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Mary M. Pavlic, Sec'y.
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"ZAJfcDNlĆAK"
Alvina Zupan, Sec'y.
John J. Fabina, Sec'y.
Zlatko Zupan, Sec'y.
Frank Braidic
Jfeva Rurich, Scribe
Made by
Stephen Bozurich, #1** \n\n Cementon Overpowers Gloversville To
Retain New York State Softball Crown
Cementon, N. Y. The
Cementon Lodge 243 softball
team, champs of the Catskill
Village League three years
running, successfully defend
ed its Croatian Fraternal
Union championship of the
Empire State.
This they did by defeating
the Croatian Bombers of
o v e s v i e S u n a y a e
noon, September 12th, in the
deciding tilt of a three game
series before approximately
300 persons. The C. F. U.
championship game was a
feature attraction of a Field
Day held under the auspices
of the Cementon Sportsmen's
Association at Trnka's Pin:io
Grove.
The two teams engaged in
a doubleheader as the visit
ing Bombers won the first
game of the twin bill 8-7. Ce
menton came back strong in
the nightcappcr, 5-0, as Cc
menton's Big Steve Nickolich
hurled a one hitter.
The contests followed a
ham dinner which association
officials described as a tre
mendous success.
After a close first game
which saw the Gloversville
opponents netting 11 hits to
our ten and the verdict go­
Lodge 305 Not
Mad At Anybody
Gloversville, N. V. The
Lodge 305 "Croatians" soft
ball team concluded its season
at Cementon, breaking even
in the doubleheader which re
sults coupled with that of a
game played in Gloversville
decided the C.F.U. New York
State softball championship
in favor of Cementon. We as
members of Lodge 305 wish
to extend our congratulations
to the Lodge 243 Cementon
boys.
Finishing in front 8-7 of
snber 12th doubie
made it necessary to
the third and finali^ame
the same day in Cementon.
We were somewhat handi
capped by the lack of another
pitcher.
At this time we wish to ex
tend our thanks and appreci
ation for the wonderful din
ner of Virginia ham and- all
the trimmings which were
served in no small measure.
We think, too. that our tam
burica orchestra left an im
pression with the Cementon
folks, particularly the non
Slavs.
It was a wonderful trip for
Gloversville, meeting some of
the old timers who look for
ward to these fast becoming
annual jaunts between our
two CFU communities. Be
cause of this we hope that
there will be more of this
handshaking next year.
Charles Stefic, Scribe
Alcros Finding
Pin Life Rugged
Aliquippa, Pa. The Deu
ces moved into first place in
the Alcros Bowling League by
dumping the Quads twice but
not without the latter posting
a new one game high of 671
in the game which they won.
The Treys took the first
two from the Aces in what
proved to be a closely fought
match 1624-1622.
ing to them for the first time
in four games over two years,
the second half of the double
header was a runaway for
the local hosts. Their win
came to the tune of eight hits,
one a homerun by Len Ncpsie.
The only Gloversville hit in
the second game was a two
bagger by Gottung in the sec
ond inning. The 5-0 victory
brings Cementon another
handsome trophy from the
o a ti a n Fraternal Union
Headquarters in Pittsburgh,
Tony Kordich, Scribe
Tulips Trouble
Versailles Gals
Speaking of seasonal highs
at the two week water mark,
we note that the Lilacs' 1555
three game high may portend
tall shooting from this entry.
Cleveland Men
In Shaky Start
Cleveland, Ohio John
"Dibby" Braidic, veteran Pio
neer bowling ace, registered
the first 600 series in the Cle
veland CFU Men's Bowling
League as last Sunday after
noon, September 19, he blast
ed 619 on games of 253, 180
and 189. Braidic's 253 game
is also high for the year in
this loop and his latest
splurge boosted his season av
erage up to 199.
Other big scores on the
local C.F.U. bowling front
were Nick Kvaternik's 210
585, Steve Kasunic's 191-541,
Larry Koren's 195-532, Tom
Klisuric's 180-530, Steve Sim
cic's 203-537, and Frank
"Duck" Bilicic's 188-528.
I The only sad note in the
i local men's bowling front is
the lack of enthusiasm among
i the Cleveland bowlers and
John Danjanic's 154-430
and Steve Turkovich's 153
429 become the best male
scores of his comparatively
young season. Over in the
women's field Ann Komar
with 156 and Alice Povelitis
came through to peg new
feminine highs.
Other highs of the Septem
ber 18th session got around
to John Yatson with 400,
Matt Thomas, 399, Jo Pre
vish, 136-336. and Ann Yat
son with a 336 triple. Not too
high, eh? But the Alcros will
settle at this stage for 150 in
top singles and in the four
century mark as men's three
game scores go.
Josephine J. Prevish, Sec y.
Lodges after a welcomed at
tendance at the opening lea
gue meeting over a month
ago.
We do realize that with all
i the excitement at the mo
ment in Cleveland, such as
the Cleveland Indians winning
i the American League pennant
and the World Scries at our
disposal along with much in
terest diverted to the Cleve
land Browns, one does not
care a hoot for bowling. Not
for the time being, anyway.
Then. too. the present beau
tiful weather conditions local
ly does not help this matter,
whatsoever. So, our Cleveland
league will struggle for the
remainder of the bowling sea
son with four' well balanced
teams with hopes that this is
Dux Association
Rewards Members
Pittsburgh, Pa. The
Western Pennsylvania area
to which thp Croatian Frater
nal Union members make a
fair contribution in many
fields of endeavor is one of
the major realms of rubber
band duckpin bowling.
A sincere organized move
ment be it in the labor ranks,
the fraternal field and even
among sports participants
merits more than a passing
consideration. Personally we
believe in all three. Over the
more recent years, we have
supplementing the one that observed that quite a numbei
Lodge 243 won last year.
Highlights of this sports
and social encounter was the
prize ham dinner, and the
high caliber of umpiring by
Zinkow, Pavlak and Stefic.
The shoe string catch by Ro
pan, the Gloversville left
fielder, of a line drive by Kor
dich has them still talking.
The post game fun was a
betted by the Croatian Tam
buritza Orchestra who made
the trip with the Gloversville
team. Play by play accounts
during the games by Sal Cor
ado and the fine coverage by
the Catskill "Daily Mail" was
most appreciated.
of league and tournament
bowling scores made within
C. F. U. sanctioned bowling
events would have come with
in the circle of the year's
recognized high marks.
Because of a lack of mem
bership, the sanction or dues
of which is nominal, several
C.F.U. duckpin scores have
failed to get wider attention.
The American Rubberband
Duckpin Bowling Congress,
organized August 16, 1945, is
an organization of bowlers
primarily, interested in the
game of rubber-banding
duckpin bowling, and purely
from a bowler's standpoint.
Their principal aim is to im
prove the game from all an
gles and to standardize all
the equipment. It is a non
profit organization and is af
filiated with the National
Duck Pin Bowling Congress
at Washington, D. C.
Versailles, Pa. The sec
ond session of the Lodge 146
Ladies League held Septem
ber 19th left the Tulips in sole
possession of first place andjARBDC are: membership in
this with a 5-1 record.
The Lilacs are a game be
hind with a 4-2 showing, fol
lowed in turn by the Irises
with 3 wins against that ma
I ny losses. The second division,
I the Roses, Violets and Or
chids, are all tied at 4-2.
Frances Stegner at 160-383
and Fiances Pavlecic with a
401 triple took the sessional
honors. Tiny Bacon rolled
367 and Dorothy Kijowski a
154. Helen Buzek's 162 as
part of a 358 series still holds
out as the best solo game for
this young season.
Among the benefits derived
from being a member of the
a national organization na
tional recognition of any high
scores bowled by your mem
bers and teams permission
to enter any sanctioned tour
nament including the annual
ARBDC National Champion
ships and those held by the
National Duck Pin Congress:
membership card to NDBC
and ARBDC copy of the
"Duckpin World" monthly to
each officer of the league
copy of the "Yearbook" to
each officer for league use
copy of Rules and Regula
tions for each bowler recog
nition at end of season for
High Average. High Singles
and High Three Games to
each league "Arm Patch"
for Triple-Game-the-same-A
ward Gold Medals to women
bowling 250 and over for ^ne
game and for 600 series Sil
ver Medals to women for
scores, 235 to 249, Bronxe
Medals for scores 215 to 234
depending upon the bowler's
average Gold Medals to men
bowling 290 and over for one
game and for 700 series ".Sil
ver Medals to men for scores
260 and 289, Bronze Medals
for scores 235 to 259, depend
ing upon the bowler's aver
age 10-k Gold Medal and a
handsome Plaque for each
300 score all sanctioned
bowlers are considered for
national ranking and last but
not least among the advan
tages that of enjoying good
fellowship.
Through the continued ef
forts of the sanctioned bowl
ers, along with other units of
the bowling games, the 20rć
tax per game on bowling was
e i n i e y e i i n a e o
how long depends upon all the
bowlers. What does this mean
to all bowlers? To the bowlers
it means savings of an impo
sition of 5 cents, 6 cents and
7 cents per game. Think what
that would mean to your
bowling activity?
League sanction is $2.50
per team, regardless of the
number of bowlers on a team.
Application or additional in
formation may be had by con
tacting the American Rubber
band Duckpin Bowling Con
gress, Executive Secretary's
Office, COurt 1-2093, 1312
Locust Street, Pittsburgh, 19,
Pa.
Frank Braidic, Director
Sports-Educational Dept.
the start for bigger things
next year.
George Celizic, Sec'y.
From The Department Of Sports And Education
By Frank Braidic, Director
Pittsburgh, Pa. Sports
articles command, each week,
a fair share of the Zajedni
čar. Furthermore they arc
often supplemented with pic
tures. In addition to all this
they get the back page of the
official organ which is not
the least conspicuous by any
means.
Realizing that a bowling
league secretary does the yeo
men's share much as does his
counterpart the lodge secre
tary in his field, we sought
in the pdst two year^ to ease
his work by cutting down
what we at the Department
expect in covering the lea
gue's activities for the Zajed
ničar.
We have always contended
that the individual member
like the individual bowler gets
more attention in the Society
than he will in any other or
ganization or in any other
publication. Which leads us
to say that members them
selves are given the opportu
nity to write articles or give
.vent to their opinion provid
ing of course that it is not
derogatory to the organiza
tion or to another member.
It is regrettable that
enough do not take advantage
of this nor that of publicizing
their sports activities. It is
important to send material
immediately. The Zajedničar
in which sports articles at
their best are but one twelfth
of the space is above par as
fraternal publication go. De
tails should not be lost in the
brevity of a report that you
send in about bowling, soft
ball, etc.
In this day and age with so
many people following sports
o u n e w s a e s a i o
and television, We have rea­
Chulicks Love
Missouri Waltz
St. Lotos, Mo. The top
seated Chulicks smashed out
an impressive three game win
over the Lusicic Monumentals
and increased their lead over
three teams tied for second
place.
The runner-up spot now be
ing claimed in triplicate by
Team No. 2. the Ahal Con
tractors and the Lodge 167
damsels. This leaves only one
team unaccounted for, the
Weiss Market lassies who
came out second best in their
match with the Ahals.
The September 17th session
won favor with Kate Grbac
who came thru with a 180-512
card and Frances Grbcich,
181-462. Not exactly dissat
isfied were Marie Juras, 497:
Bess Tatlock, 450 Helen Per
hat, 418 and M. Pilas, 413.
Lodgemen Ruling
Johnstown Roost
Johnstown, Pa. In the
second week of play the St.
Rochus Lodgemen took undis
puted possession of first
place in the Lodge 5 Men's
Bowling League. This by
shutting out the Baretincic
Morticians as they amassed
a new three game high of
2097 sticks.
The charm Of the name,
St. Rochus, stood up well as
the Churchmen took the nod,
2-1, over the Clark Powell
Restauranters.
Charles Gojmerac of the
Churchmen took the weekly
high honors in the one game
field with a 181 score, while
Mike Duray of the Powell
Restaurant aggregation took
the three game honors with
a 498 series. Both categories,
though, are still led by Phi
lip Grasa who sports 226 and
510 fired at the opening ses
sion.
Other high scores of the
most recent meet held Sep
tember. 16th credit John Grc
desky with 494: Charles Goj
merac, 456: Mark Gojmerac,
446 James Grasa, 177-441
and Phil Grasa. 433.
son to believe that our own
reporting should be raised to
higher level. We suggest that
activities in your sector be
transmitted to us with as
much completeness as is pos
sible. If anything is to be cut
because of space allotted us
it will be done by the Depart
ment. We on the other hand
cannot "blow up" an article
that befits the Zajedničar and
even a league reporter from
mere scores.
It is not exactly the pre
scribed function of this De
partment to write sports ar
ticles of purely local nature.
If we are compelled we have
reason to expect that more
than a box score be sent in
about a softball game. More
than a league standing for a
bowling activity.
In sports jargon it is im
portant to mention that if
the Scorpions beat the Beet
les, Jones' homerun gets men
tion. If the Tigers lord it over
the Lions, the good bowling
of John Smith or Betty Ko
vach should be mentioned.
And in true CFU style, those
who place second, third and
even sixth should be men
tioned, and the part their
scorcs played helping their
respective teams.
All of the above is written
expressly for the purpose of
more complete sports returns.
Also with an admonition that
you do not stop perusing the
official organ with the article
that concerns you or your
hometown. Dip into its pages
for a more thorough know
ledge of your Society. Even
a try, by those who claim they
cannot read it, into the Cro
atian Section might not be as
difficult as they profess it to
be to understand.
Elders Praise
Cleveland Kids
Cleveland! Ohio.— The
Nest 62 bowlers and the Nest
55 Deuces each racked up
i three wins September 19th,
I the Nest 62 team doing it at
the expense of the Nest 55
I Treys as their clean sweep
moved them into first place.
The Deuces bested the Aces
i as they posted 628-1822 new
I team highs.
i Pete Stanich gave an ex
ceptional account of himself
stretching a one game high
of 189 into 507 the best triple
yet among the boys. Arlcne
Skorich with 365 and Judy
i
Bilicic with 137 took the ses
sional honors among the girls.
Other highs went to the
i following, Theodore Nekic,
436 Roger Kostika, 156-436
Nick Stanic, 379: Charlene
Strahinic, 349 Joann Strahi
nic, 341 and Francine Lon
gar, 335. All of which we
think is good bowling emanat
ing from the Cleveland Jun
iors League.
Anna Rescic, Mgr.
Lodge 50 Heads
St. Louis Pack
St. Louis, Mo. The Kla
ric Contractors dropped all
three games to the Ivancich
Brncich Enterprises much as
the Moydells dropped the set
to the Chulicks, closing the
gap to seventeen pins in the
night cap encounter.
The league leading Lodge
50 pinsteVs ran as consistent
a string as 778-775-778 to
take two games from the Ban
Tilers. The four week old sea
son as the result of the Home
Radio T-V and the E-Z Body
fracas sports 893-2524 by the
former and 869-2475 by the
latter as the top and runner*
up team scores.
George Jovanovic led the
field of individual highs with
219-587. Others getting into
the charmed circle were J.
Kombol, 210-556 E. Ivanko
vich, 546 Z. Zupan, 543 P.
Chulick, 527 F. Jovanovic,
522 J. Baran, 210 and W.
Brncich, 210.
Nation's Best
Duxers Honored
Pittsburgh, Pa. The
American Rubberband Duck
pin Bowling Congress has
just released its listing of the
ranking men and women top
rubber band duckpin bowlers
of the 1953-54 season.
The top man is Anthony
Birsa of Pittsburgh with an
average of 183.87 for 256
games. In position No. 8 a
mong the leading ten male
keglers is Paul Prevish who
shows an average of 173.31
over 250 games. Paul Pre
vish is a member of Lodge
720 Alcros of Aliquippa, Pa.
Needless to say that we are
glad to have a CFU meihber
place that high.
There may be others in the
list of names which is 30 deep
both among the men and the
women duxers. The female
C.F.U. members being some
what more difficult to deci
pher when she marries. How
ever, we would gladly make
the apology here if it is call
ed to our attention that we
have failed giving the same
credit to one of our fair sex
bowlers. The same goes for a
CFU male among the rank
ing 30 names let out recently
by the ARBPA-
Detroit Men Up
With 14 Squads
Detroit, Mich. The CFU
Detroit Men's Bowling Lea
gue got off to a fast start
September 19th as fourteen
teams converged upon the
Palmer Recreation Alleys.
The league as you had rea
son to recall at the last tour
nament numbers among its
members some lads who are
known to deliver. A few who
started off on the right foot
were Carl Nothdurfth, 233
618 Bill Grgurich, 224-617
Dan Rockovich, Sr., 233-611
Walter Magiera, ?O/,-f09 An
dy Golac, 224-595 and Henry
Colombo, 216-591.
Among the teams the Onyx
Casino Junors top the list
with a 3009 pinfall. Zora
Treys were next with 2578
being in turn followed in this
order, Onyx Topplers, 2479:
Onyx Casino Studs, 2679
and the Zora-Drewrys' Beer
entry with 2663. "Shemo"
Treys Howl In
Detroit League
Detroit, Mich. The last
place Treys belied their posi
tion in the Detroit Ladies
League by the tussle they
gave the first place Sparks
at the September 19th gather
ing. The Treys lost 2-1 but
not without a struggle, eight
pins being the margin in the
final game.
The Thirsty Five climbed
within a game of the runner
up Five Stars by edging them
2-1, it taking a new team high
of 731 to salvage at least that
game for the upper strata
Five Stars. Incidentally this
match produced 2074 and
2043, the winners and losers
in that order setting up new
team highs.
The margin of victory see
sawed even between the Onyx
keglerettes, the Deuces tak
ing the middle game by a
mere two pins. As' might be
expected in such a fury, the
scores of the individuals were
not to be scoffed at. Jean
Devich, 180-481 and Mitzie
Derifay, 181-470 leading the
parade. Further on we had
Lillian Bunjevac, 462 Helen
Kovasich, 430 Dorothy Heci
movich, 427 and Diane Dar
cy with 422.
Saturday is the most dan
gerous day of the week in
traffic.
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Turtle Creek, Pa.
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Society's Bowling Leagues Requested
To Report Activities Via Zajedničar
Pittsburgh, Pa. To the
majority of bowlers who will
take to this sport, the &FU
bowling policy, unchanged as
it is, becomes an accepted
fact. We therefore review it
here in the Zajedničar more
as an incentive to any newly
come Lodge League which
may be contemplating joining
the widely spread keglirig
fraternity.
Any Lodge or Nest group
composed of as few as four
(4) teams of five (5) or more
members organized for the
purpose of conducting Tenpin,
Duckpin or Five Pin activities
in the United States or Can
ada and bowling a set sched
ule of at least twenty (20)
weeks will be recognized by
the Croatian Fraternal Union
as a league.
Those leagues which com
ply with the rulings set forth
by the C.F.U. Sports-Educa
tional Department, and for
the most part enunciated here
in the Zajedničar, will 'upon
proper application be eligible
for championship trophies
and awards made available by
the Croatian Fraternal Union.
Application or official
sanc '^n shall be made on a
prescribed form and within
sixty days after the league
has started functioning for
the 1954-55 season*. Accom
panying the sanction applica
tion which includes a com
plete list of each bowler of
said league will be a copy of
its constitution and by-laws.
Since this promotional ven
ture has a definite purpose of
furthering the Society, no
league not comprised, entire
ly, of members from C.F.U.
Lodges and Nests will rate
this sanction. A league failing
to qualify in this respect and
failing to report its sessional
results regularly will become
ineligible for trophies and
awards, and in the case of
Nest leagues and bowlers for
financial aid also.
e o a i a n a e n a
Union will reimburse each
Junior who rolls in a C.F.U.
sanctioned league or an inde
pendent but sanctioned team
to the extent of five cents
($.05) per game. The Director
of this Department will auth
orize this reimbursement
twice each season and only
upon proper certification and
when application has been
made by the League Secre
tary and the Nest Manager.
e o a i a n a e n a
Union will furnish the league
champions a team trophy and
the individuals on said team
with trophies or suitable
awards. A limit of eight (8)
such individual trophies or a
wards to the league champ
ions has been set. Leagues
which wish to forego a team
trophy for runner-up trophies
or awards will be limited to
i v e 5 e a i n i v i u a
champion and runner-up tro
phies.
Engraving, no small item
in the cost of trophies, will
be limited to (a) the name of
the Croatian Fraternal Uni
on (b) the name of the lea
gue and (c) the name of the
Lodge, the Nest or the nu
merical designation as the
case may be.
A n y a i i o n a o i e s
than here stated or additional
engraving other than men
tioned above will be borne by
the league desiring same.
An embroidered official C.
F. U. chevron furnished each
bowler at no expense, shall be
worn conspicuously by each
bowler-member of a C. F. U.
sanctioned league. These che
vrons going into Canada are
subject to Canadian customs
office regulations.
e o a i a n a e n a
Union cannot obligate itself
to compensate any of the
bowling league officials, mer
itorious as their work may be.
The league shall each week
send the Sports-Educational
Department the results of its
sessional activity. This with
an accompanying article for
September 29, 1954.
publication in the Zajedničar
as space permits. Failure to
report the sessional bowling
results even twice a month
and continued laxity after be
ing reminded by this Depart
ment and this fact reported
to the Athletic Advisory
Council, could be the basis for
a penalty of withholding the
league's right to C.F.U. fur
nished trophies and awards.
Frank Braidic, Director
Sports-Educational Dept.
Society Offers
Choice Of Plays
Pittsburgh, Pa. This is
to advise lodge officers and
educational and entertain
ment committees that the So
ciety has available at its^
Home Offices a number of
short dramatic skits, plays in
either the Croatian or, th®
English languages.
Among the dozen or more
in either language is the Cro
atian playlet "Prodani Djed".
Its portrayal at the 60th an
niversary of Lodge 1 last
March in Pittsburgh made
quite an impression.
For this play and any oth
ers we can supply a mimeo
graphed copy to each member
of your cast, thus saving you
hours of transcribing. All this
for the mere asking to help
you round out a lodge
pro
gram presentation.
You have but to write to
the Croatian Fraternal Union,
c-o Sports-Educational De
partment, 3441 Forbes Street,
Pittsburgh, 13, Pa.
Stalemates Hit
Canton Circuit
Canton, Ohio The lead
ership in the Lodge 514 Lea
gue went unsettled at the
September 18th session as the
Jacob-Waltners and the
divided the spoils evenly.
The Cockrills, Betty, 162,
and Harold, 183, helped the
Aces take the first game and
stay fairly close to the and
W's to take them 2135
to
2131 over three games.
Nick Cozocar, 189-532, was
perhaps the only luminary as
the and A squad fell before
the Mack Tavernites where
R. Feolich, 186-559, and J.
Comsia, 190-526, whipped up
a formidable array of figures
good enough for the male
sessional highs.
The last place No. 5 team
were able to grab only the
first game in their match
with the Lodge 514 represen
tatives. Admittedly the last
game eluding them by thir
teen pins. Doing the cannon
ading for the losers was M.
Drozda, 164-463, while Mike
Zuzich, 172-480, did the hon
ors for the Lodgenten.
We have not said too much
about the fair sex scores but
some as Harriet Bozu rich,
142-363 Flo Comsia, 359
Millie Jacksich, 142-359 and
Dot Brown's 337 played an in
tegral part in their team's to
taL figures.
Montreal Lodge
Launches League
Montreal, Que. Plans are
being made by the member
ship of CFU Lodge 739 to or
ganize a bowling league in
this area. All affiliates, young
and old alike, are urged to
take up the kegling sport and
sign up now.
At our previous mohthly
meeting about ten recruits
were found with which to be
gin the proposed group and
we hope to have many more
in the ensuing weeks.
How about making up your
mind, right now, to be a par
ticipant in this favorit" win
ter time sport, and bring a
long your friends.
For any information per
taining to the above, please
call Alma Milonja, telephone
HE-0534. Marijan Eolich