The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-13
Pin Tourney
NearS End of
Long Action
Two Days Left for Stars
Here; Minor Changes
in Standings.
BY BERNARD HARMON


Two squads of teams are to write
the final chapter OF the fve-man
event of the 1895 American Bowling
Congress tournament as they face
the naples at the State Playground
coliseum tonight. One squad is
scheduled at 8:15 and the other at
1915.
Although the uSlial array of ma
tionally famous stars will be miss
ing, a pair of ex-champions will be
found doing duty with the Loyal
Order of Moose No. of Waukegan,
Ill. Jim Ryan and George Rudolph,
who annexed the 1884 doubles title,
are to see action with the Moose
men. Fans more familiar with the
country's leading scoring feats will
probably remember Rudolphs 878
series of 1880. He tossed games of
279, 299 and 300 in a practice ses-
sion.
A name connected with high
scoring in Hoosier pin circles for a
number of years is to be seen in the
lineup of Oak Leaf Motors of Oak
Park, H., and that is none other
than the famous Frank Red) Far
nan, formerly of Indianapolis and
Fort Wayne. Red still has a
hankering to NOV down plenty of
pins and his many local friends will
be watching him attempt it tonight
Another team capable OF knocking
the local Falls City Hi-Brus out of
their top position in the team
standings is Booth Shoes of Water
town, Wis, featuring in it's lineup,
Harry O'Brien, one of Wisconsin'S
top notchers.
Six Local Teams Scheduled
Six local quintets are included on
the evenings program, Florsheims
Shoes, Real Silk No. l, Indianapolis
Board of Trade, w. j. Holiday,
Hoosier Casualty and Cooks Gold
blumes No. being slated for &C
ton. A quartet of teams scheduled
to roll earlier in the tourney, but
who we're unable to reach the city
because of the floods that swept
the East and Middle West, will
have an opportunity to take whirl
at the pins with tonight's per-
formers. They are Collingdale
Millwork Co. OF Collingdale, Pa,
Hopes Lumber a. Coal of Lans-
done, Pa, and Commercial No. l,
Bell Telephone Co. and Police Dis
patchers of Cincinnati.
Four squads of minor events en-
trants are scheduled on tomor-
-ow's daylight program, and at the
onclusion of the Ais individual
events, the curtain is to fall on the
1896 event, greatest of all A. B. c.
tournaments.
Three Crash" Top Ten
Three changes were recorded
among the standings of the top ten
of the various events over the
weekend. A pair of TOO totals en-
abled two individuals to nab places
in the select class, Earl Maret of
Kansas City going into tie for
fifth with 704 and George Laurie
taking eighth on a 702. Marets
series, rolled yesterday, came from
games of 227, 249 and 228, while
Laurie's, posted Saturday after
noon, resulted from 207, $50 and
236.
No doubles totals were good for
places ION the board" but Bill
Sticky of Cleveland used his two
man total to an advantage, taking
sixth in the all-events, when the
$50 series. along with his 654 team
count and 62l singles series, gave
him a 1885. Tony Vidmar and
Buddy Suchan of Cleveland posted
the top two-man total of the week.
end when their combined series
netted them a 1868. Vidmar was
the strongest of the pair, tossing
games of 222, 268 and 200 for a 800
Jim Krisek and Jerry Peck of
Cicero. ILL.,, with 1857; Sticky and
his partner. Joe Kiffop, with 1856;
Emil Siperke and Pat Albris of
Cleveland with 1858, and Scotty
Mccall and Joe Miller of Buffalo
with 1882 were other high scoring
duos.
294S Top Team Score
Several soloists neared the TOO
mark in their trio of games, Skang
Mercurio of Cleveland having 500;
Charley Lausche of Cleveland, SOL
Dick Winkleman of Fremont, Neb.,
679; Cliff De Weese of st. Louis,
678; Bill Gravatt of Paterson, N.
j., 674. and Cass Grygier of De-
troit, $40.
Scores posted by the 1913 man
aggregationS over the week lend also
failed to measure up to the stand
s7d and the ten leaders of that di-
vision were undisturbed. Collinwood
Shale Brick of Cleveland and Unit
ed Petroleum Corp, Of Fremont,
Neb., were the only quintets to pass
1900. The former, after an S94
start. showed improvement and
closed with 1928 and 1926 for 2948.
Fred McMurtie with 634 was the
chief scorer. Ralph Adams with a 63l
paced the NebraSkans. who totaled
1896 from games of 938, 9e3 and
zoos. The two top series were rolled
Saturday.
Eleven additional fivesomes went
over the $500 mark Saturday; but
only seven were able to do that good
last night. O'Neil's of Akron. O..
with 2S74; Knickerbocker Stcrage.
another Akron team, with 2846:
Resch Red & Blues of Youngstown
with 1886; Plankington Arcade of
Milwaukee with 1922 and Sozonian
Vaults of Bucyrus with 1906, were