The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-19
BOWLING COMMENT

Pascagoula bowlers will be hon.
ored today and tomorrow by a Wis
it from one of the foremost bowl
ing authorities when Frank Ben
kovis arrives for his two-day stay
at the local Recreation Center.
As we promised in previous edit
ions of this column, we are listing
a few of Kegler Benkovic's
achievements in the bowling
world. He is the only man in
the history of the American
Bowling Congress to win the same
championship in successive years,
Doubles Championship 1928
$50. Co-holder of the worlds
A. B. c. Doubles Championship
record-1415-scored at Column
bus, Ohio, in 1888 Bowled
four 800 series matches in league
competition for the season 1888
1872, 821, 822 and 854 . !.
Has rolled twenty-three 800 per-
feet games and twenty-eight 299
games since he became a bowler
!. Was runner-up to c. Sch
woegler for Americas match game
championship in 1912 .
Also was winner of twenty top
flight championships. During his
appearance here Mr.. Benkovic
will give group and individual in
struction as well as engage in an
exhibition match. Mr.. Benkovic
is not only a great bowler but a
competent instructor as well. If
you / interested in improving
your bowling, these appearances
should be a must" on your list
of things to do. Take advantage
of Bowler Benkovic's tips and be
among the high scorers. The
Center has scheduled the time of
his appearance for 800 in the af-
ternoons and for 800 at nights.
All Pascagoula and Moss Point
bowlers are urged to be on hand
for n or nor of these demon
strations
Last week we discussed the
importance of all bowlers OBJ
serving the rules of the alleys
and the importance of keeping
the approaches clean. This
week the local alleys had their
approaches refinished and all
bowlers r asked again to help
keep them nice so that we can
I'll get more fun from u
hardwood sports. Please OBJ
serve the foul line" rule at all
times.
Ladies. bowling has taken a
definite trend toward getting or
ganized into standard leagues.
Last week a meeting was held at
the local Recreation Center at
which over twenty women SUBJ
mitted their names as prospective
team members. All ladies inter-
ested in entering this venture
should leave their names with the
cashier in the bowling alley. At
the present time a move is under
way to secure sponsors for these
women's teams and any merchant
or group interested in sponsoring
n of these teams should contact
T. N. Tucker at the Recreation
Center or call 1179. We hope that
many names will be placed on the
list so that a large league of
lady bowlers can be organized.
After all, why let the men have
all the fun?
Last week a team from Peele-
Williams was host TO an ALI
Star group from the Biloxi
League at a special match held
on the local alleys. a large
group of spectators were on
hand to witness the inter city
clash and a good match was de-
veloped. Biloxi took home the
bacon with a three-game score
of 2.436 as compared to Peele-
Williams 2.223 but the DRUG
Store Cowboys" are out TO GET
the Indians" sstilp at their
next friendly meeting. The final
statistics on the match were
Biloxi: 871, 1877, and 1928 with a
total of 2436 pins.
Peele- Williams: 744. $50 and 729
with a total of 1928 pins
Highest three-game average for
an individual player was 1913, scor-
ed by Bradford of the Biloxi team.
The highest Peele- Williams aver
age was made by Bert WiIbtlrn