Treasure trove of paper reflects on days gone by

Was it columnist Jim Bishop who, periodically, wrote about “Words I Found on The Way to Looking Up Other Words?”

Such was the case while filing through old bowling-related papers and notes.

Some examples: Marla Chicase, 24, who joined the LPBT in March 1992 will be competing in her first pro tournament in Pittsburgh on May 29 ... If the house you bowl at uses a lot of conditioner and the ball don’t hook much, we recommend a soft ball that has a tendency to hook ... Correction: Mike O’Hara was listed as a 13-year president of the Jolly League. He has been the secretary for 13 years. Paul Dubaj Jr. is Jolly president ... Holiday Bowl owner Tom Eframedes is planning to start a new $15,000 men’s trio league for the 1992-93 season. He is looking for a sponsor who would put up $1,000. Entry fees will be $150 per team to help pay for the bowling shirts;

Weekly samples of Protestant Women’s League secretary Fran Hurayt and her artistic, comic strip-like scoresheets ... by-gone leagues and alleys such as PLAV Ladies at North Side, Youngstown Maennerchor at Mar-Hill and UAW 1112 2nd Shift at just-closed Kay ... Jeff Germann of Wheeling, W. Va., places fourth for $11,440 in the $250,000 Brunswick Memorial World Open in Lake Zurich, Il. in Nov., 1993. Germann finishes behind Dave Husted, Brian Voss and Mark Williams ... Austintown’s John Gagliardo is 39th for $660 in the $75,000 Greater Providence Senior Open in June, 1994;

ABC newsletter dated Nov. 30, 1993 that “the process to remove ‘male only’ from the American Bowling Congress constitution moved one step closer to finalization ... from a Women’s International Bowling Congress newsletter: WIBC is offering a new long-distance telephone program to save subscribers money and earn revenue for WIBC and state women’s bowling associations ... PBA Commissioner Mike Connor announced an 11-tournament Senior Tour schedule for 1992. Eight of the tournament finals will be broadcast live on ESPN ... Ohio State Bowling Association letterhead that included secretary-treasurer Bob Girts, assistant secretary-treasurer Bill Thompson and past president and life member Dick Riley and his North Heights address on the stationery.

Finally, this: What’s the common name for the nasty 4-6-7-9-10 (or 4-6-7-8-10) split? Possible answers: Oh Fudge, Jim Dandy, Greek Church or Pineapple.

College

From bowl.com, the Maryland Eastern Shore women and Fresno State men recently claimed their first USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships titles in Columbus, Ga.

Eastern Shore became the first team in history to win an NCAA women’s bowling title and an Intercollegiate Team Championships title in the same season, taking down Lindenwood, 2-1.

Fresno State defeated top-ranked Webber International, 2-0, to win the men’s title. Both championship matches will be televised on ESPN2 on May 15 at 2 p.m.

On back-to-back weekends, Eastern Shore knocked off Vanderbilt to claim its second NCAA women’s bowling title and then hoisted the Kerm Helmer Cup at the Intercollegiate Team Championships.

Among area standouts participating in Columbus, Ga., were: Andrew Watterson of Boardman, a sophomore for Morehead State; Austintown’s Jimmy Cheff, a senior for Pikeville; and Corey Flick, a freshman for Wright State from Liberty.

Local

Deno Frazzini had 299-836 in Wednesday Men at Holiday on April 13 and Eric Dunn posted 300-833 in Belchyk/Action Plumbing Classic at Holiday.

Winners of Bob’s Auto Seniors at Amron were the Hammers of Ron Palowitz, Dave Ifft, John Larson, Marshall McCree and Tom Colcough, while the runner-up was the Bulldogs team of Tony Majetic, Joe Dangerfield, Ralph Roberts and Dutch Leichliter.

Winners of the Fiber Clean Seniors at Boardman were the 3 Scrappers comprised of Andy Huff, Willie Provitt and Nate Dubose. Fiber Clean runner-up was Boardman Pro Shop with Jim Ellis, Joe Wilkos and Doug Zolla.

Don’t Know of Ruth Bohn, Patty Myers, Ray Park and Jim Myers was fourth-quarter champion of Mixed Bankers at Holiday and F.D. Mason’s fourth-quarter champion Busted Knuckles was composed of Shirley Carson, Mary Jane Johnson, Nate DuBose, Donna Hess and Bill Moxley.

Sanko Photography Studio won the Sanko/ITAM League at Holiday and Moonshadow’s Crew was runner-up.

The C-G Pro Shop championship at West Side came down to the 3rd winners of Monte Duncan Tax Service, DePizzo Sausage, Jack’s Auto Body No. 1 and wild-card Jack’s Auto Body No. 2.

Duncan took on Jack’s No. 1 while DePizzo took on Jack’s No. 2.

It took all three games for Duncan to defeat JAB No. 1, while JAB No. 2 beat DePizzo, 2-0.

The Jack’s Auto Body No. 2 team of Victor Harris, Mike Zimbardi, Bryan Berquest, Billy Lovell and Mark Trgovac won, 2-0, over the Duncan Tax Service team consisting of Paul Harris, Ed Holcomb, Dan Holcomb, Jim Kupec, Ray Carkido, Bob Eckenrode and Monte Duncan.

Wedgewood Try Hard League champs The Chargers (Virginia Buzzelli, Dot Wilson, Gail McCombs and Rosie Cervone) won a roll-off against runner-up Monte Carlos (Carol Morrison, Sara Bayless, June Stas and Toni Krut.

Also at West Side, the DePizzo Sausage/Champion Men’s League champ was C & G Pro Shop with members are Mike Zimbardi Jr., Bob McDermott, Chuck Hurd, Glen Powell and Carl Hurd.

In the first round of the roll-offs, C & G beat Ruse’s Seamless Gutters. For the title, C & G defeated Morris Construction. The match had to go to a fourth game to decide the winner.

Morris members are Bill Steiner, Jess Tennant, Jake Jackson, Ron Steiner Sr., and Joe Steiner.

Top scores for the night were Bill Steiner with 769, Mike Zimbardi Jr. with 706, Glen Powell with 651 and Ron Steiner Sr with 636.

Camelot Monday Night Ladies champion Strikers comprised Becky Mason, Jan Candle, Robin Cruciger and Annie Molnar, while members of the runner-up team, Lucky Wenches, were Beth Hartman, Cyndi Babnic, Rosann Bezilla and Cari Fanta.

NAPA Auto Parts was crowned champion of Camelot’s Carrabba’s League. Against Dr. John’s Auto Clinic, a tie resulted after the initial three games, before NAPA won the tiebreaker game.

NAPA bowlers were Duke Girardi, Tom Wise, Jim Brown, Chuck Sanor, John Girardi and Bruce Wise. Dr. John’s members were Jack Kechler, Dave Bregar, Steve Sullivan, Gary Motley, Jeff Protain and Tony Corradetti Jr.

The team of Ron Blick, Terry Ray, P.J. Voland, Don Piersant and Chuck Sanor defeated the Barry Dyngles team of Lee Boda, Jason Webb, Jim Pipoly, Brian Hunt, Joe Serrecchio and Brian Serrecchio for the Thursday Night Sportsman League championship at Wedgewood.

A week before, Anthony Mashiska had a 300 in the roll-offs.

Believe It Or Not

When a bowling story on Joe Jannone appeared on Feb. 6, an accompanying photo showed Jannone instructing a young girl. A ballpark date of the picture was most likely in the mid-1960s at McKinley Lanes. Less than a week after the story/photo was published, a gentleman called to say that the girl in the picture was his daughter. Al Kosiba of Howland said that his daughter, Christine, now lives in Maryland.