The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-04-05
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By DOUG STEWART

An event that | lock forward to
every year is the annual banquet of
the Lions Club Bowling League, at
which l have been privileged to be
a guest each year, for many years.
The big event was held at the
Fountain Head Country Club last
Wednesday night and we all had a
wonderful time. Ford Byran, the
retiring Commissioner of the league,
presided and if you know Ford you
know he did a swell job.
was very much interested in a
record of the league that was on
display at the banquet. Complied
by Joe Foltz, it gave complete rec
ord of the league since it was form
ed back in 1884 In their first year
of operation, 1934-35, they used rub
Der band pins and of the members
of the league today, only four bowl
ed that first year. &.
The honored four are: Joe Foltz
(the only member of the league who
has bowled continuously since it was
formed), G. w. Tyler, Frank Welty
and Steve Newton.
In 1888, the league appointed its
first Commissioner and that honor
went to Ross Copley. who is still
very much an active member. The
first handicap roll-off of the league
was held in 1886 and the winner was
Ralph McCauley, a member of this
years league.
Whenever a girl rolls two success
sive strikes its news. But when
she rolls those two strikes and then
winds up with a game score of SO,
that's something extra special. Well
it actually happened in st. Mary's
League last Wednesday night, when
June Carper, secretary Of the Boy
Scouts office, got so excited over her
double strike that she sent the first
ball right through the middle, cut
ting out three pins, and the second
one went in exactly the same spot!
Hal Keller made a strong bid for
job of third-string catcher for the
Washington Senators, but Bucky
Harris finally decided that he need
ed another years seasoning behind
the plate and transferred him to the
Chattanooga Lookouts in the AA
Southern League, a Washington
farm club.
In my capacity as secretary of the
Interstate Sportswriters and Broad
casters Association, l received tele-
gram on Saturday from Gerry Mug
ent, president of the League, adviS-
ing me that Bill Angstadt, former
pitcher with the Hagerstown Owls,
has been signed as an umpire in the
Interstate League for 1851.
Bill broke in as an umpire last
year in the Blue Ridge League and
is reported to have done a good job.
A favorite with the fans here when
he was in an Owls uniform, it will be
interesting to see how those same
fans will treat him when he walks
on to the field in the familiar blue
uniform.
The Potomac Edison Bowling
Tournament for the R. Paul Smith
trophy will be held on Saturday
night at Raney's Coliseum, beginning
at 7:30 o'clock. The tournament will
be particularly important to two
teams from this area the Pc Dis
trict team and the General Office
team-both of whom already have
two legs on the coveted trophy and
need only one more to take perma-
nent possession of it.
Rolling for the District team will
be: Jim Brode, Don Williams, Don
Eakle, Abe Flurie, Charlie Stickell,
Lloyd Higgs, Jack Romine, Ray
Horst and Wilbur Jones.
Members of the General Office
team are: Ed Lecrone, Aus Keen,
Hunter Robinson, Lee Wallis. Ray
Beard, Chuck Adams. Ed Norman.
Bruce Hoffman and Bud Helm.