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ity Team Takes Early Lead As ABC Meet Opens

b Local Teams Klezmarongman Are

Chid Clicki ; or} Chidester Clicking | ot Unorthodox Style: i . ia In Jewish Meét | On Unorthodox Style: ’ “" | val ; = wo { The women's’ doubles opened " . > Wa - : At Milwaukee the second annusi all-Jewish sity, } aa SOME BOWLERS SAY Jerry Chidester does a lot of Champion f | ] ‘bowling tourney last night at ; (things wrong on the alley. But the way he does them nati pitch. Times Spécial {West Side alleys. Fay Klezmer seems to make everything right. : bo” MILWAUKEE, Mar. 23 —'and Katie Langman teamed suc- Chidester bowls in three city leagues this year and he > Jim Mec. Stone Construction Company cessfully 10 take the lead on {is leading them all in individual a ——————————————————————— w———— —_—€"—m,m,— {of Milwaukee took an early 571-282-1103. This combination’ garages, 3 " i's Jerry's un-igeason to grab the event at ; I have been lead in the t also leads the actual division. |g x Jota : gre i {Pritchett Recreation with 1338, : CRIN evens here} The first four teams are identi the a of th _ PO sae ed 06 and Rosemary ‘last night as the 49th American! . . eye © 1 had 575. ae ro They Still Talk About That ABC Finish in 1923 [Bowling Congress opened with the| Git 1 10th ACUIE Bad TERAICED gallery. ’ 8 hit to center : fanfare of a Hollywood produc-|j iv SOs: 8 eC arah Lich. Before Chiles CHIDESTER invaded the state rry Robert. BOWLING, WHILE not blessed with the crowd ap- |tion. The Stone Construction lob 0 a Lorraine Schuche te, 8 ri ght. : tournament at ‘Evansville Jagt Ed Burtscy peal of other sports, is not without its melodrama. Iolaled Jo03: coming on games of man, with 860-276—1136. Shirley his approach, he: R Jacks 2 Joliey Sut Ja ihe siigles oF ered on The American Bowling Congress opened last night |" ny 0 "Col 4x00 fans in. the| Schuchman ang Roye lg Ae stands to the left wasn't particularly happy Over : in Milwaukee. It seems only appropriate to recall one of |gallery as the first ball was rolled sro un, ji Fy 1% ue side of the alley. that performanceSdespite the fact the greatest moments the sport . to open the three-month bowling| ¥ with 820-297—1126. ° To many com- he was competing with the best 22 — The has ever known. It happened Ing to treatment. When Berner ‘marathon. fourth EY petitors this is a |keglers in the state. Jerry's the « advantage Mar. 23, 1923. came back to the alleys, his | re | Action in the men's doubles and cardinal sin in GRRE® LoL [kind of guy who likes to win. He ding exhibi- Clamans game was off. | EARL PROBST, of the Stone Singles starts this afternoon at bowling. But 18 ester |V4% confident of hitting the top Dodgers to- Dairies of In- #¥u& “It used to pull me off bal- Construction squad, led the in- 1:30 o'clock. The women’s singles it's paying off ’ spot. : ‘tory. dianapolis left 4 ance. I couldn't handle the dividual performers with 652, are scheduled for 4 o'clock. The With results for Jerry. But right now, he’s in the off Rookie ; 8000 fans ball very well and finally de- [Probst, 194 average bowler in| men’s team events begin at 7 >.» money bracket and when the show 1d. inning all ; stunned with cided to give up the sport. I [Milwaukee's All Star League, o'clock, The tourney ends Mar. JERRY HAS a 187 mark in the is over in May . . . it's better than or by Bobby amazement > guess I should have learned to started slow with 150 and then|29-30. 0 Pennsylvania Recreation League 50-50, there will be a paycheck pening the The Hoosier bow! with my left hand. Plenty added 224 and 278, The 42-year-| : on Tuesday; a 197 score in the|for a fellow named Jerry Chides. . Pesky fol- five had posted of others have made the switch.” old star had 13 straight strikes, ; Francesco Crespl League on!ter. . nd Ted Wil. a record of Berner used to put a little having carried four from his « Locals Stay Wednesday, and 195 in the Ilaria] BE ——.—.—. long double, 8189 on alleys twist on his ball and always ond game Classic on Friday : '@ yielded by i five and six in got good results, He spent Probst left the No. 10 pin Chidester, who is employed as Money Bags Are the seventh : the Milwaukee most of his time bowling at standing on his first ball in. the) n oney a la mold maker for Fairmount : cked Walt f Auditorium to Central and East Washington Toth Dat quickly plekel i up He . ; * 1Glass, 1s 39 years old. He nas [Mn the Money as he hands of i alleys. The latter has long left the No. 4 on his final ball. | ‘ : : i : , te | virtually ) MAYBE THREE??7—Lightning supposedly only strikes twice |Deen bowling for 18 years, startt field colli- C Jack Welsh i ased rations. | x = ghtning suppose y . . y soll} clinch the ABC snes igh ye to the sport. | INDIANAPOLIS , cates wit! vansviie but Ed Stevenson hopes to do it three times in bowling. The genial |!n8 his. career in Zanesville, O. All-Girl Unit

team title. : The kegling addict were on their feet applauding as Cla-

kegler for National Trai : : He moved to Indianapolis in 9 railer Sales blasted his second 700 series of LO rs tn Bw

the season Thursday with 704 in the Coca-Cola League. Stevenson |

Times State Service

EVANSVILLE, Mar, 22—There The Consolidated Finance

League may be a mixed circuit

He makes the rounds, particularly at Central, Pritchett’'s and

{swing into action tonight at 10:15 o'clock. The Hoosier entries in-

a ; laa wl: {South 8ide Business Men's League BEACH mans’ displayed a brilliant art Indiana alleys. clude city champion Chet’s Drive- are no Indianapolis teams in com-| rolled a 707 series six weeks ago in the same league. ‘Ed is tops [ot mountain Square, This circuit/but it doesn't bother the Money My dna for collecting wood. The late ner Samite 1s 3 Emaze) 109, Syivania Television, cle petition here this week-end in the] among league individuals with 195 average. was one of the Mty's strongest at gag, ) u iC | . AW : h a e strides bowling has made (C : aundry, Te ne| , " Yehy 18 Jind ’ Jess Pritchett finished with 256 as a national sport. “Why, Realtors, Dillion Office Equip-| MeP'® State Bowling tourney. But that time. Childester moved to| mnhe Money Bags, which are

i for a 694 series as anchor man. i Eddie Meyer had 585; Fred Mcf Cullough rolled 620; Fred Westover posted 594, and Ed Har - kenrider, 622 to complete Cla-

Jersey City In 1942 and was a regular habituant at the Court‘'house Alleys. While in the East, Jerry posted two 300 games.

Chidester's work carried him

‘ment, Coppi Drugs, Bolls Furnace Several contenders from last week and Mutual Milk, {will be keeping fingers crossed | There were 160 teams in action|that their scores hold up. last night as the chase began| yngjanapolis Herald rolled a

sponsored by the Circle Stamp and Coin Club, have entrusted its bowling ambitions to five young ladies who are doing quite well

whoever thought women would take to the game. It was strictly a man’s sport in the old days. But I'll admit the

ON 00 000— 3 7 1 t 00 30x— 512 1 f Burgess, Wilber ! » and Cooper ¥ r—Conley. Los- i

City Women Dominating

10 221-11 17 0 04 004-8 8 3 and Houk, Mc(4), Bevens 16),

mans’ scoring. 2 s td "” INDIANAPOLIS’ great combination was ready to pick up

gals have made a wonderful contribution. Bowling is now a million-dollar industry.” If a spry oldtimer approaches

for the $500,000 Pot-O:Gold. Approximately 80 teams will see ac-| tion today, including 4he Hoosier squads. :

2667 total last Sunday to move into third place in the team event. The Capital City team is 100 pins behind Van Merritt Beer of Ham-

Times State Service TERRE HAUTE, Mar. 22-—-In-dianapolis entries are making

Tourney at Terre Haute

each Friday Alleys, .

to Columbus, O,, for five years where he bowled in league competition, The next stop Terre Haute where Jerry kept hil keg-

are sharing the lead. Marl Branning and Janice Linn, For Wayne star, copied 1101 for th

night at Uptown

The team has won 46 and lost 29 to move into second place be-

. Home Runs— some night while you're fight- Miss Connie Walsh, Hammond things mighty tough for the field hind Montle Wrays, which have & d Pellagrini. the coveted trophy. But the ’ »mbnd, which leads with 2767, |'NIDE ghty tough for the deadlock. 1 eve sharp at Vi Bowl. [57-1 at and Pellagrint, show wasn’t over. On Alleys Iga Josing battle with the ten- |Ind., co-ed at Marquette Univer- | garge Blitz of Lafayette is second in the 1952 In@dana State Wom-| Tillie Jordina and Jan Blyth Cw NS hata oits % CA Bois: aie eomponnd: x L 17-18 a fiction-like comeback ph he, Jsten Is his advice. He |sity, crowned “Joe Bowler” who on 2674. en's Bowling Tourney whichiof the Capital City hold third on|1948, of Harriet Archer, team captaing 00 2003 9 1 : was in the making. The Nelson- = Ty y Nl rave the answer was selected in a draw from the 2-8 =n started its fourth week-end last|1001. Miss Blythe's 28 for Rod-| Jerry has been moving along iu Annette Mayhew, "Dorothy Cook,’

Niarhos. White Mitchells team of Milwaukee

hat. He is Grover Gashorn, Chil- night. . ecker Hornets in t

Nagios, ie f RAYMOND RATHZ and Hubert team events|good fashion this season. His top Katie Akin and Katie Fleehearty:: { king the bid. Clamans licothe, O., who will reign over s 4 ’ od ; Vinning Pitcher i iy ma hag 998.1047.1004 and Marshall Berates the tourney at "Ragh gn ov Bradley of Indianapolis registered| Unless the other Hoosierland|is the tourney’s highest single/production was 608 in laria’s'And this combination is a good:

to date. Eva Williamson and Pat Dry er, 1951 titlists, lost their chance

Classic League but Chidester esti- bet to stay in the money all mates he has rolled thirty 600

BURG ) 100 001— 5 13 8

1228 for a third-place spot in the Ve" start getting on the ball, it

from Indianapolis was among so{ doubles, Bob Waensch and Arma De 3 clean sweep for. the

led the Dairyland team by 85 y ar:

pins during that final game.

‘Foul Line’ Ted Siener, ABC representative

000— 4 12 0 THIS SC [Capital City girls. There is not series this season. During one, Liste ht i Neon Mitchells, UY 8 ouivile ast wes and poked [org olin the iat bal to 1h Taos Tor Tourt. a Class A brackel In which they| 12 sepa rir las week show aint in he Francesco Crap oor, Expert on Novelty: { y neve ’ ’ open the tourn . ’ unl . e Morris , cutn Losin & started whittling away. UP a few sidelights on the re- P aThamen These combinations tral Harold 27¢ NOt leading the field. on 1087, 0 F187 810 lowe Chidestes rolled’ wight sv's n'a} ¢

Bowling Scores

Eight more Indianapolis teams Kelly and Harley Luckey, south! . Bend aces. who lead with 1270. arrived last night at Vigo Bowl . ®- = ® 0 =» Bdith Roach. secret LE Slassie Teo 3 au ald Frank Gaskey and Henry Bednar [OF 2 crack at the division titles.. PAT DRYER of Morris Plan] ONE OF THE big highlights in|1njand oh) Bowling or eral of - the bowlers: com. e O e competition.| o tro ond are second on 1240 The group includes Pennsyl-{has retained her all-events lead Jerry's career was the night he is giving her colleagues a run for:

Forty of Milwaukee's leading vania Motor Inn, Precision Ma-/on 1688, Romans F h - vi plained about the red Mght |) A lead d last week | ’ ag Tasch, an 90 astim {their money on novelty scores usiness men rolled a ball simul- new leader arrived last week |... Sterling Funeral Home, other Indianapolis girl, is second rolled 700 at the P ® Alleys y y the foul line apparatus. Bill Mar- Poe 's/In Newark, O. It was 1935 ana| Miss Roach, captain of the,

taneously to signify the official/in the singles. Pete Tatman of oo “Blectric Neon Sign, Bowes With 71645 and Ja Berk shall, Who Bowls with Asst en Electric Neon Sign, Bowes nd Ja Berkopes is ! w gates Jerty bn uw umiposing total Lemcke Service Shop five, rolled

opening. There were: mayors South Bend, hammered out 675 to| : in the Printcraft League at open 2 cities in the al oayot displace Fred Buehing of Fowler S¢al Fast, Haag Truck Lines, third on 1044 a series of 158-159-160 on Mar.

cent Tohouty Tinting Cratts- SELDOM ‘Has any sporting men’s Bowling tourney. As we understand it, sev- classic received such a heralding

George Keegan finished with 618, Matt Somers rolled 583, and Flinnes Wilson shot 614. But the deciding blow came from Charley Daw riding in the No. 4 spot. Daw .went into the 10th frame on a pair of strikes and

a 001 010 2—8—2 000 10x 4—7—1 aragiola: Pierce, nning Pitcher 1 let. >

002 100 3—8—3 le

Ayres —Ragni. Losing

The leaders In the secondary divisions - i 121 111 8 13—0 added three more for a 234 Delawar> Bowl, was one of Two American Legion bands Who led with 866 since the meet|Drive In Flower Market, and|igojudes: on games of 248-279-253. 13 at Valhalla Alleys. There's 50 000 3. 1.8 2 singleton. or Cherie pas a He ors perturbed bowlers. [and two color lei oA in/opened three weeks ago. Don First F sdera} Savings and Loan. RES Hh out er vara eo i apd Wd Ondenens oj oe JFovulating Sount about her improvement; d Oretig. Win 0 the story goes, Marshall _|Hurtt of Lafayette is third on 656. - : Ananols, 1614: sing e localleac ame, nay sing Pitcher— anchor no longer mattered. He soobie oy Soes, Yarshall advance of the bowlers, provid.) y MORRIS PLAN is still first in|suary Weisel columble its fs’ alll scone, Rosemary bowls with| Edith came back last Thursday: had 186 in the eighth frame . [ing a gala backdrop of multi-' In the all events, Harley ipo team event with 2652. Dixie, Class C-team—&chuman's Alleys’ Co Betty's GHll in the Women'sin oh h 203 Ote—1 13 1 with a spare up—still enough to The red light flashed brilliant-- |colors and music. (Luckey, South Bend, leads with py,o Gary, held second on 2508 Jean Oran Washington fled win Edin Wednesday Le d with FI Te ale league posted: hy (7), Dickey win with tenth frame open ly . . . the Star Spangled 3an- The first night's action saw 1832. Pat Wilson, Evansville, is ,. 4 Bob Ash Drugs, Terre Haute, | Rall and Twiligh Jacobs, Alexandria, ¥ league an '18-1162-162-162, 2 NR w a as ‘ner began to play ... fireworks [representation from 28 U. S.'second on 1783, and Tatman is are third on aE , "Co Umble Sit. 1408 al saatte Pitinaer: td Jlotors in the West Side] Dutles of a howling secretary: her — Dickey, CLARK got six plus on the Went off and three midgets cities, stretching as far north as third with 1770. | Bertha Gorka and Judy Hindell Ciaser, Colimb JL cul. ase. 3 d his wit include logging facts 'n figures: e and Smalley. t ball 4 and capped it Jumped out of the box with |Toronto, Canada, east to New 2s = = 1981 doubles Virginia Behall ‘and year Jerry and his wife but the way Miss Roach is going, Spe-2? first ball, Spare 2 Pp rifles York and west to Iowa. Mayor| of Indianapolis shot 1101 last Joan C in, untington, 948 singles WOR the mixed doubles at Penn-|she’ll have her hands full wi aeeraid; Kinds: with 3 strike for 227, enabling "ly hal York and west to Iowa. Mayor pHERE WILL be 46 teams at|Sunday in the doubles but they FPhjist Heth auth Bend, Ji6: all evenis|gyivania and turned around thisiher own, andez (8) and J his mates to finish with 1093. arshall was stunned and (Frank Zeidler of Milwaukee par-pu.. viv anes including the | {to :

ing Pitcher «= r—Brown.

confused. He threw up his hands, hollering, “Don’t shoot, I'll. marry your daughter.” Bill was last seen leaving own strapped to a north-bound jogo

ticipated in the crowning of “Joe ng hi t . ® 4 y regarded Coppi Music Shop, | “ Bowler,” who will reign as “king jen Ba eh Ca arian! of the tourney. ’ Evansville, and Phil Schmidt and | This year's. renewal is un-gq5ng Hammond. The week-end doubtably the greatest in the his-|;.tion at Franklin Lanes includes

That big third game catapulted Nelson-Mitchells into the driver's seat with a 24-pin margin. The trophy that appeared ready for an Indianap-

olis delivery never left the host stick. tory of the meet, Sharles Trey 96 doubles and 192 singles. : city. But that _isn’'t all. Two er, direct g Ys , ; C7 In less than a minute, Nel- printer-bowlers missed the [the figures to prove it. so aiayelte PHN Yeags ite B > sen-Mitchells staged the chartered train. Late? Well, The team entries include 7736, "teams Link Belt bri ; a greatest comeback in ABC not exactly but we undur. |Which is 388 more than entered Do iS leams, : Eo ’ A PANE ? ) are Press and Link Belt Positive ’ a

history, smashing the hopes of a fine Hoosier team. Since 1901, there have been thrilling moments in the bowling’s premier spectacle but none have ever surpassed that un-

stand they were last seen going through Vincennes on a handcar . . .

Acrobatic Pin! TALK ABOUT tough breaks

at Detroit in 1948, Another new record stems from the booster Drive, are sixth and 10th with class. There are 4027 teams in 247% and 2444, respectively. the 850 and under class. This ¥ - figure is an increase of 1479 over the previous tourney record.

¥ AT HOME IN INDIANA FOR 80 YEARS | 1872.1952 wr Better Scores | Ey

believeable climax 20 years in bowling . . . here's one for . 8 8 | . ¢ er ne MILWAUKEE and Wisconsin Af Pennsylvania | : Bo Homer Long, veteran Ft. [personally boosted the entry BOWLERS WHO have been :

“They Won't Listen’

“THIS YOUNGER genera-

mark. The dairyland city and]

Wayne kegler, lost a strike state entered more teams than]

hampered by the “unruly” wood recently because of an ‘“acro-

at Pennsylvania Alleys can now

tion just won't listen.” ” any other ABC chapter. Wiscon-| ; That was the reprimand of Ba d one shot right in [Sins state entry was 3820. The| 100K to bigger things. Will E. Berner. Berner is a "0 214 the pins looked [old Mark of 2797 was established Johnny Beam, who owns the, bowler from the game's pio- like they had surrendered. Upon 1PY Michigan in 1948. Milwaukee | chain of Central, Illinois and| . ria neering era. His kegling ca- : \turned out 2426 teams to top De- |’ ennsylvania Alleys, announced

; ball, impact of the speeding ball, all Itroit's record of 2148.

His "| There's an old adage, teammates roared with appre- | " B ' W $ PPTe- |, ever come back in the ABC.” As Beam. who has been sidelined

{yesterday that the alleys at the

“They | latter site have been shellacked.

reer, which began in 1900, was cut short by an auto accident in 1919 but Will is still a keen

the wood left the floor.

student ‘of the sport. ciation but when Long turned |champions go, that is correct. with illness ‘much of year, had ® Berner contends the young- sreund he got the surprise of |r1pere hag never been an identical OTSinally fried an experimental 10 ® sters of today are more in- : \team, doubles or singles cham-|'3cquer. The wood became to “a terested in speed. “They throw The No. 6 had made a com- ion repeat. slick and oly. My

plete somersault and landed upright again. If a guy doesn't swear, things like that will pave the way. . ..

Chicago Star Dies BOWLING LOST ONE of its

most promising stars when Bill White, 25, died of a heart

the ball like they are pitching horseshoes,” Berner told us from his office in the basement of the Court House. For the last 36 years, Berner has filed mortgages with auditing department. “You just can't get them to listen to advice. They aren't

sealers

‘Marge Craig Honored For 300 at Lafayette

Times State Service TERRE HAUTE, . Mar. Marge Craig, veteran

This unintentionally proved to be a handicap for the keglers. It wag further evidenced with only six honor counts being posted all season. However, the change has quickly taken hold. There were siX honor counts Thursday night and a lige number earlier in the week. ;

en woman {bowler from Lafayette, was hon-

jored here yesterday afternoon as

interested in correcting their attack recently in Chicago. J " x = 'mistakes. The majority of White had just finished a She Participated in the JAgjane PENNSYLVANIA is remem- Bear cats of bowlers today don’t even know 670 series in the Austin Major Omens state tourney at Vigo : :

’ bered as the site where Hi ; where the ball is going when League and was getting into Howl, Whirlaways shot a world a

: " The Evansville Bowling Prothey turn It-Jopse: ; hie sar to go home when he | .i.iors Association gave Marge Of 3239 last year. Milano Inn . . y en. |a special medal in honor of the also had an impressive 3198. Pat BERNER'S theory on good White had won the Chicago |perfect game she rolled last fall ’rver of Morris Plan once uncie en ra bowling goes something like Masters tournament in October (at Bowlmore Alleys in Lafayette, Stunned the gallery with series j , this—get the feel of the ball, and more recently the Pat |Miss Craig is the only woman in ©f 754-729-731, 2

take an easy motion in your Harkins Individual Classic in [the United States to roll a sancapproach, follow up and reach Bloomington, IIL, , . tioned 300 game this season, out. Will says too many people SS ned keep their eyes on the pins. “That wood isn't moving . . . they- should pick out a spot on the floor as a guide and keep their eye on it.” Who {is this Berner? Well, he was one of Indianapolis’ top stars back when the sport was cutting "its ‘eye teeth. He won the city singles title in 1906 with 636, defeating the old master, Jess Pritchett 8r., who has since passed on but is still rated the greatest bowler ever to handle a ball in the Capital City. Berner carried a 186 avererage which was exceptionally good in the infancy of the sport. According to personable gentleman, who is evasive about his age, a 650 series was practically nonexistent at the turn of the. century. Will's game came to an abrupt end on Aug. 16, 1919. He was going to work at the | colirthiouse shortly before 6 | ‘a. m. It was a. dark morning, rainy and damp. A car came’ out of the haze, strikips Ber- " ner, He was knocked'to the |

Yes, it's nice to report things! |are back on the BEAM again,

to Do!

| : you beat the best to wear the crown of IHSAA

se reww enn’

oo « an admiring Indiana spotlights you as the Heroes

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of the hour , . , winners of the 1952 State Champion

ship of High School Basketball, Hoosierland's favorite .

job that Neoprene d insoles leathers eeps you

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RIAA AEE CARES ISR E REE we

: HEAVY ARTILLERY-—Here's a good example of GI dynamite on the bowling alleys. Ft. Harri. ’ ground but escaped with an | son's All-Stars include (left to right) Lt. Col. Claude ya Pfc. Bob Peron ge Henry,” arm Injury. “ial M/Sqt. Gil Gallagher, Cpl. Charles Butler and M/Sgt. Calvin Burtner. This khaki-clad quintet will | THE INJURY was torn liga- travel to Ft. Cluster, Mich., Mar. 29, to participate in an all-soldier bowling tourney sponsored by | : ments im Berner's right arm. | Fifth Army. The six bowlers were selected recently in an elimination tourney at Pritchett-Hunt- > : a : ¥ The arm was slow in respond- | O'Grady alleys. 5 : : : | : ‘ :

RES.