BUICK HILL FALLS. SEPTEMBER. 1969

BUICK HILL FALLS. SEPTEMBER. 1969
CLIVE FORRESTER OF SAN FRANCISCO L.B.C ., PACIFIC INTER-MOUNTAIN DIVISION , RUNNER-UP IN 1969 UNITED STATES SINGLES
CHAMPIONSHIPS PLAYED AT BUCK HILL FALLS, PA., 'IN SEPTEMBER.
WILLIS J. TEWKSBURY, 1969 UNITED STATES SINGLES CHAMPION.
MR . TEWKSBURY 'S SIXTH U.S. TITLE IN THIS EVENT, REPRESENTING
THE CLEARWATER, flORIDA L.B.C. OF THE SOUTHEAST DIVISION.
1969 UNITED STATES DOUBLES CHAMPIONS. CLIVE FORRESTER
(L) AND ALEX "SANDY" LOCKHART REPRESENTING THE SAN
FRANCISCO l.B .C. , PAC IFIC INTER-MOUNTAIN DIVISION.
1969 UNITED STATES DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS, RUNNERS-UP.
AL G. HUGHES (L) AND HAROLD L. ESCH REPRESENTING THE
ORLANDO, flORIDA L.B.C. OF THE SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION.
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1969 MEETING OF THE
A.L.B.A. COUNCIL
WITH WYETH
WALT DISNEY MASTERS
By Ezra Wyeth
The task of prepari ng for such an
event with no precedents as guides is
proving a ch a llenge. Progress has been
ma de an d t he r esponse continues to be
encouraging. Player s from places as
far apart as Ken ya and A ustralia have
expressed interest. Th ree AustJ:alian
Journals hav e givevn the story wide
coverage and the plans of the Patrick
Travel Service to organize a tou r are
going ahead.
The A.L.B.A. has been asked to approve of t he event a nd to r ecommend
that the I.B .R. sanction it The AL.B.A.
will also consider setting a si de a day
in honor of Wal t to coincide with the
playing of the final.
Qualifying rounds will be played on
October 12 and t he Masters will begin
two days later. Other clubs h ave agreed
to cooperate and there will be bowls
for everyone for five days. All players
will be guaranteed three games in both
the qu alifying rounds and in the Mast ers. You will r ecall that the qualifying
rounds mak e it possible for any bowler
who do es not qualify under the ordinary
rules for the Masters to have a chance
to enter.
The Beverly Hills Club h as the support of WED Enterprises (Walt's initials were W.E.D.). One of its r epresentati ves is working with the Club on
the matters of desi g n of the trophy and
of a special badge. the question of
concessions for players who wish to
visit Disneyland has been taken up and
there is some room for hope t hat the
trophy may find itself displayed there.
The Club is preparing information
about motels and hotels for visiting
players and this will be made available
early in' 1970. An attempt will be made
to secure special rates for bowlers.
The next issue of the Journal will
carry an advertisement about the Masters and will include an entry form.
W hen insects take 'over the world, we
hope they will appreciate how we always
took them along on our picnics.
General Report of Actio);s Taken
Your' A.L.B .A. Council met for two
days, September, 25-26, 1969, in Oakla nd, California with all Councilors in
attendan ce. F ollowing is a general r eport of major actions taken at t his
Meeting. Official Minutes and Financial
Summaries will go out to each Clu b
Secretar y as soon as Council approval
of preliminary versions is r eceived,
probably late in October, 1969. If you
want more complete information on
Council actions at this Meeting, borrow
the Official Minutes from your Club
Secr etary.
UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIPS
1970 Location-Since Buck Hill was
not available for the 1970 Championships, invitations to hold these Championships a t Jefferson P ark L. B. C.,
Seattle, Washington
(p resented by
Larry H ennings) and at Laguna Hills
L.B.C., Rossmoor Leisure World, Laguna
Hills, California (presented by Bill Hay)
were considered. Although both invi tations were attractive, the Council
considered the Rossmoor invitation more
in line with A.L.B.A. r equirements and
authorized acceptance. Details will be
published as soon as final arrangements have been worked out and accepted by all concerned.
Rules Governing U.S. Champions hips
-The Council approved a proposal made
by Dick Folkins to delete P aragraph
Alf of these Rules which limits entries
to the Division Playdowns to one per
Club (Page 36 of Lawn Bowler's Handbook, 2nd or 3rd Editions). Three other
proposals "wer e defeated: 1) That U.S.
Champiopships be determined by a point
system, two points f or a win, one point
for a tie, etc. r ather than play each
Match to a win as is now done, 2)
That member s be limited to enter playdowns in either the Singles or Doubles
events but not both and 3) That t he
Rules on substitution in th e Doubles
event when one contestant is u nable to
continue play be revi sed.
OrganizationThe following 1970
U . S. Championships Committee was
elected:: Bill H ay, Chairman, Ed Hayden, Harold Esch, Bill Miller and Dick
Folkins. David Dakers was re-eleeted
U. S. Championship Tournament Manager.
rATIONAL OPEN TOURNAME TS
Tournament Dates-1970 at Orlando,
Florida, March 21-28; 19'71 at Arroyo
Seco, Los Angeles, Californa, June 26July 2.
Standardiz.ation of Play- John Cordes'
report relative to the standardization of
play was presented and accepted (Copy
will be attached to the Official Minutes).
John agreed to continue the activities
of his Committee and present a specific
program for action at the next Council
Meeting.
PLEASE NOTE : Specific and construCtive ideas a nd / or recommendations
on the subject of standardization of
play should be sent directly to: John
Cordes, 5496 Hyde Park Blvd., Chicago,
Illinois 60615.
RU LES COMMITTEE
There are no changes in Laws of the
Game ths year. Several prososals for
minor or controversal changes were def eated.
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PUBLICA nONS COMMITTEE
After reports on last year's activities
and results, t he Council adopted a r esolution thanking Cress Tilley and his
staff f or their continued effor ts in
making the magazine a success. Joe
Mahoney was elected Associate Editor
in r ecogniti on of his hard work in
supp ort of the magazine as a staff m em ber.
Mailing List Corrections-The Council
decided to continue indefinitely the requirement that each affiliated Club submit a list of members' names and addresses for which A.L.B.A. dues are
p'aid, these lists to be used to establi sh
BOWLS magazine mailing lists for the
upcoming year. All names not submitted
with payment of du es will be deleted
from the mailing li sts unl ess separate
paid subscriptions have been received.
Bowls Subscriptions for New Members
- New members taken into affiliated
Clubs between the dates for paying
A.L.B.A. du es will now be eligible to
r eceive BOWLS magazine without the
payment of interim du es. To accomplish
this, their Club Secretary must send in
their name and complete address including ZIP code direct to the BOWLS
magazine Circulation Manager, Lester
Timmins, with the notation "New Mem.
bel'''. All such n ew member n am es ano
addr esses must, of course, be inc1udec
on the list of members for whon:
A.L.B.A. dues are paid at the en d of thE
year .
Ne'Y Editorial Policy-The Publica·
tions Committee h as been instructed tc
establish a n ew quota system governing
th e ' total space allocated in each iSSUE
of BOWLS magazine to Club and Divi·
sion news. This action is necessary t(
keep BOWLS magazine costs in lim
with A.L.B.A. dues income and sti!"
r etain adequate space in each issue fOJ
new and articles of general interesi
to all bowlers. Complete information or
the procedures necessary to establisl
this new quota system will be publishe<
as soon as available.
PROMOTIONS COMMITTEE
F rank Mixon presented a full repol'
which was accepted and approved (COP)
will be attached to t he Official Minutes)
In this report it was pointed out tha
three major promotiJons publication:
have been released this past year: 1
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LAWN BOWLS. Th ese publication
were primarily aimed at establish in:
new Clubs and ar e proving effective ii
this area.
Membership in Established Clubs- J
study made by the Secr etary showe
th at much of the gain in membeshi
eff ect ed by the affiliation of new Club
is beng offset by a loss in memb ~ rshi
in established Clubs. After discussio
on ways and means for reversing th i
trend, it was decided to make f utur
promotions activity two-pronged,' th~
is, conti nue work on establishing ne'
Clubs but put considerable emphasis 0
ways and means to- increase m embel
ship in existing Clubs. The next pl'<
motions publica tion will be aimed :
getting new m embers into existin
Clubs.
Concl ud e d on Page 4
A.L.I.A. STAFF
Publication Committee
EDWARD J. HAYDEN .............. Chairman
JOHN W . DEIST
CRESSLYN L. TILLEY
Editorial Staff
CRESSLYN L. TILLEY
Editor and Business Manager
A. EMERSON NEWMAN
EZRA R. WYETH
JOSEPH A. MAHONEY
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ANNUAL MEETING A .L.,B.A .
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PLEASE NOTE: Proven and! or constructive ideas for adding new members to a Club will be welcomed by
V' Frank Mixon Jr., 1739 Spruce Street,
L k eley, California 94709.
v .>natiolls to the Promotions Fund-There still is need for donations to
the Promotions Fund since the current
level of A.L.B.A. dues does not permit
supporting an aggressive campaign
such as is now being waged.
INTER rATIONAL TOURS
1970 South Africa Tour of the United
States - Current information indicates
that about 65 South Africans (about 1!3
women) will tour fiv e A.L.B.A. Divisions
during- the su mmer of 1970. The Southeast Division cannot entertain this tour
since summer is their off season. All
Tour information is going direct to the
Divisions from Larry Hen nings, AL.B.A.
Tour Director.
Walt Dis ney Masters TournamentEzra Wyeth and others have been working on this project for some months.
The Council acted to make the Walt
Disn ey Mas ters an official A.L.B .A.
event. Tournament dates are October
11-17, 1970. Other information will be
published separatiy from this report.
INTERNATIONAL BOWLI G BOARD
The next General Meeting of I.B.B.
will be in Edinburgh, Scotland at the
close of the Empire Games in 1970,
about July 24th. Both A.L.B.A. R epresntatives plan to attend.
WORLD BOWLS CHAMPION SHIPS
It now appears that N ew Zealand will
not be able to h old a Second World
Bowls Championship in either 1970 or
1971. There are some indications that
England might consider h olding this
event in 1972 but nothing to act on at
this time.
A.L.B.A. DUES
A.L.B.A. dues f or 1970 w er e established at 2.00 per active male member, the same as in recent years, Proposals to increase du es, including one
supported by signed resolutions from a
number of Clubs and member s, were
considered. Each of these proposals
was based on the need for additional
funds to adequately support major
A.L.B.A. programs (BOWLS magazin e,
Promotions Program, etc.) with some
reserve for specific projects as they
arise. However, the consensus was that
it was impracticable adopt any of these
proposals at this time.
INDOOR BOWLS SECTION
Considerable interest is being shown
in establishing full sized indoor lawn
bowls rinks and associated fa cilities,
especially in our Northern Divisions.
The sudden growth of indoor facilities
in other Countries plus the fact that
tested indoor bowling surface materials
and sp ecifications are now r eadily available made it appear desirable to organize an Indoor Bowls Section of
the A.L.B.A. to govern play on such
faciliti es. Larry H ennings agreed to
act as Chairman of a Committee to develop specific proposals and! or amendments to the A.L.B.A. Constituton for
presentation at the next Council Meeting.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS,
REPRESENT A TIVES
AND TRUSTEES
P rior to the regular electi on of Officers, a special election was r eq uested
an d granted to consider the nomination
of Larry Hennings as an Honorary Life
President. Upon presentation of facts in
support of the nomination, Larry
H I nings was elected Honorary Life
Pi '~; d e nt unanimousl y by the eleven
C01'lciiors voting on this nomination.
All exsting A.L.B.A. Officers and
Representatives were r e-elected as fol lows: President-Edwa r d J. Hayden;
First Vice-President-J ames F . Candelet;
Second Vice-President-William Miller;
Secretary-Treasurer-J 0 h n W. Deist;
Representatives to the International
Bowling Board-Larry R. Hennings, Executive, an d William G. Hay.
Elections for th e A.L.B.A. Memorial
Foundation Inc. were as follows:
Trustees for Three Years-John Cordes
and W. Frank Mixon Jl'.; SecretaryTreasurer-John W. Deist. No other
elections were required.
John W. Deist,
Secretary A.L.B.A.
INDOOR lAWN BOWLS
INFORMATION
By John Deist, Secy A.l .B.A.
Several Clubs have shown an inter est
in establishing indoor lawn bowls facilities for use off season or during inclement weather. The Clubs who went
ahead with th eir plans had to start from
scratch with little or no assistance from
any authoritative source.
Thi s is to let you know that one of
if not the major supplier of indoor bowls
Clubs in England is now ready to assist
Clubs in the U.S.A. with information,
samples of specially developed indoor
ri nk surfacing and, we understand,
plans and specifications of Clubs actually in service. If you are interested,
just write to : : Mr. W. Walker , Managing- Director, CLEVELAND WALKER
LIMITED , 158 Albert Road. Middlesborough, T eesside, Great Britain, N ew
Airmail rates to Great Britain are 20
cents per one-half ounce.
As many of you know, in addition to
regular (outdoor) lawn bowls, ther e is
a major indoor lawn bowls association
in Great Bri tai n wi t h a total m embership in the order of 100,000. Therefore ,
many ideas have been tried and r ejected
before coming up with the information
the Cleveland Walker Company is now
offering.
FROM YOUR EDITOR
I wish to congratulate and thank all
t he "Staff" corr espondents also all th e
special "Club" corr espondents for their
co-operation in submitting- articles and
pictures for the "Bowls" Magazine.
The "Bowls" Staff makes every eff ort
to use the material submitted, but regret
in S0l11e cases we could not use all of it,
due to budget restrictions imposed by
t he A.L.B.A. council.
We trust that all correspondents
appreciate this problem , but will please
continue with your fine support.
Cresslyn L. Tilley
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48th NATIONAL TOURNAMENT
-THE GREATEST
Greatest in total entries and weather.
By Cliff Rea
With 310 men entries and nearly 100
women entries it rates the greatest in
total.
.George Downey, a long time Oakland
Club member, who played in the National in 1939 during the San Francisco
Worlds Fair, disputes this as he claims
326 men entries. On men entries he may
be right but with the greater women
entries the 48th is TOPS.
The weatherman was exceedingly
kind. Sunny warm days . A bit hot in
one location and a bit chilly a couple of
days in another. But everyone is happy
with t he event, even many losers have
told your correspondent they were
very happy that they took part.
The planning and execution of the
plans have been tops. Everything has
moved along quite smoothly. Great
cr edit goes to the Tourn ament Committee of : Raynor Gimbal and Glen
" Brick J ohnsol1, Co. Chairmen and their
helpers: Clive Forrester, J ohn Hill, William Moore and Hal Myers. Especialy
credit goes to Charles Mc eill the
Scorekeeper for his tremendous job
in having every assignment in order
when the bowlers wanted to know where
and when to play. Never before in this
correspondents 12 years experience have
I seen a printed program with every
players name listed and his assignment
of location, green and rink also listed
for his first days play in every event.
This form was a part of the package
handed to every bowler when he registered. It was a great convience. Congratulations Charley.
Openin g Day the Tradi tional events
between
orthern and Southern California took place lead off by the Charles
E . Fox Trophy triples event, followed
by the Waterbury State Triples and
followed after lunch by the State Troph y
rinks, the Herbert Brooks Memorial
Troph y rinks and the day ended with
the new Bill Hay Novice Doubles
Trophy.
17 triples teams from the North an d
17 from the South were in the Fox.
South 247-North 213.
Waterbury Triples - score North 20
anrl South 11. North, Lakeside Club
pl ayers, Skip, Rob Quillen, Bill Moore
and Jim Cobb, def eating Arroyo Seco
Cl ub players, Skip, Neil McInnis, Ezra
Wyeth and Ronald Rapp.
State Rinks score South 23 and North
16. Arroyo Seco Club winners were
Skip, Neil McInnis, Ezra Wyeth . Ronald
Rapp and Duncan Cameron defeating
Berkeley Club players of, Jim Forster
Skip, Bob Huff, John Wood and Fred
Bacon.
Brooks Rinks 4 teams from North
an d 4 from South, Score South 90 North
81.
Novice Doubles teams decided in a
play-o ff in both North and South won
by North 17 South 15. Winning team
from Sunny Glen of San Ramon were :
Edward Barry and Walt Matson. They
defeated a South team of:-Delbert
Stephenson and Jerry Purcell. This was
quite a win for Sunny Glen as their
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Need a lift to
the
. First International
.
Ladies Championship?
The First International Ladies Lawn Bowls Championship
is coming up December 7 through 14, 1969, in Sydney,
Australia. Come swing Down Under with Qantas . No one
has more flights to the South Pacific. Or lower fares .
And Australia is i'ess than a day away.
Australia's round-the-world airline
QA NTAS
48th NATIONAL
Concluded from Page 4
club is probably the smallest in the
Division.
A Complimentary Luncheon for bowlers, non bowling wives and guests of
600 were satisfiedd.
Mrs. Bernice Maltby and her women's
committee of bowlers and non bowling
wives did an outstanding job with
serving so many at the luncheon and
receive the thanks of all. They also
provided fine luncheons for every day
of bowling. Luncheon was also provided
at a ll g r eens 'u sed, San Francisco,
Berkeley, Palo Alto, Richmond and
Rossmoor and in some cases the m en
assisted th e women. Thanks to all.
On the publicity side our tournament
had a reasonable amount of coverage
with a total of 15 newspaper items. A
quarter page front page spread with
three photos in the Oakland Times, a
neighborhood paper, announcing the
coming tournament. 7 good mentions in
the Oakland Tribune, one with photo,
5 brief items in the San Francisco
Chronicle and 2 in the Examiner plus
a full report on the winners in the
finals. In addition, Channel 7 had a
3 minute interview with Cliff Rea on
the game, plus showing some bowling
and Channel 9 had a 5 minutte coverage
of bowling and an interview explaining t he game, The AAA auto magazine
and the
ational Motorist maga zine
carried advance announcements of th e
tournament.
Now for the winners. The Oakland
Chamber of Commerce Trophy for the
Outstanding Player was won by Bert
Littler 0 fSouth Burnaby, B,C. who a lso
was the winner of the Championship
Singles, def eating Neil McInnis of
Arroyo Seco Club of L. A. 20 to 10.
Third place in the Singles was won by
Ezra Wyeth of Beverly Hills with his
defeat of Go r don K ennedy of E ssex
County, N. J. 21 to 17.
Championship Doubles won by Harold
E sch and Al Hughes of Orl an do, Florida
in thei r defeat of Don Buckley a nd Bob
Russell of the Santiago Club of Sa nta
Ana, Calif. by a scor e of 23 tto 17.
2nd Flight Doubles won by Bill
Mumma and Bill Bonnett of Riverside,
Calif. by their def eat of Jim Grainger
and Floyd P erkins of Richmond Hill,
Ontario 20 to 12.
3rd Flight Doubles won by George
Imlay of Seattle an d Rod Tiernan of
Berkeley against Sandy Houston and
Harry Brown of Vancouver , B. C. Score
24-21.
4th FIght Doubles won by William
Miller and Rob ert McGaffney of Gary,
Ind. ao-ainst Frank P ease and Sam Jones
of Beverly Hills, Calif. Score 22-19.
Championship Triples won by Rob
Quillen of Lak eside Club of Oakland
and Otto Swan car and Ernie Richardson of Riverside against Harry Horne of
Santa Cruz, Calf. and H arry Soderstrom
and Art Fliegel' of San Francisco. Score
21-17.
2nd Flight' Triples won by San Francisco team of J 01111 DaLuz, George
Santos and Joe DaLuz beating a Greenwich, N. J. team of Ed Roache, Art
Kerr and Jim Breslin. Score 21.13.
3rd Flight Triples won by Santa
Barbara, Calif. team of Silvio Maddalon,
Harvey Wheant and Dave Stephens defeating the West Vanvouver, B.C. team
of Norman Adams, Dick Williams and
Charley Burns. Score 18-17.
4th Flight Triples won by a South
Vancouver, B. C. t eam of Bert Corcoran,
Bruce Mathe:;on and Dave Anthony when
they defeated the Richmond, Calif. team
of Malcolm Dunnachie, Charley Ball and
Hall Dimock by a Score of 19-8.
All men contestants, even top flight
bowler s seemed very pleased with the
Award of Merit Certificate given all
winners in addition of oth er awards.
Clff Rea promoted this certificate idea,
the make up and wording was refined
by the Tournament Committee and finally by Paul Regoli, Jr. Paul is a member
of the Lakeside and Oakland Clubs and
is a printer. He printed it and supplied
the penmanship artist Al St. John who
did a beautiful job lettering in the event
won and the winners name. Then Raynor
Gimbal made this u finished job by
finding very nice plastic fram es so the
winner could get ' his certificate home
in fine con dittion and ready to hang
on his Trophy wall.
WOMEN'S EVE TS
Lassie Trophy of 2 Triples teams from
Canada and 2 from the U. S. won by
Canada-38-35.
Boynton Rinks Trophy, 8 teams competing, won by Southern Calif. against
t he North 230 to 132. '
Championship Singles Golden State
Trophy won by Betty Ewen of Redlands, Calif. over Louise Godfrey of
Santa Barbara, Calif.
2nd Flight Singles won by Be sie
Dranth of Ri chmond, Calif. defeating
Cathy Lemon of San Francisco.
Championship
Doubles,
Exposition
Park Trophy, won by San Franci co
team 0 fQu eeni e Allen and Cathy Lemon
defeating an Orlando, Florida t eam of
Mrs. Al G. Hughes and Mrs. Holmes.
2nd Flight Doubles won by San Francisco team of Doris Ko enig and Bess
Powell. They def eat ed a Riverside, Calif.
team of Dot Mumma and Alicia Fullerton .
Championship Triples, Irving Memorial
Trophy, won by mixed So. Calif. tea m
of Betty Ewen, Pegeen Johnson and
Ina Meldrum, they defeated another So.
Calif. tea m of Len a LaMaster, Genevieve Knigh t and Lurline Robinson.
2nd Flight Triples won by a mixed
team of Corrina Folkins of Arroyo Seco
Club of L. A., Beth Templeton of
Powell River, B. C. and
ina MacDonald. They defeated a San F rancisco
team of Betty Service, Elsie Cameron
and Cathy Lemon.
Friday's Consolation Mixed Doubles
won by Queenie Allen and Frank
Cunneen.
2nd Place Mixed Doubles won by
Clyde Hampton of San Francisco and
partner, Partners name not available.
I am happy to send greetino-s and
a warm welcome to all Lawn Bowlers
and their guests assembled at beautiful
Lakeside Park in Oakland for the 48th
National Open Lawn Bowling Tournament.
I would h ave liked to be able to accept
your kind invitation to greet you personally and to roll out the first bowl,
but my schedule simply would not permit it. I am sure your tournament will
be great fun, and having bowlers from
so many areas, including other countries,
should make for a very exciting and
interesting competition
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May our Sunny California live up to
its name to match the enjoyn1ent of good
fellowship during your tournament.
Sincerely,
Ronald Reagan
Governor
W e end this repo rt on this most
successful NATIONAL TOURNAMENT
with the comment that it probably
established anoth er FIRST with players
from 11 years of age to 90 years. So
it demonstrates that it is a game for
all ages.
PACIFIC INTER-MOUNTAIN AND
SOUTHEAST CAPTURE TOP
UNITED STATES EVENTS
(Buck Hill Falls)
By Harold L. Esch
The Pacific Inter-Mountain and Southeast Division captured the four top
prizes at the recent United States singles and doubles championships played
at Buck Hill Falls, Pa. Willis J. Tewksbury of Clearwater, Florida captured
his sixth United Singles crown, which
was decided by a playoff with the Pacific Inter-Mountain entry, Clive Forrester, representing the San Francisco
LBC.
Forrester and Alex "Sandy" Lockhart
took the doubles crown with four wins
and one loss while the Southeast Division duo of Al Hughes and Harold Esch,
Orlando, Florida, defeated the Eastern
Division pair in a playoff match for t h e
runn er-up spot in the doubles. It was
th e third consecutive year for the
Hughes-Esch pair to represent their division in the doubles playdowns and
they were U. S. champions in 1967.
Tewksbury's lone loss in regulaton
play was to the Eastern Division repl'esentative, Ed Roache of New York
City T ewksb ury earlier had defeated
Forrester for his only loss. This brought
th e singles into the playoff which
T ewksbury won 21-14 in 23 ends. At
the conclusion of the round robin
Tewksbury's plu s was 34 points and
Forrester's 30. Roache who finished
third had a plus of 8 points . The other
three contenders finish ed with minus
points.
In the doubles round robin ForresterLockhart scored 84 shots and a llowed
67. Esch-Hughes scored 86 and allowed
72 while third place duo of Arthur Bell
and Bob Dettmar of Fulton Park,
Waterbury, Conn., posted 78 points and
allowed 82.
A complete run-down of all game
scores will follow:
Contestants in both the singles and
doubles representing the six A.L.B.A.
Divisions in the 1969 championships
were as follows:
CENTRAL DIVISION-Singles, Ross
Brown , Gary, Indian a; Doubles, Robert
McGaffn ey and William Miller, Gary,
Indiana.
EASTERN DIVISION - Singles, Edwin Roache, New York City LBC;
Doubles, Arthur Bell and Robert Dettmar, Fulton Park LBC, W aterbury,
Conn.
PACIFIC INTER-MOUNTAI
DIVISION - Singles, Clive Forrester, San
Francisco LBC ; Doubles, Clive Forrester and Alex "Sandy" Lockhart of San
Francisco LBC.
Concluded on Page 8
EASTERN DIVISION
R. Gregg Rodgers, Staff Correspondent
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
ASSOCIATION
By Robert Baxter
BRIDGEPORT L.B.C. (Conn.)
The tournament schedule has moved
along well although Waterbury suffered
anoth er rain out on July 13th when play
fo r the Hayes T rophy was stopped after
only a couple of ends of the first game
had been played . Also Waterbury's
(s urely a very aptly named city) Traurig
T r ebles on Aug ust 17th finished under
rather unfortunate conditions when the
last few ends of the play-off were completed in very heavy rain and the chief
concern of many of the players changed
f r om bowling as well as they could to
try and win to bowling as quickly as
they could to get it over with and get
u nder cover.
Following is a list of t he tournaments
played since the last report with winners
and r unner s-up.
In spite of our early troubles at the
green, Brideport is enjoying a good
season. Member participation in both
our own club and Souther11 Connecticut
tournaments has been generally excel len t . In fa ct, I dont believe there will
be many dissenting voices when I say
that so far as this season has been
concerned, Bridgeport has been the
mainstay of th e tournament schedule,
fielding from four to seven t eams at
each tournament.
Our Wednesday L eague has been compieted with the winners being-A. Murchie, A. Thomson, D. Baxter, J. Karwin
(Skip) and runners-up A. Mitchell,
F . Davidson, J. Fleming, Jr., D . Brown
(Skip). The first of our Saturday night
mixed jitneys resulted in a win for A.
Mitchell, foHowed by J. F leming, Jr., E.
Brandel', F . Davidson , E. Davidson and
H. Lodge.
The club doubles championship (a
three game tournament) was held on
August 31st when the team of San
Morrison and Campbell Blaney emerged
as the only 3-game winner.
Th is season again some of our members are travelling outside the Southern
Connecticut Association for tournament
play. T hree rink teams, making six
doubles t eams w ent to
iagara for
tre Eastern Division Toul'l1ament the
first week in August and had a very
fin e time. The rinks team of S. Mon'ison, J. Donnachie, J. Fleming, Jr. and
D. Brown (Skip) came home with 3rd
prize in the first consolation, and with
Dave Baxter at 15 years, I believe our
club fie lded by far, the youngest player
in the entire tournament.
On July 5th, four teams went Hartford for the
ew England Rinks with
the t eam of A. Mitchell, E. Galt, C.
L arson & C. Blaney (Skip) taking 31'd
prize. On August 16th, the team of D.
Brown, C. Blaney and C. La rson made
the long on e day trip to Boston to play
in th e New England (Dave Dakers)
Trebles where they gained the play-offs
but were beaten there. On the same day.
a ll the bowling members of the Baxter
family drove down to the Essex Club
in Bloomfield for a mixed doubl es tournament. The "old fo lks" R & V Baxter
made up one team, while young Dave
and his sister Linda McDougall made
up the other. T he young one won a ll
three games but were beaten in the
playoffs, while t he "old folk s" didn't
win a single game and came home with
their "tails suitabl y between their legs"
par ticularly when the third game that
the young ones won and the third game
that the "old folk s" lost happened to
be on the same rink with t he score a
r esounding 18-5.
The club's annual banquet and prizegiving will be held on Saturday, October
2th . If we have half as good a time
as we had last year, we will still have
a grand evening.
BAMBER TROPHY AT STAMFORD
1st-Bridgeport L.B.C. - H. Mixso n, F. Davidson , W. Mil ler, R. Smith (Ski p)
2nd-Bridg e port L.B .C.-C. Blaney (Skip)
CAPE CODDER TROPHY AT NEW HAVEN
1st-Bridge port L.B .C.-S. Mo rrison , A. Thomson , R. Baxte r, M. McFa rl a ne (Skip)
2nd-Waterbury L.B .C.-A. Bell (Skip)
PAST PRESIDENT' S TROPHY AT GREENWICH
1st-Greenwich L.B .C.- J . Sm ith, W . Anderson ,
J . Walla ce, J. Mc Ba in (Skip)
2nd-Stamfo rd L.B .C.- J. Rea (Skip)
SMITH MEMORIAL TROPHY AT BRIDGEPORT
1st-Bridgeport L.B.e.-H. Ba rtholomew, A. AImassy, W. Mille r, M. McFarlane (Skip)
2nd-Bridgeport L.B.C.-C. Blan e y (Skip)
WEBSTER TROPHY AT GREENWICH
lst-New York loB .C.-L. Covin , A. Meinithaelon, E. Roche , D. Tomch ik (Skip)
2nd-Esse x L.B.C.- J . Steve nson (Skip)
CONN . STATE RINKS AT BRIDGEPORT
1st-Gre enwich L.B. C.-R. Marchand , J . Me ikle,
R. !larr, D. Liddell (Ski p)
2nd-New Hav"" l.B . C.-L. Pa tri e (Sk ip)
MUIR TROPHY AT NEW HAVEN
lst-B ri dg e po rt L. B.C.- A. Almassy, E. Galt, D.
Ba xte r, R. Ba xte r (Ski p )
2nd-Waterbu ry L. B.C.-R. Dellma r (Skip)
HUNTER (Irving ton ) TROPHY AT GRE ENWICH
lst-Greenwich L,B.C.-R. Ma rc ha nd , P. Gentle ,
G. Gill , N. H'o we (Ski p)
2nd-Gree nwich L.B. C.-T. Robe rtso n (Skip)
VANDER KRUIK TROPHY AT BRIDGEPORT
1st-Bridge port loB . C.- J. Donnach ie, F. Davidson , J . Flem ing, Jr., M. McFa rlane (Skip)
2nd-Bridgeport L.B. C.-R. Harkness (Skip)
TRAURIG TREBLES AT WATERBURY
1st-Waterbury loB .C.-D . Mcintosh, J. Carvey,
R. Dellmar (Skip)
2nd-Bridg e port L.B.C.-R . Harkness (Skip)
GARDNER TREBLES AT GREENWICH
lst-Waterbury loB. C.-D. Mcintosh , J . Carvey,
R. Dellmar (Sk ip)
2nd-Stamford L.B. C.-W. Symington (Skip)
Our representatives in t h e Eastern
Division-Doubles & Singles- playoffs
di d u s proud. At Buck Hill on J uly 19th
& 20th, Bob Dettmar and Art Bell of
Waterbury went undefeated and will
represent the East at Buck Hill in
September. At Niagara on A ugust 2n d
& 3rd, Campbell Blaney of Bridgeport
reached the fina l play-off only to be def eated by a su perb Ed Rache of New
York. Hard luck! Campbell and best
wish es to Ed at Buck Hill in Semptembel'.
By Robert Baxter
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Concluded from Page 6
.sOUTHEAST DIVI SION - Singles,
Willis J . Tewksbury, Clearwater, Fla.;
Doubles, Harold Esch and Al Hughes,
Orlando, Fla.
SOUTHWEST DIVI SION - Singles,
W. Lindsay Miller, Hermosa Beach
LBC ; Doubles, J oseph Mahoney and Carl
Waterbury, Beverly Hills LBC.
NORTHWEST DIVI SION Singles
Harvey Ri chardson, Queen City LBC;
Seattle, Wash.; Doubles, Albert Fultz
and Larr y H ennings, J eff erson Park
LBC, Seattle, Wash.
ROUNDBYROUNDSCOR~
UNITED STATES SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
Tewksbury defeated Forrester (21-10); Richardson, Northwest (21-13) ; Brown , Central (214) ; and Miller, Southwest (21-10) . Lost to
Roache, Eastern (8-21) .
Forrester defeated Miller (21-6) ; Brown (21-16);
Roache (21-8) and Richardson (21-13) . Lost
t·o Tewksbury (10-21) .
Roache defeated Brown (21-15) ; Tewksbury (218) and Richardson (21-18) . Lost to Miller
(20-21) and to Forresle r (8-21).
Miller defeated Roache (21-20) ; Richardson (2116) ; Brown (21- 17). Lost to Forrester (6-21)
and Tewksbury (10-21).
Richardson defeated Brown (21-15) . Lost to
Tewksbury (13-21) ; Forrester (13-21) ; Roache
(18-21) and Miller (16-21) .
Brown lost to Richardson (15-21); Roache (1521) ; Tewksbury (4-21); Miller (17-21) and
Forrester (16-21).
ALL SCORES IN THE UNITED STATES DOUBLES
PLAYDOWNS
Forrester - Lockhart defeated McGoffney - Miller,
Central (18-16); Esch-Hughes, Southeast (1511) ; Fultz-Hennings , Northwest (19-16) and
Mahoney-Walerbury, Southwest (23-5). Lost
to Bell-Dellmar, Ecate rn (9-19) .
Esch-Hughes defeated Mahoney-Waterbury (2420) ; Fultz-~ennings (18-12); Bell Dellmar (1910). Lost to McGaffney-Milier (14-15) and to
Forrester-Lockhart, Pacific (11-15).
Bell-Dellmar defeated Fultz-Hennings (19-16);
Forrester-Lockhart (19-9) and McGaffney-Miller (17-16) . Lost to Mahoney-Waterbury (1322) and Esch-Hughes (10-19) .
Mahoney-Waterbury defeated Bell-Dellmar (2213); McGaffney-Miller (18-13) . Lost to EschHughes (20-24) ; Fultz-Hennings (18-20) and
Forrester-lockhart (5-23) .
McGaffney-Milier defeated Esch- Hughes (15-14)
and Fultz-Hennings (19-16) . Lost to Forresterlockhart (16-18) ; Mahoney-Waterbury (1318) and Bell-Dellmar (16-17) .
Fultz-Hennings
defeated
Mahoney-Waterbury
(2-18 . lost to Bell-Dellmar (16-19) ; EschHughes (12-18) ; McGaffney-Milier (16-19
and Forrester-lockhart (16-19).
SIDELIGHTS OF THE 1969 CHAMPIONSHIPS . . . Rain interrupted the
start of play and curtailed some of t he
matches on succeedin g days. In order
to k eep up with the announced sch edule
the doubl es match es were cut from 21
to 16 ends in some of the latter rounds
. . . Max L iberman of the Hartford,
Conn., "Courant" Sports Staff missed
the championships for the first time.
H ealth prevented his making the trip.
Bob Clark 9f the Buck Hill F alls organization handled t he publicity . . .
Four of t he six singles participants
wer e appea ring in their first championsh ip. Only Forrester and T ewksbury
being r epeater s. In the doubles five o'f
the twelve participants were seeing
Buck Hill for the first time as division
champ ions.
The award dinner on Saturday evening was held on schedule with t h e
presentation of the doubles t r ophies.
The singles, ending in a tie after the
round rob in, had to be completed Sunday morn ing with the trophies presented
on the green in this event . . . Thirtytwo open men's doubles p airs began
play on Sunday afternoon but the r ains
came again on Monday cancellin g the
P.M. m'ttches. Three games were played
on Tuesday to bring the match es up to
schedule ... Nearly forty mixed doubles
pairs started play on W ednasday afternoon . . . With Forr ester competing in
both the singles and doubles, r epresenting t he Pacific Inter-Mountain Division,
he was forced to play eleven matches
(including the singles playoff) as opposed to five match es for everyone else.
It was a schedule teaser f or tournament
manager Dave Dakers .
The championsh ips drew spectators
from ever yone of the six ALBA divisions. Some stayed on to compete in t h e
open events . .. Canada had its share
of player s in the latter with an increasing number reporting in from the Mont r eal clubs this year.
PARTICIPATION IN U. S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
PlAYDOWNS
Total Doubles
Clubs
Total
Entered Singles Teams Mbrs.
Division
33
66
32
Central . . . . . . . . 10
74
148
137
Eastern ....•.•. 21
24
48
44
Northwest . ...•. 4
20
4.0
27
Pac. In~-Mtn . . . . 10
19
38
29
Southeast ...... 9
22
44
40
Southwest ...... 16
A. L.B.A. Totals
.. 70
309
192
384
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EASTERN DIVISION
Continued from Page 7
SKYTOP L.B.C.
By Robert H. Ivy
The Skytop green has been in excellent condition this summer and has
been used extensively since May. We
expect to bowl on throug h October and
possibly into November, which we sometimes do. Our main drawback is that we
do not have a large permanet colony
of lawn bowlers so that we a r e greatly
h andicapped in our annual fr iendly competition with our neighbors at Buck Hill
Falls, being out-numbered in the matter
of the f irst class players.
The following is a r eport of the An nual Cham pionship Lawn Bowling T ournament of the Sk ytop Club h eld in
August:
DOUBLES
Winners-Lead, M. Voight; Skip , H. Ransley
Sage
LADIES SINGLES
Winner-Mrs. R. Fritsch
Runner-up-Mrs . T. L. Prendergast, Jr.
MEN'S SINGLES •
Second Flight : Winner-T o L. Prendergast, Jr.
Runner-up-R . Tom Sawyer
MEN ' S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
(12 Entries)
Winner-Thomas l . Prendergast
Runner-up-Robe rt H. Ivy
Presentation of Trophies and prizes
were held in the Lodge on Saturday evenill!r, August 30.
Many of our g uests, inclu ding n ational
organizations holding annual conventions
h ere during the spring and fall, join in
lawn bowling and h old tournaments in
connection with their annua l meetings.
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To meet the varied abilities, we hold
several one-day "jitney" tournaments,
in which the players draw for partners
and rinks for three successive 6-end
periods. This gives every entrant, although a novice, a fair chance f or a
prize. I first learn ed of t his type tourn a ment at Clearwater, F lorida many
years ago.
We regretfully have to report the loss
by death of two of our outstanding
players, Richard H. DeMott and Kent
Lay, both of Philadelphia .
FERN LEIGH L.B.C.
By W . K. Panzenhagen
The always-popular tournament for
the J. Watson Beach Troph y took place
on Saturday, Ju ne 7, 1969; the bright
and warm afternoon was ideal for
bowling. Nineteen teams r epresenting
every lawn bowling club in t he district
competed for the trophy. F ernleigh entered three teams, an d one of them with
skip Ed Main, assisted by Ed Ryan, and
Harold House, won the coveted trophy
for the home club.
On Saturday June 28 and Sunday June
29 , three teams in District 2 competed
for the
. S. Doubles playdown; T am
O'Shanters team of Frank Dobek, skip
an d Jim Ward beat Fernleigh's Bill
Panzenhagen, skip and Bill Burling. It
has been reported since then that Frank
Dobek and h is partner Jim Ward competed in the Eastern Division playdown
on the beautiful and well-groomed g r een s
at Buck Hill Falls but did not reach the
final round to qualify for the U. S.
Doubles champion ship matches early in
September.
It was almost a whitewash when
Hugh Gallagher of Thistle Lawn Bowling
Club trimmed Bill Panzenhagen of
F ernleigh by the lop-sided score of 21 to
1 in 14 ends f or the f inal match and
t he r igh t to r epresent Di strict 2 in the
Eastern Division U. S. Singles playdown
August 2 in
iagara F a lls . ' uff said
because a certain party wants to f orget the incident. By th e way. r eliable
sources r eported that Hugh Gallagher
played well but did not win the U. S.
Singles playdown, which wa s won by
Ed Roache of the New York Lawn
Bowling Club.
As in the past several years, the
Brigham Memorial T ournament on Saturday August 12, again turned out to
be another very popular event which
attracted 24 trebles teams to the rinks
at Fernleigh and Thistle . The smoothly
rolling threesome of Thi stle's Davey
Kidd, Arch Ireland and Dakers took
th e event an d so the trophy did not
r eturn to our clubhouse at F ernleigh ;
we will go after it next year.
This year's President's and Vice President's trophies. were won by th e t ea m
of Harold Weeks. skip with Bill Burlinv:
and Harry Ertel. The event was well
attended and the Ladies Auxiliary was
given a well-deserved round of applau~e
for the delicious punch (unspiked)
served between games.
The annual Kay Boker Tournament
on Sunday August 10, brought out man y
bowlers and their families who, after
playing an d watching, stayed for t he box
lunch picnic served outdoors under blue
and balmy skies; beverages and des ert
were served by the Ladies Auxilia rv,
(God Bless Them). As al'w ays, this
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CANADIAN CHAMPIONS TO APPEAR
IN BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES
By Harold L. Esch
Winners in t h e fours, doubles and
singles in the recently com pl eted Canadian Lawn Bowls Championships will
represent Canada in the 1970 British
Empire Gam es to be staged in Edinborough, Scotland next summer.
J ohn Henderson of Montreal, who has
appeared in and won many U.S.A. open
titles, paired with Harry Elliott as they
captured the doubles event. Runn ers-up
were John Sagar and Wally Lavergn e
of Bell,eville, OlJ1talrio. Saskatchewan
placed third.
Ha rold Clayton of Regina, Sask., won
the singles t itle in a playoff with Ka rl
Beacom of Ontario. Clayton previously
won the singles in 1959. l ain Smith of
Quebec placed t h ird.
Th e Fours eVl:'nt was won by the
British Columbia team sk ipped by Tom
Jarvis with Edward Hodgson, J ames
Denholm and Sam Caff yn. Ontario finished second and Quebec third.
It is int er esting to note that Ontario
bowlers finished runners-up in all t hree
events. It is t he first year since 1962
that Ontario has been "shut out" and
only the t hird time since 1957 that Ontario has failed to win at least one
title. It was also Quebec's first doubles
title in the history of the championships.
,T he 1969 games were played at the
Oak Bay LBC, Carnavl'on Park, Oak
Bay, Bri tish Colu mbia. Seven Canadian
Provinces send r epresentatives to the
championships annua lly
in singles,
doubles and fours.
The 1970 games will b e pl ayed at
Calgary, Alb erta with the dates to be
annou nced later.
FIRST WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL
BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS
By Harold L. Esch
According to word r eceived from Aust rali a, plans are progressing well fo r
t he First Women's In ternational Bowls
Champ ionships to be held in Sydney,
Australia in December. In addition to
t he championship play, which will involve singles, doubles, triples and f ours,
there will also be t h e or ganizational
meeting for the purpose of setting up a
Wom en's In ternational Bowlin~ Board.
Representativ€\S fro m partIcipating
countries will meet prior to t he championships.
At this writing t he names of player s
from six countr ies are known. Rep resenting Sout h Africa will be Mrs. M.
Armstrong (Pl'esident and Manager)
and the Mesdames Sandelowits, Gridlan
Emanuel Bidwell and McDonald. From
Fiji t he five women team will be composed of the Mesdames Bradley, Patton,
Wooley, Robinson and Costello. Papua
New Guinea w ill be r epresente d by Mrs.
Davis as Manager and the Mesdames
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Doyle, Murphy, Spryers, A llum and
Glas y.
Australia, the h ost country, will have
t he Mesdame Massey, Hart, Tur nbull,
Ormsby and Hi cks. Canada lists six
women on the ~eam with n o designation
as to manager or captain . They will
have the Mesdames Weeks, Aitken,
Brew, Park er, Guilboard and Burke.
The United States team, as announced
in the last issue of ALB A BOWLS, will
have Mrs. Mumma of Riverside as Cap tain with Mrs. Esch of Orl an do as Manager plus Mrs. Knight of P omona, Calif.,
Mrs. Veitch of Berkeley, Calif., and Mrs.
H olmes of St. Petersburg, Fl a .
Elizabethan Club, Australia
FLORIDA BOWLERS TOUR OF
NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
By Harld L. .Esch
Interest created by the anno un cement
of t he First W omen's International
Bowls Championships to be staged in
Sydney, Australia in December led to
the f orm ation of a bowls group that
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CENTRAL DIVISION
Thomas N. Davis III , M.D. , Sta.if Corresponden'
By Thomas N. Davis III , M.D.
The '69 season was the wettest on
record in the M.i dwest. Onl y two weekends were free of rain. (Th e two t hat
this corr espondent didn't bowl-Grr.! )
But there were fin e competitions neverthe less.
The Central Divi sion Open Tournament was at Lakeside and a good success both competitively and socially.
These were the champions-Dave Ander son, Bert Thomson and John Murdoch
of Columbus P a rk won th e tr ipl es. Ross
Brown and Bill Miller of Gary won the
doubles. Tom Davis of Lakeside won
the singles.
Runners-up were Fahlstl'om, Szafran ski L. Yo un g (Lakeside); McArthur &
McArthur (Lakeside ); and W. Mi ller
Gary. Second fl ight winners were Mayer,
Cordes, Kutz (Lakeside ): Jackson &
Thomson (Lake Park); J. Young (E.
Cleveland) .
The Ralph Welton trebles team (Lake
Park) won a prize for the best t eam
uniforms and J ohn Le obl e's Lakesi de
team wo n honorable mention for their
club's name on their backs. It looks
like spectators will yet be able to fo llow the t eam action in bowls; Especiall y
if teams will use identifying team di sk s
on their bowls , like Ken Martin's team
from Niles.
Thanks to Lak esides Pat L e oble
and h er dedicated co-workers, the ent ertaining with t he Open Tournament
was the most! They put on one of t h e
fi nest lawn bowling banquets ever held
west of Scotland and east of Hawa ii!
Indeed, the motif was Hawai ian-hul a
dancing and song, palm trees, guests
dressed in cool but da zzling sport shirts
and leis, lots of Aloha spirit! Nan cy
LeNoble's Hawaiian dancing was an
a esthetic deligh t; wher eas Lachlan and
Doug McArthur and Ji m Rarity were
hil arious as girls from th e I slands!
It was all great fun. Perhaps th e
one marring matter was a h ot spell.
Some bowl ers suggested that future
Central Division Open tournaments be
h eld in late August rath er in mid July.
Ga r y LB C won both Central Division
playdowns, singles and doubles. Bill
Miller a nd Bob McGaffney beat Art
H orton and Les Findletter of Columbus
Park in t he finals of the doubl es, whi ch
were h eld at Detr oit East Side. The
greens there are the most improved
ones in t h e Midwest, t h anks in p art to
the years of effort by Graha m Dick, Bob
Mulflnch and oth er s to get the City
Fathers to do b etter by bowler s. Congratulatio ns, Detroit East Side!
Ross Brown won the singles pl aydo wn
h eld at Cincinnati. Bill J ohn son of Detroit W est Side was runnel' up. This
was the first Central Division tournament h eld in south ern Ohio. The gr eens
were disappointing, but the host club
went all out to make the competitors
happy with hospitality. Chair man Lucien
Strauss an d his committ ee did a wonderful job with publicity, t ran s porta~i ?n,
banqueting and so forth. A tel eV:l ~lo n
station showed sh ots of the compet ItIon.
The society page of t he Enquirer was
fill ed with lawn b owling pi ctures . Hi s
honor , Mayor Eugene Ru ehl man n, attended the ba nquet and made pla ns t o
visit the green instead of th e golf
co urse.
The Centra l Division's new officers
are Pres ident Fra nk Roddy of Rockf ord; Vice Pres . Robert McGaffney of
Gar y ; Second Vice President David Anderson of Columbus P ark and J ohn Wolf
of Milwaukee W est. At t he annual
meeting out-going president Ralph Welton discussed the needs of better greens,
promotion and standardized National
Open to urnaments. The Division had
about 75 f ewer bowlers t his year than
in '68. H e recommended active promotion and also a greens advisory committee.
The Divisi on acquired one n ew club
this year, Louisv ill e. Two clubs go t new
greens, Detroit West Side and Milwaukee W est, and Rockford is getting one.
Detroit E a st Side greatly im proved its
greens making t h em more level and
fas ter . All these ex periences, both good
an d bad, should be shared with such a
committee. And in my opinion no one
would make a better chai rman of t he
Central D~vision greens committee than
Ra lph Welton.
Frank Roddy
Davis J. Blak e r eports about our new
president, Fra nk Roddy-He was born
in Renfrewshire Scotland in 1931 and
moved to this country after his brother
Jim in 1957. H e and his lovely wife
Margaret have two you ng daughter sfuture bowlers, no doubt. Frank and
J im Roddy joined Rockford LBC in 1962
and have been a vid bowling competitors
ever since. He is a successful skip, a
forme r president of Rockford LBC and
a lso a fin e sin ger. In his first Central
Division Open, in '65, h is t eam won
third place an d the n ext year t hey won
second. H e is an outstanding young
competitor k een ly in ter ested in bowls
an d is one of many in the Central Division who show that the sport can be as
exciting for the youn g as for the old.
Speakin g of the young and old, the
Niles LBC have no g eneration g ap.
Th ree g ener ations of Martins wer e entered in t he Chicogo men's doubl es
tournament-J ack Martin , 14, his f ather
and grandfath er. The latter two, Ken
Martin and K en J r ., not only enter ed
it but won it! They defeated in the
fin als J ohn Miller and Mat Milligan of
Gary. Yes, the Martins prove that lawn
bowling is truly a lifetime sport-the
sport of a lifetime!
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COLUMBUS PARK L.B.C.
By John Herberts
On Fathers Day, June 15, we had our
annual trebles competition with Milwaukee West and Racine at our club. Art
Horton as skip came through with the
biggest difference during the morning
game, and Ernie Mcintyre, our goodlooking president, came through for us
in t h e afternoon. Also, we won th e day
with a total score of 202 against a
total of 151 for Milwaukee and Racine.
The Gary Invitational Tournament is
always a special event for our good
bowlers. It is a Rinks contest between
th e 4 Chicago area clubs. 14 teams
were entered : 5 from Gary, 5 from
Lakeside, 1 from Niles, and 3 from our
own club. The interesting thing for us
was that t he finals was played between
our own teams, and that by a big
score 25 to 8. The winning team was
J ohn Murdoch , Dave Anderson, Bert
Thomson, and Ernie MacIntyre. The
opposition was Art Horton, Dave Campbell
William Morrison, and Read
Rogers. This was played Aug. 2 and 3rd.
Our annual Oak Lawn Trophy tournament is a draw game withIn our own
club, and was played as a trebles g ame
this year. Due to rainy weather, th ere
were not many entered. The wi nners
were Dave Anderson, Bert Thomson,
and Arch ie Liddell.
One of our winning champions this
year has been J ohn Pollock. As skip
he won t h e trebles championship for the
Central Division Tour n ament, and first
pl ace in the 3rd event of the doubles
competition with Ray Geer as his
partner.
We had fine partici pation in the
Central States Tournament during t he
humid days of July 12 - 17. Five teams
entered the trebles, 5 teams entered
the doubles, and 10 played in t he
singles. Our leading co ntend ~r w~s
David Anderson, who was a WInn er In
each event.
He played lead in t he trebles, which
won t he championship event from L.
Young of Lakeside. In t he doubles, he
won 2nd place in t he 2nd flight with
J ohn Murdoch, and in t he singles he
won second place in the second flight.
ROCKFORD L.B.C.
By David J. Blake
J ames Roddy won our singles championsh ip and the James Moncur Memor ial Trophy. Dave Blake and James
Leven won the doubles. This year we
visited Lakeside, Gary, Moline and Milwaukee West. Columbus Park, Racine,
Moline and Milwaukee Lake Park came
to Rockford . W e had a good record of
six wins and two defeats . W e won back
th e Butler Cup from Lake Park and
r et a ined the River Cities T rophy from
Moline. Ralph Dickman and "Lefty"
Stenerson represented us in the doubles
playdown at Detroit.
Thi s will be our last year of bowling
at Fairgrounds P ark. This is the oldest
green in the Central Division as we
have been bowling on it for 55 years.
Next year we hope t o bowl on our new
green at Ingersoll Memorial Park.
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LAKESIDE l.B.C.
By Tom Davis
Lakeside was the host for two important events this year. First, the
Central Division Tournament and second, the visit by an Australian greens
expert, M. Fax Bonnar. He tested all
the .greens in the Chicago area( and
elsewhere in t he U.S. and Canada). Then
he gave a discussion and showed impressive films and slides. We soon
realized that most bowlers in North
America are in limbo as f ar as bowling
greens go, whereas Australia and certain other countries enjoy bowlers'
paradises.
.
Can you imagine a green so level that
there's not even an 8th inch deviation?
And no sponginess? , You don't see any
stJ:eaks from the bowls' pathway in
Australian greens. And the grass'
length is kept no longer than the thickness of a: coin! There are no borders
or 'shoulders" of coarse grass next to
the ditches, The greens there look more
gray or brown than green. Their speed
or pace must be at least 12 seconds,
preferably 14 or 16. (See "What Speed
The Green" in BOWL, April '69.» Mr.
Bonnar estimated that all the greens
he saw and tested in North America
were 7 to 11 seconds.
He had the impression that many of
our greens are too lush-too much
watering and fertilizing, not enough
cutting and rolling. Many need cor-
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a science to good greens-climate, soil
acidity, drainage, sun exposure, kind of
grass, use of a "nursery", disease of
greens, and so forth-that we should
have a ' "Grass Research imstitute" for
bowling greens. He was surprised that
American bowlers enjoy the s.port as
much as we do with the kinds of greens
we have.
We enjoyed being hosts for the Centr?-l
Divisi on Open . It called . for a lot of
planning and effort and many members
of Lakesde and of the ladies auxiliary
contributed unstintingly. It's hard to
say who worked the hardest - John
Flood, ; secretary; Malcolm Ross, president; John LeNoble, vice presj J:!!lnt; Pat
LeNoble, entertainment chairrw ~, Lachlan McArthur, game.s chairrnl!;liIll, Bobby
Savage, greens chalrman;
Altman, house committee chairm .1•• George
Madden and Eldon Stevenso' 5 ~· priz es ;
and many, many others. But'i{fte felt it
was a fine tournament and ha\lk reason
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MILWAUKEE ' WEST L.B.C.
By Kay Prachthauser
BACK IN BUSINESS! We were faced
with a sad sight in ,the spring )Vhen we
viewed our two new greens at Dineen
Park. The Milwaukee West Club moved
on Labor Day, 1968, from its one green
at Sherman Park (home of the club for
nigh onto 45 years) to two lovely new
greens in a fine setting at Dineen Park.
Winter was too rough for the gay young
blades and we found ourselves a club
without a green. However , our good
friends at Lake Park across town and
t hose in Racine were mos t hospitable
and we were made welcome at all times.
Our County Park System did a tremendous job of reseeding, top dressing
etc. and in spite of a cold spring we
were back in business as of mid July,
Our early scheduled events had to be
canceled but we hope some can yet be
played. We have tried to make up for
lost time and have had both Rockford
and Racine clubs as guests for our usual
competition (we came out on top in both
events) a nd the ladies have had several
speci al days.
EAST CLEVELAND L.B.C.
By Tom Owen
The East Cleveland Club wishes to
thank Lakeside for the hospitality shown
our members and t heir ladies at the
Central Division Open ~ in Chicago.
Everyone enjoyed themselves.
Tom
Owen and Archie Dow also enjoyed
themselves at the Eastern Division
tournaments in Niagara, where they
won third prize in the doubles.
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NEW GREENS
NORTHWEST DIVISION
Chas . P. Middleton, StaH Correspondent
NORTHWEST DIVISION NEWS
By Condie M. May
In the play down to produce a singles
winner to represent the Northwest Division in the United States Championships at Buck Hill Falls, Harvey Richardson of the Queen City Club won that
honor and Al Davis of the Jefferson
Park Club was the runner-up.
Albert Fultz and Lar ry Hennings of
Jefferson Park won that honor in the
doubles event and Howard Fisher and
Charles Hendry of Tacoma finish ed in
t he runner-up spot.
On August 16th, Bill Veale of Jefferson Park won the title Champion of
Champions of the Northwest Division in
a play down on the Tacoma greens with
Bill Mattocks of Queen City being the
runner-up.
Stan Holmes and Bud Bingaman of
Queen City won first place in the Seattle
Pairs event by winning all 6 games and
Harvey Hansen and Bill Mattocks also
of Queen City got second place by winning 4 games. This contest was between t eams from Queen City and Jefferson.
The Arthur For syth Trophy, a 5 game
event with teams from both Queen City
and J eff erson Park composed of men
for skip and vice and a lady for lead,
was won by Arley and Priscilla Hudson
of Queen City and t h e runner-up was
George and Anita Imlay and George
Barnecutt of Jefferson Park.
The Northwest Open Tournament was
held over the Labor Day weekend and
Arley Hudson of Queen City defeated
Bill Veale of Jefferson Park by a score
of 16 to 7 in the fina ls of the Men's
Singles, an event with 40 entries.
• ARLEY HUDSON
The Men's Pairs was won by Dickinson and Dickinson of Queen City def eating Carmichael and Netherton of
t h e Mann Park Club in White Rock,
B.C. in t he fi nals 14 to 13.
The Mixed P airs was won by Bob and
Pat Boehm of J effer son Park with C; I.
Dickinson and Joan Loeser of Queen
City getting second place.
The winner of the Ladies Singles was
Pat Boehm and the runn er-up was Anita
Imlay, both were members of the Jefferson Park Club.
The Ladies Pairs winner was Pat
Boehm an d Anta Imlay from Jefferson
Park and the runner-up was Priscilla
Hudson and Grace May from Queen
City.
The winner of the Ladies Triples
event was Flossie Carr, Emily Hansen
and Alice Schuck and the runner-up was
Joan Loeser, Grace May and Vera Bingaman, both teams from Queen City.
Pot Boehm; Ladies' Pairs, Pat and
Anita Imlay; Mixed Pairs, Bob and Pat
Boehm. We're proud of the progress
of our women and look forward to next
year when we hope the men, especially
some of the newer memb ers, get up to
the top .And speaking of members' we're
growing r elatively fast, counting 131 at
this writing . .. And look at us again
when the new clubhouse is chl·istened.
JEFFERSON PARK L.B.C.
By Ralph Andrews
Under the spreading madrona tree
our sturdy equipment house stands
but friends, take a long last look at
both of them for come Guy Fawkes Day
they'll both be gone and the L eaf Raking Committee can r etire to the soft
seats. 'Struth . . . by March 1 the n ew
clubhouse will stand on that hallowed
spot . . . or so we are assured by the
architect who attended our Annual
Meeting Sept . 2.
And other goodies came out of that
meeting . . . a report of t h e swelling
member ship list .. . a solid, progressive
set of directors to carry the club
through the winter into the new clubhouse and to meet n ew problems . . .
the formation of a special cOJ11ll1ittee
to study the Constitution and By-Laws
and make r ecommendations for corrective amendments. New directors are
Ivor Bebb, George Imlay, Paul McClelland, Ralph Andrews (all re-elected),
William Theis and Alvin Davis. Kent
Ratcliffe was r e-elected secretary-treasurer and the new board immediately r enamed Ivor Bebb for president.
The N orthwest Open concluded t h e
off icial bowling season but we'll still
have our Thanksgiving Roll Up and
most of our regulars will shake the
dew off their ears and aim for the little
white ball all winter long.
J efferson Park made a cr editable
showing in tournaments this year, sending Albert Fultz and Lar ry H ennings
back to Buck Hill Falls to compete in
the Men's Pairs where they found the
going a bit sticky. This was the second
year for our our "Old Pros" Invita tional,
8 pairs (men) over 80 from Queen
City and Jefferson Park competing in
2 ten-end games Au g. 7. Th er e was
some fine bowling h ere, Bill Kennedy
and Charlie Middleton winning th e two
t r ophies. Seattle women did well north
of the border, our Pat Boeh m sharing
the Ladies' Rinks trophy, won in Victoria, B.C., with Queen City's Joan
Loeser, Priscilla Hudson and Gt'ace
May .. . and winning runners-up honors, with J oan Loeser, in Ladies' Pairs.
In club competition Ladder Singles
was won by George Imlay; A.L.B.A.
Singles, Al Davis; Novis Singles, Fost er Sleight; Howard Cox Cutthroat, Bill
Theis ; Ladies' Singles, Anita I mlay;
"Champion of Champion" Singles, Jim
Reno; Commercial L eague P airs, J im
Gordon, Senior an d Junior.
I n the Northwest Open J eff er son P ark
took 3 events-Ladies' Singles, won by
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Bill Kenn e dy -
Charli e Middleton
QUEEN CITY L.B .C.
By F. Howard Weaver
New members who are interested in
the history of the club will find a large
scrapbook near the trophy case containing clippings, pictures, copies of t h e
club magazine, lists of officers and membership rosters since the firs t green was
installed in 1928.
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1969 WIN NERS OF CLUB EVENTS
MEN'S SI NGLES--Midd leton Trophy
Bill Matlocks; 2 . Jack Lambre cht
MEN 'S PAIRS-S izer Trophy
Ha rvey Rich a rd son and Walt Schuck
Jac k Jo nes and Tony Kolman
NOV ICE SINGLES-Dawson Trophy
Le e Doty; 2 . Paul Shepard
MIXED PAIRS-Hi ll man Trophy
Condie and Grace May
Stan Holmes and Ev Gilbert
WOMEN ' S SINGLES-W e bb Trophy
Alice Schuck; 2 . Joan Loese r
WOMEN ' S PAIRS-Moore Trophy
Flossie Carr and Theresa Day
Vera Bingaman and Joan Loe ser
All t h e above winners and runners-up
will r eceive individ ual trophies at the
annual m eeting in mid-October.
In addition to visitatons and in terclub competition with Northwest Division clubs, Queen City alternates with
Canadian clubs by ch artered bus. We
entertain ed and were entertained by
Stanley Park and T erminal City clubs
of Vancouver. The games are usualiy
two 10-end triples, with luncheon between the games. Bill Mattocks dominated the prizes this year. Queen City
members who entered the August tournament at Victoria, B.C. reported beautifull y conditioned, accu rate and fas
greens at Oak Bay club, th e result of
new equipment obtained f rom Australia.
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EASTERN DIVISION
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event was most pleasant, and much
cr edit goes to Barbara Ferris, President
of the Ladies Auxiliary and Bess Shephard and all of the women on their
committee who planned the event and
ser ved unstinting ly. The Kay Boker
Trophy was won by the team of Ed
Main, skip with Peg Bonander, vice-skip
and H arold House, lead. Second place
honors went to the team of Hugh
Gallagh er, skip and Ann W eeks, viceskip and W alter Umberfield, lead.
Dr. Haro ld Backus, who has seldom
missed the opportunity to bowl on Fernleighs greens, died on July 17, 1969
after a long illness. H enr y Kottenhoff,
an active member for many years
passed away on August 20; also we
r eport th e loss of our Dr. Louis F.
Middl ebrook, who died August 26.
NEW PRESIDENT FOR EASTERN
DIVISION
Percy W. Caris
P ercy W. Caris (or "Perc" pronounced
" purse" as h e is usuall y called by his
host of friends) is the newly elected
president of the E astern Division,
A.L.B.A. He has been an active lawn
bowler f or a quarter of a century,
becoming president of t h e Trenton
Lawn Bowling Club in 1958 and serving
as secretary-treasurer of that Club
almost continuously ever since. H e h as
been a member of th e Eastern Division
executive board since 1962. H e was
elected president of the Eastern Division
at Niagara Falls, August 3, 1969.
Perc was born and raised in Ohio,
where both his father (a country
ministe.r) and his mother were school
t eachers. All three of their sons b ecame college prof essors of mathematics.
Perc, the you ng est, followed this prof ession for forty eigh t years. He r etired in 1962 as head of the department
of math ema tics at Rider College (Trenton, N . J .) where h e is still listed
in th e catalog as "emeritus."
P erc has many fraternal connection .
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in 1966. The Eastern Division looks forwa rd to a fin e year of bowling under
Perc's administration.
HOLY NAME L.B.C.
By Paul A. Noffke, Jr.
The Holy Name L.B .C. sponsored the
Geoi'ge Duffy-Gene Pelland Memorial
Trophy h eld on Sunday, June 15 with
twelve teams entered. There were two
(3) ga me winners and in the play-off
Ernie Nicoll skipped the winning team
with Frank Dobeck skipping the second
place winner. Third prize winning team
was skipped by Ken Bacon of the Thistle
Club, Hartford, Conn. A team r epresenting. the Springfield L.B.C. was made
UP of Ernie Nicoll Skip; Bill McCloud
Vice; Bob Shankland, second man and
Larry Rieandea u, Lead. Frank Dobeck
skipped t he Tam O'Shanter team from
New Britain, Conn. with Vice Les
Bacon; second man J immey Ward and
Lead, James Gibson. The Ken Bacon
t eam from Thistle had as Vice, Dennie
Whalen ; second man Andy MacLean
and Lead Larry Kinnane.
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We have one t eam enter ed in the Max
Liberman Trophy held at Thistle on
Labor Day Sept. 1 skipped by John
McInnes. qn Sept. 14 we sponsor the
Singleton-Dube Trophy. Most of our
tournaments run by the Club
h eld
on Sunday as most of our Club members
work on Saturd ays.
:
We r egretted that becau se: .b:f; a lack
of enthusiasm among local Bowlers the
decision had to be made no t to sponsor
the Eastern Divi sion T ournament in
Springfield in 1970 .
We have co-sponsored with t he
Springfield Lawn Bowling Club successful Eastern Division Tournaments in the
past an d r ealized by ex pe l'ienc~ t h at y ou
must have a r esponsible working force
willing to sacrifice many hours in preparation, and, it appear ed at t he time
of the decision of a r epresentative number of t he Spring fi eld L.B.C. and the
Hol y Name Club that a good working
fo rce could not be mustered.
Some of our m embers do well considering some of the handicaps they
have to overcome such a s Ed Carey
who had an unfortunate accident a year
or so ago whi ch forced Ed to change
from a right h anded to a left h anded
bowler . George French had an ulcer
operation this past winter and was
back in trim in time for the bowling
season a nd is a t errific competitor.
Our Club Singles winner for 1969 is
John Ryan. Wickie Ryan we call him.
He's a great sport and takes advantage
of eVler y t ype of play. The Club
Doubles winners for 1969 are J oseph
Pio a nd Paul H anifin .
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Hyde Park Lawn Bowling Club
Beverly Hills Lawn Bowling Club
Bradenton Lawn Bowling Club
Pine Ave . at 34th SI., Nia ga ra Falls
Albe rt G. Merr in, Secretory
2926 South Avenue
Niagara Falls , N. Y. 14305
Phone 284 · 6693
Bowl ing every day
Three full size greens
401 So. Roxbury Drive
Beverly Hil ls , Cal if. 90212
Bowling every day-3 fine greens
12:45 week day Sun. 12 noon
W. M. Shill iam, Presi den t
Geo. Che lew, Secretary
Phone 273·9638
New York Lawn Bowling Club
Holmby Park Lawn Bowling Club
Central Pork New Yor k City
100 yards in the pork from
West 69 Street at Cen tra l Pork Wes t
Bow ling every doy
5 Open Tourn aments duri~g the summer
Sve nd A. Ha nsen , Secretory-Phone LE 9 ·9769
169·03 Underhill Ave . Flu shing, N.Y., 11365
601 Clubview Drive
Las Angel es , California 90024
Phone 273·9205
Wolter Hamlin, Presi dent
Dorot hy Cell o , Secretory
All year-Tues., Wed. , Thurs. , Sot., Sun .
PACIFIC INTER-MOUNTAIN DIV.
NORTHWEST DIVISION
CALIFORNI A
WASHINGTON
Queen City Lawn Bowling Club
Aurora Ave . (US 991 at 59th St.
Lower Woodland Pork
Seatt le , Washington
Phone SU 2·9824
John A. McNe ill , Secy·Treas.
12 37 N. E. 69th St. , Seattle, Wash . 9811 5
NORTHWEST DIVISION
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TACOMA L.B.C.
By J. C. Malkewick, Secy.
Our green was officially opened on
the 19th of April. Our weather h as
been excellent and our g r een h as been
in unusuall y fine condition.
On the 7th and 8th of June, we had
our club play in t he ALBA Singles and
Pairs in preparation f or t he Northwest
Division playdowns to be held on our
green at later dates. On May 31 we
made our annual visitation to the J efferson P ark Lawn Bowling Club in
Seattle, and on August 2nd they r eturned the visit. Members of our club
also mll.de a visitation to Seattle when
the Portland group came up, and we
also joined with t h e $eattle club.s in the
return .visit to t he Portland Club,
All our club competitions have been
completed, and the winners of t he various cups and trophies have been determined f or the 1969 season.
Ol). TueSday and Thursday evenings
we have had good-sized groups of our
m ember s at the green for cut-t hroat
games which have been enjoyed by all.
Our green is well lighted, so we can
play a s long as we wish ,
I f eel w e have h a d a good year , and
we t hank our bowling friends from
Seattle and Portland who have taken out
Associate Memberships in our Club. It's
great for a small club to have so m any
friends!
San Francisco Lawn Bowling Club
Go lde n Ga te Por k on Bowling Green Dr ive
Close to ten nis courts. Phone 664 · 981 9
Bow l every da y, weath er & g reens pe rmit.
ting . Mon. thru Fri. II ,OO-Sat" Sun. &
Holi days 9,30. Dra w Gomes-Tuesda ys a nd
Thursdays 1 1 ,00. Mixed Draw Go mes Sunda ys, Hol ida ys & Special Eve nts 12 ,3 0.
GRANTS PASS L.B .C.
By Bart Brooks
Like most new clubs we have problems, but we are still in ther e fighting,
We have enrolled a few new members,
but we have also los t sever a l, one by
death, one by severe illness and one was
called away by "Uncle Sam.' However ,
on t he bright side, the City and Parks
Department have begun to recognize
us and seem willing to help u s.
We have enjoyed a large number of
tourists from California bowls clubs
this summer and many 0.£ their friendly
suggestions have been helpful.
Our visit to Portland when the Seattle
a nd Tacoma Clubs came down was a real
thrill. We enjoyed every minute and
while we did not carry away any " blue
ribb ons," we didn't have to sneak out
either. These visitations are great and
help keep up club interest more than
anyth ing else, in my opinion.
PORTLAND L.B.C.
By Homer Groat, Sr.
This season will go down in our club
history as one of the best since it was
organized 34 year s ago. The highlight
of the season her e was the visitation
of the four Northwest Division Clubs.
Buffet luncheon was ser ved at our club
house and in the adjoining park area,
after which 16 rinks of triples played
two lO-end games.
Our increased activities are largely
due to improvement of our greens, tournament inter est and more night bowl-
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14 th St. a 9 th Ave. West
Brad ento n, Fla. 33505
Bow ling doily e xcept Sunday
9:30 A.M. and 1:30 P.M.
Kennet h G. Martin, Presid ent
Phone 746·0294
Mary Tra ce, Sec'y.·Treas.
Phone 742·23 11
Clearwater Lawn Bowling Club
104 0 Calumet Street
Clearwater, Florida 33515
All year
A. M. & P.M. on 18 Rubico Rinks
Russe ll L. Fourma n, Secreto ry
Phone 442·5329
Miami Lawn Bowling Club
North Wes 4th Avenue a t 3rd Street
Lu mmus Pork. Phone 377·5547
C. Thomas Dunham, President
Sta nl ey Coll ins , Secretary
1408 Sou h Bayshore Drive
Miam i, Florida 33131
Phon e 37 1· 17 13
Mounf Dora Lawn Bowling Ciub
In Evans Pork at Sout h end of Don(1elly St.
Winter: Bow li ng 9,00 a.m . and 1:45 p .m.
Ap ril hru Sept. 8.30 a.m. a nd 7 ,3 0 p .m,
14 Rubico Rinks
L. Vincen Burli ngame , Secy.
2233 Overlook Drive-Phone 383·4048
Mount Dora, Florida 32757
ing. W e obtained good results by using
smaller but more frequ ent a pplications
of fertilize r , less watering and a new
Jacobsen greens mower set 3/ 16".
A t the rece nt Northwest Division Annua l Open Tournament at Seattle, our
triples team of Paige Newton; Si Berry
and Andy Brugger, def eated t he runn erup f rom Vancouver, B.C., Wally Kenmuir, A. W Morrison and J. Morrison,
f or t he
orthwest Division Triples
Championship.
We have en joyed h aving many ·more
out of state bowlers with us this season
and wish to assure you that your visits
are most welcome . at Westmoreland
Park, in P ortland, Oregon.
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Th is d irect o ry is inte nd ed as an a id to bowl ers f un . The clu bs a nd bu sine sses are p re p ared to make y o u tra v el ing m ore
enjoya bl e.
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
NEW HAMPSHIRE
IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS
Seattle
Bowl too hard
on our green
and you hit the
Williamsburg Inn.
~palbing 3Jnn
(!Club
WHITEFIELD
NEW HAMPSHIRE
A Family Tudi.ion of Hosp it.lity in II M.g.
n ificent setting. 1300 Ft . Above Sea LevI.
56 Rooms, • • ch w ith S. th, Shower li nd All
Modern Appointments.
AHn ct ive Cottl ge Su ites wi th Fir. pll ces.
Fa mous Food li nd Service .
C.omplete Soci. 1 Progra m .
All Sports-Golf, Par Three Golf, Tennis, Fishing, Swimm ing , Riding, Shuffleboard and 18
Hole Putting Gr •• n.
Superb Lawn Bowling - Two Greens - Velvet
aent Grass.
Host to A.l.B .A. National Sing I.. Champion.
sh ir.s 1957·1958·1959.
Co on i. 1 W illiamsburg-New England Chlmp-
ionships 1960 • 1968.
North •• st.rn Re presentati ve for Hense lite l a wn
Bowls in Issociation with Hu old L. Esch Compl.t. Stock Accessories lind Equipment Prompt Service .
Open June ht to late October.
RANDALL E. SPALDING, Presiden t.
NORTH CAROLINA
Holhl+ Inn
9k<:"~~~eNA ¥
15 Dogwood Road
Pinehurst, North Carolina
28374
~nphursl;
COUNTRY CLUB
SOUTHEAST DIVISION
Concluded f rom Pa ge 9
will visit the Pacific ar ea in N ovem ber
and December .
A g roup of t wenty-odd bowler s, most ly f ro m Florida clubs, will leave Los
Angeles on N ovember 11 and visit
Honolulu, P ago Pag o, F ij i, N ew Zealand
an d AustraUa. The group plans to r et u rn t o the U.S.A. in lat e December.
Members of t he U.S .A. W omen's t eam
f r om F lorida will be Eleanor H olmes
of St. P et er sburg and Vivian E sch of
Orlando. Oth er tour party members will
Intersta te No.5 - Co rson and
M ichig a n Exi t . Close to Green s.
5 M in utes to Jeffe rso n Park and
10 to Queen City .
A speci al welcome a w aits you . Bowling
eve ry day (weather pe rmitting) at Jef·
ferson .
Prop rietor - Member Jeffe rson,
and Queen City Clubs.
e
Max·lvor Motel
'O'~194
Seattle,
Wash.
It's just a bowl's roll away.
And it offers, in ad d ition to a
ch ampionsh ip bowlin g green
in magnificen t surrou ndings,
swimming pools and tennis
courts an d a fame d Rob ert
Trent Jones golf cou rse . Not
to mentio n elegant accommodations, ce leb ra ted foods and
wines and , of co urse, th e
Co lonial Willi am sburg experience. Come bowl w ith us .
But ai m fo r the jack.
The Inn at
Williamsburg
6188 - 4th Ave. South at Michigan
For inforn'lation and reserva ti o ns, wri te
Seattle r Wash. 98108
And y Ha ola , Box C , W i lliamsburg,
Virginia 231 5. Or ca ll (703) 229-1700.
CLEARWATER L B.C.
By David Mylrea
CALIFORNIA
2767 E. Col orado Blvd .
Pasadena r California 9 11 07
Tel. (213) 795-7213
56 Un its • A i r Con d ilioned • Teleph ones •
Heated Poo l • Te levis ion • Compl imenta ry
Coffee - Kitchens • Restauront N earby •
Sun Deck • NO PETS, PLEASE
CONVENIENT TO THE
A rroy o Seco, Pasad en a
and A rca dia Greens .
includ e J ohn Clark and J e salyn Gage
of St. Petersburg , P et er Milroy, Robert
Fraser, Edward Hayden, Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Chr istie a nd Mr. a nd Mrs. David
Mylrea a ll of Clearwater . Mr . and Mr .
F r ank Mulh olla nd of Lakeland, Mr. and
Mrs. W a lter Towe of Mount Dor a, Mr.
an d ·Mr s. Louis Cowley and H ar old E sch
of Orlan do and MI'. and Mrs. George
Milne an d Catheri ne Kei l of Sun Cit y,
Ari zona.
Don't smoke in bed. The next ashes
that hit the floor may be your own!
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The Clearwater Club owes mu ch t o
the progressive city of Clear water management fo r approving th e addi t ion of
f our Rubico Rinks and assu ming a f a ir
p rt of th cost of constructing same
Th is will , on completion, mak e a tot al
of twenty-two rinks.
Last years' membership r eached a
total of 434. We ex pect, fo r the 19691970 season, to enlarge on th is memberhip a nd trust everyon e w ill have a
game of t l'i ples without h aving to reso rt
to ri nk games.
Our evening bowling was discontinued as th overhead lights were taken
down on account of construction wo rk on
our n ew rinks. Our summer bowling
acti ities have been more active th an
ill previous years. It is not unusual t o
have t en rin k in use in morning play.
The explanation for this is t hat mor e
p eopl e resi de h ere 11 year and only go
north for short vacations .
Th e new ex ecutives for season 19691970 are as follows: Walter M. Lane,
President; David Mylrea, Vice President;
Ru ell L. Fourman, Secretary; Har old
Westphal, Treasurer ; also included ar e
nine e. peri nced acti ve elected member who serve for a t hree year period
as directors to guide a nd assist t he fo ur
official in performing their duties f or
the best intere t of the club.
EASTERN DIVISION
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BROOKLYN BOWLING GREEN CLUB
By John V. Helberg
Since our last r eport early in June we,
like most clubs, have gone through a
long bot summer inte.rspersed with
showers, which usually fell when least
desired. However, thanks to our vice
president and grounds coordinator,
Howard Hallock, together with our
greenskeeper, Joe Ehlich, the bowling
area has held up quite well. In addition,
our fri end Hallock has done an outstandi~g
job with his garden this
summer-in fac t well enough to receive
a letter of commendation from Mr.
James P. Roche, P ark Director, Borough
of Brooklyn.
We are also glad to r eport that our
membership has improved over last
year with a splendid example set by our
energetic president, Charles King, who
is persona lly responsible for at least
six new members.
Our Brooklyn Day on Saturday,
August 23rd, was a huge success with
fine weather, eight teams competing for
the Brooklyn Cup, and a large turnout
to view the proceedings. The entertainment committee headed by Frank
Troy, with Ray Markland and John
Keller, did an excellent job-not to forget the always dependable ladies . They
also h ad a surprise birthday cake f or
our oldest active bowler, Steve Woolsey,
who was celebrating his 90th. A stron o '
team from Essex County (Bloomfield)
L.B.C. consisting of R. Lindsay, R. DeJonge, W. Farrell and S. Schofield took
away the Cup Brooklyn teams finished
second and third.
Club tournament winners are: DECORATION DAY TREBLES: Al exander
Stuart, Bill McCarroll and J ohn Helberg.
CATON TROPHY (Sing les): Winn er,
Charley King; Runner-up, Arthur Reid.
MAULBETCH
TREBLES
(0 p en):
Essex County, R. Lindsay, R. Nelken
and W. Farrell. JULY FOURTH
TREBLES: Winners, A. Stuart, J. K eller,
E. McKeever ; Runn er s-up, A. Reid, J.
Nicholson and J. Helber g. ROBERT
DYER DOUBLES: Winn ers C. Kin g and
H. Thurman . Runners-up A. Reid and
C.
Duffy. PATTE RSO
TROPHY
(Singles): Winner A. Reid, Runner-up
H. Thurman.
SUNRISE L.B.C.
By Matty Duncan
As this article goes to press we r ealize
that the las t ends are being pl ayed and
another bowling season is on its way
out for Sunrise. After that we must sit
back and contemplate what n ew resolutions or decisions we must make for next
season. Well, this year has been one of
the fin est seasons the Sunrise Club
has enjoyed since the opening of our
new green at Eisenhower Park. More
than two-thirds of our m embership
bowled regularly, competitions were
enjoyed botq on our own green and in
visitations to other clubs, and six new
members were added to our rostera highly important achievement for any
club.
Looking back since we started on our
new green just five years ago, we realize
how fortuniate we are to have such a
fine green with fabulous flowers and
trees - just a wonderful recreational
area for senior citizens - and all ar-
ranged by our County Executive, Mr.
Eugene Nickerson, Mr. H erbert J.
Simins Commissioner of Nassau Co. Department of Public Works, and Mr.
Robert R. Gamble, Deputy Commissioner.
From the start our green has been in
good condition and it has been maintained that way all season.
P erhaps the most exci ting day of our
season was July 19th, when the Sunrise
Doubles Cup made a successful r eturn
to our club. The response from our
neighboring clubs started early in the
month and before the tournament date
we had received enough entries to fill
a ll eight rinks. Teams arrived early
from t he New York, E ssex, East Orange,
Trenton and Irvington clubs and many
of the bowlers brought their f amilies for
a day's outing at Eisenhower Park. So
many t eams entered the tournam ent that
it was necessary for the Sunrise Club's
entries to split their games so that all
teams could play. The final decision of
a ll skips was t hat all visiting teams
would play three games an d that two
Sunrise teams would combine to play
two games and one game, respectively.
As we look back over the last twelve
years when various clubs won the cup,
we naturally were hoping we would have
a good chance of redeeming ourselves
after so cany years and we did. The
tournament was won by a combination
of two Sunrise teams consisting of Jack
Erwin, Lead, and Dan Doyle, Jr., Skip.
play in l! two games - and the team of
Fred Taylor, Lead, and Dan Gorman,
Skip, playing one game. Congratulations
to the winning teams. It was so good to
have the trophy back home again.
Other club activities for the season
were as follows: Although June 28th
was perhaps the h ottest day of the
summer, the day of the Ladies Invitational tournament on our green, tea ms
from Essex, Brooklyn and New York
City came out for the event. W e were
so concerned about the turn out because
of the weather but fortunately many
accepted the invitation in spite of the
heat. There was much excitement, we
had such a grand day, and as it turned
out prizes wer e won by : Letta Rogers,
Skip, New York; E t hel Kennedy. Skip,
F.ssex and Theresa Bittner, Lead, New
York.
Our inter-club tournaments have not
been completed at this writing du e to
vacations and various other r easons for
not being able to play when scheduled.
Th e r es ults of th e comnleted tournaments are as follows: Mens Singles:
Winner-Dan Gorman; 'Women's Sin gles :
Winner-Marie Gorman.
July 4th "Purves T rebles"- and the
winner s pictured below from left to
rig-ht were: Marie Gorman. Lead; Jacl{
F.rwin, Skip; and Edith Denton , ViceSkip.
Doxsey Rinks tournam ent h eld on
Labor Day was won by: Eben Duncan ,
Skip, Ben Crowther, Vice-Skip; George
Bouton , Second , and Edith Denton, Lead.
Our Nassau County tournaments,
another one of our big events of the
season, were held during the month of
August, and on the opening day our
green was lined with spectators for
these events as these tournaments were
onen to all men and women residents
of Nassau County. Trophies were won
by: Women's Singles: Marie Gormanrunner - up: Matty Duncan; Men's
Singles: Eben Duncan
runner-up:
George Seer; W omen's Doubles: Jessie
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Dangerfield, Skip, and Margaret Giesselmann, Lead - runner-up: Marie Gorman,
Lead, and Matty Duncan, Skip. Men's
Doubles: F red Taylor, Skip; Ben Crowther, Lead-runner-up:: Kenneth Giesselmann, Lead, and Eben Duncan, Skip. All
in all we had a wonderful month for
these tournaments wish to express our
sincere thanks to the Parks Department
for the trophies donated for these
events.
July 4th "Purves Trebles"-and the
winners pictured below from left to
ri ght were: Marie Gorman, Lead; .Jack
Erwin, Skip; and Edith Denton, ViceSkip.
WILLIAMSBURG INN L.B.C.
By Larry Kaufer
The Williamsburg Inn r ecently hosted
the 1,OOOth lawn bowler of the 1969
season to bowl on its green. Mr. Arthur
Marks of Wilmette, Illinois, had this
distinction, being duly assisted by our
Lawn Bowling host Andy Havola and
your bowls correspondent Inn Assistant
Manager Laurence Kaufer. Andy and
Larry ar e members of the Williamsburg
Inn Lawn Bowling Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Marks were visitors at
the Inn when this honor befell him . He
was also interviewed for the radioand another perm anent friend of bowls
was made.
Our greens ar e in fin e shape at Williamsburg. Please drop by and see us.
We are still counting.
THISTLE L.B.C.
By Mark Haber
Thistle L.B.C. has had an eventful
and interesting schedule of events during
the summer season, with fairly good
participation even though many bowlers
wer e diver ed from t he game, by vacations and travel. Our greens look exceptionally good, and while they were
a little slow during the early part of the
season, t hey gradually improved and became much keener and very satisfactory.
Among some of our outstanding events
in our sched uled tou rnam ents, the William Bliss Trophy was won by Will iam
Teasdale, Thistle L.B.C.-2nd Hugh
Ga llagher , Thistle L.B.C. and 3rd by
H a rry Engstrom, F ernleigh, L.B.C. This
was held on June 21st with a good entry.
The N ew England Rinks tournament
was held on July 5th at the Thistle
greens. This traditional competition of
many years past was won by James Graham, Thistle L.B.C.-2nd James Campbell and 3rd Campbell Blaney, Bridgeport L.B.C. . . . The New England
doubles was represented by James GraContinued on Page 17
EASTERN DIVISION
Con ti nu ed from Page 16
ham and Hugh Ga llagh er of Thistle
L.B.C. but were unfortunately elimina ted
at the play-offs at Pawtucket. R .1. .. .
The New England singles was won by
our K en Bacon of Thistle, who def eated
Dave Da k ers of Boston by a score of
21-18.
Our annual club singles event was won
by Hugh Gallagher who defeated Tom
T easdale Jr. 15-10, Bill Teasdale 19-16
and Ernest Barth 22-18. All games were
very well played and closely contested
The Max Liberman Laber Day T ourney was captured by James Candelet and
his very skilled team. Second h onors
went to Frank Dobecks rink from th e
Tam O'Shante r Club of New Britain,
Conn. and 3rd to Fernleigh Club four
skipped by Ru ssell Leinbach on a plus
score. Candelet played a very creditable
game, and defeated one of the opponents
in this 4 game, and all day event, by
a score of 27-0, which seems almost incredible, but nevertheless it did happen.
Strange things occur in this game.
STAMFORD L.B.C. (Co nn.)
By Pe·ter A . DeBartolo
The Stamford L .B.C. has enjoyed one of
its largest memberships in years and
both men and women's leagues are
showing increases in member s hip and
active players. The ladies ran a successf ul competition on Jun e 29, their first
in many years. Though the new green
was a little h eavy, an enjoyable time
was had by all and the visitors expressed their pleasure in playing at Stamford
again.
Regretfully, my wife, Marge, and I
will b e leaving Stamford and the Lawn
Bowling Club which has given us many
moments of pleasure and good f ellow ship, and will reside at the Andover
Meadow Inn, Andover, .H. W e wm miss
all our friends dearly. I h ave a sk ed our
president, J ohn Moffat, to arrange to
get our Stamford stories in for the
futur e.
SPRINGFIELD L.B. C.
By Herbert F. Payne
Sunny weather did not prevail for
our fir st tournam ent schedul ed in our
District 2, but bowlers were on hand
at the hour of starting on May 24th, a nd
then th e rain came with no let-up, r esult,
no bowling.
J uly 12th was a beautiful day fo r the
Billy Keay Trophy tournament. Sixteen
teams participated with the final r esult,
three t eams winning three games. On the
play-off of five ends, a Thistl e Team
from Hartford, Conn. consisting of
James Graham, Skip with Ed. Ryan ,
lead, Robert Graham, 2nd, and High
Gall agher 3rd the winner. A Springfield
Lawn Bowling Club team with Billy
K eay, Skip, Paul Lavitt, lead, Jos.
Provost, 2nd and Lewis Howarth 3rd,
was 2nd, and a Holy Name Team with
George French, Skip, Bart Shea, lead ,
offke, 3rd.
Geo . Foley, 2nd, and Paul
Our Club Championship tournament
started in Jul y with 32 bowlers in the
singles and 16 doubl es teams. Alex Milne
overcame all opponents in the singles
which is his third win since he became
a member in 1953. Ernest Nicoll a very
fine bowler was runn er-up. F or the
doubl es, Billy K ea y as skip with Charl es
Warner \von f irst prize and runner-up
was the dUQ of William MacLeod, Skip
an d Paul Lavitt.
We were pleased to learn the Springfield Doubles Team was winner in the
New England Tournament at Pawtucket.
R .1. on August 30th. They were Billy
Keay and John Davidson . Our Club was
represented in the sing les by Ernest
Nicoll. A Springfi eld Rink T eam also
skipped by Billy Keay won second place
in t he Eastern Division Tournament
held in August at Niagara Falls, N.Y.
The other t hree bowler s were Charles
Smith, Ernest Nicoll and John Davidson.
Three of this latter group will b e in
Oakland, Calif. for the National Tournament.
It is with regret I report the passing
of Samuel McFarlane, which occured
on August 21st. H e was born in Dunfermline Fife, Scotland, Nov. 24, 1886, A
resident h er e since 1913 and employed in
Recreation work in Springfield, He was
one of the original bowlers in the year
1925 w hen our Club was formed.
CUNNI NGHAM BOWLING
GREEN CLUB
By Henry Tourville
The Cunningham Bowling Green Club
Forty-First season has concluded with
one of its successful seasons.
New members Ted Dran, Charles
Powers,
at Scuvazzo, and Maurice
Sathan were welcomed during the year.
They each have shown a bility to become
proficient lawn Bowlers. It was good to
see Olof W ebster back on the Green
after a lengthy recuperation period. It
is understood Olof and his Mrs. will take
up residence at Palm Beach, Florida the
f irst of October an d will be engaging in
Lawn Bowling throughout th e winter
season .
The various competition s occupying
the inter est of members, have been
completed at the tim e of th is writing,
with th e exception of one class. Singles
Champion for 1969 is Francis Willard
who def ea ted Club President Richard
Murphy in a match that was decided
on the last end. Mxed Doubles champions
fo r 1969 is the team of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred K eeler who defeated Jack MacDonald and Mrs. R ichard Murphy. The
Club doubl es champions will be decided
between the t eam of R. Murphy-Jack
MacDonald against A. Holderried and
Frank Willard. The Intra Club Thursda y
night league sessions were contin u ed
past the scheduled closing date, by
popular request, and will run until the
weather forces a closing.
Several members of the Cunningh am
Club participated in the Eastern Division Tournament at iagara F a lls, . Y.
August 4-8. Club members participated
in several other tournaments among
them the England Rinks, Singles and
Doubles at Ha r tford, Conn.; U .S. Singl es
playdown at Pawtucket, R.I. andU.S .
Doubles playdown at Quincy, Mass.
as well as other a r e·a even ts. At the
Second Annual Boston Trophy tournamen t July 27 on the Quincy Green th e
Cunningham Club team of J ack MacDonald, Al Keeler, Flo K eeler and Ellen
W eeden emerged victorious, winning
replica Paul Revere bowls.
Th roughout the season several La wn
Bowling-Cookout sessions were held and
well attended by those who stayed at
home a nd wer e not away on vacation .
Parties, Dinner , Suppers, will continue
dusing the winter months to keep up
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an interest in Lawn Bowling. Plans
are being made to have a public showing of two films on Lawn Bowling procured by member Dave Dakers in the
ew Cunningham Gym Building just
as soon as it is completed which will be
a part .of th e Clubs promotiona l activit ies. The Club members attended th e
Tri-Club Annual Dinner, October 21st
and received a generous share of prizes.
Official closing of th e Cunningham Green
with a ppropriate cere I onies was held
October 12. Although this date is set
in the by-la ws, Lawn Bowling wi ll continue until the frost and snow make it
impossible to properly enjoy the great
sport of Lawn Bowling after which
activity will be suspended and allow
the Cunningham Park employees an
opportunity to tone up t he green for
the Forty-Second season opening.
CAR BORUNDUM L. B.C.
By Jerry O'Leary
The Club tournament committee have
breathed easier after the Eastern Division A.L.B.A. Tournament was over. In
general it was an overall success. W e
were blessed with unusually fine
weather, the greens were in excellent
shape and became better from r epeated
h eavy use. The Carborundum Club r ecognizes that it is almost impossible to
thank everyone who contributed in even
a minor way to the preliminary preparations, finance raising, and to our
gracious participants from far and near.
Everyone was perfect. We feel our
efforts were rewarded in the friendly
and competitive spirit that emanated.
We hope we can reciprocate in the
future.
Many. of our Club members wrapped
up thell' '69 season by p a rti ci pating
in both the Industrial and Fraternal
leagu e games the last week of August.
The Carborundum Clu b with the Hyde
Club a r e end eavoring to interest the
bowlers from the Industrial and Fraternal tea ms in p a rticipating in post-season
Cl ub jitn eys on Monday and Tuesday
evenings. W e hop e to get some of these
players to become new members of
either Club.
The Fron tier League h as tournaments
schedul ed through Oi tober, mostly on
weekends. The Carborundum Club hosted
a Fronter tournament on Saturday
September 6. Ernie Fi shers Hyde Park
team was high 3-game winner while
O'Sullivan's H yde Park team was t he
n ext hi g h 3-game winner. Russ Williams
H yde Park team had high 2-game winner
score, followed closely by Bill Scott's
Carborundum team. Archie Foster's
Hrde Park team was t he high I-game
wmner.
BOSTON AND Q UINCY L. B.C.
(Mass .)
By John W . Daley
All clubs in the N ew Enp-lan d area
have r eached the peak of activity.
Attendance. has been good and competitlOn keen m the many club championship and invitation tournament games.
The Metropolitan Doubles, Clark Cup
was won by D. Dakers, skip, and R.
Bourdon , lead. The Quincy Cup Games
sponsored by Quincy Lawn Bowling
Club r esulted in a victory for t h e
Smithfi eld Aven ue, Pawtucket, R.I.
group with J ames Candelet, skip. The
Charles Bursley Cup promoted by the
Co ncluded on Page 1 8
EASTERN DIVISION
Conclude d from Page 17
Pawtucket Cl ub was won by the Boston
Club team, Al Cline, skip .
The Ann ual N ew England Tre bles,
Dave Dakers Troph y, played at the
Quincy Clu b greens w ith tw en ty-four
teams competing, was won by th e team
of Candelet-Smart-Phillips r epresenting
Smithfield Avenue L .B.C.
Other tournaments include the Rogers
Cup Trebles, September 6, and the
Gabri ll Cup Mixed Doubl es, September
20. In addition, a program of bi-weekly
games has been inaugurated by a group
of r etired and semi-retired bowlers
playing- interclub games between the
Smithfi eld Avenue and the Quincy club.
These are trebles games playeU a lternately at each club. Twenty-four bowlers
are participating . The gam es began on
June 16 at Quin cy with Pawtucket
(Smithfield) scoring 128 poillts an d
Quincy 120.
The Quincy Ladies Club Bowlers are
playi ng off their ladies singles and
doubl es games plus Club rinks games.
These games are so well attended t h at
th e mens Club allotted two rinks on Saturday afternoons f or the gals exclusive
u se.
The Boston Club sponso r ed a Tom
Howitt Appreciation Day hon orin g Tom
for hi s m~ny years of faithful service
to t he Club in many capacities contributing greatly to the clubs welfare
and s uccess, Tom was presented with a
large Paul Revere bowl suitably inscr ibed . Games wer e played and prizes ot
smaller Revere bowls were won by the
three top teams . Thanks to the ladi e
who again provided r efre hm ents for
wh ich we men are grateful, and to S.
H aigh, vice president of the Boston
Club who worked untiringly to make
t h is day p ossible and one to be r emem bered in Boston lawn bowling- circles.
In conclusion, a few observations: The
beautiful flow ers and shrubbery aro und
the Quincy greens is the work of
gardener J. Bell , a f ellow b owler .
Belated congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
Neil Blair of Boston on th ei r 50th
weddin g
ann iver sary.
Among
new
bowlers at t he Quincy Club we welcome
Rod McRa e f ormer professional baseball player with the Cleveland American
League Club. Play at th e Boston Greens
has been tran f erred temporarily to allow the Boston Recreation Departm en t
time to put greens in condition for 19'70.
W e in the area were pl ea ed to greet Ed.
H ayden, president of A.L.B.A. bowling
on our r inks. The hypnoti st at t he
E astern Division Banquet u sed AI Cline
and J. Candelet as s ubjects-but it was
E d Roach e of t he
. Y. Club that
mes meri zed all competitors to win th e
Division U. S. Singles Champonship.
Ques tion: wher e will th e E.D. tou rnament games be played in 1970 ?
ESSEX COUNTY l.B .C. (New Jersey)
By James Morton
In spite of th e weather in t his area
during the s ummer, h ot and hum id ,
the Club had a very successful
and well attended bowling season.
The weather put its toll on those
bowler s who, like this writer, carry
around an excess of avoirdupois and
many a pound of fat was melted off.
Our large green, which, owing to its
low ly ing a r ea, has a soft grass s urface,
saw a great deal of action from weekday bowlers, w eeknight bowlers, ana
weekend bowlers. The result despite the
efforts of the Greens Committee, has
bee n a pretty well lacerated green.
It is a pleas ure to watch a bowler delive r th e ball , with a smooth action, two
or three inches above t he greens s urfac e at t he mat. The same cannot be
said for the bowl ers who " Shoot from
the Hip" and who fire a bowl that takes
two bounces before it starts r olling.
We have our quota of dumpers, the hom e
bred variety and the visiting variety,
and our Greens Committee are stumped
as how to hand le the situation. Suggestions from Clubs who have had, and
have cured this probl e m, would be appreciated.
Despite cut up greens we had a lot of
good competitive sport and the fo llowing represents t he high points of the
competitons.
WINNERS OF OPEN COMPETITIONS AT ESSEX
SINGLES-Ch e ster Wintsch (Essex)
DOUBLES-Bobby Lindsay , Bill Farrell (Esse x)
MIXED DOUBLES-H . B. Mitch ell, Martha
Hamilton (Essex)
MIXED TREBLES-Andy Gabor, Gregg Rodgers,
Lelta Rodgers (New York)
CLUB COMPETITIONS AT ESSEX
SINGLES (21 Points)-Final : G . Kenne dy v. Joe
Stevens on
DOUBLES-D . Redo , A. O 'Gara
RINKS (Tam O ' Shanter)-Joe Stevenson , D. Redo,
G. Kennedy, J im Stevenson
COMPETITIONS AWAY
At Brooklyn-Tre bl e s-N elkin , Farrell, Lindsay
At Broo klyn-Rinks-Fa rrell, De Jong <>,
Schofi e ld , Lindsay
At Tre nton-Doubles-Farre ll , Lindsay
Lloyd Herrick, a member of our
Executive Committee, died in Augu st, a
victim of the old bogey cancer.
SMITHFiElD AVENUE L.B.C.
By Joseph McKechnie
Again we extend warm fraternal
g-reetings to all
.S. brother bowlers.
We have to beg in this piece, however,
on a som ber note to r epo rt t he passing
of J oseph Holden ear l ier this year. J oe
was a long time a nd very active member
of ou r Clu b; he will be missed. Two
other members have been hospitalized.
Bob Duckworth is just getting over a
very serious operation and we also learn
t hat Joseph Weav il! s uffer ed a shock
while visiting in Canada this past summer.
Looking back over the events of this
1969 season thus far, w e find t hat our
prediction of a busy schedule has been
more than fully justified. Some of the
hig hlights a r e : Sad to say, for llS , our
g-ood friends and rivals the Dakers
brothers of Bo ton to bk the measure
of last season's U . S. Doubles champions, OUl' Bob Smart and Jim Cande1et,
in this year's elimination for that title.
One or more of our teams have partipated in seven important invitation
tou rnaments with modest success. By
the season's end we will have conducted
five Cl ub Tournaments for mixed rink
and trebl es teams. Our Twilight Leag ue
cover ing eleven weeks a nd t h e special
individual points competition for retired
members are now complet ed. Our Club
si ng-les and doubles championships are
still to be decided at this writing. Wapinshaws and informal games have
served to fill in the busy sched ul e.
The hi ghli g ht of our h ome Invitation
Tourn ament season,. of course, is the
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very popular test for the "Archie Stevenson Bowl" which this year was held
on Sunday ,August 24. Sixteen top
teams from seven N ew England clubs
participated. The day was extre mely
h ot, in th e nineties, and th e green was
rolling lightening fa t--wh ich se para ted
the men from t h e 'boys, bo wling wise
that is-and the players h ad every
chance to r eally demonstrate th e skill
and judgment associated with the game
of la wn bowls. This 'w as Archie's day
and this year, in addition t o hi s usual
generous financial support for prizes,
he entertained all sixty-f our players
a nd the many visiting ladi es to a spl en did buffet lunch.
After playing foul' games of eleven
ends each , four teams were found to
stand even with four wins. Th e r es ult ing playoff games of five ends each
made a total of fifty -fo ur tiring ends,
with much brilliant pIa:)'. P awtucket' s
J a mes and J ohn McGlashan, K en Hamil ton an d Peter Campbell (skip) earned
the honor of having thei r nam es inscribed on t he Trophy for the second
year in succession. (Peter Campbell
won the U.S. Singles Championship
when ju t a lad and we think h e is the
number one skip in the U.S. t oday ).
ew Britain, Hartford Thistle, and Pawt ucket's Adam Latta, Robert Brandon,
Robert Smart and J ames Candelet made
up 2, 3 and 4.
NEW YORK L.B.C.
By Ralph Loffler
The summer months ha ve provided some
fine bowling on our green s this season.
Of special interest were the Saturday
afternoon mixed games (drawn from the
hat) which afford an opportunity for
a ll member, both men and women,
novice and expert, to play together
r egularly und er tournament conditions.
These games have long b een a feature
at
ew York, and h ave contributed
g-reatly to t he fine sp irit an d comraderi e of the Club.
Tournam ent r esults since the last r eport in t he Jul y issue of Bowls include :
HERBERT HOWARTH CUP (Open Doubles)
Winn ers-Ste ve Moore (sk ip) a nd M. McPoland,
New York
Runn ers- up-A . Gabor (ski p) and T. Bowe, New
York
KELLY CUP (Club Mixed Doubles)
Winn ers-Dan Tomchik (ski p) and Charl otte
Haferkamp
Runn e rs-up-John Chisholm (skip) and Mary
McPoland
TOM LENNOX CUP (Open Rinks)
Winners-D . Tomchik (skip), E. Roache , W .
Nu sse nfeld , R. Lubell, Ne w York
Runne rs-up-A. Sondh e im (skip), C. Coryn, N.
Cross , T. Bowe , New York
Th e highlig-hts of our season was the
play ing of th e 1969 Eastern Division
Ladies Tournament on our greens
Septe mbe r 6 and 7. This annual event
has now been held three year s. It is
drawing- more and more inter est from
the Ladies of Eastern Divi sion clubs and
has had a larger attendance each year.
Clubs r epr esented were Bridgeport,
Greenwich. Thistl e (Hartford), T am
O'Shanter ( ew Britai n), E ast Orange
( .J.), Es ex Coun ty (Bloomfied, .J.),
Sunrise ( .Y.), and our own New York
L.B.C. Sixty Ladi es participated in the
com p etitions. Thirteen rinks t eams
com peted for the MacIntosh Trophy and
thirty doubles t eams played for t h e
Crowe Trophy.
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PACIFIC INTER-MOUNTAIN DIVISION
Clifford C. Rea, Staff Correspondent
PACIFIC INTER-MOUNTAIN NEWS
(Oakland)
By Cliff Rea
The use of t he h arrow In r ece nt
weeks pu t Oa kland's g r eens In much
better co ndition. They wer e slow and
un even but wer e much improved a nd
were in satisfa ctory pla yable co ndition
for t he 1 ATIO I AL TO UR AME T.
Oakland borrowed HARRY'S HARROW
and afte r one use decided to build one
of th eir own . The next issue of BOWLS
will ca rry a drawing of this h a rrow wi th
full instru ctions on how t o buil d on e
a nd how t o u se it a nd the f ollow u p
use.
The Park Depa rtm ent also recognized
th e t ournam ent by dressing up th e
entran ce t o th e club hou e with a n ew
porch and soddin g the area aroun d t he
porch.
A pa inting cr ew of volun t eer member s wer e busy paintin g the back dit ch
poards a nice past el g reen which has
Improved the appearance of t he gr eer.
immensely .
The Tournam ent Committee
CoCha ir ma n ed by :Raynor Gi mb~l an d
GI ~n ' Br ick" J ohnso n and a s is t ed b y
ClIve Forrester, W m . Moor e, J oh n Hill
and .Hal Myers wer e bu y f or month s
ma kin g pla ns an d in the opinion of thi s
correspondent have no overlooked a
detail. With what t h ey h ave pla nned
plus th e adva nce wor k
of SCOREKEEPER Cha rles 1:d \ eill t he tourn a ment should m ove a long moo thly an d
be a big success.
Oa kland did not achieve a ny great
success in th e a nnua l ITE R-CITIES
MATCHES. They did win t heir secti on
in th e Golden Gate Pl a que a nd t h e
Murra y Pla que but th en lost in t he
pla y-off with th e ot her ection.
Oak land has about held it 's own in
member ship with 164 re ident member s
and 5 non-resident against 170 las t
year with 5 on th e wai ing list. A num ber of deaths a ccounted f or t he cha n ge.
The Ballot on r a i ing th e rational
du es proposed by Cliff Rea has 87 m embers sign ed whi ch is 3 ,/, "10 of t h e r esident members. T aking off t he 16 du al
me mbers who s hould have ioo ned w ith
th eir orig inal club, th e
\\"h ~ wer e ill
a nd not a vailable an d t he 22 wh o h ave
not showed up all year, maki ng th e
active a nd actual r esident m e mber sh ip
118 th en 82 "10 voted f or t he raise.
Due. to work on t he greens t o g et
the m 111 shape for th e tOUl'na ment it was
necessary to cancel t he cl ubs H a nd icap
Singles, 2 Bowl Dou bles a nd t he La dd er
Game. Other club tou rn aments are prog ressing and should be com pleted by
th e end of th e y ear.
Oakland was h ost to the 7th Annual
EAST BAY vs WE ST BAY SPORTSWRITERS MAT CH f or t he O'Ha r a
T ro ph y dona ted by O'H ara Trophy Co.
on Friday September 5th . W E ST BAY
won again for th e 5th ti me in a r ow
and
et permanent posess ion of th e
Trophy . O'Hara h as already pr omised
another trophy for 1970' t o keep t he
match going . Ca rl Reich of th e San
Francisco Examiner was W est Ba y's
Skip as he has b een each year. The
Chronicle of San Francisco sent over
La r ry S tum ~ a 19 yea r old coll eg e
t ud ent workmg for t he summ er. La rry
ha d never bo wled bef ore but caught on
fa st ma king t he one shot t hat opened
up t h e hea d to ma ke it possible t o wi n.
Th e gam e was ti ed at t he usua l 12 End s
so a n extr a end was played. Paul McCar thy 1 t t ime bowler of the Oa kland
T r ibun e leadin g f or E ast Bay pl aced hi
f Ir st bo \yl on t h e J ack, but Larry to ok
It off WIt h h IS second bowl s till lea ving
McCar t hy WIt h the shot. But Car l Reich
t hen ma na ged to pu t in t wo co un ter s
a nd Jack Cla rk of th e Ala meda Ti mes
Sta r , pl aying fo r t he 3rd ti me was un a ble to bea t Car l's shot s even t ho
he h ad been bowling well all dur ing
t he gam e.
The 4t h a nnu al Triples match es
between th e Kiwanis Club and t he Li on
Club wa s pl ayed on t he Oa klan d greens
on Friday Se pt. 12. The Li ons Club won
both matches, t he ex perienced bowl ers
g a me, Lions 18, Kiw a ni s 9. Th e begin n er s game, Lions 19 a nd Kiw a ni s 6.
Sk ippin g f or th e L ions experi enced team
wa John Thune, Jr. , a past P r esid ent
of t he Lions Club. Fres Suelberger
played second an d Bi ll McCutch eon
lead . . F or Ki wani s, Cliff Rea, Skip,
Sterlm g T aylor , second a nd Man so n
Ada ms th e lead. For the Lions beginn er s, Lou Fischl. Skip Di ck L esser
Second a nd Dr. Vi ctor H a r t th e lea d:
F or Ki wanis, J ack Bre mner , Skip ,
HalTY F lagg, Seco nd and Lou Kearn ev
th e lead. Thi s win n ow puts the Lion's
ah ead f or th e f our ma t ch es and mak es
t he Kiwania ns a nxiou s to try a ooain in
1970.
BERKElEY L.B.C.
By Melvin Swartz
Our Ber k eley Club h as t a ke n in 22
n w mem ber s by Sep t. 1st with seve ml
on t he a pproval Ii t . This is mor e
me mber s th a n we to ok in all of la t
year.
Our t radi tional Int er- Club event wit h
P alo Alt o for the Mea t Axe Troph y
wa s won by P alo Alto t his year. In 12
years of this event Berkeley h as wo n 9
and P a lo Alto 3.
.
Our P a st P r esidents doubl es eve nt
was won by Oz Gra nicher a nd J oh n
Hatfield our current Presi dent. T h is
was th e 2nd year f or this event . Gra nicher was also on th e w inning t eam last
yea r . H e was P r esident in 1944. This
event is held on th e club's birthda y
which this year w as th e 44th year. . ,
Because we h ad so man y bowler s
move to Ro ssm oor 'we started a new
In ter -Clu b event with them called
" Over th e Hill" T ourn a ment. i 4 tripl e~
t eams t ook pa rt f r om each club. Scoring 2 poin t s f or a win a nd 1 fo r a t ie.
At th e end of 3 short g a mes it was n ip
a nd tu ck wi th Bel'k eley w inning by mak1I1 g t he final g ame a ti e. Final scor e
Berkeley 14 and Rossmoor 13.
Col. Kenn eth Moor e, a P ast- President
(1957 ) died on the g r ee n in Au g ust. As
a h obb y, wh en h e w asn't bowl in o ' h e
had a wood workin g shop a nd ~ a d e
thin gs for his fri ends a nd other s . He
charged 25 cen ts an h our. F ollowin O'
hi s dea th it was f ound t hat what h~
earn ed tha t way rid' put in a special
f und at savings in ter es t . The amount
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t hy s accumula t ed was $1,500 which he
Wl ll ed t o our Berk eley Club. This r e presents 6,000 hours of wo rk. A r eal la bor
of love f or man y peopl e a nd our Berkele y Club.
We f eel t hat on e r ea son f or our Club' s
growth is t he many sp ecial even ts we
ha ve an d the sever al Inter- Club event s
t ha t we have which ser ves to keep up
Inter est of our own mem bers and t o
attr ~c t oth er s. Another t hin g t hat keep s
up mter est of our members are our
SEMI ARS on va riou s as pects of law n
b<?wlin g : L ~a ding , Playi.ng second, Skippmg, Mark1l1 g, Meas urm g, etc. in f a ct
t he whole gamut of our ga me. These
SE MI ARS aI:e co nducted by Parker
All en and to h1m we give grea t crepit.
Our Ber keley RI K TE AM of: J i m
For ster , Skip; Bob Huff, Vice-Skip ; J ohn
Wood, Second; a nd F r ed Ba con lead
wo n t he play-off wi t h t he La k esid'e Club
an d will r epresent the N orth a gain st
t he Sout h on t h e op enin g day of t he
N ATIONAL T O R NAM E T . We a re
pr oud of th em .
SAN JOSE L.B.C.
By O . S. Hubbard
The m ember s of t he San J ose La wn
Bowls . Club a r e ha ppey t o r epor t ' t h at
the DIrector of P a r ks an d Recreation
for t he Cit y of San Jose has included in
r ecomm end ed bud get f or 1970 an ite m
whI ch WIll p r ovide f or a mu ch needed
addi t ional bowlin g g r een.
It is now up t o th e member s t o convin ce the City Co unci l to ap prove this r ecommendation. This will be t h e most im pOl' ~ant ev ent to h a ppen und el' t he adm1l1 IstratlOn of our a ble president Ha m il
O. Wagnon.
Indicatio ns a r e t hat our club will have
t~\· o bowlers participatin g in th e
ab ona l meet at San F rancisco the la tter
pa r t of September.
. Our .member sh ip has been g radu all y
m creasm g du e to t he eff orts of indiv1du a l member s invi t ing 'fri ends t o become inter ested in t he great gam e of
la wn bowls.
ROSSMOOR l.B.C.
By Mazie Nelson
Our Club is bein g r epr esented at th e
Wa t erbu ry State Triples by one t eam
of Dwi g ht Stalker , Byr on St ephenso n
a nd. headed by R ay mond H edrick. This
entltles th em t o play in t he Nationals .
Al 0 ent er in g th e Pacific Inter-M ount ai n Divi ion are t wo team- (1) Albert
F a un t and " Doc" Tu cker. (2) Lee Waybrig ht a nd Gord on Lyo n .
On Sel?t. 29th Ma rgare t Da hlquist
a nd Ma ZIe N elso n are enter ing th e
Cha mpi onship Open Doubl es, h eld in
Ber k elev.
Th e 'Ross1l100r Club has m a ny en thu s ias t ic new bo wlers.
PALO ALTO L.B.C.
By Harry S. Moyer
We h a ve had a ver y activ e qua rter and
excell e nt participa tion of our membership in law n bowlin g, aided by beautiful
weather. Our 12 th Annua l Mea t Axe
Co mpeti ti on with our fri e ndly neighbors
f l'o111 Berl., eley g ot underway ea r ly on
the m orn1l1 g of Au g ust 3rd and was
won. by our P alo Al t o t ea m with 12 wins
agalll st 9 f or our oppone nt s. F or a
ch a ng e we also won on to t al p oin t count.
The meet ended with th e l?resentation
Continued on Page 21
SOUTHWEST DIVISION
John T. Hunsaker, Staff Corres pondent
MacKENZIE PARK L.B.C.
By Joe Bell
Business is still booming at MacKenzie
and our membership is now ready to
enter the list of clubs that have 200
or more members. At present there is
a list of 15 applicants that desire to
join our next class and our chief instructor, Glen Boyles , expects to have
25 when the class starts and so our
potential has still not b een reached.
We have played 10 club tournaments &
a majority of members participated in
them and the play was very keen and
there was only one double winner so it
has been a good season when so many
new names have to be inscribed on our
trophies. The only tournament to be
played is the Ladies singles and that
should be some competition.
At the beginning of the year there
was a cloud on the horizon but through
the diligence of our President, Earl
Baker and his committe that has been
dispelled. It was a 'matter that most
clubs go through when they play on
public ground be it city or county. The
maintenance of the greens has always
been a bug a boo and so we were no
exception and had to fac e quite formid able opposition that wanted th e club
to pay an exorbitant price to the city
for the maintenance of our two greens.
The club protested on the grounds that
20 other city recreation facilities had not
to pay anything so why did the bowling
club have to. This proposition included
our sister club, Santa Barbara L.B.C.
and so together the two clubs fou ght
against paying the large assessm ent.
Also the cla im that MacKenzie Park
L.B.C. was a private club in as much a
person had to be a number of the club
to be able to play on the green . It was
pointed out to the City Council that
nobody had been refused an application
or been rejected afterwards and that
are now about 125 people in the club
that have passed through the instruction
class and now have a recreation that
they did not have before. All of this
since January 1966. There is no club to
our knowledge that has such a remarkable record or achevement.
It was also pointed out to the Council
the amount of monies that both clubs
have spent themselves in procuring two
greens, one at each club, er ection and
maintenance of club houses, a total of
$75,492.00 Eventually after a thorough
investigation the City Finance Committee reported to the City Concil that
the annual expenditures for maintenance
of the bowling greens per club member
was less than the average expenditure
made for total parks and r ecreation per
resident family and so recommended
that the present policy for the operation of the bowling greens be continu ed.
I wonder how many members r eally
know or -appreci ates the wonderful job
that was don e by the committee. I don't
know who originally said "deeds not
words, are what counts". What true
words they are.
For a long period of time considerable
pressure has been used by various people
who would change the rul es of both
clubs regarding membership, the method
of play, who should be able to play,
"when classes should be held etc., that
eventually a joint meeting was h eld on
August 19, 1969 by the Board of Pal'k
Commissioners and the Board of Recreation Commissioners of the City of
Santa Barbara with the r esult that they
specify the followin g rules shall be
adhered to:
I. Days and hours of play
a. MacKenzie Park-Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday, 1 p.m.
each day except Monday when the
starting time shall be 9 :30 a.m .
During summer months evening
play at 6:00 p.m.
b. Santa Barbara Club. Alternate days
to MacKenzie Park Club.
c. Special tournaments on days other
than those listed must have the
approval of the Park Superintendent.
II. Play. The greens are open to all
lawn bowlers on those days that
are specified. Persons who have
never lawn bowled have available
a complete three month course
of instruction conducted by members of the club and are on a r egular
basis year r ound. The r ecreation
commission requires all persons who
have not lawn bowled to avail
themselves of these courses which
will increase the appreciation of
the game and will hold the damage
to the grass at a minimum.
III. Personal equipment .and dress.
Responsibility for supervision of
playing and players.
The Recreation and P ark Commissions
designate the MacKenzie Park and Santa
Barbara Lawn Bowl Clubs responsible
agents for the conduct of play and the
scheduling of games an d the days that
t he bowling greens are open. Also that
every player should own their bowls
and wear smooth rubber soled shoes
without heels.
We at MacKenzie thank the joint
board for their cooperation and being
specific in their recommendations and
for their confidence in making the club
responsible agent in seeing that the
wishes of th joint board will b fullfilld.
N ow that w have rul es made by r es ponsible officials of the City of Santa
Barbara the work of our officers will
be simplified and we hope th at all the
r ecriminations and distrurbances that
have happened in the past will now
cease and that the club can continue its
forward progress.
Sadness came to our club on June 17,
1969 when we lost one of our charter
members, Paul E. Pori er. Paul wa
born August 16, 1892. He was a long
time member of the Santa Barbara club
and was one of people respons ible in
obtaining the second green for that
club. I presume that the correspondent
of the Santa Barbara club will h ave
more details regarding Paul but we at
MacKenzi e will always r emember him
as a fine gentleman. To my kn owledge
the MacKenzie Park Club is the only
lawn bowl club that has a complete r ecord of the area it is located in, that made
or how their club was er ected and the
events that followed this club one of
friendliness and con g e n i a lit y. Th e
nimble
brain
of
Virginia
Bowel'
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thought that a new member should know
of these things and so appreciate t h e
efforts of those that came before them.
It was a harder job than she thought
for after starting her project she found
there was so much that she had n o
knowledge of, so she dug and dug until
she got all the an!5wers she required.
Persistence personified. Once again
Virginia our thanks for a job well done.
If any club has a compliation of its
history MacKenzie Park L .B.C. would
appr eciate knowing of it and if any
club wishes to have a copy of our s just
drop a line to P.O. Box 3631 Santa
Barbara, California.
I have just r eceived the official Number of members as of August 23, 1969.
Men 109, Ladies 81, Life members 3,
Honorary members 2. Total 196. Awaiting membership 15.
SANTA BARBARA L.B.C.
By S. G. Barnett
Looking through the J Uly issue t h e
accent now appears to be on Youth and
in this r espect Santa Barbara is in the
fore.
We have great pleasure in the admittance to membershp of David Grimmitt
age 12, younger son of Art Grimmitt
who, with his elder son "Nipper" was
runner-up for the National Doubles
Championship at Buck Hill Falls 2
years ago.
L. to R. Grimmi", Jr., Pres. Mampton ,
Art Gri mm i" , Cen te r David
Under the capable instruction of his
fa ther yo ung David is an excellent
bowler an d has all t he potential of a
future champion; his first tournament
at our Club was in the Santa Barbara
Invitational Triples as lead for his
father and brother and he not only outbowled his broth er but drove his oppon ent crazy with some wonderful shots
and at the end of the game drew an
ovation from the spectators.
Another new innovation to the Club
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PACIFIC INTER-MOUNTAIN
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of the Meat Axe plaque to the winner
and the losers plaque reminding them
of a return match next year.
Our August Invitational to other
clubs in the Bay Area was a r eal success- for our visiting clubs. We were
just overpowered with too many 'agin'
us. It was another beautiful day and
our visitors came by t he busfull. Oakland teams took away first and second
money and Richmond took third .
Both of these events brought out over
one hundred bowlers and visitors to our
one-green club and gave us a r eal f eeling of bowler participation and lawn
bowls prom otion which I think we are
all very in ter ested in.
Our annual Labor Day event for club
members and their families was one of
our best, consisting of three main competitions. The individual spot bowl ing
for highest points was won by Meg
Knapp of the ladies and Harry Moyer
of the men. The Spider was won by
Clo Veale of the ladies and Tom Haven
of the men participating. The draw
triples was decided among the winning
teams who had the best scores on selected ends. The winners were E. W. Van
Aman, Ruth Wallace and Paul Bostwick.
We are all interested in up-coming
State and National events. P.A.L.B.C.
will enter the California State Women's
tournament Sept. 27th to Oct. 3rd with
entries in the triples, doubles and sin gles. We also have gathered enough
of courage to send our men to the
National Tourn ament with entries in
the triples, doubles, s ingles and novice.
RICHMOND loB.C.
By Jack Barry
After years of service the roller for
the greens at Richmond Club finall y
gave up the g host. During the month
of August a new roller was delivered,
which was built by the City shop u nder
the direction of Ernest Terry, Terry
is the repair specialist on the Fire Department apparatus. He 1S the man
responsible f or the building of this new
machine which is on the job and doing
a good job. The old machine first saw
service in July, 1937 and all during the
thirty two years was on t he job. Pictured in the photo enclosed of the roller
are from right to left foregro und are
Roy Lee the Greenskeeper for the City,
Mrs. Ethel Ball a long time bowler and
Ernest Terry, the builder of the rig.
Dora Patterson, who is our hospitality
Chairman was in the drivers seat. Th e
picture was taken and printed in the
Richmond Independent, our local paper ,
We are very happy to announce that
we get the best publicity from the Editor and we must say that J erry Gand y,
sports editor and Gordon Raddue of the
Paper deserve a big hand f or their cooperation.
Ervin Schwalbe, who has been our
Secretary for the past several years
has left us and is now living in Reno.
A new Secretary will be appointed by
the Board of Directors at its next meet
ing.
Thirty members of the Richmond Club
attended t h e National Tournament in
Oakland in September, twelve of them
were of t he f airer sex.
Judy and Dave Redo, two members
of the Richmond Club who have been
transferred to New York, but still retain membership at Richmond will be
out to the Tournament this year and
will show off their beautiful baby daughter which arrived several months ago.
Bess Shu bat and Ferb Denth, sneaked
away to Ren o, and are now playing
Doubles instead of Singles, and are
enjoying every minute.
LEISURE TOWN loB.C.
By Arthur G. Lind
Even though we here at LEISURE
TOWN enjoy year round bowling, we
do actually have a summer and winter
season . The many inter-club tournaments are now drawing to a close and
hopefully all competition in the various
events will be completed before the annual Trophy Awards dinner, which is
held in December.
As a relatively new and small club
we have entered several contestants in
the National Tournament played at Oakland and San Francisco. The results,
of course, will not beknown before the
closing date for thi issue of BOWLS.
However, the LEISURE TOW
L.B.C.
takes great pride in the acco mplishments of their ladies' competition during the past year. Not only do we have
the Champion of Champions of the
Northern California Womens' L.B. Association , FREDA La PLANTE, winning
top s pot in the tournament known as
t he Brooks' Troph y, but our team with
LILA CRANE, lead; CONNIE LIND ,
second; EMMA YANK, vice skip and
FREDA La PLANTE, skip were successful in defeating all competition
from the strong Bay Area teams to win
the coveted Sill's Troph y. We feel that
th e ladies add a great deal of interest
to our wonderful game of BOWLS, but
rarely is their participation chronicled
on the pages of this magazine. Let's
hear more about their activities even
though A.L.B.A. is strictly a male or'"
ganization .
SUNNY GLEN L.B.C.
By John R. Savidge
Sunny Glen Bowling Club is probably
the smallest club in the A.I.B.A At
least it is in the Bay Area of Northern
California. What we lack in numbers
is made up in enthusiasm of the members we have. Two years ago we had
seven a ctive members. A vote was taken to determine whether or not to r emain in the A.L.B.A. It was agreed to
stay with the organization and try to
get more members and create interest
in the club and in Lawn Bowling. Our
club is in a retirement community of
209 homes, and t he r estrictions on the
Recreation Center and Bowling green
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make it manditory that a person must
be a home owner of one of t h ese un its.
This of course restricts our membership. Today we have 22 members who
are really interested. These members
are workng hard to create more interest. The wives of t h e members are giving our club a great boost too. Whenever we entertain for tournament play
they can be counted on to bake cakes
and serve them with .coffee and tea,
giving our club a good r eputation.
We had teams in the Murray Plaque
and the Golden Gate Plaque tournaments which made a good showinl;" in
each contest. We will enter a Rmks
team in the State Rinks competition,
will have two novice teams in th e
ovice doubles, a Triples team in the
Waterbury Triples, and also two Triples
teams in the National Tournament.
We don't h ave the best g r een in the
world, but if you get near San Ramon,
California, look us up. We will be
happy to have you bowl with us.
Our Novice Doubles Team of Walter
Matson and Ed Barry won this event
and will represent Northern California
against the best Southern California
can send . In t he finals they defeated the
San Jose team of H arrison Riggs and
Dusty Rhodes. We feel it quite an honor for our small club and newer club
to have played off this event against
another new club.
LAKESIDE loB.C.
By Paul Regoli, Jr.
Joseph Regoli, 11 years old, "Lakesides youngest member" is playing in
th e Murray Cup Inter-Club Games.
Joseph is the third generation of the
Regoli Lawn Bowling family.
His
grandfather has been playing for 35
years. Joseph's fath er has brought him
to the Green since he was very small
and his interest has grown with him.
H e started bowling at 10 years of age.
He is striving to be a good lawn bowler!
H e also has a brother, Timmy, 9, who
has been playing and will join Lakeside
Club next year. Lakeside's program in
the coming years will attempt to make
Lawn Bowling a part time of enjoyment
for new young members and their
fathers.
Joseph, his father and grandfather
have entered the Triples of the Pacific
Inter-Mountain Division, A.L.B.A.
SANTA CRUZ L.B.C.
By Sandy Davis
Bowling on the green has a fascination and great potentialities for healthful happiness, and it is the most
economical out-door sport on the individual basis.
To enco urage national recognition of
bowls one has to begin with promotion
by club member contacts with friends
and early-retired people, to interest
them in a "try at bowls", then the follow-up to insure their proper coaching
to acquire the rudiments of the game on
the bowling green.
The foregoing procedure is basic to
our flourishing lawn bowls club, as our
roster is on the increase at this time;
however, to merit the promised second
green we have to work at recruiting
new members; the magic number could
be attained by t his time in 1970.
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SOUTHWEST DIVISION
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ings which is played as a singles "fu n"
game to attain and tay at t he top of
the ladder. Introduced by Paul Huntingdon it was first played at MacKenzie
Park and proved so popular that we
persuaded him t o a lso introduce it at
Santa Barbara L.B.C. and a lready we
have about 50 participants. E a ch participant plays a person on a rung ab ove
him so that h e gets a game with a
superior pl ayer and then pl ays a person on a rung below hi m who, if not
so good get a good practice, but if a
good player, may beat him and move
up the ladder into his place. We feel
sure that any Clubs interested could
get the rules and procedures fr om Paul
Huntingdon either h ere
or at MacKenzie Park.
The other outstanding event was the
Semana Nautica Tournament which is
one of the Santa Barbara Sports W eek
events sponsored by the City Recr eational Department along with Yacht
Racing, Tennis, Track events and all
other athletic sports and this was won
by Earle Ball and Joe Colaianni of MacK enzie Park for the doubles and Travis
Broadbent, Luise Godfrey and Amos
Meydam r epresenting Santa Barbara
L.B.C. f or the T ri ples; there being only
one set of prizes f or bowling as a
whole, a final playoff between MacKenzie P ark and Santa Barbar a decided the winners of t he Bowli ng Trophies f or that section of t he Semana
Nautica.
SANTA MONICA L.B.C.
By Ted Ruenitz
The ann ual Singles T ournament ended
in the victor y of G. Dar r ell "Huff" Hufford over Les B. Wiggins by a score of
21 to 14, with the lead changing hands
several times.
In th e Austr a lian Singles Tournament
t he fin a lists and winner s were: George
Tichenor, 681/2; Don Starn, 55 ; Fritz
Cattolico, 50; and G. Darrell " Huff"
Hufford, 36 ,/, points.
The Santa Monica Bowl.ing Greens
were closed fr om September 15 to October 15 for repairs, spiking, top dressing
and f ertilizing in order to prepare for
t he warm f a ll weather bowling.
Going to Australia with a bowling
tour group are our Immediate PastPresident, George Tichenor and h is wife,
Huldah Tichenor and In ez Lang. They
will take their bowls and pa rticipate on
the greens "down under." Past-President " By" Byrum and his wife, Miriam
wi ll leave on November 4 for a five
week s tour of Australia and the South
Pacific.
The 48th Open of the A.L.B.A. Pacific
Inter-Mountain Division at Oaklnd, California, September 27-0ctober 4 will include t he f ollo wing Santa Monica members: In t he Open Doubles - " Huff"
Hufford and Geo rge Tich enor ; in the
Open Triples f or W omen - Dorothy
Cella, Lillian T aylor and Huldah Tich enor.
Pegeen J ohnson, First Vice-President
of t he California Stat e Womens Lawn
Bowling Association, will be in attendance at the annual meeting at Berk eley, help ing to direct t he activities of
he group which has a larger membersh ip than any other state organization .
Our sympathy is ex pressed to Pegeen
J ohnson in t he death of her husband, an
enthusiasti c and well known bowler,
Charles A. John on , and to t he f a mily
of Dr. Arthur T. Kn oder er on his passing.
Th e 8th Annual Sports and Arts Festiva l s ponsored by t he Santa Monica
Recreation and P ark s Depar tment from
Augu t 15-24 included our Australian
L aw n Bowling Singles Tournament as
a pa r t of the official program, giving
our club city wide pub licity on several
da t e .
SAN DIEGO L.B.C.
Pa ul Porier
The Santa Barbara Lawn Bowls Club
regret to announce the passing of P a ul
Porier on June 17th, 1969.
Former Pre Jdent (1960) Paul Porier
was t he driving force in raising fund
f or our second green; his consideration
for those who were unabl e to give as
much a s they h oped resulted in h i
making up such deficiencies from h i
own pocket--He always came up to the
target r egardl ess of m embers strug Ie
to give themselves.
By W. E. Erickson
During the summer our bowlers have
enjoyed playing on our excell ent greens.
W e have also ha d many visitors from
f ar and near. Charles Spikins from
Winchester, England, bowl ed with us
f or a couple of months-other fr om as
far away a s Australia. This is another
deligh tful manifestation of t he attracti on i bri ngs to enhance t he populari ty
of the game and its congenia li ty.
On July 26 we h osted a tri pl es tournament with four t eams partici pating
from Rancho Bernardo; two from Escondido and two f rom Chula Vista. The
winners wer e : (1) Sa n Di ego : P aul
Green, Margaret Keeney and Cha rl es
H ill. (2 ) Jim Morton, Henrietta Leon
and Lu Craddock. (3»
Dr. Haley'S
tea m from Escondido.
Once a
ont h we a lte rnat e the bowling position every six ends, permitting
E'ach bowler to play three positions . We
believe th is adds interest and a lso h elps
o impr ove one's gam e. Dur ing the F all
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we shall resume the "Ladder" game
which is a form of Singles Knockout.
Late th is Fall we expect a large cont ingent of avid bowlers from Canada
a nd other areas. We extend a cordial
invitation to all.
PASADENA L.B.C.
By Pete Fiori
On Jul y 24th the Club had a n ice
t urn out for th e annual playing for the
Dehner Brother s Troph y. This Trophy
was given to the Club by two of its
most famous member s :-Hap and Al
Dehner. The record books tell of their
ach ievements.
The winners were: Lead shared by
Margot Den man and J. B. Potter, Vice
Skip - Knox Mellon, Skip - Charles
Grasse.
Another gift given to th e Club by the
Dehner Brothers, which the Club is very
proud of, is a large frame containin g
t he medals and badges from Clubs in all
the countries where Lawn Bowling is
enj oyed .
W e regret the passing this year of
Ben Wallace, a bowler who many of
you r eaders kn ew him as an opponent
to be r eckoned with.
Also one of the Pasadena Lawn Bowling Clubs Past Presidents, a nd holder
of a ll other offices of t his Club :- F rank
A. Campbell, on June 26th ,1969. Hi s
death is keenly f elt by a ll of u s.
H arvey Lieberg, our Gam es Chairman
would li ke to h ear from Clubs in our
section regarding interclub matches.
SANTA ANITA L.B.C.
By R. H. Scofield
Recently one of our Past Presidents
brought f orth an idea for instilling new
interest in Lawn Bowling. Having
r each ed t he age of 89 years he suggested an annual club tournament for
members 80 years of age or more.
Twenty-five of our members ar e in this
age group.
Th e idea was r eadily accepted and this
gentleman, Mr. J oseph Haberbasch presented the Club with a beautiful perma nent troph y. Each year the winner s
name is to be inscribed on this trophy.
Sixteen members of this group have h a d
their games.
The winner was Garth Duell who has
r esided in Monrovia for 45 years.
For twenty years he was the City
E ngineer f or Monrovia. H e retired in
1946, joined the Bowling Club in 1947.
H e 'was Club President in 1953. H e
becomes the first winner.
Many in this group have freely stated
that Lawn Bowling has helped to lengthen their number of years. One member
will be 94 on July 13. H e is one of our
be t boosters.
RECREATION PARK L.B.C.
By Wm. C. Ferguson
Out' member ship was saddened by the
passing on after a lengthy illness of
Leroy Orman. Ler oy was an active
member of t he Seal Beach group and
will be sorely missed in our activities .
At long last the mighty bull dozers
went to work digging up the old turf
on the north green. In addition the City
Council approved the expenditure for
r eplacing of the entire green so our
group is anxiou sly awaiting the day
wh en its full u se will begin .
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Renewal of activities with the Beverly
Hills Club was one on the f eatures during t he month of Jul y and August.
Seven teams journeyed with Pres. Dean
a nd Ex-Pres. Mul on Wedn esday, Jul y
30 and they in t urn paid us a visit on
August 13th. Both event s were highlig hts in our summers activities.
Anoth er f eature of the summer period
wa s the exchange of dates with Newport Bea ch. This club always affords
splendid f ellowship and competiti on as
well as entertaining most graciously.
An event of late Augu t was t h e
invitational for the fin e Santa Ana
club to which nine teams wer e entered.
Our club will be well r ep r esented at
the 4 th Annua l ational Open at Oakland ba ed on ent ri es to date. We a r e
most proud of t hese dedicated members
who will carr y our banner in the var ious
event .
LAGUNA BEACH L.B.C.
By Charles Branham
Bowlers of this a r ea are excited over
the ra ce in the Coast Lawn Bowling
League in which Lagun a Hills an d
H erm osa Bea ch have been at ea ch
others throats a ll season.
:rhe red-hot rivals wer e tied for first
place Sept. 5 at Sa nta Ana when the
Leisure World teams brok e the draw
by winning f our straight games and
strengthening t hei r grip on top position
as H erm osa came home with two wins
and a p air of losses for th e day.
With only two more tournaments r emaining on the 1969 schedul e, the seven
league clubs rank as foll ows:
CLUB
W. L.
Laguna Hills ........................ .............. 36-16
Hermosa .............................................. 34-18
Santa Ana ............................................ 27-25
Newport .................................................. 26-26
Long Bea ch .......................................... 21-31
Laguna Beach .................................... 21 -31
Recrea tion Park ...................... .......... 17-35
L aguna Beach's def ending champions
have h ad grea t difficulty keep ing out of
the basement throughout the season.
H owever, the lea gue offers a trophy f or
largest participation of mem bers in t he
tourna ment and Laguna just might cop
this " consolat ion prize."
SUN CITY L.B .C.
Sun City, California
By Russ Eikenberry
I nterest in our Lawn Bowls Club continues with a n increase of 22 new member s during the last six months. T otal
member ship is now 135. As the second
green is now taking shape, two of our
members, Lee Bum iller and Oscar
Chri stopher son, are making the r etrievers and scor e boards f or it in th e
craft shop. Another member , Jack Frost,
is contriving a vehicle which will carry
t he r etriever s, ma t s, and score boa rds
on a rolling rack for convenience of
transpor t.
Recently, our Club obtained for showing to members the very instructive
film " Int r oduction to Bowls" . It was so
inter esting that a second film , "Pro_
f essional Bowler s T our' was shown
ill, September.
Vi sitors from other Clubs are welcome. Stop in when you're in our Sun
City ar ea.
SUN CITY L.B.C. (Arizona)
By Harry O . Planz
All th e way from ARIZONA TO TIMBUCK-TU Bowlers know about SUN
CITY, ARIZONA. They a lso kn ow tha t
" HARMO Y-IN-BOWLS IS FRIE bSHIP AT ITS BEST." Our Club does
not cla im copyr ight a s a h a'r monous
club but we do have a formula that
works, as an exa mple. W e hear abou t
clubs t hat select player s f or certain
gro up. Our method of a "BLIND
DRA W" f or selection do es away with
f avoritism. One can select th e p osit ion
they wish to play. But t he numbel' of
t he rink and f ellow player are all b y
"blind draw.' On ce a month its "Grab
Bag" Day yo u p ick a choi ce out of a
can, if you are lucky you mig ht draw
th e la dy of your choice.
.
Two new rinks ar e being rapidly com pl eted in Sun City, Ariz. f or a t otal of
fiv e.
The Clubs monthly meeting s are held
the first Tuesday of the month star ting
in October.
In our club we have a n outstanding
man PRIME BARTLEY t he club's
Bowling Instructor. H e no t only t eaches
his students according to t he "book'
but f ollows through to see that the
stud ent is assigned as LEAD for s ix
mon t hs then Vice Skip and finally
SKIP. In this wa y he t urns out a fin ished bowler. Prime Bartley has h eld
a lm ost every office in the club with
g r eat success ,on the g r eens he is well
alert and if any of the pl ayer s become
ill he is one of the first to help and
comfort the unfor tuna t e. We salute
Prime Bartley f or a j ob well done.
NEWPORT HARBOR L.B.C.
By Elsie Hubbard
At the end of a busy and happ y
ewport Harbor Club is
summer, the
deep in t he throe of its ann ual singles
and doubles to urnaments. Planned a nd
launched by Vice President Ted Tar box ,
the s ingles were being played in Septem per , doubles in Octobel:. Chuck Shull,
1968 singles champion, is expect ed to
return f ro m Europe in t ime to def end
hi s title.
The N ewporters were eagerly anticipating a club visit to the Santa Barbara
Club September 24. Thirty players plus
a f ew wi ves' and fri ends traveled nort h
by charter ed bus.
Coast Leagu e continues with Newport
H~p'bor gradually improving its position
in t h e list of seven clubs. Skips Stan
LeLievre, Geoffrey Grayston , Don Slyh ,
Bud Kl yn, Adrian Irvin e, an d Al Morri son h ave r epresented the club well and
membership p'articipation has been high.
FOR ALL BOWLERS TO ~EFLECT ON
When my husband took up bowlil)g
H e bragged for hours on the -p hone
Abou t some wench called Kit ty,
IYh~m he coulp not leave alone.
He played for K itty- stayed with Kitty,
. Picked her Up' without a hitch, .
He missed Ki tty, he kissed Ki tty,
Even sat w ith h er in the ditch!
So I, too, took up' bowling
To win my dear hubby back,
But what he could do with Kitty
I found I co uld d9 with Jack.
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MEMO~I~M
Eastern Division
Essex Coun ty L.B.C.
Llo yd Herrick
F ernleigh L.B.C.
Dr. H aro ld Backus
H enry Kotten hoff
Dr. Louis F. Middlebrook
H yde Park L.B. C.
Robert Strachan
Sky top ' L. .B C.
- ~i chard H. DeMott
Kent Lay
Smithfi eld L.B .C.
Joseph Holden
Springfield L.B.C.
Samuel McFarlane
Southeast Division
La ke Wales L.B.C.
J a ck Gauley
E. B. Oyass
Centra l Division
Detroit L.B.C.
Merton Carleton
East Clevela nd L.B.C.
William Foreman
James Holms
David Wilson
James Young
Russ ell Zeskey
Milwaukee " Lake Park"
Wilila m Alston
North west Division
Queen City L.B.C.
Archie G. Hay
C. L. Yost
Cla rice Hudson
Jim Langlow
Pacific Inter-Mountain
Berk eley L.B.C.
Col. Kenneth Moore
Southwest Division
Beverly Hills L.B.C.
ICharies Burdge
Santa Barbara L.B.C.
Albert Richardson
Cyril F. Broad
Paul POTier
P asadena L.B.C.
Frank A. Campbell
Ben Wallace
Sa nta Monica L.B.C.
Chas A. J ohnson
Recreation Park L.B.C.
Leroy Orman
San Di ego L.B.C.
P . T. Timms
Sun City, Ariz., L.B.C.
Rev. Ja ~nes Gillespie
SAN DIEGO L.B.C.
I h ear you plan to take up bowling.
And join our outdoor clan. H ere are
some tips. I want to be shari ng. With
you, my eager fan.
The first one js don't try too h ard.
Seek self control and poise. Few games
are won by those old birds. Who make
a lot of noise.
The pro will t each a million tricks.
You can't observe them all. Take this to
heart or lose t h e game. Keep both eyes
on that bow I.
Get 1Il the groove and follow through.
Don't ever strain OJ: press. Just be yourelf a nd don't give up. That's hard, I
must confess. .
.
Ruth Erickson
A. L. B. A. BOWLS
BULK RATE
U. S. POSTAGE
PA I D
401 So. Roxbury Drive
Beverly Hills, Calif. 90212
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HONOLULU L.B .C.
By Dr. Clifford F. Roberts
Visiting lawn bowlers in Santa Cruz
on vacation now have an excellent Holiday Inn, r esplendent and operational in
all departments ; this high -rise complex
adjoins our lawn bowl s faciliti es ill Sail
Lorenzo P ark, and it should be an add ed
inducement to come to the sunny s ide
of Monterey Bay.
Our competitive players di ligently
pursued the evasive trophies in interclub tournament games, winning only
one big event, but did bring home some
glory to our club by their acceptable
performance on the bowling green.
By "bowls" time in October, Santa
Cruz will have had fo ur lawn bowler s
in the National Open Tournament in the
Bay Area, and a score or more of our
club members in attendance as arden t
spectators at the games and f estivities.
We had the "best ever" Invitational
bowls event in Ju ly; sunshine, ju t ri ght
ocean breeze and a ll seven rinks of
visiting club members; a very enjoyabl e
day of competition with the San Fran cisco Club taking first honors and Richmond the second place cups.
President Jos'eph W. Stewart has returned after a 3 months visit in Cana da.
Vice-President John Bray is
vi iting on the Mainlan d where he will
attend the Natio na l Tourna ment and
return here Jan ., 1970. Our Club has
grown rapidly this year. About a dozen
new bowl s were deliver ed to mem bers
last month. Past Pres ident Harry Spoon
has r eturn ed from a long bus tour
wh ich took him through Florida where
h e says they are playing on hard top
courts.
We are looking' forward to having
Ml'. Joe Nissem of 905 Iiwi St. J oining
our club in the n ear future . We h ave
vistors from many parts of the Globe
playng wth us at each gam e. Th ey
are always welcome and we enjoy
having them.
Bob Frazer is out of t he hospital
wh ere he had surgery. He says h e will
be playing with us again soon. Secr etary Cliff Roberts has been on the sick
list but manages to k eep going.
PACIFIC INTER-MOUNTAIN
Part of the card and game s party of the Berkeley Lawn Bowling Club wh ich raised $500.50
for the A.L.B.A. promotion fund .
D id she break her husbands will after
he passed away?
Why she did that after the day they
were married.
GULF AND BAY LAWN BOWLING CLUB
On Siesta Key
Sarasota, Florida
Enjoy REAL Lawn Bowling on ONE of the Finest Turf Greens in Florida
Cl ub Tourn aments for Sing les and Trebl es Each Mont h
Inte r-Clu b M atc hes and Specia l Events for
La di es and M ixed Tea ms-Pl ayed Da ily
OTHER ACTIVITIES: PAR-3 GOLF-Sh uffleboa rd Courts Exce ll ent She lli ng - Fish ing (Gulf and Bay) Sw immi ng (heated pool ) and Gul f bath ing
(A p prox. 700 feet of private beach)
WINTER SEASON 1968-69
(December -
O N
T H' E WO R LD' S MOST
For information concerning Bowling Facilities
and Residence write:
Edward A. St. Phillip, V.P. and Mgr.
April)
BEAUTIFU L
BEACH
Siesta Key, Sarasota, Florida 33578
P. O . lox 1419
Phone 813-924-1301