World Marathon Bowling
Record Set by Kenai Man,
Beats Bordinelli’s Time
Bowling 1,009 continuous games
a Kenai man’s attempt to break
the world marathon bowling re
cord was successful this past
weekend. For the second time in
bowling history the Kenai Penin
sula boasts the marathon cham
pion.
Bill Kummert, 35, accomplish
ed the feat in 71 hours and 15
minutes and dethroned Tony Bor
dinelli, also of Kenai, who held
the title since June of 1960. Bor
dinelli at that time was 45 years
old and weighed 14 pounds.
Bordinelli set the previous re
cord as an endurance bowler by
rolling 1,008 games in a total of
79 hours and 45 minutes in 1960
upsetting the world record held by
Steve Karpinski of Plainville,
Conn., who bowled 1,001 succes
sive games in 110 hours and 7
minutes.
Kummert, with his wife the
former Edie Randall, owns and
Operates the Last Frontier Bar
north of Kenai. Bill’s marathon
attempt challenging Bordinelli’s
record began at 8 a.m. Thursday
on Memorial Day, May 30, and
concluded at 7:12 a.m. Sunday,
June 2.
Bowlfng fans crowded the Tro
phy Room of the Kenai Bowl to
cheer on the contender as he con
tinued to roll game after game
without sleep or rest. Mrs. Kum
mert was present to lend encour
agement and in final games help
ed direct Bill’s play when exhaus
tion began to take its toll.
Total Scores
Kummert, though still limping
slightly, reportedly was feeling
“fit as a fiddle” Monday after his
grueling .performance. He aver
aged 14 games per hour and
walked approximately 80 miles
while he bowled the 1,000 games
in the 71 hours and 15 minute per
iod. He downed ,03,750 pins and
made a total of 012 strikes.
Bill’s average for the entire
marathon was 92.8 and it is esti
mated that he lifted a total of
some 100 tons in manipulating the
10 pound balls. His high game
was 240 and his low game was 7.
The 7 score was made with one
roll in the last game, Game No.
1,000, and the rest of the balls
went in the gutter. The high score
of 240 was made in the 345th
game.
Bill’s average after 500 games
and 24Va hours of bowling was ,
56,407 total pins and 699 strikes ,
for a 112 point average and a 20
game per hour average.
In comparison, Bordinelli in
I960 bowled 1,008 lines and down
ed 102,548 pins. In this total were
924 strikes and an uncounted
number of spares. Tony’s average
for the whole marathon was 101.7
plus pins. His high game was 183
duplicated in Game No. 248 and
Game 263. His low game score
Ninilchik Plans
Big Fair Events
The Ninilchik Fair Board As
sociation, at a May 29 meeting in
the Wayne Bishop home, decided
that the theme for the 1963 Ninil
chik Fair on Sept. 7-8 will be
“Opportunity Center.”
The theme is expected to be
taken into consideration by parti
cipants in booths and floats in
various classifications such as
fishing, agriculture, forestry, bus
iness, industry, recreation and
tourism.
A dance with live music is plan
ned on Saturday night, Sept. 7,
at which time the coronation of
the Fair queen will take place.
Selection of the queen will be
based on ticket sales and talent,
with the judging to ta-ke place at
3 p.m. prior to the dance.
OPENS NEW CAFE
COHOE — Helen Fleckenstein’s
new restaurant, the Tri-Corner
Cafe, opened for business on June
1. It is located on the Cohoe Road,
just off the Sterling Highway at
Mile 113. Helen has announced
that a formal opening will be held
on June 15.
was made with his left hand and
was his 880th jjame. Tony was es
timated to have howled about 40
per cent of the games with his
left hand.
Kummert’s left foot gave him
considerable trouble after about
200 games. He pulled a tendon in
his left ankle Friday night while
endeavoring to favor that foot
which was badly blistered on top,
bottom and Iwth sides. Later in
the game he pulled a tendon in
the ring finger on his right hand.
Alternating the use of nylon
and leather gloves, Kummert did
most of his bowling with his right
arm, starting and ending the
games with his right. He used his
left to bow] approximately one
fourth of the games.
Five-finger 10-puund balls were
used and three lanes were used,
lanes 8, 9 and 10. Kummert walk
ed from lane to lane rolling the
balls as fast as they came from
the shoots until the last four
games, all of Which were rolled
on lane 8. He palmed the ball and
threw it rather than rolling it in
the final games.
(Jets One Break
Kummert was allowed 15 min
utes rest per hour. He was also
granted one break from bowling
for five hours from 6 p.m. to 11
P.m. Saturday when he remain
ed in the bowling alley and walk
ed around in a daze while striving
to overcome the effect of medica
tion. Some pills he had been given
to help him stay awak reacted
against him and caused groggi
ness and loss of concentration. A
doctor was in attendance during a
portion of the marathon to make
periodic checkups.
Jack Kuemster served as Kum
mert’s manager and Bill Thomp
son supervised the contender's di
et, gave him massages and rub
downs and helped in Attending
to his blistered f**fc.. Rare steak,
lukewarm broth and bullion, fruit
juices and plenty, of water and *
salt were supplied but only One
cup of coffee.
Scorekeepers were Frank Doty,
Dusty Rhodes, Paul Costa, Har
old Thompson and Ken Thompson,
rhe marathon was sponsored by
:he Trophy Room.
Collections taken at the Trophy
Room will be given to Kummert
his Saturday night at a big cele
bration party to be given at the
,ast Frontier. Everyone is wel
•ome to attend and festivities will
ret underway at about 8 p.m.
*4
■$
FOOD!!
Get a Lunch and Cold Drink
also SUNDAY DINNERS
AT THE
TRI-CORNER CAFE
on the Sterling Highway at Cohoe Junction
OPEN NOW
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GRAND OPENING JUNE 15
Kasilof, Box 118
L. E. and H. S. Fleckenstein
New Schedules
For Methodist
Churches in Area
The new summer schedule for
all churches in the Kenai Metho
dist Parish has been announced
by the Rev. John J. Shaffer. In
formation concerning- a Vacation
Bible School at Kenai was also
announced by the pastor.
Early services were begun on
June 2 at the Ninilchik Methodist
Church of St. Peter the Fisher
man for the convenience of the
many fisherman in the area and
will continue at the early hour for
the duration of the summer. Wor
ship service will be at 7:45 a.m.
and will be followed by Church
School at 8:30 a.m.
At the Tustumena Methodist
Church of “Christ the Victor”
worship service will be at 1 p.m.
and there will be no Church
School.
At the Kenai Methodist Church,
the schedule remains unchanged.
Church School is at 9:30 a.m. and
Morning- Worship at 10:45 a.m.
Mrs. Jess Nicholas will be the
superintendent of the Vacation
Bible School at Kenai. It will be
held for two weeks, beginning
June 17 and continuing through
June 28, with hours being 9 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m.
HAVE GUESTS
KASILOF — Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Kissinger and son, David,
of Anchorage, were weekend
guests of the Rupe Cramer fam
ily.
Clean-up Proclamation
CITY OF KENAI
" HEREAS a community is greatly benefitted by the cooperative
efforts of all its citizens to present the best possible appearance,
and
WHEREAS concerted action by the entire City helps each to
set an example for his neighbor cooperating to make the com
munity a better place to live, and
WHEREAS a clean-up effort by the entire community in the
early summer will present the best possible appearance of the
City of Kenai to the man> visitors and tourists expected to see
this community,
NOW THEREFOR by the authority vested in me as Mavor of
the City of Kenai, I PROLCAIM:
1. I hat the week of June 9th to June 16th is designated
as Clean-up Week for the City of Kenai.
2. I hat each and every citizen of this community is
urged to pick up any and all refuse which may be
scattered about his or her own premises in order
that it may be collected on June 15, 1963.
3. That each Slid every citizen is urged to pick up re
fuse lying in public ways and places in order that
both the private property and public property of
Kenai will meet the same high standard of cleanli
ness for which we strive as a goal during Clean-up
Week.
Dated: 4 June 1963.
James G. Dye, Mayor
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