Verhovayak Lapja, 1949 (32. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1949 / Verhovay Journal
June 15, 1949 Verhovay Journal PAGE 9 “NOW LOOK HERE, DOC...” Obviously, Pop Diliinger, Secretary of the Pittsburgh Ten Pin Association, Tournament Secretary, means business. Doctor Andrew Kovács of Cleveland, 0., member of the National Executive Tournament Committee, who hás heard many a lecture during his professional career, apparently makes the best of hearing another one on the all-important topic of bowling. National Auditor John Sabo is standing by in the attitude of a referee, a role that he had plenty of opportunity to play on this tournament. We don’t know if Doc’ got convinced, but “Pop” certainly had his say . . . FIRST: LOCAL NEWS At last the Verhovay Sports Club decided on a meeting night, which will be the third Tuesday of each month. One hundred dollars for expenses was voted to the members who participated in the bowling classics. It amounted to about three dollars a piece, but every little bit helps. Several members were dropped from the, roll, some because of nonattendance, others because of the non-payment of dues. SPORTS CLUB PARTY ■ The card party sponsored by the Sports Club was well attended. Gene Toth, Bela Balogh and Zoliié Szabó had everything going in high gear. A beautiful cake, donated by the Ladies Social Club of Branch 14, and baked by Mrs. Ladanyi, was auctioned off by President Mrs. Kadar, assisted by Mrs. Joseph Marozsanyi. They did a fine job. Frank Oravis won the cake and his daughter Virginia took charge of it. The kitchen was ably handled by Mrs. Helen Gravis, Mrs. Joseph Bodnar, Mrs. Zoltán Szabó, Mrs. Ann Pinter, Mrs. Stephen Szabó and many others. Joseph Semetko and Oscar Federau handled — and I mean handled — the refreshments. Frank Szappanos and his wife came in for a look . . . Ladies’ Branch 361, also 366 and 14 were well represented. It was a real get-together. John Jacobs had a lucky day — he took two prizes . . . Joseph Oralick was unaware of anybody, he was walking on clouds . . . Isn’t love grand1 We saw Sigmund Kadar, Coloman Kolozsvary, Steve Vache,-Joseph M. Toth, Mr. E. Gall, Mr. Górta and his wife, Tony Pinter, Joseph Marozsanyi, Ann Bakos, Terry Moses, and many others playing cards ... Our good friend, Judge Petrash claims he reads and enjoys our comments. Thanks. Judge ... — L. VÁROSI ROLLS 300 Louis Városi, son of Mrs. E. Gall, Manager of Ladies’ Branch 361, rolled a 300 game at the Cleveland City Tournament on May 7th, 1949. This was the first time it happened in the history of the city tournament. He will receive a buckle with the event engraved on it. He also received a bowling ball from the backers of the team he rolls with. We asked Lou how he felt on the twelfth strike and he said that the most natural thing in the world was the feeling that he was going to make it. The 300 game was the third game of the set, the • others were 234 and 224, totalling 758. Lou and Bela Balogh can now start a “Verhovay 300” Club. Bela had one earlier in the season, in league competition. OBSERVATIONS AT THE VERHOVAY TOURNAMENT Arrived in Detroit on Saturday, May 28th, at 4 p.m. A gracious young lady of the Detroit Committee, Miss Marie Gallovich, greeted and supplied us w'ith information. Thus attended to, we registered and I am glad to say there was no trouble at all. My room at Hotel Fort Shelby was good. After refreshing ourselves we met our dear editor Henry Rettmann and Mr. Johrt Sabo, our National Auditor, both pictures of health which accounts for their graciousness and fellowship. The Sky-Room on the 21st floor* was a popular place where delicious sandwiches and aromatic coffee was served. If anybody didn’t receive his share, it wasn’t the Committee’s fault, because whenever the sandwich stand was empty, the waiters immediately brought more, and so Stevie Balogh Receives All Event Trophy “This is an old story to you,” said Henry F. Rettmann, editor, coadministrator of the 6th Verhovay Tournament, to Mrs. Balogh, the former Stevie Senyak, of Branch 14, Cleveland, O., presenting to her the Women’s All Events Trophy which she earned by rolling a total score of 1574. Stevie, the outstanding bowler of Cleveland, has a veritable collection of trophies and an even greater collection of friends who sincerely admire her sportmanship. Vice-President Macker is seen assisting editor Henry Rettmann in the presentation of the minor events trophies, six in all, in both the Men’s and Women’s Division. (He did manage to hand Mr. Rettmann the right one in each case.) Doctor Kovács, Master of Ceremonies is sending his nicest smiles at the other winners standing behind Stevie. Eddie Vitéz, the orchestra leader on the stage, has a very nice movie smile, but he doesn’t show it here. The two heads turned backward to the camera belong to Mr. Szalanczy National Treasurer, and Mr. Siler whose name is well known in financial circles. His ad in the Tournament Album introduces him as a friend of Verhovay’s sportsmen. Some Boys Are Grandfathers.., Though youth predominates at Verhovay’s tournaments, some of the “boys” are bowlers inherited from an earlier generation. Witness John Éltető, Verhovay No. 1 team of Alliance, O., getting set for a careful delivery. Sitting on the bench, behind the two bowlers, we note Verhovay’s youngest director, Mike Korosy, captain of the team, who brought a special bus-load of bowlers from Aliance, together with his uncle, Michael Simo, Field Supervisor. Note the clock on the upper left of the picture: it shows 1:33 p.m. We are now running the men’s team event. with the coffee. Orchids to the committee for the homelike atmosphere. Arriving at the bowling alley on the 7th floor we heard stories of how tough the alleys were. We were determined to tackle the games, anyhow, in spite of the ‘encouragement’ we received,' and some of the fellows did allright. Oscar Federau claims he was bowling on a cloud, because height affects him that way. Boy, oh boy, what an excuse! Frank Oravis insists he would have done better if he had had a pail of water and a sponge nearby. Bert Stofcho missed the hammering of the nails and Bert Luscik maintains he would have done better if he would have had his golf club strapped on his back. Geo Kontur did allright, and, for myself, I missed the hollering of T-I-C-KE-T-S. We met Joseph Taylor of Buffalo, N. Y. who came down as a visitor to this shindig, also to watch the Buffalo team. I met my good friend Charlie Young, forn\er contributor to the Journal, bowling with his team mates from the Bison City. Visitors who came to watch the Buckeye Window Cleaners were Joseph Kish and Louis Toth, both of Cleveland. In the Five-Man event our worthy opponents were the Steve and Irene team of South Bend, Ind., and we (Continued on page 10) Verhovay Watchtqwer By JOS. J. HORVATH — Cleveland, O.
