The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-14
Curtain Falls
on Pin Classic
With BruS Up
Invading Quintets Unable to
Top 3089 Series on
Final Night.
BY BERNARD HARMON

five-man event of the 18th annual
American Bowling Congress tour
nament, and for the first time in
history an indianapolis team copied
first place in the final standings.
Falls City Hi-Brus, who last
Wednesday night assembled 3089
total are the new champions, and
to Clarence Mack of the Klee g.
Coleman Co. goes the honor of spon-
soring the winning quintet.
Mack has been entering teams in
the annual event for a number of
years and all Indianapolis joins
hands in congratulating him on the
great showing of his 1886 edition
OF kegelers. The team was captained
by Charley Cray, veteran of 80
American Bowling Congress tour
naments. Members other than Cray
were Fred Mounts, Ray Robertson
Joe Fulton and Carl Hardin and to
Fulton goes the honor of pacing the
aggregation to its brilliant series
for he tossed TIA total as the team
moved into the top berth.
BOwes Seal Fast Seventh
Bowes Seal Fast, another local
entrant, captained by Larry Fox,
finished seventh, when it posted
: total Of 2997 on March 81. Mem
. bers of the team along with Fox
were Fonnie Snyder, Milt Wimberly,
Dan Abbott and Ed Striebeck. Their
sponsor, Charley Bowes, is also a
tenpin enthusiast who has sup
ported bowling for number OF
years. Other Indianapolis FIVE
somes, although they failed to make
the top ten, finished well up in the
prize list.
. The Falls City boys are to re-
ceive a $1,000 prize for their achieve
ment and IN addition to this
amount their sponsor has matched
. the A. B. G. prize with an adj
. ditional $1,000, so the evenings
. work of Charley Cray's boys
proved profitable. Each of the team
members will also receive diamond
medal, while Mack, as sponsor is to
receive a huge silver and gold
trophy, studded with diamonds. The
official presentation of the trophy
was made at noon today by
Elmer H. Baumgarten, A. B. G. sec
. rotary. The Bowes are to receive
$555 for their evenings work.
Oak Leafs Get 1856
Teams in action as the curtain
f. fell last night failed to threaten
the Hi-Bru lead, for the scores
. posted were far below expectations.
Z The touted Oak Leaf Motors, of
: Oak Park, ILL.,, considered the most
serious threat on the alleys, topped
all teams in scoring, but their 1856
was not enough to disturb any of
the top teams. They turned in
, games of $40, 937 and 979. Uptown
. Tavern of Waukegan, ILL.,, with a
. 1902, and Service Dairy of Cleve-
land, with $500, were the other
high-scoring combinations in the
Journeys final five-man act. The
Clevelanders connected for 1927
middle game that caused local
boosters to fear for the Falls Citys
lead, but they failed to keep up
their brilliant scoring as they went
through their final PAGES.
Ohioan Tops Solo Scoring
Minor events entrants again
failed to "crash" the top 10 in the
singles, doubles and all-events
standings, Harry Mcdonald of Co.
lumbus, O., topping the soloists with
: a 673 as Basil Fazio and Tony
. Galati of Akron. O., nabbed doubles
honors on 1885. Mcdonald used
games of 224, 245 and 204 to reach
; his brilliant series, while Fazio with
! q sos and Galati with 800 put the
:. doubles combination at the top.
Other high, scorers in the solo
: event were Ed Krause of Chicago
with 666, Herman Martens of San
. dusky, O., with 664 and Harvey
Heath of Columbus with a $50
Walter Kubasiak and Walter Brew
err of Grand Rapids, Mich, put
. series of 668 and 900 together for a
: 1868 that was good for runnerup
. honors of the day. Al Wenger and
Walt Shackett were third best with
1910. The former had GIG and
Goa