Verhovayak Lapja, 1941. július-december (24. évfolyam, 27-52. szám)

1941-10-09 / 41. szám

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Verhovayak Lapja

October 9, 1941

SPORT PAGE ♦

TO THE SPECIAL ATTENTION OF ALL VERHOVAY SPORTSMEN

At their semiannual meeting of September 15— 20, the Directors of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association voted to sponsor a vast sports program.

A NATIONAL VERHOVAY BOWLING CONGRESS is being organized and set to motion by the American Directors. Albert B. Ari, Frank Brogley and Dr. Joseph H. Prince.

The play-offs will be held in March, 1942, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, home of our Association, where the bowling champions of the 1941—42 season will be determined.

The Verhovay sphere will be divided into three parts, Director Ari, 300 William St., Trenton, N. J., handling the East; Director Frank Brogley, 32 Manchester Ave., Youngstown, Ohio, the Middle East; Director Joseph H. Prince, 515 N. Broadway, Dayton, Ohio, the Middle West.

Bowling officers are requested, from their respective territories, to contact the Directors IMMEDIATELY. State whether you are organizing a bowling team, have a team, or whether your team is a member of a Verhovay bowling league.

NOTICE: The players of these teams MUST BE INSURED MEMBERS FROM THE TIME THEY JOIN TEAMS. No social members can participate. A team will be judged ineligible and a game forfeited if any player is found not to be an insured member.

Details of the NATIONAL VERHOVAY BOWLING CONGRESS will appear in a near issue.

WATCH FOR THEM!

BRANCH 430

Homestead Sports Roundup

To all my Verhovay sport seekers: I am a little late getting in my sports, but here it is in a nutshell. The Homestead Verhovay team, under the capable management of Rudy Balogh, went through the season losing four games and winning sixteen. The Verhovay team won the Homestead District Softball League Championship.

The McLeans won the second half by edging out the Subway Rangers one to nothing, therefore qualifying the McLeans to play the Verhovays in a three game series at the Second Avenue Playground. In the first game of the three game series the Verhovays edged out the McLeans four to nothing. Louis Balogh, noted as one of the runner-up pitchers of the district, pitched himself a four hit game. The game was interesting from the beginning to the end, and went for seven scoreless innings; then the Verhovays went on a rampage—scoring all four runs in the eighth inning. The crowd went wild. This made the standing of the three game series very much in the Verhovay’s favor.

The second game was scheduled to go on September the fourth at six-thirty. The most thrilling incident that occurred was the fact that both teams had their lineups in and ready to go when a sudden downpour of rain came from, seemingly, nowhere. This unexpected downpour automatically cancelled the game until September the sixth. This second game was very slow. In the first inning nothing happened; also in the second. In the third inning the Verhovays tallied one run. Until the sixth inning the Verhovays exploded and scored six runs and the game was won. The McLeans scored their runs in wellscattered innings, not to harm the Verhovay lead. Patty Logan pitched a four hit ball to win a seven to tour victory. Logan had the McLeans eating out of his hands; his curves and drops worked like those of a big league pitcher. Benny Tobz was the star of the game tor the losers.

Verhovay Lineup

HR

E

AB

John Pavlick, If

01

0

5

Francis Mullen, sf

10

0

5

Lawrence Rager, 1st1

0

0

4

Joseph Kasolinas, ss1

1

0

4

Rudy Balogh, cf

21

0

4

Charles Schwab, e

11

0

4

F. Schwab, 2nd

11

0

4

W. Murdzak, rf

11

0

4

C. Kasolinas, 3rdo,

0

0

4

P, Logan, p

21

0

4

Total

107

0

42

McLean Lineup

HR

E

AB

lobz, sf

01

0

4

Alex, If

I1

0

4

Pinzlick, 2nd

l

10

4

Tom, 1st

1

00

4

Swede, ss

10

0

4

Andy, p

00

0

4

Esper, rf

00

0

3

Evanaga, p

00

0

3

Kanney, rf

10

0

3

Plickta, 3rd

01

0

3• .

Total

54

0

36

I wish to thank Rudy Balogh and all the players for bringing Branch 430 back on the sports parade; Bill Kohut, our branch secretary, for helping to finance the team through the summer season; our local sport editor putting Verhovay write-ups in the paper; Regis Ragan, the umpire of the Homestead District Softball League; thanks also to the Verhovay paper for the cooperation in helping us to keep in touch with other happenings in the different branches.

1 would like all the sport editors of the other Verhovay branches to send one of their most important writeups of the summer season. Come on all you Verhovay fans—keep the Sport Page filled!

Fraternally,

FRANCIS MULLEN, Sports Scribe. --------------O-------------STARTLING STATISTICS

“The Thrift Magazine, ip a recent issue, contains some figures of statistics that are really interesting,’' remarked a citizen. “He stated that the figures gathered by this magazine over a long period of years revealed that 57 per cent of American citizens haven’t as much as $2,000 in money or property when they reach the age of 65 years. In other words, more than half of the entire population is dependent on somebody else for a living, or on charity, when it reaches 65.

“That is a startling revelation and one worth proper consideration,” continued this citizen. “It should be a forceful and convincing sermon to boys who are starting out to earn their way in the world, or to the man in business who has still some years to go before reaching 65. In a land of good wages and banks paying liberal interest there isn’t much occasion for such a deplorable condition. Yet it exists and probably will exist until more people wake up to the fact that the most valuable habit anyone can acquire in their younger years is saving against the day when they won’t be able to earn.”—Winston-Salem, N. C., Sentinel.

RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE VERHOVAY TRI-STATE BOWLING LEAGUE

1. This Organization shall be known as the VERHOVAY TRI-STATE BOWLING LEAGUE, composed of five man teams, and sanctioned by the American Bowling Congress, except as otherwise provided herein.

2. The Officers shall be designated as President, Treasurer, and Secretary, who shall hold office for one year.

3. The Board of Directors shall consist of all the officers and team captains.

4. The Board of Directors shall, at the annual meeting, determine the number of teams which shall comprise the personnel of the ensuing League, and shall reserve the right to accept or reject any application. They shall also determine the amount of entry fee.

5. The League shall begin Sunday, October 19, 1941.

6. Games will start at 2:30 P. M., with one practice ball on each alley without pins.

7. Teams must roll as scheduled and begin their first game with such members as are present at the starting time: absentees, however, may enter gamej upon arrival providing absentee enters game not later than the third frame.

8. Wiiere a blind is necessary, 125 pins shall be computed as such.

9. Each bowler shall pay 15 cents, which goes into the prize money, or 5 cents per game.

10. To be entitled to an average prize, a bowler must play at least 2/3 of games scheduled, and he must bowl the last six games that his team bowls; absence from the last six games may be condoned when shown to a due to “AN ACT OF GOD.”

11. All teams must appear in uniform shirts.

12. In the event of a tie for first position, all teams in a said tie shall bowl a series of three games, total pins to decide the final standings. The Executive Committee shall set the date for the roll-off and designate the alleys on which it shall take place. Conditions to decide other ties shall also be left in the hands of the Executive Committee.

13. All protests shall be filed in writing with the Secretary, within five days.

14. Observe the foul line.

15. No member of a team who has failed to participate in at least one third of the total number of games shall be eligible to roll in any championship.

16. Appropriate trophies shall be selected by the Board of Directors and awarded to the champion team, such other trophies shall be awarded as Board of Directors sees fit.

17. The distribution of prizes shall be ONLY bona fide members of a team of this League.

18. Prize awards to be distributed as follows;

a. The team winning the greatest number of

games.

b. High team average.

c. High team three game series.

d. High team single game.

e. First five highest individual average.

f. First three, highest individual three game

series.

g. First three, highest individual single game.

h. In the last four team standings, high game to the team, of the last 12 games scheduled.

19. Any active member shall be eligible for ONLY one of these awards; also shall be said for the team prize.

20. No team shall be permitted to roll with more than two blinds, in any regularly scheduled games. If any team cannot field more than three men, and has not previously arranged for postponement, it shall forfeit the match to its opponent.

21. A penalty of 25 cents per absent bowler for eaeh tmplayed game.

22. Postponement of games is a matter entirely between the members of the two teams involved, and