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Quite confident that he's going to emerge vicoriouse in their fourty-game grudge duel which winds up this week-end at Centre Recreation, Whitey Munn announced today he will gladly give Marty Cassio a return match "any time he wants it."
Munn holds a 144-pin lead over his arch rival after the first twenty games rolled last week-end, considerably less than his 236-pin advantage at the end of the first block. The third ten-game set will be rolled Saturday night and the final block Sunday night, each starting at 9 o'clock.
"Cassio won't be so cocky after Sunday night," Munn predicted, " but I'll give him a chance to get even if he wants it. Win or lose, I'll be ready to meet him on absolutely neutral allys anywhere in the State - and he can make it easy for himself."
Whitey said a victory Sunday night would give him extream satisfaction, particularly since Cassio had predicted last week that he would take Munn as easily as he defeated Junie McMahon, Ray Nolan and Frank Serpico. The Rahway kegler found Whitey far from a pushover. His hook ball working beautifully, Munn averaged 228.4 Saturday and 216.2 the following night.
Cassio came back nicely Sunday, averaging 225.4 and picking up ninety two pins. He had averaged 204.8 Saturday and seemed to be in a bad slump.
"It'll be a different story now." Marty said after reducing his deficit Sunday. "I'll admit I was worried when he had me by 236 pins, but I'm sure I'll be able to pick up 144 sticks in the next twenty-games."
More than 500 spectators witnessed the hectic matches last week-end and larger crowds are expected for the wind -up.
