The Northwest Times

HEADPIN'S VIEWS
Hail and Farewell!
Yes Sir, my friends, 'tis with a feeling of genuine reluctance that we observe the eclipse of a gay, eventful summer season of bowling fade away into a scrapbook. Memories of new-found friends, the thrills of competition and that exhilarating emotion that we experience when strikes can be obtained with the minimum of effort and the mineralite can be commanded to the letter on the most difficult of split and spare pickups.

The Mixed Doubles League
For sheer teamplay, cooperation and heaving the melon down the mapleway for the fun of the game, this smallest of the Summer League was found to be supreme in every respect.
Featuring many of the leading keglers from both the girls' and men's league, the 30-game schedule found its climax last week with the smooth combination of "Sluggie" and "Shorty" Fujino, coupled with Aki "How Good" Fujino and "Pass the Opener" Ihashi leading the league to the finish line, overpowering the lead held so long by the Arrividercis. In the final encounter, the Hi-Lo's had a capable substitute in Aiko Kawaguchi.
Regardless of the superior brand of mixed doubles performance that the Intermountain Area has displayed, particularly in Denver, to many of the so-called experts here in the Northwest, it is this combination that would not take a backseat to anyone.

Joanne Furuta-Morrie Yamaguchi.
Jean Terao-Tak Shibuya.

How Salty We Are
On the salty side of the ledger can be recorded a game recently rolled in Frisco in which a fair damsel had the microscopic score of 13 for a complete game. What's more amazing was the fact that she was really in earnest about the game.
During the course of the Men's League I have had the undesirable pleasure of witnessing a kegler with untold quantity of talent miss the first 8 frames of his first game—All that can be quoted is—"When you're salty you're the worst performer no matter how much effort is displayed—you just-can't!"
As soon as tele scores are available, Main Bowl will have them installed, according to Fred Takagi, the manager in charge. It was reported that it would be sometime about the beginning of the Winter League. It would be rather amusing to witness the amount of speed and accuracy displayed by the scorer.
As this particular conveyance of a participant's game reveals everything to the audience in the rear—however, none of us is perfect—they still merchandise pencils with erasers attached on the other end!

A Bit of This-A and Data
According to the latest info, here are a few of the newer teams which have made known their intentions for participation for the forthcoming season—Shanty Inn, Paramount Cafe, Evergreen, Kashiwa-gi's, Frank's Jewelry, and from last season's encounter, Main Drug and Oriental Cab.
The two top Nisei bowlers in America have their residence in the Middle West according to opinions. They are Sam Amano, a former Seattleite, and "Shorty" Tanaka who is the mainstay of the Nisei Cafe team of Chicago. Tanaka boasts of a league average of 187!—must have in his possession many usual games!
To renew old acquaintances, we had in our midst for a few short weeks one of the classier keglers from the Windy City in the person of "Mud" Tsuchikawa who was here on a vacation. His manipulations with the Brunswick could only be termed as being sharp—Yes sir, very sharp!
Congrats! to a gentleman and a scholar whose earnest efforts to hit a big-time score came to pass recently in a league match
which he clustered 7 strikes for a feverish 231.
For diligence, concentration and that never-lose fight spirit, this correspondent saluted Professor George Maniwa.
Also to Pruney Tsuji, who, but just a year ago was a total stranger to this sport. His adaption to this game has won him numerous tournament honors as well as participation in the city-wide Big 50 tournament. One of his outstanding feats was garnering two 600 series in 6 games!
Easy? Try getting one.
To climax this item, here are 3 questions—will any team hit 1000 in any one of the three game series?
What does a fella do when he gets salty? And whatever happened to "How Long I Haven't Had My Name In The Papers" Kimura's new arm?
Must have tilted it!

The Girls Summer League
The successful season enjoyed by the Girls' League ended with a surprise team copping the top position with a record of 33 wins to 11 losses.
Taking lead away from the favored "Big 4" during the halfway mark, the Alley Kittens displayed every symptoms of a team with championship caliber.
So to Dot, Yoyo, Susie, Kiki and Aiko—well done, and the plaudits from the N. B. L.
At the conclusion of any event, we find the yearly selections of All-Star performers.
In this particular league, the Northwest Times have asked the cooperation of each member of every team to pick its All-Star opponents with special emphasis on ability, initiative, cooperation and that all important spirit of team harmony. The result finds the performers shown as follows have all the traits of being a bowlerette with those exceptional characteristics.
Shown in order by their votes, they are:
1st Team Girls' Summer League
Name Team Avg.
Jean Terao. Anna Kay's 147
Aki Fujino. Main Bowlerettes. 138
Joanne Furuta, Topplerettes 135
Tak Yokoyama. Crown Furn. 138
Kiki Yamamoto, Alley Kittens 131
2nd Team Girls' Summer League
Yo Kitayama. AnnaKay's 129
Pat Hidaka, C. Furniture 133
Rosemary Beppu, Anna Kay's 144
Rei Imavanagita. C. Furniture 135
Virginia Hirai, Anna Kay's 137
Honorable Mention: Miye Ishika-wa, Miya Fukuyama, Rosie Suzuki, Jean Numoto and Sue Lew.
Gathering the majority of the votes, Jean Terao, with the highest individual average and her smooth bowling style, easily placed on the first team. Following not too far behind in the number of votes was Aki Fujino, the dependable member of the Bowlerettes. Her spirit and her ability to retrieve points when needed were quite similar to those of Joanne Furuta. Both of them proved to be a valuable asset to their respective teams.
One of the most consistent spare pickers witnessed in this inaugural league was the ever capable anchor of the Crown Furniture aggregation—Tak Yokoyama. Her experience in the Girls' Eastern League showed her bowling ability to quite an advantage.
The spark and the spirit of the championship Alley Kittens, Kiki Yamamoto, was the last member placed on the first team.
Her bowling progress has shown the most marked improvement with the result that she should go a long way in the bowling leagues.
To the rest, the race was close enough to warrant any of the others a place on the All-Star Team.
However, there is always room for improvement. So with practice, concentration and above all—the love of the game—the next All-Star Selections could be a different story—
This is the final column for the Summer Season, so until we meet again at the start of a greater winter season of kegling, this is Shewo leavin you with-"Keep em rolling."
And be sure the lines on your fair countenance comes not from a frown but from a great big smile. For you see—to me, there is no duty we so underrate as the duty of just being happy!!