Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 December 1951 — Page 39
. 16, 1951
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Mayor Emhardt
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Christian J. Emhardt will go on record -as one of Indianapolis’ shortest-term mayors when he steps out of office on Jan. 1. Yet he holds the distinction of béing one of
the city's few cliief executives with an interest in bowling.
Emhardt, now in his 68th,—— year, has been an ardent follower can take a joke on himself when. of the kegling sport for 50 years. . ehanging stories of bowling inIn his younger days, he bowled | iqents with the top stars in the Capitol The Mayor likes to tell about
the time in a National Elks tourIn recent years, Emhardt’s du-|nament at Detroit when he “nearties as a practicing attorney and (ly broke his neck.” city official has reduced his activ-|. «phere must have been some ity on the alleys but the 33d water on the alley. I started to mayor of. Indianapolis still gets|run up for the approach when in his licks each Thursday night my shoe caught hold and pitched as a member of the Elks League me forward on my face. I actually slid down the alley head first. ¥ gs = ‘My teammates never let me forEMHARDT’S average this year get it and for quite a while I took
is 160 as th /a razzing . . . it was just one of e pivot. man on the iy ose freak happenings, but luck-
“Eyes” team. However, in the ily, I wasn’t hurt.” days when he was bowling three] Emhardt, who rates Jess and four times a week, Emhardt’s| Pritchett Sr., as the city’s all-time average was always in the 190’s. | Powling champion, cites the kegHis best season was 1925 when ling sport as a wonderful con-
the average zoomed to a 199. jditioner, presenting both recrea-
The Mayor, who makes pig [tiODA and healthful values.
home at 718 E. Morris St., used ¥ ¥ o hoeph the pin boys busy at the; THE MAYOR, who in his youth ou e Turner alleys and the|ysed to help out @ i old Independent alleys. Those al- lp wut 2s 3 pinbey’ at leys have long since given way e Southside Turner alleys, has to the city’s building progress but P€en a consistent campaigner de-
- Emhardt is still presenting his spite his work in, city government.
share of strikes and spares to! Emhardt, a graduate of the old keep the pin boys hustling. 'Indiana Law School in 1910, held Mayor Emhardt is exceptionally his. first public office from 1910 spry and agile these days but he(to 1914 as justice of the peace in|
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Mayor Christian J. Emhardt
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15-Year-Old Girl May
Be Star of Tomérrow
Shirley Ann Lehmann is rap- no less than five games going idly becoming. a twirn-threat in'over the 200 mark. making honor rolls. Miss Lehmann is an attractive The 15-year-old daughter of blue-eyed, blond who doesn’t let Larry and, Ruth Lehmann, 1814 relationship interfere with her Woodlawn Ave. is listed on the ambition of scoring bigger and scholastic honor roll as a sopho- better bowling achievements. She more at Manual High School. has beaten her mother quite freAnd in recent weeks she has quently and Mama Lehman is a been equally consistent in turn- | Kegling veteran of gix years’ exing the trick on the bowling|Perience. alleys. Shirley Ann finds the “old Miss Lehmann comes by her man” a little tougher, however, talent quite naturally since her|She has never beaten him in a father is manager of the Foun- series but has posted several Larry also single victories, including® the bowls in the Fountain Square|time she rolled that stunning 277 Classic while mother does her Singleton,’ best work in the Fountain| mn - Square Mixed League on Sunday! MISS LEHMANN doesn’t even night. “let a young romance slow her prowess on the alleys, She bowls SHIRLEY ANN first became | og inst her boy friend, Jack interested in. bowling while her y .kwood, on the week-ends and father was employed at the Park- proceeds to show’ him “who's way alleys in 1949. She also boss.” Lockwood isn’t rated as a
credits Sally Twyford with teach- (soft touch, either, as he carries gla 160 average in regular league
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ing her early fundamentals- of the sport. bowling.
The young lady has repeatedly Shirley Ann is improving with pacemaker in the|each game,” Larry modestly adManual High School League which mits, “but she doesn’t practict as
rolls every Wednesday afternoon |.....p as she should. However,
at Fountain Square. The scho-| lastic series are usually only two|When she graduates from school,
games but Shirley Ann levelgshe should find more time to de-
[the pins for a 180-game average. vote to her bowling. Right now Shirley Ann’s father voiced the] | Shirley Ann’s best series in the school work and extra-curricular sentiments of miny bowling exe | Fountain Square League is a 557. activities demand a lot of her|perts who have seen the young |start young, learn all he can Miss Lehmann about the game and love it.” Shir{277 game rolled last summer. To her progress and there isn’t any has learned her fundamentalsiley Ann Lehmann is proving that {date Shirley Ann has completed reason why she shouldn't continue quite well. She has a nice de-|adage works well in bowling too.
The teen-agers’ top single is a time.
Yet we are pleased with lady in action.
BOOKS AND BOWLING—These are specialties for Shirley.
Ann Lehmann, The I5.year-old Manual High School sophomore has made the honor roll in both departments. This young lady never neglects he: school work but when she has the time you can find her striving for perfection on the bowling alleys. Off her performances, Miss Lehmann appears destined to give the city's top women bowlers a run for their money in the not-foo-distant future,
arm power, Whether he knows it or not,
to improve as she gains a little/livery and is steadily gaining in more experience.” The immortal Babe Ruth once said of baseball, “A kid has to
contends ‘when a “man gets older Center Township. Prior to his; he just can’t bowl like he could |election as mayor in November to in the younger days.” fill the post vacated by Phil Bayt, It is, the Mayor's contention Who became a court judge, Emthat a bowler first begins to feel hardt served as president of the the pangs of old age in his legs. |City council. “That’s the way it affects base-| He was elected as a member ball players and boxers, too. But!0f the city council in the recent in bowling, a man usually keeps election and will return to that his co-ordination longer,” Em-|0fficc when Mayor-elect Alex hardt added, [Clark takes office in two weeks.
The Mayor has been a steady Emhardt's rise in city governcompetitor in the Elks League./ment has cme only through He has participated in many of many years of hard work but the the National Elks Tournaments likeable official credits bowling throughout the nation. Junkets!with an assist that hag made his to Detroit, St. Louis and Milwau- free hours more enjoyable. kee have always produced their|—— A share -of awards for Christian al-| though he has never captured the “coveted first prize.”
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» ” ~~ - EMHARDT'S BEST single was a 289 score at the Sturm alleys accomplished- before World War | II. His top series score was a 680 rolled in 1930..
One of the best criterions to, measure the Mayor's love for] bowling may be drawn from an| incident that happened many | years ago. ! “I was bowling with Dr. Edwin Crossen in the doubles event of | the city tournament. I can’t re-| member the exact year but I be-! lieve it was the late twenties. “I injured my thumb in the] third frame of the first game. Sure, it hurt a little but I was so| interested in the tourney I didn’t] think mueh about it. Sad to say. | we didn’t finish very high that year.” After the series was over, Dr. Crossen had Pmhardt’s thumb X-rayed. The examination disclosed that the thumb was fractured. The score may not show it but it takes real competitive spirit to] bowl 28 straight frames with a; broken thumb. It was seven weeks before Emhardt was able to bowl again. His fellow bowlers find Chris-
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