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WOMEN TAKE UP BOWLING WITH A NEW LEAGUE5 Reported inFi rst Contest in IolaFor Many YearsLocal women entered the sporting news of the town this week with the formation of a women's bowling league, believed .to be the first organization of its kind in Iola in re- jcent years.A four-team league began playMonday night at the Recreation alleys on South Washington and following Tuesday night's games each of the teams has now bowled one 30-frame event.' Members of the league said today that more women had asked to be admitted. The league will bowl each Monday andTuesday evening.Four women compose each , of the four teams which have bowled in official league events, pn Monday night a team known as the Recreations won Over the PI a Mors by an advantage of seven j pins,. 932-925. Last night the Kingpins set the high mark for the ifour teams of 1103 against 864 for their opponents,the Monitors.Mrs. Laura Ruttram bowled the highest ‘30-frame mark thus farwhen she rolled a score of 377 last night. She is the only player having passed the 300 mark for thirty frames. An average of 500 for 30 frames for a man is considered good bowling. A 132 for ten frames by Mrs. Buttram was alfco the highest for one game. It compares favorably with a man's score which would br considered average at 173.Among those comprising the. league are the Misses Bessie Lit-win. Dorothy Roberts, May Fred-ericksorv Opal Taggart. Edith Con- ; rad. Thelma Roberts,! Garnet Case. * Marie Dayis, Ella ! Vczie, Hazel KnoJes. Esther Anderson, Mesdames Clara Hillbrant, Laura Buttram, andDr. Wilma Osborn. !Nearly all towns in which bowling thrives to any appreciable extent have ladies bowling teams and leagues. Members pf the local ; league said today they expected to compete with teams from FortScott, Pittsburg. Independence, and other cities in this area in the nearfuture.i1This week's scores: i4Recreations.. Li twin ........... 62 6369194D. Roberts.......114 9189294Frcderiekson..... 68 5078146Osborn .—.......121 8983298Totals ........36h 293 324932*Pla Mors.■Taggart/84 j 122 ,106212Conrad .....79 I 55 :54188Anderson92 80 *76278T. Roberts81 94102277Totals -.,336 351338955r ^ 4 -♦4iMonitors.Osborn ....98 8577260Hillbrant ..54 88 02234Case _______......46 6463173Lit w'in ----54 71• a72197Totals .*252 308304864Kingpins.Davis .....100 7992271Buttram ..117 128132377Vezie ......51 11096*257Knoles ----62 4690198Totals ..330 3634101103
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Iola Register
Iola, Kansas, US
Thu, Mar 30, 1933
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Barbara G.
DC, USA 06 Sep 2019
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