The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14
BOWLING

Inner meeting will be held IN his
lonor on the evening Of Wednes-
lay. Nov. %. All bowlers who ex-
oect to attend are asked to sign
for reservations at the desk at the
the Broadway alleys.
A new team joined the Com
munity league last week and
rolled Its first series on the n
Street Recreation alleys Thurs
day night. 1t Is the Swiss
Dairy quintet. the members Of
which are Gottfried Cavalti,
Abraham Ambuehl, Harold
Ambuehl. Lee Erhart and
Tommy Thompson.
Isabel Mccormick, one of Ia
coma's best women pin stars, has
had no little to do with keeping
the Sixth Avenue Merchants near
the top in the strong Class A
Women's league. Her score last
week was 572, including games Of
1872, 1877 and 1913.
Charles Toynbee reached the
top In the battle for No. l
spot among the Knights Of
Columbus bowlers with a nice
score last week, and now leads
his all-season rival, George
Boscovich, by one pin. Toyn-
bee Is averaging 10 and
George holds a mark of 1859.
The closing date for entries In
the Washington State tournament,
important bowling event, is next
Saturday, Nov. Is. The tourna-
ment will be held on the Ideal
alleys in Seattle and all Tacoma
A. B. c. teams are eligible to COM
pete. Broadway, Play Nor, Il
Street Recreation and Elks' alley:
should all be represented. To dat,
there has been a noticeable lack o.
interest. Tacoma bowlers mus
support this event in order to eX
pect hearty support from Seattl
bowlers when the Northwest Con
gress comes here next spring. TIL
state tourney is a classified meet
and all bowlers have a fair chanc
at the prize money. Tacom
teams can do their sponsors
good turn by entering every pcs
sible tournament. Full informa
ton on the state tourney can
obtained from the City Associa
ton officials, Bill Herdman, Bi
Johnson and Vance Mcclure, O
from the managers of the variou
bowling establishments. The stat
tournament is second in impol
lance only to the Northwest Cor
gress.
Bill Eggleston, Tacoma star,
won the singles championship
of the state tournament last
year at Yakima. 1t was Bills
first important victory among
Class A bOwlers. 1t raised him
from the ranks Of lower aver
age men, and since then he
has been trundling right along
with Tacoma's top notchers.
EgglestOn will try TO repeat
this performance this year In
Seattle. He Is a member of
the Columbia Brewery team
and will shoot his five-man
series with that strong outfit.
The members of the Communit
Tavern team, leader in the pi
20-team Commercial circuit. an
their wives, were entertained {
dinner last week by Mr.. and Mr.
Francis Cady. Venison for II
repast was furnished by the tea
sponsor, Frank Whylie, who VIZ
also present with Mrs. Whylie
the feast. The members of II
team are Francis Cady, Cy Wi
son, Charles Stagner, Jerry Swe,
ney, Gus Borgoli and Kenny Scot
Major league bowlers began
TO "click" In their matches on
the Play Nor alleys last Fri
day night. Mike Berry top
Piled two season records with a
24S single game and 624
total. Dick McNerthney rolled
three 200 games to finish with
GEL. Fred Wahlers bagged
his first 600 score on the PLAY
Nor alleys, shooting COZ.
Pacific Match rolled 2962 for
n team total and won the
weekly So prize for high total.
Columbia Beer Is flowing along
In the league lead by a healthy
margin.
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A Thanksgiving turkey shot
will be held at the Broadway a
leys next Saturday and Sunday.
Is a handicap shoot, with q
scratch and so per cent hand
cap allowed. A bird will be give
for the high score in each 10 Ell
tries. Bowlers may bowl any tim
of day on two alleys. They Wi
use their highest league averag,
as of November Is.
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