Jon Jay LaBerge Heading into the final week of league competition Dallas retained Mhe lead in the Wyoming Valley Track League “B” Division as they boosted their overall record to 6 and 3 by defeating Central Catholic by a a S Photo by Pat Cancro taineers’ track. : Bob Wallace had another triple-win day and Gary Arcuri equalled his own low hurdle record with a time of 21.4 seconds to lead the Mountain- eers. Wallace’s wins came in the pole vault, high hurdles, and high jump. Charlie Griffen won the long knocking over the bar. and triple jumps and anchored the winning mile relay for Dallas. His jump of 41 feet, 9% inches in the triple jump fell only 1% inches short of his own school record. Wayne Evans added wins in the 100 and 220 to a share of the winning 880 relay to aid the Mountaineers’ winning effort. Roger Howell in the Javelin, Wallace in the high hurdles and high jump, and Arcuri in the low hurdles stretched their win streaks to eight with wins against Central. Kotch came up with two of Central’s four firsts by winning the mile and half mile events. Central’s only other wins came in the two-mile relay and the. two mile. Central took relay in 8:54; Evans (d), ran the 100 in 10.9; high hurdles victory went to Wallace of Dallas (D), 17.0; Kotch (C) ran the mile in 4:54.6; Dallas team of Evans, Cybulski, Summa, Wasserott ran the half-mile relay in 1:40.4, and Kasper ran the 440 in 55.9 for Dallas. Winner of the low hurdles was G. Arcuri (D) 21.4; 880-Kotch (C) in 2:14.5; 220- Evans (D), 24.5: two mile run-Kaminski (C), 11.33.1; and winning team of the mile relay in 3:48.4 was M. Kasper, Hiller, G. Arcuri, Griffen of Dallas. Wallace (D) won the pole vault at 9-0; shot put event went to Calkins (D), 44-2; triple jump Griffen (D), 41-9%; discus- Goeringer (D), 113-7; high jump-Wallace (D), 5-8; javelin- Howell (D), 164-0; long jump- Griffen (D), 17-10% point. First row, Wayne Evans, Doug Connors. The Dallas Senior High School track team came from behind to set two new records in the last two events of the Jordan Relays at Scranton Memorial Stadium Friday niggt to win the Class B Championship trophy. The Mountaineers edged Dunmore by a score of 27-26 to make it two championships in two years of participation in the relays. Both championships were won by a single point. Friday night's victory was especially rewarding since the local team trailed by a score of 25-21 with only the mile relay remaining. The combination of Wayne Evans, Mike Kasper, Gary Arcuri, and Charlie The Dallas Woman's Club bowling teams held their banquet recently at the Irem Temple Country Club. Awards were presented to the cham- pionship team, Iris, whose membenfywere Adele Peterson, Doris M#2turi, Estalle Shuleski, and Marie Carkhuff. Trophies were also awarded to Kate Sharpe, high average; Dot Kauffman, high series; Estelle Shuleski, high game; Marie Carkhuff, most improved bowler. Kate Sharpe also received an award for an all- spare game. Officers for the 1972-73 bowling season were elected as follows: president, Marie Planning an event? Send publicity in early. vice president, Jordon, treasurer, Estelle Shuleski; sergeant-at-arms, Jeanne Richards. Guests at the banquet were Helen Parker, Marie Yozviak Kate Sharpe, Dot Kauffman, Dot Wielman, Grace Richard- son, Jeanne Richards, Irene Katyl, Doris Maturi, Adele Peterson, Ann Bush, Grace Goeringer, Marie Carkhuff, Estelle ' Shuleski, Connie Brongo, Olga Kostrobola, Bobby Otto, Dot Huston, Fran Cowett, Ann Jordon, Donna Kaye. Absent from the banquet was Dinner arrangements were in charge of Marie Carkhuff. Table decorations were in charge of Adele Peterson and Doris Maturi. Griffen was not to be denied as they came through with a superior performance to nip G.A R. for the six points for first place while Dunmore was finishing in fifth place for one point. The Dallas team set a new record time of 3:34.6. The team of Griffen, G. Ar- curi, Wallace, and M. Arcuri also set a new record in the 400 yard low hurdles at 48.4. Another record set by the Dallas team was in the three- quarter mile medley. M. Kasper, Summa, G. Arcuri, and Griffen ran it in 2:34.5. The team of C. Kasper, Was- serott, Larson, and Eckman ran the two-mile relay in 9:01.6 to take third place and the team of Evans, Cybulski, Hiller, and Wallace ran the 880 relay in 1:41.4 for a fourth place. Wallace, Cybulski, Evans, and Summa took second place in the 440 sprint in 47.0 seconds. Other team scores were: Lackawanna Trail 15; G.A.R. 15 14; Tunkhannock 13; Car- bondale 1. After having gone undefeated in the “B” Division of the Wyoming Valley Track Con- ference, the Dallas team is now preparing to defend its title in the District IT Meet. The Dallas cindermen have been District IT champions for the past five severe competition from G.A.R., Dunmore, Lake- Lehman, Hanover, Riverside, and Carbondale. Phofo by Pai Cancro » with Meyers. Three 500 mile race winners have been added to the July 2 Schaefer 500 at Pocono entry list, bringing the total 500 winners entered to four. The entries, naming Al Unser, Mario Andretti and Joe Leonard to three new cars powered by 158 cubic inch, turbo-charged Offenhauser engines, were submitted by Vel’'s Parnelli Jones Racing Team of Torrance, Calif. Mario Andretti of Nazareth, a three-time United States Auto Club National Champion and winner of the 1969 Indianapolis “500’’, who is also a member of the board of directors at Pocono and Al Unser of Albuquerque, N.M., the 1970 National Champion and 1970 and 1971 Indy winner, will be driving under the Viceroy colors while their teammate, Joe Leonard of San Jose, Calif., the 1971 California ‘500°’ winner, U.S.A.C. National Champion- ship and Inaugural ‘Triple Crown’’ Champion, will be carrying the Samsonite colors on an indentical type car. Under the watchful eye of master mechanic George Bignotti, the three cars will be handled by individual chief mechanics. Bignotti’s record includes five Indianapolis Wollensak Appoints Harveys Lake Man The board of directors of Wol- lensak Inc., Rochester, N.Y. has appointed Robert A. Fritz treasurer and corporate con- troller effective April 30. Mr. Fritz, a graduate of Ford- ham University and former vice president of Valley Paperback Manufacturers Inc., Dallas, resides at Harveys Lake with his wife Patricia and their seven sons. Wollensak Inc. is a leading manufacturer of optics and optical systems with manufac- turing facilities in Rochester, N.Y., Huntington, W. Va., and Pomona, Calif. It Pays to Advertise victories, one California ‘500’ win, a total of 59 National Championship race wins, six National Championships and the 1971 “Triple Crown.” It is estimated that these ac- complishments represent a total of more than $3.5 million in purses. In/ the 1971 Schaefer 500 at Pocono, Leonard, who was forced to make an unscheduled pit stop to disengage a refueling hose was beat out of first place by a mere 1.6 seconds by Mark Donohue of Media. Andretti chased Donohue, Leonard and A.J. Foyt to the finish line in the ’71 Schaefer 500 taking fourth while Unser was forced out due to a broken oil pump after 32 laps. He was running second at the time he was forced out. The ‘‘Super Team,” a nickname the three 500 winners and National Champions have been tagged with, join Als brother Bobby, the 1968 Indy winner and National Champion on the 1972 Schaefer entry list. Tickets for the Schaefer 500 at Pocono and all Raceway events are available by writing the Raceway, P.O. Box 500, Mount Pocono, Pa. 18344 and Ticketron outlets. Frank Mears, Clarks Sum- mit, who was selected as 5-Mile Point Speedway’s most im- proved driver last season, notched his first feature win ever Saturday evening at the Kirkwood oval, as he wheeled his modified-sportsman to vic- tory in the 30-lapper. Mears won the first heat and earned the pole position in the feature event. A stellar field of 25 modified-sportsmen repre- senting three states kept the capacity crowd on its feet with tight racing from the green to the checkered. The Clarks Summit speedster led all the way with Don Beagell, Bing- hamton, and Carl Nagel, Steven Band Booster Day Was Great Success Members of the Lake- Lehman Band Sponsors Associ- ation report that ‘‘Band Booster Day” was an overwhelming success. Robert A. James, chairman of the ways and means commit- tee, stated, “We wish to thank the many band parents and band students who combined their efforts in this great day.” Point, riding a close second and third respectively. Roger Beagell, Binghamton; Lee Hendrickson, Lawrence- ville, N.J.: George Ely, Jordon, N.Y.: Walt Emery, Ringoes, N.J.: Al Cole, Binghamton; Gordie Isham, Binghamton; and Joe Donahue, Kirkwood, rounded out the top 10. Larry Catlin, South Waverly, N.Y., Don Beagell and Stub Lenox- ville, joined Mears in winning ms prelims. Pete Kozak, Johnson City, N.Y., captured his second straight 20-lap late model feature event victory besting Mike Colsten, Binghamton, in a wheel-to-wheel-battle which covered the entire route. Stu Noble, Binghamton, who started 18th finished third. Dave Wolf, Binghamton, was fourth and Marv Goodwin, Johnson City, fifth. Colsten, Wolf, Don Raif, Binghamton and Len Dickson, Endicott, N.Y., won 1m prelims. This Saturday evening an- other twinbill program is on tap with the modified-sportsman chasing a pot of gold in the 100- lap open competition feature event, and the late models running a 20-lap main. Prelims will be run in both classes. Race time is 6:30 p.m., with gates opening at 5 p.m. Parnelli Jones racing team. Two weeks of bowling finds Wilkes-Barre Truck on top in the George Shupp League as they evened their matches at 4- 4. Close behind them are Harris Associates and Stanton’s TV with the Ranch Wagon and Bill’s Cafe next in line. Trying hard to catch them are the Woodland Inn Five. High scores for the two weeks were H. Bennett 200-220 (606), G. Harris 207 (573), D. Zim- merman 212 (575), B: Brutzman 200-222 (583), B. Williams 216- 202, D. Zimmerman 202-235 (594), C. Glasser 210-207 (595). Posting 200 games were: G. Brobst, A. Wendel, D. Eddy, F. Kardell, B. Pratt, H. Bennett, A. Wendel, J. Merc, A. Fox, B. Prutzman, F. Boston, C. Molley, J. Kubick, J. Lerch, T. Hazinski, D. Alexander, S. Fielding, and F. Adams. Brothers Four girls won the second half in the Ladies Country League to give them the league title since they also took . ¢ t half honors. This is the first time in the history of the league that a team has taken both halves. Joe's Pizza tried to overtake them but fell short by four games tying for second with Fashion Vending. Daring’s Market and G.. H. Harris tied for third and in the match to decide house tournament en- tries the teams brok the ties with the season ending as follows: Brothers Four, Joe's Pizza, Fashion Vending, G.H. Harris, Daring’s Market, and David Ertley. High series put up for the two nights were R. Gula’s 204-221 (562), A. Matte’s 195 (505); L. Cyphers 172 (505); 198 (472); S. Reigel’s 177 (466); T. Denmon’s 170 (473); M. Eisenhower’s 176 (484); A. Hospodar’s 176-173 (494). High singles were H. Bonomo 183, K. Kalafsky 208, M. Swingle’s 173, B. Roan and K. Kalafsky 173. Qualifying for the Crown Lanes Tournament were Brothers Four, G. H. Harris, and Daring’s Market. In- dividual entrants are A. Hospodar, H. Bonomo, and M. Eisenhower. The past two weeks put the Cougars out in front by five games in the Valley Paperback League with the Mavericks in second. For the men, J. Lerch’s 204:200.(591) was high for both weeks. Other high scores in- cluded C. Gordon 200-203 (580. J. Yenalevitch 210-212 (573), C. Nafus 209, B. Bicking 202, Jim R. 219, Charles A. 238, G. Groff 202, G. Shonk 216, and B. Bicking 203. For the women it was B. Bonning’s 190 (501), 207 (504); M. A. Whitesell 189 (490), 200 (493); F. Rittenhouse 170 (471), M. Ritts 180 (469), 171 (462); Lori E. 171, Joanne L. 176, and P. Gordon 183. The Lutherans set another Open Air Concert On Football Field The Dallas Senior High School Student Council is sponsoring an open air concert featuring “The Bouys’ and ‘North American Bear” May 27 from 2 to 5 p.m. The concert will be held in the senior high school football field. Admission is $2 in advance and $2.50 at the gate. Tickets will be available at The Book and Card Mart in Wilkes-Barre, and at the Dallas Senior High School. Raindate for the concert is June 3. Firm to Represent Telephone Company Commonwealth Telephone Co., the nation’s ninth largest pany, has announced the ap- pointment of Siekman & Stone Advertising: Inc., West Pittston, as its advertising agency. Headquartered in Dallas, Commonwealth has ex- perienced record growth during the past five years. In 1971, the company established, for the fourth consecutive year, a new record for telephones gained. Today, Commonwealth provides telephone service to 18 Pennsylvania counties. According to John B. Hib- bard, president of the company, “In addition to product promotion, the Siekman & Stone agency has been given the responsibility of conveying to the public Commonwealth’s continuing growth and service advances.” precedent in the Back Mountain Church League by copping first place honors in the league fer both halves. They also qualified as one of the entries in the house tournament scheduled for the next few weeks. In division playoffs, they lost to the men on the Trucksville C team. Last records we received showed D. Zimmerman with a whopping 219-205 (615), D. Duncan 230, C. Molley 224, Wally H. 208, and B. Law 202. In the Industrial League, the playoff between Jack Winters Tire Service and Kunkle Motors brought the Winters team out as champs when they 3001 in total pins. i Payne Printery five were crowned champs in the Back Mountain Neighborhood League by virture of their victory over Henry's Jewelry. Konefal’s came out with 4 points from Valley Paperback who gave them up by forfeit. Brothers: Four picked up 3 points from Dallas Finance while Disque’s dropped 3 points to Roth Novelty. C. Kazokas 241 (508) was high for the night followed by E.K.’s and B. Pratt’s 228 (584) and 208- 207 (584) respectively. R. Bonomo Jr. rolled 223 (578) and G. Boston made 208-211 (568). Good scores were put up by E. Mickey 212, Gurnari 202, and S. Bonomo 202. With one week of league play remaining, Boyd R. White girls clinched second half honors in the Bowlerette League last week when they split 2-2 with Trucksville Pharmacy to stretch their lead to 4% games ahead of Duke Isaacs maids. Tom Reese quintet are third and the pharmacy crew on the bottom. L. Cyphers and S. Riegel kept ‘hammering the strike zone to come up with 209-191 (556) and 195-171-176 (542) respectively. M. Hislop did her share by rolling a 477 series and R. Nygren filled in with a 176. The prioer week has K. Kalafasky high with 187 (467) followed by R. Nygren’s 189 (463). L. Cyphers had 173 and T. Langdon counted out 178. Dallas Sunoco still leads in the Crown Major League with Hasay Motors on’ their heels: The week of May 5, D. Purvin connected for 224-201 (620) and R. Gula bombed a 215-201 (604). G. Doescher hit the pins for 225 (596) and R. Bonomo Jr. pounded them for 220 (579). Good individual scores were E. Willis 214, D. Eddy 206, F. Stevens 204, K. Youngblood and H. Rost 201, and G. Shonk 200. Last week G. Doesher took the week’s high with 202-206 (602). H. Bennett came close with 224 (599) and R. Bonomo hit 220 (592). C Molley found the pocket for 203-202 (588) and B. Bicking came through with 200-205 (586). In St. Pauls Lutheran Brotherhood League, the Eagles continue their lead with one week remaining in the second half. Close on their heels are the Tigers. Records for the past two weeks show the Eagles 8-0, Tigers 4-4, Mustangs 0-8, Hawks 3-5, Falcons 5-0, and Owls 4-4. R. Mociun bombarded the woods for 205 (597) and L.. Smith rolled 200-212 (579). H. Strawdinger sparked his Hawk team with 203-211 (573) and A. Whiting led the Eagles with 215 (601). J. Stelma’s 230 gave him support. G. Shonk threw 225 and P. Culp managed 207. Dallas Dairy, leading the way for most of the second half in the Imperialette League, came up with a hearbreaker when they dropped two games to Lom- hardo Bakery while Apex took four from Don’s Citgo to end the second half in a tie between the Dairy girls and Apex. The second half championship will be decided this week in a roll-off between the two teams. High games during the past three matches were T. Denmon 175-190 (534), M. Ritts 180-183 (521), 176, (490), J. Bicking 205 (512), B. Bonning 192-176 (504), 177-172 (496), F. Stelma 175 (486), J. Bolinski 187 (485), M. Morris 192 (470), 180; 186; J. Agner 177 (476), F. Rittenhouse 173, G. Wagner, 189, J. Garrahan 171, M. Shepherd 178, D. Belles 189, and F. Rit- tenhouse 182. In the Weekend Junior High Bowlers League, the young bowlers continue to improve and high games have been reported by C. Riegel 160-143, L. Mariani 151-141 (411), D. Roberts 160(420), K. Bonawitz 159-142 (427), D. Roberts 149- 169(445), J. Kalinoski 162-143 (433), C. Riegel 144-144 (421), P. Casterline 150, K. Moore 160.
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