Rivals Pay Dearly / Munn Claims Marathon Bowling Title.

Detroit News Jaunuary 15, 1943

Rivals Pay Dearly
Munn Claims Marathon Bowling Title

By John Walter

Detroiters will be interested to know an Elizabeth, N.J., bowler, William (Whitey) Munn, is setting himself up as the undefeated claimant of the "world's marathon bowling championship," and is making his marathon bowling pay.
Recently Munn, 43-year-old New Jersey tenement inspector, defeated Fred Voelpel, of Long Island; Frank Serpico, of Philadelphia, and Ray Schultz, of Buffalo, in marathon matches. his opponents failed in the late games with numbed hands and bleeding fingers as Munn continued to top the 200 mark.

Against Serpico, Munn averaged 231 for the 50 games at Philadelphia. Serpico, incidentally, was Munn's teammate on Joe Falcaro's ill-fated National Bowlers Journal five that lost its world's match game five-man title to Joe Norris'Stroh team here last winter.

Detroiters also saw Munn, former structural iron worker, in action at the Petersen Classic at the Palace Recreation last month. Munn finished in fifth place. After that Munn bowled half a dozen money matches and averaged 216 for the distance as he cleaned up. Four of his matches were with Alex Graham of Dover, O., creamery proprietor.

WINNING ANOTHER
At present Munn is on his way to a victory over Joe Krupa, 35-year-old Clevelander, in a 100-game match for $2,000. The past week-end saw Munn out bowl Krupa by 679 pins in the first 50 games at Cleveland. The second 50 games will be rolled at Elizabeth, N.J., this week-end.

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Munn To Bowl Cleveland Ace

MUNN TO BOWL CLEVELAND ACE
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Marathon duel With Krupa Starts Here Sunday.
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Gelhausen to Oppose Kollmar Tonight
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Bill "Whitey" Munn, big Elizabeth bowler who is the undefeated claimant of the "world's marathon title," takes on the strongest opposition he has ever faced in defense Joe Krupa of Cleveland at the Centre Academy Sunday. The first fifty games of their 100-game match will be rolled here and the remainder in Cleveland June 19th.
The 35-year-old Krupa is a "Johny-come-lately" to the Nation's top-flight bowlers, but he has been very much in the limelight for the last three seasons. He has rolled twenty-two 300 games, won the Chicago all Star Sweepstakes last winter, the 1943 Middle States all-events crown and twice has beaten Joe Bodis and Walter Ward, Two of the best, in the individual matches.
At top of game.
Munn , who has crushed three notched opponents in those wearing 100-game matches, is at the top of his game. He is currently leading the Centre Recreation Classic with an average of 205 for sixty games.

Fred Voelpel of Long Island, Fank Serpico of Philadelphia and ray Schultz of Buffalo have been unable to stay with Munn over the marathon route, fading in the late games with numbed hands and bleeding fingers as Munnn continued to pile up double centuries.
One of the greatest in modern bowling history was accomplished by Munn in his fifty-game strip against Serpico in Philadelphia. Bowling on his opponent's alleys, Munn deluged his foe by averaging 231 for the fifty games.
Sunday's match will start at 3 P.M. At the end of the twenty-fifth game there will be an intermission of approximately two and one-half hours, with the second twenty-five-game block slated to start at 9 o'clock.

The Cleveland News / Endurance Kegler

Whitey Munn of Elizabeth, N.J., who claims the national endurance bowling title, concludes his 100-game marathon match against Joe Krupa Sunday at Linsz Recreation. At the end of the first 50 games, Munn is leading by 679 pins.

Twenty-five games will be bowled Sunday afternoon starting at 3 and the final 25 at 8:30, The contestants are rolling for the national endurance crown, and a purse of $1,000.