran
Schmitt at 6l2, indianapolis Office Sup
ply Co. won an odd-game decision over
III. A. C. Boosters, while the John Han
cock Mutual Insurance, despite Charlie
Tyner's $50 dropped two games to Coca
Cola.
Art Krick turned in his best strike and
spare series of the season in pacing. the
Rotary League kegelers, in session at the
Indiana; Games of 265, 222 and 182
gained him a 669. Gompfs were the only
three-time winners of the evening. They
blankeo StengerS. Other matches result
ed in double wins for Moores. Hayes. Far
rars, Harrods, Coons, Foleys and Fenste-
makers over Millers, McManus, Linde-
muthS. Hills Poehners Clarks and Gard