The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-26
New Workers
Outstanding
on Program
Mort Lindsey Heads Radio
City Five; Benkovic
With PabSt.
By BERNARD HARMON

Tonight's American Bowling Con-
gress program finds several of the
nations best pin teams carded for
action on the State Playground
Coliseum drives. Following the fir
ing in the minor events, scheduled
on the daylight sessions, two squads
Of 80 teams each are to face the
naples on the 8 and 10 o'clock
shifts.
A packed house is expected to
greet the initial squad as the teams
step across the runways to their re-
spective battle grounds, for includ-
ed in the lineup of quintets sched-
uled are four Of the nations top
flight fives.
The feature attraction of the
quartet of crack aggregation should
be the Radio City quintet of New
York City, which includes in its
lineup one Of the most colorful PIN
sters the game has ever produced,
Mort Lindsey. He has an average
OF 200 for his last six A. B. c. ap-
pearances and twice has been a
member Of the winning five-man
team.
Men From Manhattan
Three additional teams from
Manhattan are scheduled along with
the Radios. Brunswick Red Crowns,
Pabst Blue Ribbon and Tudor City
Recreation are among the best
quintets in the East and all are
capable of turning in scores that
may cause a decided change in the
standings.
The 10 o'clock squad also finds
some crack aggregations ready TO
fire at the elusive naples. Frank
Benkovic's Pabst Blue Ribbons of
Chicago, always considered a dan
gerous tournament team, is to be
one Of the squads 80 teams. Mail
ers No. 10 and Marmon- Harrington
teams, both rated among the best
in indianapolis, are also to try their
luck on the evenings closing shift.
The MailerS team is composed of
quintet of young FASTENERS and
is known to be at its best
when the going is toughest. The
Marmons roll regularly in the In
dianapolis League, and have made
a creditable showing during the
regular season.
OklahOman Goes Big
No changes were registered in
the standings of the top ten of the
doubles and singles standings as
two squads fired at the naples on
yesterdays daylight shifts. Conn
Matheson and Arnold Pearson,
Enid (Okla.) duo, totaled 1921 to out
score all rivals on the IL o'clock
shift, while Bertram Weltens, San
Antonio (Tex) pastimer, assembled
629 to nab honors on the HAS
singles squad. Nathan Jones, Buff
falo, cracked the naples for a 683
in his doubles games, but when his
partner, Mort Donavan, halted at
534, the duo's aggregate score of
1916 failed to land them among the
ten leaders. The total, however,
was tops for the 1890 two-man
squad. Vance Oathout, a local
kegeler, inserted a nifty 277 count
between games of 172 and 191 to
total $40, the best series of the lis
squad of singles contestants.
Huge Crowd on Hand
Casey Mills of Enid Okla,
Climaxed his team total of 637 and
his doubles series of 500 with a 500
in the singles. The nine games
gave him an 1874 total which was
good for a tie for fifth in the all
events standings.
The three squads that faced the
naples on last nights program
were greeted by another huge au-
dience, but the scores turned in
by the 80 teams failed to do much
damage to the ten leaders. The
evenings opening squad included
city and state booster teams. Crown
Point Merchants of Crown Point,
Ind, totaled 2605 for scoring hon
ors. Higher totals resulted from
the efforts of the teams in action
on the second squad. Sterling Beer
of Champaign, ILL.,, set the pace
with a 1850, which was just out of
the big ten" standings. The Beers
used games of $50, 915 and 986
for the brilliant series.
The thirty quintets making up the
final squad were Cincinnati aggre-
cations, that included some of the
best FASTENERS in the Queen City.
Nurre Undertakes was the only
quintet to produce total THAT was
good for position in the standings
of the top ten. Paced by Spratt'S
$50 the quintet turned in games of
954, 946 and 988 that were good for
a 1888 and sixth place.