Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
BOWLING
WITH ROD THOMAS

Bob Hynek. one Of the bowl
INCEST men in town. put on a
show all his own in the District
Minor League last night, but
his team, the Harrison Roofers,
failed to benefit from the biggest
set in the league this season and
the highest in the busy career
Iof Hynek.
Rolling against the Langley
Sport Center at Woodmoor. Hy-
mex posted games Of 176. 1875
and las for 456, yet the Harri-
sons were shut out. The Lang
Ileys, in contrast to their oppo-
lnents. nearly matched each 9TH
er, with Andy Chisarick rolling
3S4, Teddy Vargas. 376; Ed Pugh,
BIT; Charley Page, 1853, and
Harry Worth, 1854.
Yet Hynek wasn't altogether
happy. In the 176 game. he
failed to click on spare breaks
in the first two boxes.
with these" he complained,
"I'd have had a chance for 100"
Such a score would have earned
him the gold medal Of the Bowl
ing Operators Association.
Jim Goodwin of the Rockville
Bowling Center, who last week
set the leagues season record
with a game of 1856, had another
bright evening with a tally of
l47-404.
Jack Maulton, the Dixie Classic
Champion, shot 177-413 for
Budweiser Beer and Lee Wiley
of Chatterbar had 143-413.
/ Gerry Stair, Curles Movers
captain, claimed the first game
from Giant Liquors by forfeit
when three of the Giants. re-
tportedly caught in traffic, showed
up late. The Movers, in first
place, won the other two games
To complete a sweep against
Charles County Amusement
McDonald's Raw Bar won the
final game on a rolloff.
Standings of the leaders;
Curles. 25-11: Rockville. 1918;
GIBBS, 22-14; Charles County
20-16, and Central Insurance
20-16.
Fulford's Radio boosted its
lead in the Capital Women
Major League to three games by
winning two from Southeast
Nash while runnerup Rays Ban
was dropping two to Food Service
Equipment. Mile Stadtler was
high for Fulford's at 357. Dot
Bowie's 147-374 paced Food
Service.
Betty Hummer of William c
Voight rolled 135-385 to increase
her top average to 115-7. The
Weights shaded King Pin. featur-
ing Nancy McInnerney's 355.
Washington Brick, led BY
Bobbie Jones 371, won two from
Congressional Shopping City
Bank of Maryland and Chatter
bar postponed.
The standings: Fulford's, "a
IL: Rays, 21-15; Bank Of Mary.
land. 20-l3; Voight. Polls; Chat
terbar, 1917; King Pin. 1913
Washington Brick, 17-19: South
east Nash. Congressional Shop.
ping and Food Service, 1872:
each.
1t was a popular victory when
} Jim WolfenSberger of Hagers-
town, Md, won the National
match-game duckpin champion
ship. His was a brilliant dis
play of accuracy. stamina anc
steadiness under pressure But
J quite as important. in the mind:
of many, he bore his laurels
with indispensable grace.
; So. when the Bowlers Victory
Legion recently needed a name
bowler for series of exhibitions
!, at Veterans Administration
: hospitals. it was natural to cal
, on Wolfensberger. 1t was ar
S emergency call, to avoid dis
appointing the patients at hospi.
tails in Northampton. Bedfor,
2 and Brockton. Mass, where tn
; exhibitions had been billed, bu
(; from which the advertised sta
S was forced to withdraw becaus'
; Of illness.
!, The Fairchild Aircraft Corp.
where Wolfensberger is an ex
pediter. was quick to grant leavI
and Wolfensberger set forth viii
Lew Malitz of the Nations
Duckpin Congress as stooge 70
e his demonstrations.
t Malitz Reports: I'm Wolfy'
! very first game, he rolled 1853 an
!. it started one Of the creates
b streaks of duckpin shooting
S ever saw. In each exhibition. h
rolled at least one game Of bette
than $50 and the patients took t
/, him with enthusiasm, not onl
, because Of his bowling, but hi
|, personality. They were dazzle
! by his speed. At one Of the hos
pitfalls they examined the side
boards to see if Wolfy ha
o wrecked EN-. 1t was a gag, {
! course. but some of the patient
, didn't seem to think so.
AT Northampton. we wer
8 asked to roll a game Of candle
pins. Wolfy had never seen
: candlepin. In this game. an aver