Verhovayak Lapja, 1949 (32. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1949 / Verhovay Journal
PAGE 10 Verhovay Journal June 15, 1949 Verhovay Bowlers Took Recreation Building By Storm... Hadn’t Adolf Hitler created and abused the phrase of “strength through joy,” we’d say this is a picture of it. Here we see a representative group of the men who invaded Recreation Building on Sunday, May 29th, for the major event of the 6th National Verhovay Tournament. The invasion was eminently successful. No casualties were suffered, though some, we suspect, were taken prisoners ... by the girls, of course. Engagement notices will bear some watching, we think, for it was really “Maytime” on that beautiful Sunday. “My Brother, Hail, And Farewell: National Secretary Coloman Revesz, occupying the center of this picture, in lieu of letting his hair down, raises his hand in a gesture of hail and farewell. The farewell was because shortly afterwards he and his companions left for the airport. Hence the description of his pose in a phrase of Catullus, the Roman poet of two thousand years ago. Broadly smiling to his left is Mr. Julius Fodor, publisher, of Detroit, in whose shop the Verhovav Journal is printed. The white haired gentleman next to Mr. Revesz is director Henry- Gross of Pittsburgh. In the foreground sits director Mike Korosy, teamcaptain of Alliance. What’s visible of the blonde wonder at his right, belongs to Miss Delores McDonough, who announced the winners of the Best Uniform Contest, and whose proximity probably had a great deal to do with the broad smile on Mike's face. In the background stand Vice-President Ari and director Phillips, while National Auditor Sabo is partly hidden by a bunch of roses. The sign over the door in the rear does not mean that women in Detroit are not supposed to smoke. It’s two signs, the upper one conveying geographical information, while the lower one denotes a general prohibition which was unanimously disobeyed. Anyhow, the picture is proof that everybody had a good time. Verhovay Watchtower (Continued from page 9) thought we couldn’t meet a better crowd of sports. Thanks, fellowá, you were excellent company. We saw Bartko and Blasko from Youngstown, and the Lorain Branch 17 team were their usual jovial selves. Win, lose or draw, they were determined to enjoy everything. Just had time to holler Hello to Steve Sutch of Fairport Harbor, 0. The Ferret was real busy, but we understand. We saw Mr. Michael Simo from Alliance, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nemes, of Youngstown, and our National Treasurer John Szalanczy who visited the alleys. Our National Auditor John Sabo insisted on having my picture taken, with a bowling ball in my hands, without realizing what a chance he had taken on the photographer’s equipment. After they take my picture, the camera usually is discarded. (Correction by the Editor: this was a specially resistant camera and we understand the photographer is still using it. And the picture came out alright, too, see ?) We noticed Vice-President Albert B. Ari holding a council of war with several bowlers, but we would like to suggest something: why not hold a meeting with the captains and their representatives and plenty of ideas will be forthcoming. Stevie (Senyak) Balogh won another trophy — this time it was for All Events, while her husband, Bela Balogh won the Individual championship in the Men’s Division. I am always happy to see the Beaver Falls, Pa., bowlers. Maybe one of these fine days they’ll give us a return match. How about it, fellows — next fall? We admired the uniforms of the East Chicago crowd, they were neat and well matched. Buffalo and South Bend, too, had nice uniforms. Since I had to bowl, my observations were limited to the 7th floor. We personally have no complaints against the alleys, but many bowlers thought the Tournament should have been held on one floor. Yep, guess we spoiled these people last year. Vice-President Julius Macker was another busy man — we had just a minute to say hello . . . Director Mike Korosy was bowling on the same floor with us. Our Legal Counsel Stephen Matassy of Youngstown, was there, too . . . And we did receive a Press badge . . . Thanks, Editor! SUNDAY’S EVENTS On Sunday morning we had breakfast with Sandy Hegedűs and his wife, and we saw Ed Torda and his wife having a snack at the coffee shop of our hotel. When the bills came, we thought they were golf scores. Louis Balogh came with his wife, the former Ann Biro, in a 1949 machine and according to the story we heard, they had a little accident. SomAody crashed into the side of their car, but fortunately nobody was hurt. Paul Bolesic came with a 1949 Plymouth and that, probably, was the reason of why he bowled so well. TOO MANY FLOORS The banquet hall at the Hungarian Reformed Church was inadequate. Too many floors, just like at, the bowling alleys, only more so. The banquet itself was alright, though the seating arrangements developed into a free for all. The Cleveland delegation was spread over, three floors and all sections. Director Richard Phillips arrived (late) with the famous 1949 Mercury and the flowers that were taken upstairs by National Secretary Coloman Revesz and National Auditor John Sabo. Director Joseph Turner of Youngstown, 0., was seated at our’iable and he had hopes of landing the 1950 Bowling Classic for his bailiwick. Geo Kontur and Jake Jacobs don’t like chicken, but they made up for it on stuffed cabbage . . . Frank Szappanos radio announcer sang several Hungarian Aumbers . . . Looking around the banquet hall, we saw Sigmund Kadar, Paul Fodor, E. Gall and Joseph Semetko. Geza Hegedűs and his wife were on the second floor, Gene Toth was there, and Bert Luscik claims he couldn’t find his tweed coat, — this coat really was the berries. CLEVELAND ROLL CALL Along the north wall we saw the Cleveland 366-ers seated, among them Charles and Theresa Moses, Florence and Joseph Marozsanyi, Tony and Ann Pinter, Ella Moses, Ann Bakos. Among the Branch 14-ers were Zoltán Szabó, Steve Sekely, Rose Kontur, Evelyn Stofcho, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Stofcho who lost their way back to Cleveland and almost landed in Indiana. Well, if I had been along, I would have corrected the mistake in time, maybe. We saw Mary Ann Bodnar, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bodnar, Susanne Gal, Irene Nagy, Irene Bertalan, Julia^ Fodor, and many others . . . MISSED INTRODUCTION Doctor Andrew Kovács acted as Master of Ceremonies and he did a good job. Thanks for the introduction, Doc’, but it was so hot, I was uncomfortable and. stepped outside for a few minutes. Joseph M. Toth, District Manager of Branch 14- just can’t sit still. He was running around all the time looking after our Cleveland bowlers, seeing to it (Continued on page 11)
