Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-12-31 | Page 7 | Western Opts Hang up New Five-Man Bowling Mark with 3120 Score

Western Opts Hang Up New man Five-man Bowling Bovling Mark With S Spore Score ore Only One Team in United States Slates Has Rolled Better Card CardOn On the night of December 11 1931 he the biggest bowling flood in the history his his- tory ory of Utah swept the Orpheum aleys alleys al- al leys eys where it tern tern- swallowed swallowed lowed ten ten- pins Western Opts rolling in the Salt Lake Major league made macic the rec record ord c The mark a an anew n new eW five man team record was record was easily the outstanding p pin i a erf c e eIt of the year It eclipsed the former high mark of compiled u. u piled November 1 17 at it the Ace alleys Fehr by bythe the Arthur Franks quintet and excels excels ex ex- cels th the former sta state te association Uon figure by pms pins Only on once e was vas the score exceeded I in American Bowling Congress competition competition com com- corn I petition and that was at Milwaukee in 1923 by the Nelson-Mitchell Nelson team with a count o of Charles N. N Fehr whose yearly average aver aver- age consistently hovered around led the wholesale slaughter on the wooden soldiers with a high individual ual series of H. H H. H Bockholt rolled the best single sincle singie sin- sin 6 cle gle score with a n The he scores WESTERN OPTS I 1 2 3 Total 1 3 1 3 20 1 Tear eso Jerga ns Ml 81 Bc EnDS bolL TO t 1070 1085 1035 GERBER HAS SINGLES MARK Rolling on the F Fort rt Douglas alleys Ray J. J Gerb Gerber r bowled the highest single single sin- sin gle ele game e sc score re of ot the year car This mark br broke ke the thc Previous s high state tate 1 record of held by Joe Gerber who participated in the Ace major Orpheum major City and In Intercity Intercity Intercity In- In leagues started his second game with a strike and followed with nine perfect hits for 10 consecutive strikes The eleventh ball however failed to upset No 8 pin but he re removed removed removed re- re moved it with the next for a Lieutenant Robert N. N McCleave witnessed witnessed witnessed wit wit- the contest Fehr Felir garnered a for tor the high individual series mark This figure came within eight pins o of the state association record ANOTHER FOR THE BOOKS Equitable Life rolling in tho the Salt SaU Lake major league against the Orpheum Orpheum Orpheum Or Or- Parlors December 18 established established fished a new state team single game record of ot 1085 breaking the former mark o of 1081 held jointly by both teams The same five that rolled the 1081 for Equitable Life LIte toppled the timber for the new record J. J Burt with a led the slaughter Orpheum's 1081 came first on November 13 Equitable's was unveiled December December December Decem Decem- ber 12 Equitable Li Life Life Life-C. C. C J. J Butts Ed Wilkinson F. F Swenson N. N Shultz J. J Burt Total 1085 MORE 1 RECORDS In the Utah state championships February 28 at the Orpheum drives two records were made that exceeded exceed exceed- ed six years of ot previous state marks These new records occurred in the man five team and doubles contests Standard Market set the mark in inthe inthe inthe the man live with 2857 The team was composed of ot Vic Vie Hampshire Steve e Love P. P C. C Jensen A. A F. F KnIghton and Henry Bockholdt Jensen Jensen Jensen Jen Jen- sen and Bockholt won the doubles title with a 1214 George Homrig copped the singles garnering a This mark was 45 pins behind the 1930 score of made by C. C W. W Parry of Ogden Jensen annexed the events all crown making an 1801 1601 This was 19 pins less than J. J B. B Quinns Quinn's 1820 score in 1930 Zenith of or interest in in bowling came in 1931 1031 with nine active leagues consisting consisting con con- consisting o of 72 teams toppling the te maples all ail season