Although it is early in the season, and the Floral Park Knights of Columbus keglers are aware that they have a log road ahead to scale the heights of stardom, they have already started to make this a banner scoring year. With 16 out of 40 pin spillers reaching the hot shot level, they give promise of another banner year in the lumber-laboring department.

Chet Strzepek returned to his wood-walloping self, as he strung games of 222, 239 and 223 to post a beauty of a 684 set--good enough to grab the brass ring in the hotshot merry-go-round while Eddy Hackimer was tossing a 235 loner on the way to a 615 total. Paul Simonetti's 225 single gave him a 587 triple, edging Tommy Moore who used 231 and 204 games to fashion a nifty 584 trio, while Bob Mashburn's 205 one-timer led to a fine 574 series. Joe Oswald had a solid 547 a whisker up on a Jack Price 545 trio that was built on a 226 solo and Pat Murphy's 200 loner ended up as a 535 three-gamer. Mike Honan dumped 517 sticks, 204 in one outing, edging Mike Derby's 513 total that included a 213 single while Eddy Goodloe was rolling a solid 506. John Luger and Jim Kearney crossed the finish line hand in hand at 505 with Jim carding a 209 on the way while Tony Morena and Rich Lahey did a brother act at 504. Pat Sweeney, posting a 502 turned out the lights and put the key in the door.

Team action saw the Lugerites, bossed by Joe Oswald, whitewashed The Whaco 2 combine, with Pat Murphy at the helm, via a 7-0 count, while Pat Sweeney and his Starr Reporters were handing Eddy Goodloe's Goodo's Four a 5-2 setback. The BOSS crew captained by John Bartow, edged the Good Guys, quarterbacked by Bob Mashburn in a 4-3 nail-biter and The Dead Wood gang, led by Eddy Hackimer did a 7-0 number on the Regal forces, with John O'Grady in the driver's seat. Ending the night's brotherly bombardment, the Pallbearers, led by Chief Pallbearers Tommy Moore, squeezed past Mike Honan and his Mr. CP four in a 4-3 squeaker.