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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1978)
PAGE 10 OCTOBER 6, 1978 SPO RTS Rolls a 300 D ick Souers D oes It Looks like Dick Souers got his Thanksgiving “turkeys” early this year. On the night of September 27, Dick Souers put it all together and just rolled a perfect 300 game at the Pelton Lanes bowl ing alley, something seldom seen in this part of the country. When Souers was asked how he felt about the game, he jokingly said, “Did you see me on my knees all the way through the gam e?” Later, he said that he thought it would never happen and did not give it much thought. He just sat at the score table visiting with an opponent. can’t get it together in bowling to get a 300 game. The first 300 game was done by Vernon Tanewasha during the Erv Allen memorial bowling tournament earlier this year. This was the first sanctioned 300 game in the Pelton Lanes which earned Vernon a nice sapphire ring and other prizes. Vernon said, “I really tried for my 300 gam e.” He said he chopped the one pin into the tenth but some how all the pins fell. “In the eleventh frame I hit the pins square in the middle expecting a split,” he said, “but some pin It wasn’t until the 10th frame that it appeared there was pres sure building as he approached on his delivery. But the pins had no chance as he planted the ball In the high-team three games Zane Jackson’s had a total of 2733 for the night. Next went to Madras Auto Supply for their 2685. and third was Alfred Smith Jr. Logging with a 2623. For the high three individual games went to John Wright with a 685, next was Dick Souers with 665 and third was Alfred Smith Jr. with 598. right where all bowlers dream Dick Saueiri Utile Guys Football When the call was made this year for football players by coach Harold “Campy” Smith, about 30 to 35 ambitious gridsters reported on the grid-iron just behind the Community Center about a week ago. Some of them look like they might weigh 50 pounds soaking wet. After a week’s work the boys are starting to shape up a little and are looking forward to their first game which is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, October 7 here at Warm Springs. The local Gladiators will tangle with a team from Lapwai, Idaho, and the game is . scheduled to get underway at 1 p.m., Smith said. Campy is in the process of scheduling games with Lummi, Neah Bay and Yakima, all from the state of Washington. It was said that it is quite certain that the boys will be traveling to Neah Bay on October 22, for a return game. Last year Neah Bay came here to Warm Springs and pro vided some tough competition for the local gridders. The little guys football is for boys from the ages of 6 to 14 years old, however the 14 year old boys must weight 130 pounds or less. Lummi, Neah Bay,, Yakima and Warm Springs will follow the procedure as set down by the coaches on the 130 pound rule. With this rule it will pretty well even out each team. Lapwai, on the other hand, is an independent and does not use this rule as they are a strictly Jr. high team. So with this we can use all of our 14 year olds, Campy said. Sometimes with the weight and age limits it’s very hard to schedule games for the kids. It was said that all positions are still wide open so it will depend on the boys who are devoted and attend each practice session without any horse-play. “We, have several good potentials this year,” the coach said. He added, “We do miss some of the boys we lost from last year’s squad who moved into the Jr. high ranks over in Madras. Most of them are start ers because of this program. Well, that’s what the program is set up for and that’s to familiar ize the boys with the game of football,” Campy said. Here the kids learn the basics of blocking, tackling and running with the ball. “Right now we are working on double teaming on offense,” the coach said. At the beginning, the boys on their first turn out really don’t know much about the game, but as time passes there is a great deal of improvement in all the kids. Determination and practice is the key to learning the game. The team is expecting at least four games and hopefully six this year. Campy, the head coach, enjoys working with the boys and assisting him this year are Ellison David, Francis Ka lama and Everett Miller. All coaches who are working with the kids this year have had their day on the grid-iron h r the past. of, and th at’s right in the pocket. With two more strikes to go, he calmly steps up, measures his stride, and with a graceful ap proach he was on-target once again. When he made his final ap proach there was complete silence in the entire bowling alley. He picked up his ball, got into position, made his approach, and delivers. At that point every one felt he had done one of the impossibles in the bowling alley — and that’s the 300 game. All that could be heard was the clattering of the pins and then the roar from everyone who was in the Pelton Lanes. It appeared that the yells and applauds could be heard as far away as the mid-west. It wasn’t until the seventh frame that fans began to take notice of the coolness Dick was showing. From that point on, as he stepped up all the bowlers hesitated to watch what might be in store. This could prove to be one of the greatest nights for Dick during his bowling career. Souers said that if he thought this was going to happen after the seventh or eighth frame, and if he had started concentrating, he may have boo-boo-ed the whole thing. Souers finished the night with a 665 series, picking up games of 185 and 180 to round out a successful evening. His pre vious high game was a 279 and his best series a 735. When asked if he would like to comment on what he just accomplished, Souers, with pride and a sparkle in his eyes, refused to say anything. Connie Allen, proprietor of the Pelton Lanes commented that there have been only three sanctioned 300 games in Central Oregon and all three happened at' the Pelton Lanes, and also that all three have been accomplish ed by bowlers of Indian descent. Muskopf said that he has been bowling for some time now and has never had a 300 game yet. He said he came close a time or two but never has done it. He also said that he has played golf for a short time and has had a hole-in-one, but he said he just that all the 300 games have come in her establishment. As of press time, here are the results of the league: in first, so far, is Madras Auto Supply sport ing a 13-3 record. Next is Farm Bureau and Warm Springs Athletic Association each having a 10-6 record. Next comes Zane Jackson Logging Co., Confeder ated Tribes, Alfred Smith Jr. Logging Co., and Alice’s Restau rant all having a 9-7 record; Macy’s and V.F.W. Post No. 4217 each have a 7-9 record. Kah-Nee- ta and Porter House have a 6-10 record and Tony’s following the pack with a 1-11 record. Vern Tanewasha In the high team game it was Zane Jackson’s with 971, next Madras Auto Supply with 960 and third was Alfred Smith Logging with 902. For the high individual game went to Dick Souers with his 300 game, next was John Wright with a 253 and third was Alfred Smith with a 233 game. In this 12 team league there are 72 bowlers that could partici pate in any league, and there are also eight subs touting pretty good averages. action done the job. During my final approach I was a little off target, but it seemed to carry just enough to get the strike and the 300 gam e,” he added. John Wright got his 300 game a little after Vernon did and this was during the Wednesday night mixed doubles. Wright who has had an average of 180 to 199 all season long got his act together to gel his perfect game. At the present time he is bowling for the Zane Jackson Logging team dur ing the Wednesday night Warm Springs league.. On the same night that Souers got his 300 game, Wright had what looked like the second 300 game on the same night. This went up until the ninth frame when he missed. While Wright was having a string of strikes, Connie Allen remarked, “Oh no! They can’t do this to me two times in one night.” She is proud of the fact John Wright SPORTS QUIZ (Answers on Page 11) (1) Who is the current football his team in interceptions. Was it coach for the" Atlanta Falcons, Is Billy Johnson, Mike Reinfeildt or it Marion Campbell, Leeman Ken Burrough? (5) L.A. Ram QB, P at Hayden in Bennett or Lou Saban? (2) George Allen was the head ’77 how many games did he play Coach of what team in 1977? in, was it 12, 14, or 13? (3) Don Cockroft of the Cleve (6) Fran Tarkenton made 258 land Browns leads his team in pass attem pts in ’77. How many did he complete, was it 155,163 or what department? (4) For the Houston .Oilers he led 144?
