The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-03
Fort Wayne
Squad Lands
Sixth Place
Marott~ Is Given Trophy
by National Tenpin
Organization.
BY BERNARD HARMON

events OF the American Bowling
Congress tournament
The upstate five was of to a
good start, posting = 1913 opening
game, which with following counts
OF S95 and 979 gained it the high
spot in the standings. Bryan with
6Sl and Ramsey with a col fur
rished the punch that boosted the
team to its big series Varied In
dustries of West Bend. Wis.
4 cracked out a 29ll series, which was
few pins short of landing them
among the top ten. Horle, anchor
man for the team, featured with a
$50 series. Edward Oehrle Coal 81
Coke OF Louisville and Centlivre
Beer OF Fort Wayne with totals of
d 1895 and 2790. respectively, were
other high scorers of the late squad.
A huge crowd had gathered in the
Coliseum to pay tribute to George
s j. Marott local business man and
sports follower, who for the last
26 years has sponsored teams in
the annual A. B. G. affairs. The In
dianapolis Chamber Of Commerce
rendered him a dinner at the
Marott Hotel prior to the Coliseum
tribute in which Mel G. King, an
A. B. G. vice president, presented
him with a trophy on behalf of the
national pin organization Mr. Ma
rott and his team were the first
OF the 1915 squad to march to the
alleys. A host of Indianapolis bust
oil l1o
hind alleys % and "a, where Mr..
Marott's 1896 entry displayed their
scoring prowess by firing 2783
series.
State Teams Go Big
None of the 30 teams of the mi
tisl squad of the evening were able
TO connect for a series that would
land them among the leaders Cas-
well-Runyon Co. of Huntington,
Ind. used games of 88l, 1045 and
905 for a 1881 total that topped all
team scoring Two Fort Wayne
uuintels turned in brilliant series.
( Oak Lunch, with a 2810, and Gun
mars Place, with 2789, were runners
up to the Huntington aggregation.
and doubles entrants who pounded
the naples during the daylight ses-
sions produced but two changes in
Z the ten leaders Jim Dulin of Akron,
o., wound up his singles series in
a blaze of strikes that netted him
a pit. Having opened with 1872 and
234 he totaled FOB, which was good
for fifth place in the individual
events standings. Otto Peters OF
Springfield ILL.,, also found the
tourney pins to his liking and al
though he failed to land board
position" he connected for 687
series that should be we'll up in
the standings when the payoff ar
rives. He had games of 257, 205 and
s225. A. Missner of Beloit. Wis, with
"a $40 and l.. Rose of Hamilton with
663 were other individuals posting
brilliant series during the day.
Locals Fail to Connect
\ indianapolis FASTENERS in action
failed to locate the pocket with any
consistency and as a result but two
totals passed the 500 mark. Clay
ton Rigsbee opened weakly with 1913,
but he tossed enough strikes in his
following games for counts of 253
and 227 that netted him a SAB, tops
among the local soloists Walter
Cress, the East Side pinster, rolled
consistent series and wound up
with a COL. Jack Hunt missed the
honor mark by one pin, collecting
500 in his three games.
Marvin Anderson and Harry Kaad,
Chicago duo, assembled the top two
man count of the afternoon, 1892
that placed them in seventh place
in the doubles standings, Ander-
son WITH games of 217, 269 and 2S3
for = 719 put the pair over. Kaad
srosted a 573 as his share. The only
other combinations to top the 1850
mark were Charlie johnson and Joe
Porto of New Haven, Conn, with
1864 and Joe Hackett and Leroy
& Bowes of Madison, Wis., with 1858.
3 None of the 81 pairs of local en-
trants we're able to reach 1900, Le-
ander King and Russell Smith top
4ping all rivals with an 1176.
8 High Class Program Tonight
Another high-class program
awaits tonights Coliseum customers,
{ for included in the "a aggregations
Xscheduled to face the naples are
some of the country's best, and eX-
perts who have predicted the es-
Enlistment of new tourney records
may find their prophecies fulfilled
8 after the firing has ceased.
On alleys 9 and 10 1t 8:15, Earl
Hewitt, A. B. c. singles champ
ion of 1888, is to display his wares
as a member of the Owls Club of
Erie, Pa. At the same time, on alleys
4 1S and IA, the famous Birk Bros.
Brewing of Chicago will attempt to
collect a total that will land it
h among the leaders. The Windy City
& five is member of the fast Ran
dolph League and with their 1917
s lineup COPIED A. B. G. team honors
Mineralites and Whitecaps. touted
= Chicago teams. are scheduled on al
< leys 10 and 90. The former five needs
mo introduction to the bowling pub
8 lie. for the Mineralites and big scores
have been synonymous for years
Their A. B. c. average for the last
s ten tournaments is in the neighbor-
& hood of 900 and on two occasions
they have nabbed runner-up rnnney
& in the annual events Pete Butler
81 of the Whitecaps team shared the
1929 doubles crown.
III Clevelanders Rate High
s A team probably unfamiliar to
most pin fans of the Middle West,
& but rated as one of the best in the
East is Waldorf Harvest Brews of
Cleveland, carded to appear on al
8 leys and s. The team is captained
by Willie Hess, long identified among
s the best in eastern Ohio The lineup
s of Golco Oil Co. of Columbus, O..
s includes Naddy Latham, who last
y year topped the individual average
lief ~ the AIl-Cfar r,,o ~. t>1~s