Evening star., 1963-05-15
BY DICK O'BRIEN
star Bowling Editor

drian rolled a perfect tenpin
game Of 800 but it wasn't rec
ognized because his effort dio
not have the sanction Of the
Washington City Tenpin Asso-
citation.
That was q tough break for
Claude Callahan.
The way to close out q year
Of league competition Is the way
Ferrel Camp did it last night
in the $40 Scratch Trio"
League at Fair Lanes Laurel.
It was the final night Of the
leagues schedule and Camp
came to the lanes without any
idea Of rolling a perfect game.
But 1t all started in the second
game Of his series when he
rolled six straight strikes. Fer
rel said he then began to get
the sweats.
After the 22-year-old Ma
tional Security Agency employe
had accomplished the perfect
score, he told friends that tears
actually came to his eyes as he
made the approach to roll for
the last time.
"I actually didn't see all Of
the pins" he declared. "They
were simply a white blur" The
next thing Ferrel knew they
all were laying dead on the
lanes.
Just three weeks ago Ferrel
gave an indication that he was
getting Gin the groove" as he
rolled q stream Of six strikes
for Q 264 game in the same
league. Bowling for only three
years, Camp indicates that al
though he never has spot
bowled," he keeps his average
consistent by rolling about 30
games q week between league
and open competition.
Camp carries an average Of
i7o for the four leagues in
which he bowls.
= Unlike the unfortunate Gal
lahan, Camp collected hand
gonely for his effort. Fair
Lanes Laurel presented him
with q check for $3.50. q trophy,
q plaque for the I'll series he
made and Q membership in
the exclusive Metropolitan
Washington 700 club. He also
received q check for $3.50 from
the Metropolitan Washington
.Fenpin Bowling Proprietors, an
outstanding array of prizes
from the American Bowling
Congress, including his choice
Of. q watch or diamond ring
and finally 1925 in savings
bonds from the merchants in
the Laurel area.
The perfect game marked the
second time it has been accom-
plished in the Maryland
Washington area this season.
Last September, at the start of
the season. Dale Solar rolled a
perfect 800 game at Fair Lanes
Capital Plaza in Hyattsville.
Ted Yakimchick did yeoman
service for the tenpin bowlers
of the Maryland area as q re-
suit Of his appearance before
the Maryland State Tenpin As
sociation last week at Cumber-
land.
Pleading the cause Of the
Maryland tenpinners, who have
been barred from Maryland
State championships because of
their affiliation with the
Washington City Tenpin As
.sociation. Yakimchick con-
vinced the Old Line State Of
ficials they were taking a very
marrow view Of the situation.
A.. As q result, the Maryland
State championships will now
be thrown open to all Metro
politan Washington area ten
pinners who reside in nearby
Maryland communities Of
Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties.
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A field of 235 couples have
entered the Mr.. and Mrs. dou-
bles tournament sponsored by
Bowl America and the current
leaders are Gus and Judy Ma
rino with l,407-273-1.68 Four
pins back are Dot and Walter
Chamberlain with 1,448-228-
1876. In third place are Robert
and Madeline Victor with 1875
345-l,66l. The leaders are all