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The Clovis Cab Co., with Jake Massey smashing out 583-223, swept four points from.Barry Hardware Tuesday nights in the Major Bowling League, and pulled into second place — only a point behind the Roy R. Smith Clean ers. “Boots” Beamer sparked Bar ry's with 505, Busy Bee Cafe swept four points from The House of Color and mov ed into third place. Tom Pender grass spilled 546-222 to pace Busy Bee, while Ray Bauer shot con sistently well to total 579 for House of Color. Smith's grabbed all four from Fred McGinnis Co. to hold onto first place. Bobby Gee edged Joe Young, 532-530,for scoring honors for the winners, Haskell. Stand ridge fumbled 523 to lead the los ers. Lasser’s Shoe Shop, who had won only one of eight points in two weeks, showed a reversal of form and smashed Jack Holt the Cloth ier for all four. The cobblers, pac ed by John O. Howard's 589-225 j and Louis Michelet's 553-237, had both high team marks —~ 2580 ser ies and 942 single. Charles Stan Geld and Earl Weldinger had 523 and 521 for Holt's. The standings: Hey, WL Wip Tp 7 2 Smith. Cleaners 3 10 Clovis Cah 972 2 9 Busy Bee. .. 6 3.2 8 Fred, McGinnis 4 6 15 Barry Hardware 45 15 Sasser'’s Shoes 4515 Jack Hart 36.25 House of Color 180 ft The Westerner Cafe and Clovis News-Journal,, who finished sev enth and eighth in the Industrial Bowling League during the first half, was served notice that they are tired of being the “doormats” of the league, Wednesday night each ‘swept four points from their opponents and took over first and second places respectively. __ _ Most surprising of the two mat ches this week was the News-Jour nal’s win over Siler's Conoco No. }, champions the first half, “Red” Armstrong sparked the newsmen, with 526, while Doug Garrett's 503 was tops for the losers. The Westerner, with Paul Kan tor rapping 537, knocked over Mit chell St. Service Station. “Corky” Price anchored the lasers with 470. Smith Abstract and Insurance Co., served notice that they weren't to be considered out of the race by sweeping four points from Camp bell’s Dairy, Ralph Fuller blasted out both high individual marks of the night and set up a new series mark of 587 with his final game of 297. His 587 surpassed Horace Bat tenfield’s 586, and his 227 was a pin shy of the 228 posted by John Starkey. On Nov. 18, Ben Fila's 402 was high for Campbell's. In the fourth match of the night, Watson Motor Co. grabbed three of four points from Clovis Printing Co. and moved into a tie with Si ler's for third place. Bud Miller led off for Watson with 510-218, while Burton Ward topped the printers with 429. Steed Finneral Home swept four points from Carmack and Sons Thursday night in the Santa Fe Railway Bowling League and mov ed into a first-place tie with Clo vis National Bank.The latter team dropped three of four points to the Citizens Bank of Clovis crew, Jim McReynolds topped Ev erett Gee for scoring honors for Steed’s, 511-508, while Frank Love led off for Carmack's with 498. Joe Young sparked Citizens Bank with 546, with Tom Pender crass getling 513 for Clovis Na tional. In the other match, El Rancho Milling Co. grabbed three of four points from Bob's Case, dropping the fourth point by the margin of one pin. Lyte Doty had 567 end Sloan Stewart 534 for El Rancho, while Lawrence Burk spilled 519 for Bob's. The standings: 371 The Westerner News‘Journal 3 Siler's Watson's 2 Smith's Campbell's 3 iClovis Printing 5 Mitchell St. The Standings; Clovis Nat’ ve Lay To Steed's 9 = 2 Citizens 0 al a] Bob's 1 El Rancho 2 Carmack’s 4)
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Clovis News Journal
Clovis, New Mexico, US
Fri, Jan 22, 1954
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