The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-10-11
Tom Gordon
PAGES Team With
2M In $50
Five Tied For
First Place In
League Opener
by RUSS J. COwANs

Scanning the scores after the
debris OF opening night had been
cleared away and the noise Of the
falling pins. aided and allotted by
cheers OF spectators had settled in
the remote recesses OF Forest club.
a close observer said: Looks like
therell be some tall scoring in the
Motor City league this year
And the observer. supported by
long years OF experience. was
standing on solid ground and was
justified in making the assertion. n
scores made Monday night as the
II teams in the Motor City league
swept into action for the season Of
194l-i2. are indicative OF what will
occur as the players get going at
top speed
Gordon Sets Pace
For instance. there was Tom Cor
don, rolling in the third slot for
Slim Icnes' Club Congo. Tom
opened with a sparkling pa 10 give
him top honors OF the evening. To
this he coupled ia and 142 for
$50 as the Congo team took three
straight from thompson Shoes.
Gordon's 2H helped Club Congo
set tho high team game for the eve
ming 900.
With Walter Sauls starting a
fame in the hearts OF Porters
Cleaners. the defending champions
crushed Schmidt for three straight.
Sauls had 222 in 276. Rothchild
Van Buren,, a new member who re-
placed Jimmy watts who Is unable
TO compete because of a leg injury
had 204 in 544.
White Seal Beer. paced by Boots
Fairfax with $40, coasted TO a
threc-game win over Little sam
Roy Williams set the pace as For.
est club turned back the efforts OF
Associated Electric in three games
with 200 in $50.
They Also Win
Ira Huxley and Jercy Jones led
the attack OF Maston Laundry
against Nacirema club. Masion TAX
ing three straight f.. e. b. defeated
Northeastern Motor Sales three
straight.
Adams opened up strongly
against Supreme Linen rolling M
SOS against Supreme's 7S2. hut tho
Linen bowlers rose to the occasion
In the second and third games tc
stem the tide. piling up Sli and
S34 against AZ and 746 for Adams
Six new teams opened the season
in the league-W White Seal. f.. & r.
Club Congo Forest club, Schmidt
and Little Sam.
That therell be plenty Of high
games rolled IN the Metropolitan
Bowling league this season was in.
dictated by the scores of recent
weeks. George Bennett. lead-ofi
man for Friars Ale. was pacing the
field with high game OF 222 until
Friday night when q rash OF high
games were spread over the alleys
Ed Wallace Johnson. Florist
topped the performances of the
evening by levelling for games OF
$50 225 and ISL for a total of 626
in the game with Hires Root Beer
at Rotary Bowling club. The $50
gives wallace the high single game
lead in league competition. How
ever, Wallaces fine rolling could
not prevent Hires from taking two
from Johnson Florist
Speed More High
Supreme Linen. spanked by Speed
Moore. with 20i and PIG in $50. took
three game from Local No. Z to give
the Linens the leadership in the
league with three victories and no
defeats. Supreme had total pin OF
2426 to 20O6 for Local No. Z
Friars Ale maintained tho tor
rid pace 10 hold second position in
the league by taking two out of
three from Echhardt and Becker.
Boots Fairfax spanked the Friars
Ale attack with 20a and ISIS in
576. Bill Rodman and Smith paced
the offense for tho losers. Rodman
getting a high game OF POI and
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