The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-07-22
Hail and Farewell,

nan anu Farewell.
Yes Sir, my friends. It's with a
feeling of genuine redundancy that
We observe the eclipse of gay
eventful summer season of bowl.
ing fade away into a scrapbook
memories of new-found friends. the
thrills of competition and that ex-
hilarating emotion that we eXper-
fence when strikes can be obtain
ed with the minimum of effort
and the mineralite can be com
manded to the letter on the most
difficult of split and spare pickups.
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The Mixed Doubles League
For sheer teamplay, cooperation
and heaving the melon down the
mapleway for the fun of the game.
this smallest of the Summer League
was found TO be supreme in every
respect. Featuring many of the
leading keglers from both the
girls and mems league. the 30
game schedule found its climax
last week with the smooth combin-
alton of "Sluggie" and Shorty"
Fujino, coupled with Aki How
Good Fujino and Pass the Open
or" Ihashi leading the league to
the finish line, overpowering the
lead held so long by the Arrivi-
dercis. In the final encounter. the
Hi-Lo's had a capable substitute in
Aiko Kawaguchi.
Regardless of the superior brand
of mixed doubles performance that
the Intermountain Area has dis
played, particularly in Denver. to
many of the so-called experts here
in the Northwest. it is this combi-
nation that would not take
backseat to anyone.
jeanne Furuta-MOrrie Yama-
guchi.
Jean Terao-Tak Shibuya.
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How Salty We Are
On the salty side of the ledger
can be recorded game recently
rolled in Frisco in which fair
damsel had the microscopic score
of Is for complete game What's
more amazing was the fact that
she was really in earnest about
the game.
During the course of the Mems
League have had the undesirable
pleasure of witnessing kegler
with untold quantity of talent
miss the first frames of his first
game-All than can be quoted is
when you're salty you're the
worst performer no matter how
much effort is displayed-you-
just-can'tl"
AS soon as tele scores are avail
able, Main Bowl will have them
installed, according to Fred Takagi,
the manager in charge. 1t was re-
ported that it would be sometime
about the beginning of the Win
ter League 1t would be rather a.
musing to witness the amount of
speed and accuracy displayed by
the scorer AS this particular
conveyance of a participants game
reveals everything to the audience
in the rear-however. none of us
is perfect-they still merchandise
pencils with erasers attached on
the other end!
A Bit of This-A and Data
According to the latest info, here
are few of the newer teams which
have made known their intentions
for participation for the forth
coming season-Shanty Inn, Para
mount Cafe, Evergreen, Kashiwa-
gi's, Franks Jewlry. and from last
seasons encounter, Main Drug and
Oriental Cab.
The two top Nisei bowiers in A
merica have their residence in the
Middle West according to opinions
They are Sam Amano, a former
Seattleite, and Shorty" Tanaka
who is the mainstay of the Nisei
Cafe team of Chicago. Tanaka
boasts of a league average of 1877
must have in his possession ma
ny usual gamesl
To renew old acquaintance, we
had in our midst for a few short
weeks one of the classier keglers
from the Windy City in the person
of Mud" Tsuchikawa who was
here on a vacation. His manipula-
lions with the Brunswick could
only be termed as being sharp
Yes sir, very shawpl
Congradsl to a gentleman and
scholar whose earnest efforts to
hit a big-time score came to pass
recently in a league match in