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Munn Tops Voelpel in 100-Game Match

LEADS BY 795 PINS WHEN MATCH CONCLUDES AFTER 91ST GAME - HITS 278

Going into the last block of fifty games on his opponent's home lanes at Heineman's in Hempstead, L.I., last Sunday with a narrow margin of 83 pins which he gained in the final three games of the first block of fifty at the Hollywood Recreation at Hillside the week before, Bill "Whitey" Munn of Elizabeth, Marathon Bowling Champion of the country, successfully defended his title by swamping Freddie Voelpel so that the match was abandoned after the 91st game, at which time the Jersey star had amassed a 795-pin lead. The match was for a $2,000 purse, winner take all.

Munn, as is his custom, started low, hitting a poor 164 in the first game, but at that topped Voelpel's mark by a pin. Voelpel hit 214 the second game to Bill's 190 and cut down his opponent's lead to 43 sticks in the third contest when he hit 182 while "Willyum" was floundering around at 165. But after that came the revolution. Munn started a click and by the 6th contest of the -

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