The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-03-14
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
BY DOUG STEWART

st. Marys' Bowling League, has had
(like al other bowlers) a burning
ambition to see her name in the
Hundred or better class" But,
strive as she may, and even aided
by the expert advice of her dad,
Harry Carper, she could not enter
the charmed circle.
That is, she couldn't until last
Wednesday night.
No folks, you're wrong! That
whooping and hollering you heard
down at the Mapleway last Wednes-
day night was not because some
member of st. Mary's League had
broken all the records in the book
it was in celebration of June Car
pers' entry into the charmed circle
of 100 or better bowlers. If you
will glance at st. Mary's scores on
page six in this issue, you will see
where the young lady not only
achieved her ambition by racking
up a score of 1913, but she also beat
her Pop, who couldn't do better
than 103. Nice going June-but
what's this hear about your having
decided to rest on your laurels and
call it a day as far as this seasons
bowling is concerned?
Because I've been kidding some
of the Lions Club boWlers in this
column from time to time-particu-
larly Ross Copley and Max Shoff-
those two gentlemen cooked up a lit
tie scheme to get even with me,
that nearly worked.
1t seems that a team of Lions Club
boWlers went over to Waynesboro
to put on little contest with their
club brothers over there and that
some tremendous pinfalls were re-
corded. On their return, Copley and
Shoff proceeded to get in touch with
me right away and reeled off such
tremendous single game and three
game totals, that they had me rush
ing to the Duckpin Congress record
book, to see if they hadn't topped
some national duckpin records.
had actually started to write the
story of their amazing scores for
this week, when suddenly remem-
bered-they use rubber pins in
WayneSboro.
And while I'm on the subject of
bowling scores, let's give a pat on
the back to Lester Kendle of the
Washington Square team in the Sun
day Schol League, who topped
couple of long standing records last
week.
Les rolled a single game of 1870,
to topple the old Sunday School
League record of 179, set by Paul
Macy during the 1939-4O season. Not
satisfied with that, he put together
three games of 100, 131, 100, for
set of 431, which also knocked out
Jim Gossard's old mark of 1929. also
established during the 1899 season.
Gus Ludwig deserves worlds of
credit for the initial boxing show he
put on at the Armory on Friday.
night. Faced at the last minute with
a training injury to Charlie Crump,
cousin of Joe Louis, who was to OPP
pose Jim Schwemmer, Gus came up
with Jackie "Butcherboy" Wilker-
son, colored heavyweight, who
fights out of Philadelphia, and what
d scrap he put up.
There was action during every
minute of the eight-round battle and
although neither Schwemmer nor
Wilkerson, both of whom pack
knockout wallops, were able to SOL
idly connect with their sunday
punches" they mixed it up plenty
and sent the big crowd home happy.
Schwemmer got the verdict, mainly
because of his superiority in the in
fighting, where he scored most of
his points.
The semi-fnals and the prelimin-
aries were also full of action and
everyone spoke to agreed that it
was the best card seen in Hagerstown
in a long time.
Gus is working on another star
studded card for Friday, March %, !
full details of which will ge given
in next Thursdays issue.
And here's more good news for
you boxing fans. Gus has announced
that for the next card the prices /
will be reduced to Ringside seats
$3.50 and general admission $3.50,
plus tax in both cases.
Seven more players-all rockies
have been added to the Owls 1916 |
roster and here they are:
John D. DelGaudio, of New York
City; catcher, 6 feet tall, 205 lbs,
comes well recommended.