The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-07
HOUSTON BEATS
 ELkS' B0WLERS
 IN FIRST TILT.
Texas Pmsters Roll Up 4,
 715 Points to 4,5lIg for Juneau o a

Ii local keglers taking a shellacking at the hands of their southern brothers to the tune of POS pins in
 the first five-game set. However,
 if the local trudlers can get to \ hitting their regular stride tonigh.
 they may be able to close up the gap. ~ agn sg |l The veterans, Metcaif and Radde,
 were was off stride, and the team N in general showed off-season form, due to lack of practice from the { enforced summer lay-off Steven
 son was forced out of the lineup l due to S1rained shoulder received some time ago and probably won't I be able to bowl for some months yet. Fred Henning, however, as well as Mike Ugrin, turned in very able performances for the first of the season, and with little help from their comrades from now on, the team should go to town. " "ti
 This is probably the first time l in history that the first team ever rolled three games in a row under \ 300. The Juneau team averaged l l180.5 as against Houstons 1885 and considering that the locals have l3 men. who average 180 consistently l in the house tournaments, does not speak well for last nights perform ance. r M @& H l The Houston team did not quite come up to its average in spite of able performances of two or three of it's members, notably nice lround figure of 1000 for five games turned in by J. c. Arlla, who is President of the Houston Elks Bowling Association, and if he, administrates like he bowls, must be all right. He also rolled the evenings high single of 236. and as he consistently raised his scores from the first to final game. it is probably just as well five games only were bowled last night. Turn ham with an 198 average proved his ability in the anchor spot, and a nice performance was also turn ed in by Thorpe.
 A few words about our southern brothers: c. F. Leonard is chief clerk for the Humble Oil Company, which is the Standard Oil Com pany of the Southwest He has been an active member, and bowler of the lodge for several years.
 D. J. Thorpe is manager of one of the largest drug stores in Hous- ton. An Elk for the past year, and an enthusiastic and top ranking bowler Tor some time.
 J. c. Arlla is proprietor of downtown garage. An Elk and bowler for many years, and ex- tremely active in both capacities.
 E. T. Showalter is a Captain in the U. s Army Aviation Corps. and also an Elk and bowler of years standing.
 E. D. Turnham is general man. ager of one of the largest grocery chains in the Southwest, and one of the most ardent bowlers in the Elks' roster.
 All five of the members have competed in many A. B. c. tourna- ments, and constitute the back bone of the very large and en- thusiastic bowling group in the Houston Elks organization.
 Houston, by the way, for those. not so well informed, is a city of well over 3OO0O0, and the largest and most progressive city in the Southwest
 These matches were arranged in the hopes that the friendly compe-' tition would foster a better interest in the sport of bowling and fra ternalism between the two lodges, who are situated at two extremes of Uncle Sam's domain and within the two largest geographical units of the United States. To make 1t even more interesting,a nice tro- phy has been put up for the win ners, sponsored by R. R. (Russ) Hermann. proprietor of the Juneau Drug Company and Elmer Burk- hart, who is one of Houston's' most enthusiastic sportsmen and bowling ! promoter. The names of the com peting bowlers and total scores, as well as the names of the donors will be engraved. on the trophy. It has not as yet been decided whether the award will be on the l results of this years competition, !, or over a period of three years, the first team to win twice taking ] permanent possession.
 Houston is making strong and favorable bid for the 1940 Elks National Convention, and while it < has Juneau's well wishes, it is hoped our scalps will not be nailed to the alleys for all and sund1y to view at that time.
 The scores follow:
 ! Juneau