The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-28
By JAMES Z. WILLIAMS

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A new idea has been added, or
rather introduced. 10 Detroits
bowling world: . mixed bowling
team. This team made their firsl
bid for recognition in competition
at the Sunnie Wilson's Bowl-O-
Drome last Monday night in the
house league. II was rather sudden
and unexpected To see Harding
Wooddloppers. which is the name
OF the newly formed sensation. out
class q held OF nine teams by aver
aging . 100 game. The team is spon-
,orsd by Henry Harding Of Palmer
Bowl. II consists OF Robert Van
Buren,. Richard Porter, DonzeIla
Scott and Virginia Sauls. An amaz-
ingly high single OF 242 was scored
by Virginia Ssuls as when the
Harding team took three games
from Mark Twain Hotel. This is the
highest single rolled this year by
any woman in any league. And
only q few male bowlers have been
able to even bowl 220 this season.
The Roller Rink is leading the
way in the house league with six
victories and no losses. Wendell
Packing trails with four victories
and two losses: Cocktail Lounge
next with three wins and three de-
featS; Bowl-O-Drome and Mark
Twain tied up with two wins and
four losses. Kelsey Hayes and Lo-
cal 1893 deadlock with no wins in
six starts. Champion Spark and
Harding Woodchoopers ha e
bowled only three games. Cham
pion Spark lost two and won one
while Hardings Woodchoppers
chopped away for three victories in
az many starts to give them a fam.
ing beginning.
Palmer Bowl
The State. County. Municipal
Workers Assn. Local 3l2 DSH
came out in appreciable numbers
Tuesday night at the Palmer Bowp
ing Alley to see Joel Jones, CAP
tain OF the Jones team. boyF a
l6l, 1874 and l79 to top the Mouse
with an average Of 1873. Rectors
team, csptained by Ben Rector
totaled 2007 and reaped the first
glory. The Jackson team was Sec
ond with 1917: Lawsons third with
1904; Jones's fourth with 1918: Ma
sons fifth with 1899 and Ferguson
sixth with 1855.
Post once League
The Post Office League bowled
their sixth series Tuesday. All
teams have greatly improved since
the previous year and with only
raise their averages. The MVS team
one more week to 60 on the frSi
round. all are trying desperately to
city champs Of 1943-l944, seemed
to have been held in the celler
position for the first two series, but
came out OF their slump to win
seven out OF nine games to take
fourth place in the league, edginp
out the Roosevelt Park team by
one game. Frank Davis Of the MVS
still holds the league high single
with 23S. All the seasons high
scores were made in the past week
Wolverine League
The Wolverine League is entering
into an unusually keen competitive
stage with such scores of 2877 and
2802 being made by Sportree S
Aquarium and Wards Beauty Stu
do. respectively. 1t was frequent
In the earlier weeks of the curren,
bowling season TO see a score oi
$500 take hrst or second place in
the total number Of pins Knocked
down. but not so now, bowling is
back in its own. Higher averages
TO follow. To illustrate. less than
Ave men rolled a 200-game or over
last week during competition in the
Wolverine League, but this week
thirteen men bowled better than q
200 for an individual SINGLE! Spor-
trees Aquarium, paced by Boots
Fsirfsx, won one game from Ward S
Beauty Studio 2s02- 2877. Chrysler
Club, captsinsd by Walter Strict
land. ven two frsm DSR Senior.
and lost one 26et-2<3l. Dttreit Steel
downsd Ready Power fer three
sets 1sl4-22s0. Vslma Lunch won
two from Yankee Potato Chips and
lost one 7t12-7<sT. DR.. Powell John.
sen nosed out Gordy Contractor,
for q clean sweep 1t72-2s31.
Meter City Wemen's
BswIint League
A very important election took
place Wednesday night in the Club
Room Of Paradise Bowling Alley
The election Of officers in the b
division of the Motor City WON
ems Bowling League. Included in
/ the new officers were Alberta Davis
president; nelms Baldwin. vice.
president: Msude Adams. treasurer
Nsids Loving. secretary: Lucille
Bennett. ststisticisn. Mildred Dill.
lem. Mary Smith and Thslnna
Gaines were elected 10 the grisv-
Anee committee.
The Twelve Horssrsn Club out
elassed the Acid In the "A" division
81 the Meter City Womsn's Bowl.
inE League Wednesday night by
turning in Q 134s team total
The team consisted Of Carolyn
Rivers, captain: Minnie Duncan
Trudy Matthews, Vernetts Mat
thsvs and Katie Graves. Swanson
took second with q 1908. beine
paced by Faye Kersey, who turned
In . les. It's and los 10 average a
i7o. Picket Fence took third with
223l and Acme Florists took fourth
with 2l86 despite The fact that Don.
zslls Scott and MsrRie Lemons
bowlsd very high game Mis-.
Scott won the lack pot with ;
ti3 hifh single. But BY her bowl
] lnt . Isl and los in the hrst tive