Kegler's Corner: Tumlinson of Tinman Heating tallies tall total

Randy Tumlinson, +154, 805

Wally Jaksha, +113, 764

Travis Adams, +107, 758

Karen Baumsteiger, +103, 703

Jim Bull, +95, 695

3,725 total pins

Action in the Monday night Industrial League highlighted competitive bowling last week at Hood River’s Orchard Lanes. The big gun was Randy Tumlinson who, along with teammate Travis Adams on the Tinman Heating quintet, put a huge 400-pin smack-down on the formidable Hood River Supply crew, waxing them in a 27–3 win. Randy logged scratch 220, 212, and 202 games in his stellar scratch 634 series which was a whopping 154 pins over his average. That was the top performance by a bowler in league action last week.

Travis caught some of that momentum too, notching fine scratch 220 and 202 games, plus a scratch 617 series that was 107 pins over his average. Pretty tough to top those two when they are that hot! In the same session, Randy’s Painting continued their league-leading dominance with a 24–6 whipping of Columbia Hills RV thanks to the big-bending slants of lefty Wally Jaksha that were on target all night long. Wally racked up scratch 224 and 204 games on his way to a scratch 626 series which was 113 pins over his average.

For the past several weeks, at least one team member from Randy’s Painting has bowled way over their average, carrying the team to big wins, and with only a couple of weeks left in Round 1, Randy’s Painting has a huge 34-point lead. It’s going to be very difficult to dislodge them from that vise grip that they have on first place. Randy, Wally and Travis bowled so well, they made the team of the week.

Joining them on the fab five are Karen Baumsteiger and Jim Bull. By the way, this is the first time all five of these bowlers made the team of the week this season. And, better yet, Karen is new to league action having recently moved to the area from California. Karen had a nice outing in the Wednesday afternoon senior Colts & Fillies League, where she finished up 103 pins over her average. Welcome to Hood River, Karen; how does it feel to bask in our bowling limelight? Jim Bull needs no introduction — he’s been a regular league bowler for as long as we can remember. He also had a good one in the Colts & Fillies where he popped a nice scratch 200 game and ended up 95 pins over his average for the session. Great bowling everybody!

League reports:

Industrial: Jeff Miller, 256 game & 655 series; Bob Reid, 248 game; Carl Casey, 247 game; Mac Profitt, 235 game.

Workshirkers: Nancy Asai, 212 game & 557 series; Nancy Sayler, 213 game; Bernie Keys, 200 game.

Tuesday Nite Mixed: Bryan Mason, 258 game & 641 series; Nancy Asai, 213, 208 games & 599 series; Sandy Holmes, 248 game; Alex Frazier, 245 game; Kristen Kawachi, 203 game.

Colts & Fillies: Lynn Spellman, 214 game & 591 series; Sue Spellman, 209 game & 532 series; Stuart Sneider, 209 game; Ken Kramer, 202 game; Jim Bull, 200 game.

Fraternal: Patrick Olson, 265 game & 700 series; Bernie Keys, 190 game & 532 series; Jeff Miller, 238 game; Casey Barker, 237 game; Jeremy Bloom, 236 game.

Lads & Lassies: George Buck, 209 game & 564 series; Jackie Fishtrom, 175 game & 473 series; Neil Johnson, 203 game.

County League: Rod Pratt, 176 game & 502 series; Joyce Wilson, 185 game & 439 series.