December 2007 - Stars and Strikes

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DECEMBER 2007
Volume Seventeen
Number 12
www.starsandstrikesbowling.com
AMERICA’S BOWLING NEWSMAGAZINE
Rash Makes
USBC Masters
His First Major
DREAM TEAM?
Pros Join
Team USA
Oatman’s New Ride
Ballard, Pluhowsky, Esterson Win
Walter Ray, Wolfe, and Haugen Collect PBA Men’s Titles
plus . . . Rick Ramsey’s report on Women’s Series page 15
Bill Hoffman
Wins QubicaAMF
World Cup
Billy ‘O’ travels the
PBA tour in style
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STARS & STRIKES - DECEMBER 2007
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by Jim Goodwin
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What are you thankful for?
It’s that time of the year when
many of us get a little melancholy and reflective.
A few days ago, CJ and I visited the first grade classroom
of one of our grandsons on the
occasion of Grandparents Day
at his school. While we were
there, Jason and his classmates
told their teacher all of the
things they were thankful for
in the days before the Thanksgiving holiday. They filled the
chalkboard with everything
from family to dogs and cats;
to all of the things first graders
are fond of – one very honest
little boy said “cookies!” The
next step was to make colorful
paper turkeys and write some
of those things on the feathers.
The grandparents who were
there told stories of their own
first grade classrooms, and
aside from having computers
and modern furniture in a less
formal setting, it was very
similar to my 1957 first grade
classroom; a bit more colorful,
and air-conditioned, but nonethe-less similar. I couldn’t help
but think ‘Where will these
kids be in a half- century, when
I’m 107?!’
Don’t forget our troops
One of the things not mentioned by the tots is something
all of us should cherish and
never take for granted, and
that is the freedom and liberty
we enjoy as citizens of the
greatest country in the history
of the world. I suppose these
things were not mentioned by
these kids, who were babies in
2001, because they are fortunate and secure enough at their
tender young age to take these
rights and privileges for
granted; and for the fact that
they have that innocence and
peace of mind, I am also
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thankful.
Protecting our precious freedom and privileged lifestyle
around the globe are the brave
and unselfish men and women of
the military. Our armed services
volunteers often give up the
chance to visit their own kid’s
classrooms so that folks like us
can enjoy those amazing moments, and we should do anything we can to thank them for
their service to us and their
country.
A few weeks ago, CJ and I visited our friend John Sommer at
his Don Carter Bowling Center
in Rockford, Illinois. John is a
proud Viet Nam Vet who has always been a staunch supporter
of the BVL. In conjunction with
the Bowlers to Veterans Link
office, John has joined many
bowling centers across the country in a new fund raising campaign called “Heroes In Our
Midst.”
In October, each center set up
a ‘wall of honor’ and encouraged
bowlers to bring in photos of
their loved ones who have served
or are now serving in the military. On the wall is information
about BVL, which encourages
bowlers to contribute to this
very worthy cause. When we
were there, it was just getting
started. By now, I’ll bet it is filled
with photos of many of the heroes who are serving in Iraq and
Afghanistan and all the places
we never hear about in the
news.
I told John he might need a bigger wall. In my little local barbershop, the owner started a
similar project a couple of years
ago. Today, all four walls of the
shop are completely covered
with photos, flags, patches and
tributes to soldiers. It is a very
inspiring place to get a haircut.
Last year, CJ and I had the
honor of working with another
distinguished veteran to help
raise money for the BVL. Over
$2000 was raised when the Generations Bowling Tour visited
Johnny Petraglia’s home center
– Carolier Lanes in New Jersey.
We are so proud to know great
people like John and Johnny, and
as much as they have done for
our industry and our sport, it
pales in comparison to what they
have done for our country.
You may have seen the stories
in Stars & Strikes and other publications about the bowling carpet kits that are being sent to soldiers through the BVL. We hope
those continue to go out, but I believe we can do more.
How about we start by getting
the PBA and USBC tournaments
telecast on the Armed Services
Television Network? John
Sommer reminded me that several years ago, the Ladies Tour
was broadcast on the ASTN,
and it was very popular, and not
expensive.
Here’s another idea – send
Team USA members (pros and
amateurs) on a ‘USO’ type tour
to visit the troops. There are
thousands of bowlers among our
soldiers, and what says “home”
more than bowling?
Working with the military, I bet
USBC or STE could put together
a deal for some full size lanes
that could be transported in a
truck or two to some of those
base camps. If lanes can be set
up in the shadow of the Egyptian Pyramids, as they were a few
years ago, this should be a snap.
I also think the Army could come
up with a tent or building big
enough to house a small two-lane
set-up.
Using Kegel’s new system,
automatic pinsetters and heavy
ball lifts are not needed, and
there would never be a shortage
of pinboys or pingirls. When
the tour is finished, leave the
lanes there. I’m sure the Army
could learn to maintain them.
What a great place it would
be for soldiers to relax, and
what a wonderful way for
bowling to help boost their morale. It goes without saying it
would also be great PR for
bowling, and it would generate tons of positive publicity
for the sport.
Robinson gearing up for
18th Golden Ladies Classic
Jeanette Robinson is an
amazing woman, a cherished
friend, and one of the most
positive people I have ever
known. In her column this
month (page 13) she shares
some facts about the origins of
women’s pro bowling. It is
very interesting stuff from
someone who has dedicated
most of her life to the sport.
In September, our friend JR
gave us quite a scare when she
allowed the doctors to perform
triple-bypass surgery on her
heart. We should have known
that the unflappable Mrs.
Robinson wouldn’t let a little
thing like heart disease slow
her down for long – and I am
so happy to report that it
didn’t.
When we spoke recently,
she is back at work at the Orleans in Las Vegas, and she is
getting the word out about her
18 th Annual Golden Ladies
Classic Tournament, which
will roll at the Orleans Bowling Center March 10-13. The
event has been very successful
over the years, and gives top
senior women bowlers (age 50
or better) a great excuse to visit
Vegas for some serious competition and to share the love
of the sport and each other.
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PEZZANO
Chuck Pezzano is the dean of bowling writers. His columns have appeared in newspapers and magazines nationally for over 50 years. He is a charter member of the Professional Bowlers Association, and is enshrined in both
the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame.
Ratings Prove Bowling Belongs On TV
Volume 17 • Number 12 DECEMBER 2007
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CONTENTS
6, 8, 10, 11
Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Shannon
Pluhowsky and Joy Esterson win first
three PBA Women’s Series events.
Walter Ray, Mike Wolfe and Michael
Haugen, and Robert Smith capture
PBA men’s titles
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Bill Hoffman Wins
QubicaAMF World Cup
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Sean Rash wins
high scoring
USBC Masters
The rating game.
TV ratings are the barometer by
which most shows live and die, either
axed or glorified by networks,
sponsors and the people who create the
ratings---the viewers.
I have always been mystified by the
not so scientific science of TV ratings.
Some say a fifty-fifty audience of men
and women is good, others say it is
bad, and the same goes for younger or
older and every distinction which
somehow appears to open to
measurement.
Some great shows survived early
poor ratings while other highly
heralded productions zoomed at the
start and then died suddenly or wasted
away.
Some sponsors don’t care too much
about ratings; others care about
nothing else. Bowling on TV has been
a rating wonder. In the days of the Pro
Bowlers Tour on ABC, it had all the
plus factors, a set Saturday afternoon
slot that helped the shows before it and
after it and was a 37 year standout on
the tube.
But even with all its admitted
attributes, Eddie Elias, the genius who
founded the PBA and sold it to TV big
time, knew there were factors he
couldn't control. He was quick to point
out that bad weather across the
country always helped the numbers,
and if the weather wasn’t bad all over,
then rain or cold in New York, Detroit,
Chicago and other major bowling
cities would be helpful in keeping
viewers home.
Even when bowling ratings are bad,
they're still pretty good.
The recent telecasts of U. S.
Women's Open contestants were up
and down, but sensational when
considering the heavy opposition they
faced. Historically, bowling always
has attracted more viewers than other
sports, including golf, baseball,
hockey and others. Football is king but
there always has been a solid core of
bowling show watchers, no matter the
time.
Sadly, history also shows that
bowling has rarely been given the
respect it deserves from TV outlets and
moreso, from sponsors who should be
using the numbers in bowling, the
wide appeal it has and in most cases
the loyalty the entire industry shows
to those sponsors who do see the many
advantages to bowling ties.
Proof of the reach that bowling has
is seen and heard every day in print
and TV ads that use bowling as a
theme because they know it gains
attention.
Bowling, every segment of the game
and the sport, should continue to
support TV bowling, so long as the
presentation is professional, the price
is reasonable, and the pride shines
through.
There are individuals out there in TV
viewerland who really don't realize the
power and passion of bowlers around
the world, and their spending power.
So, if any bowling show can reach
only a handful of these decision
makers who want to widen the scope
of their product, any product, it is
worth an all-out effort.
Any bowling sponsor, of TV, daily
and bowling specialty publications,
tournaments, youth scholarships and
clinics for all bowlers, would soon
realize that bowling always gives more
than it takes.
sports often do not have to face the
reality of real life. Not so with pro
bowlers. It's a never ending life of hard
work and dedication to a sport they
love. Every day there seems to be more
revelations about the not so clean
actions in many sports. For the most
part, bowlers are Mr. Clean, plus.
•
Most kids dream of playing in a
major league park---playing baseball
that is. But Sean Rash is on cloud nine
because he won his greatest bowling
triumph at Miller Park, home of the
baseball Brewers - the USBC Masters,
to help stamp his role of a star after a
mere two years on tour.
•
The addition of women's
championship matches on the male pro
final TV matches have given the entire
sport a boost and highlighted the
talents of both the men and women.
Those responsible deserve a deep bow.
•
In the opinion of most, the hold on
construction of a new training facility
was a good move. The USBC should
consider a traveling training concept,
a truck or van that could go to the
bowlers and would be teachers,
wherever they may be.
Now that pros will be able to
represent the United States in
international competition, Team USA
will be odds on favorites to win every
team event, but watch out for those
singles and doubles contests--individuals and pairs of any ability are
always capable of a red hot high
scoring streak in a limited amount of
games.
•
High school bowling has grown
considerably in recent years---now the
accent must be on finding ways to have
more high school coaching clinics and
better and more qualified high school
coaches.
•
Up for election to the USBC Hall of
Fame on the men's list are Torn Baker;
Del Ballard Jr., Parker Bohn III, John
Handegard, Jeff Richgels and Brian
Voss. The women's final list features
Leanne Barrette, Dede Davidson,
Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Shirley
Levens, Debbie McMullen, and
Cheryl Robinson. That's a power group
and all are worthy.
•
It is said that losing builds character.
Most bowlers feel they have all the
character they need.
Idle bowling thoughts . . .
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PBA/Women’s Series Results
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Even bowling writers get things right
sometimes. The Midwest Bowling
Writers honored Johnny Petraglia with
a celebrity roast. And the Metropolitan
Bowling Writers saluted Petraglia with
their highest tribute---the William
Landgraf award for contributions to
the sport. And that's why they were so
special, because they exalted him as
an every man in bowling---above and
beyond his role as a competitive great.
The Met award has been presented to
47 personalities, the movers, shakers
and makers, breakers of the sport over
the past century and only three
bowlers, Don Carter, Andy Varipapa
and Dick Weber preceded Petraglia.
That put him with the elite of the
ambassadors of the game---a niche he
so richly deserves.
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Good news is that the USBC and
BPAA may be cooperating more in
their vast operations and might share
space in the future. It is logical, makes
sense, at least to explore the
possibilities. But remember, in rule
changes, mergers, and unduplication
of duplication, bowling makes a snail
look like a speed demon.
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Wolfe and Pluhowsky Win in New York
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. –
Facing two of the game’s
legends, Mike Wolfe and
Shannon Pluhowsky showed the
Bowling Association (PWBA)
Hall of Famer Tish Johnson, 227217, to win the second-ever PBA
Women’s Series event.
Wolfe and Williams
pba photo
– who was making his
third consecutive
championship round
appearance – were
dead even through
five frames until
Williams struggled
with three consecutive
nine-spares, leaving a
10-pin, his third stone
8-pin of the day and a
4-pin. Wolfe took
Shannon Pluhowsky and Mike Wolfe
advantage with strikes
poise that has made them two of in the sixth and seventh to take
the top young stars in bowling. the lead. Williams tried to keep
The 31-year-old Wolfe slowed the pressure on in the 10th, but
down the incredible early-season he could only manage one strike,
run of all-time PBA Tour titles and Wolfe, needing just a mark
leader Walter Ray Williams Jr., in the 10th for the win, struck to
denying him a second consec- capture his third career title.
utive victory with a 256-225 win
“You know you’re going to
in the 2007 Etonic Championship have to get at least eight strikes
at AMF Thruway Lanes.
to beat him and you just hope
The 25-year-old Pluhowsky, some of them are strung
meanwhile, defeated United together,”
Wolfe
said.
States Bowling Congress (USBC) “(Williams) was on an
and Professional Women’s unbelievable run and it’s just an
2007 Etonic Championship
AMF Thruway Lanes, Cheektowaga, N.Y. - November 11, 2007
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
Totals
Prize
1. Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind.
492 (2 games)
$25,000
2. Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla.
472 (2 games)
$13,000
3. Mika DeVaney, Temecula, Calif.
226 (1 game)
$ 6,000
4. Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texa
235 (1 game)
$ 6,000
SCORES – In the first match, Williams def. DeVaney, 247-226; in the second match,
Wolfe def. Barnes, 236-235; and in the final, Wolfe def. Williams, 256-225.
This is Wolfe’s third career Denny’s PBA Tour title.
ROUND OF 8 - (Losers earn $4,100)
Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., def. Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 4-1 (259-214,
228-213, 258-258, 249-224, 290-234); Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, def. Mike
Machuga, Erie, Pa., 4-3 (238-253, 215-279, 258-225, 247-225, 238-269, 244-225,
269-249); Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., def. Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 4-3
(211-255, 280-300, 237-238, 244-236, 276-193, 278-203, 300-268); Mike DeVaney,
Temecula, Calif., def. Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 4-0 (255-236, 279-183,
255-216, 278-226).
Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., def. Jason Lundquist, Hawley, Pa, 4-1 (249-232,
238-223, 247-248, 259-226, 259-220); Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., def. Ronnie Russell,
Indianapolis, Ind., 4-1 (238-226, 235-258, 226-195, 223-201, 238-217); Eugene
McCune, Munster, Ind., def. Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 4-0 (258-249, 238-187,
246-224, 255-246); Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., def. Ken Simard, Greenville,
S.C., 4-1 (212-231, 207-192, 215-192, 266-223, 243-227); Chris Barnes, Double
Oak, Texas, def. Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 4-1 (227-236, 279-256, 279-258, 236210, 263-257); Mike Machuga, Erie, Pa., def. Sean Swanson, Springfield, Mo., 4-2
(257-248, 243-258, 248-237, 187-197, 235-233, 267-226); Chris Loschetter, Avon,
Ohio, def. Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 4-3 (216-234, 227-182, 222-254,
193-211, 289-216, 256-183, 258-218); Mike DeVaney, Temecula, Calif., def. Robert Smith, Captain Cook, Hawaii, 4-2 (206-254, 210-243, 233-210, 212-162, 267202, 202-195).
Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, def. Wes Malott, Argyle, Texas, 4-3 (237-227, 258227, 220-278, 214-246, 258-222, 214-259, 242-238);Jason Lundquist, Hawley, Pa,
def. Billy Oatman $1,800, Chicago, Ill., 4-0 (267-190, 245-185, 218-179, 210181); Sean Swanson, Springfield, Mo., def. Mitch Beasley, Bothell, Wash., 4-2 (234213, 201-237, 256-215, 255-235, 185-222, 257-248); Robert Smith, Captain Cook,
Hawaii, def. Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 4-3 (242-237, 253-199, 169-224, 242259, 255-211, 192-277, 222-184); Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., def. Mike Scroggins,
Amarillo, Texas, 4-2 (258-178, 216-247, 259-265, 217-215, 217-208, 223-205);
Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., def. Rhino Page, Topeka, Kan., 4-3 (279-269, 279-267,
256-278, 199-258, 254-248, 214-231, 258-212); Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., def.
Edward VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 4-0 (278-256, 219-209, 279-259, 221-183);
Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., def. Todd Book, Cantonment, Fla., 4-1 (258-191,
256-157, 235-224, 225-232, 244-231); Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., def. Rich
Ferraro, Webster, N.Y., 4-0 (236-227, 278-223, 228-194, 290-213);Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., def. Jim Tomek Jr., Camp Hill, Pa., 4-3 (248-203, 214-225,
279-245, 279-290, 202-219, 268-232, 245-234); Mike Machuga, Erie, Pa., def.
Mark Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 4-3 (258-252, 277-220, 188-240, 279-191, 245279, 223-236, 223-219);Mike DeVaney, Temecula, Calif., def. Brian LeClair, Athens, N.Y., 4-0 (257-257, 214-165, 246-212, 223-180); Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C.,
def. Michael Haugen Jr., Cave Creek, Ariz., 4-3 (213-225, 215-279, 224-226, 240226, 265-235, 279-218, 258-249); Ronnie Russell, Indianapolis, Ind., def. Dino
Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 4-1 (235-223, 202-180, 207-212, 217-212, 208-199);
Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, def. Mike Edward, Tulsa, Okla., 4-3 (206-279,
229-222, 278-249, 203-240, 186-217, 235-206, 247-173); Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., def. Steve Harman, Indianapolis, Ind., 4-1 (207-188, 126-225, 212-160,
206-201, 225-175).
ROUND OF 64 - ($1,800 ea.)
Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 3,182; Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 3,176; David
Leverage, Peoria, Ariz., 3,175; Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 3,175 Joe Ciccone,
Buffalo, N.Y., 3,167; Bo Goergen, Midland, Mich., 3,148 Tommy Jones, Simpsonville,
S.C., 3,146 Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan, 3,145; Tim Criss, Bel Air, Md., 3,139; Doug
Kent, Newark, N.Y., 3,132 Curtis Woods Jr., Santa Rosa, Calif., 3,127; Michael Fagan,
Patchogue, N.Y., 3,115; PJ Haggerty, Clovis, Calif., 3,114; Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 3,106; Tommy Delutz Jr., Flushing, N.Y., 3,106; Brian Himmler, Cincinnati,
3,104; Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 3,103; Bill O’Neill, Levittown, Pa., 3,103; Frankie
Ciannella, Stroudsburg, Pa., 3,098; Troy Wollenbecker, Toledo, Ohio, 3,096; Chris
Warren, Grants Pass, Ore, 3,092; Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 3,089; Riga
Kalfas, Florence, Ky., 3,067; Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,057; Chad Kloss, Greenfield,
Wis., 3,046; Kenneth Lowe Jr., Oxon Hill, MD, 3,035; Mike Mineman, Belleville, Ill.,
3,025; Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 3,002; Jason Wojnar, Chicago, 2,998; Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La, 2,990; Roger Kossert, Brandon, Fla., 2,866; Dave D’Entremont,
Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 2,845.
indescribable feeling to beat him
when he’s on a run like this.”
Wolfe advanced to the final
with a 236-235 win over Chris
Barnes in a match that went
down to the final frame. Barnes
held a slim 10-pin lead until a
nine-spare in the ninth frame.
Working on a four-bagger, Wolfe
evened the match with a strike in
the ninth, but left a 10-pin with
his first shot in the 10th, missing
his chance to shut Barnes out.
Wolfe then left another 10-pin
with his fill ball, giving Barnes a
chance to win with a nine-spare
and a strike. Instead, Barnes left
the 2-4-5, falling by a pin.
Williams advanced to the title
match with a 247-226 win over
Mike DeVaney.
In the second-ever PBA
Women’s Series title match,
Pluhowsky squeaked out the win
in a match that was close
throughout. Pluhowsky took the
lead early with three strikes in the
first four frames, but Johnson
stayed close and had a chance to
take the lead in the ninth frame
with a strike, but a nine-spare
kept control in Pluhowsky’s
corner. The Team USA member
finished with a nine-spare and a
strike in the 10th, forcing Johnson
to double in the 10th. The lefty
left a 6-10 with her first shot
however, giving Pluhowsky her
first PBA Women’s Series title.
Wolfe (New Albany, Ind.)
earned $25,000 and an exemption
for the 2008-09 season for his
win while Pluhowsky (Phoenix,
Ariz.) pocketed $10,000.
Williams earned $13,000 for
second while DeVaney and
Barnes took home $6,000 each
for third and fourth, respectively.
Johnson (Colorado Springs,
Colo.) earned $6,000 for her
runner-up finish.
PBA Women’s Series
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
Totals
Prize
1. Shannon Pluhowsky, Phoenix, Ariz.
227 (1 game)
$10,000
2. Tish Johnson, Colorado Springs, Co.
217 (1 game)
$6,000
SCORES – Pluhowsky def. Johnson, 227217. This is Pluhowsky’s first PBA Women’s
Series title.
ROUND OF 4
Shannon Pluhowsky, Phoenix, def.
Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, N. Richland Hills,
Texas, ($4000) 4-0 (259-210, 258-247,
259-228, 257-237); Tish Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo., def. Kelly Kulick,
Union, N.J., ($5000) 4-3 (244-249, 171205, 256-203, 188-242, 212-194, 206195, 238-178).
ROUND OF 8
Tish Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo.,
def. Amy Stolz, Castle Rock, Colo.
($3,000), 4-3 (229-213, 247-221, 192233, 203-235, 191-193, 215-196, 243203); Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, N. Richland
Hills, Texas, def. Wendy Macpherson,
Henderson, Nev. ($2,700), 4-2 (236-180,
197-258, 211-248, 242-216, 268-208,
243-203); Shannon Pluhowsky, Phoenix,
def. Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
($3,500), 4-3 (198-239, 236-192, 219257, 223-192, 225-212, 194-290, 248207); Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., def. Joy
Esterson, Annapolis, Md. ($2,500), 4-1
(247-252, 238-217, 259-245, 235-226,
258-207).
ROUND OF 16 - ($1,800 ea.)
Olivia Sandham, Wichita, Kan, 3,068;
Missy Bellinder, Fullerton, Calif., 3,044;
Stefanie Nation, Miami, 3,040; Michelle
Feldman, Skaneateles, N.Y., 2,977;
Tennelle Milligan, Costa Mesa, Calif.,
2,950; Karen Stroud, Plantation, Fla.,
2,914; Clara Guerrero, Armenia, Colombia, 2,890; Tiffany Stanbrough, Oklahoma City, 2,649.
300 games (1) – Liz Johnson, Eugene
McCune, Brian Himmler, Ken Simard,
Michael Fagan, Edward VanDaniker
Jr.,Chris Loschetter, Mike Wolfe.
Hoffman Brings World Cup
Back To The United States
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Team
USA's Bill Hoffman of Columbus, Ohio,
became the first American to win the
men's division at the QubicaAMF World
Cup in a dozen years Saturday.
Hoffman, an eight-time Team USA
Bill Hoffman
member, defeated Australia's Jason
Belmonte 2-1 in the best of three
championship match to win one of the
sport's most prestigious individual titles.
He is the first U.S. player to win the event
since Patrick Healey Jr. in 1995.
"I bowled on Team USA for three
years with Healey and a lot of this has to
do with the experience I gathered by
bowling with the last American to win
this event," Hoffman said. "This is by far
my biggest singles title ever. I hope to
bring the Team USA program back to the
top of the world in team and singles. And
this is a step in that direction."
The World Cup, which has a storied
history and is by far the world's biggest
international event, featured 90 countries
this year. Hoffman beat a field of 84
players in the men's division, including
many of the best bowlers in the world.
In the championship match, Hoffman
started with a 227-147 victory before
falling 268-192 in Game 2. Hoffman
rebounded to win the deciding game
221-181 and was propelled to the title
by tripping the 4-9 for a strike in the fifth
frame and a crossover strike in the sixth.
"The lane got harder in the third
game," Hoffman said. "I did the same
thing Jason did in the first game and
used the last couple of frames in the
second game to get lined up with a
different ball. But if I didn't throw it
really good, the ball could go anywhere."
Hoffman advanced to the title match
with an easy 2-0 victory over former
Denny's Professional Bowlers
Association Tour exempt player Andres
Gomez of Columbia. Hoffman swept
the match with victories of 247-196 and
276-205.
In the women's championship,
Australia's Ann-Maree Putney defeated
Korea's Lee Sun Hee 2-0 to win the title.
It's the sixth time Australia has claimed
the women's division title.
Putney won the first game 280-201 and
pulled away in the final frames to win
the deciding game 247-226. In the
opening match, Lee advanced with a 2-0
victory over Tina Hulsch of Germany.
"This is just fantastic," said Putney, a
single mother of two who earned the
silver medal in singles and bronze in allevents at this year's WTBA Women's
World Championships in Monterrey,
Mexico. "I don't think it has hit me yet,
but it's really great."
Team USA's Lynda Barnes of Double
Oak, Texas, finished 12th overall,
missing the cut to the top eight by 51
pins.
43RD QUBICAAMF WORLD CUP
St. Petersburg, Russia
MEN
Match 1
Bill Hoffman, United States, def. Andres
Gomez, Colombia, 2-0 (247-196, 276205)
Championship
Hoffman def. Jason Belmonte, Australia,
2-1 (227-147, 192-268, 221-181)
WOMEN
Match 1
Lee Sun Hee, Korea, def. Tina Hulsch,
Germany, 2-0 (226-223, 258-227)
Championship
Ann-Maree Putney, Australia, def. Lee, 20 (280-201, 247-226)
ROMEO & FERRARO ENTER ITALIAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME
Congratulations Robin and Dave!
November 3: (Robin Romeo becomes first woman bowler inducted.)
Class of 2007: Bottom Row - l to r: Johnny Musso - Star Running Back at U of
Alabama; Dave Ferraro - PBA star; Dick Vermeil - One of the most successful
coaches in football history; Fred Couples - One of the most consistent and well
known players in golf
Top - l to r: Mike Scioscia - two time All Star, now manager of the Angels; Geno
Auriemma - Head Coach of the Womenís Basketball Team at U of Connecticut;
Robin Romeo - PWBA star; Jean “Cy” Cione - Pitcher for Rockford Peaches All American Girls Pro Baseball League; Mary Lou Palermo - Roller Derby All
Star; Tom Burrasso - NHL Goal tender for Pittsburgh Penguins - Stanley Cup
wins in í91 and í92
7
by Mary Lynly
How Bowling Has Affected My Life
From the first time I watched my dad bowl
with his two fingered ball in a smoky little
eight lane pin palace, I was fascinated by the
game. I was eight. Little did I know that being involved in bowling would be the ultimate
education tool in my life.
My first membership card came when I was
16, the beginning of a 60 year love affair with
the game on all levels and a proud member
every year. My first bowling ball deliveries
hooked from the four board to the 39 board
with ease, but in time I learned to straighten
that out. Loving the challenge of the game
led to working in a bowling center, doing promotion and meeting I think the best people
on earth - generous, kind, fun, and always
willing to take on a challenge.
In my very first league in 1948 I still vividly remember throwing my first ball. I was
decked out in a red silk blouse with full
sleeves and a plaque on the back and I
promptly stuck and careened over the foul line
1/3 of the way down the lane ending up on
my stomach. Lesson No.1- check your shoes
before starting to bowl.
After being married, we moved to a budding area and I went to work for Camino Bowl
in Mountain View, California. People who
had no place close to bowl came in droves.
Being a “can do” person, I became a league
secretary and president, a local association
secretary and president, a youth and adult
coach, and along with working at the bowling center, I did inside and outside marketing. I knew everyone that came into the bowl
and forming leagues became a science and
joy of putting the right kind of people together.
Those leagues would last for many years. I
was sent to a huge AMF Coaching Seminar
conducted by well known stars Billy Welu,
Sylvia Wene Martin and Lee Jouglard. To
my horror, I learned I was the lowest bowler
there. I tried to hide when Sylvia wanted a
“student” and someone who knew me raced
around and found me – no shoes, no ball (I
thought our bowling was over.) It was a real
lesson in humility as my first ball went directly into the channel.
I became involved in the local association
and when the state officers selected our bowl
for their annual championship tournament, I
was thrilled. I volunteered to do publicity and
to be head scorekeeper, a true baptism of fire.
I spent the entire week lining up scorekeepers for each weekend and managed to fit in
getting the press releases out as well. It was
my introduction to working for the state
women’s organization. Seven years later I was
elected to the California Women’s Bowling
Association board as a director.
Twenty two years later I assumed the presidency. This afforded me opportunities for
leadership, organizational skills, moving
people in a direction I thought was beneficial
to the organization, travel, creativity, patriotism, charity and best of all - fellowship. Each
experience taught me something, mainly tact
and responsibility and even an opportunity to
share my dramatic talent during our many hospitality shows. I was exposed to national conventions and ultimately asked to participate
and chair committees and give seminars.
Through this I cemented lifelong friendships
with bowlers throughout the U.S.
My family was supportive and I was thankful for such a wonderful husband who allowed
me to “do my thing.” My husband Paul was
as into the game as I was and eventually so
were our sons. Our youngest son bowled on
the San Jose State collegiate team and both
he and my husband proudly wore 300 rings.
I was the more involved but their support was
invaluable. I don’t believe I could have
learned the variety of things I did in any other
“paying” job or university. Ten years ago I
was part of forming the California Bowing
Writers and now I am their president. It’s the
people. We have weathered adversity but the
challenge and the friendship keep us coming
back.
Mary Lynly is the President of the California
Bowling Writers Association
Last summer, Mary attended her first
Bowl Expo, and was very impressed:
“The attendance was overwhelming and
most of the events were outstanding. I most
enjoyed the meeting and uplifting, positive
presentations of the officers and their vision for unity. No doubt it is difficult to
gather your ranks and have everyone moving in the same direction but the open forum of BPAA’s vision for the future was a
breath of fresh air. Having worked at a
bowling center and pretty much done it all
I long for the time when proprietors find
their local association leaders valuable and
local association leaders help the proprietors in a productive way. The entrée, especially by Berglund, really made you feel
like, Yes, I want to be a part of this plan.”
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8
Indiana Classic: First Titles For Haugen and Esterson
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. – Exactly 365
days after falling just short of winning his first
career title in honor of his dying grandmother,
Michael Haugen Jr. returned to Lake County
Indiana and finally captured that
elusive Denny’s Professional
Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour
victory.
Haugen, who fell in the semifinals of last season’s 2006 Lake
County Indiana Classic and lost
his grandmother minutes later, defeated Wes Malott, 247-239, to
win the 2007 Lake County Indiana Classic pres. by United Way
at Stardust Bowl II for his first title
in 200 career events.
The 40-year-old Haugen nearly
lost his exemption two seasons
ago when he failed to finish in the
top 40 of the 2005-06 PBA World
Point Rankings. He regained his
spot on Tour by finishing second
in the 2006 Denny’s PBA Tour
Trials at Stardust Bowl I in nearby
Hammond, Ind. A few months
later, Haugen made the finals of
the Lake County Indiana Classic
in Hammond, but fell to Norm
Duke 279-233.
Exactly a year later, Haugen advanced to
his first title match since 2003 with a narrow
194-192 win over Todd Book. He then
watched as Malott could have struck with his
first ball in the 10th of the title match to win.
Instead, Malott left a 10-pin to give Haugen
the victory.
“At first, I just wanted to make sure nothing came out of the back,” Haugen (Cave
Creek, Ariz.) said of his reaction to Malott’s
ringing 10-pin. “Then it donned on me that
he needed the first one, and after that it was
just relief. You hate to see anyone lose on a
shot like that, but I’ll take it. It’s not like I
bowled a bad game.”
Haugen made a key ball change after the
whose fate was determined by their
opponent’s final shot. In the third of four PBA
Women’s Series events, Joy Esterson defeated
Liz Johnson, 10-7, in a one-ball sudden death
roll-off after they tied at 226.
pba photo
The match was dead even heading into the 10th frame when
Esterson struck all three times, forcing Johnson to do the same to tie.
Johnson then struck three times to
send the match to a roll off. In the
roll off, Esterson chose to start and
she put the pressure on Johnson
with a strike. Johnson was unable
to match, knocking down just
seven pins to give Esterson her first
PBA Women’s Series victory.
“I’m just numb about the whole
thing,” Esterson (Annapolis, Md.)
said. “It’s been three weeks of what
I felt was great bowling and what I
thought was the best I could have
done.”
Esterson has bowled as well as
any of the 16 women on the mini
tour, which has been running concurrently with Denny’s PBA Tour
events. In last week’s Etonic ChamMichael Haugen Jr. and Joy Esterson
pionship, she led all 64 men and 16
semifinal match, when he struggled on the women in the 14 games of qualifying, before
right lane.
falling in match play in the Round of 8.
“The only thing I was thinking going into
In the title match against Johnson on Sunthe title match was that the right lane was day, she made a big move just before the 10th
going to be key because I didn’t throw very frame, moving a few boards right to get lined
good shots on that lane in the semifinal,” up after going light with her two previous
Haugen said. “I changed balls and thought, shots.
‘If this ball can hold the pocket for me and I
Whereas Esterson and Johnson were even
can strike on the right lane, I think I can get it throughout their title match, Haugen and
done.’ I struck four out of five times on that Malott traded leads in the men’s match.
lane (in the title match) so it turned out to be Haugen took the early lead with five strikes
a huge change.”
in the first six frames before back-to-back
Haugen wasn’t the only bowler on Sunday nine spares gave Malott an opening. Malott
took advantage by striking five consecutive
2007 PBA Lake County Indiana Classic
Stardust Bowl II, Merrillville, Ind. - November 18, 2007
times to take the lead. Haugen kept the presCHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
Totals
Prize
sure on by striking with his last four shots,
1. Michael Haugen Jr., Cave Creek, Arizona
441 (2 games)
$25,000
which put Malott in the position of needing a
2. Wes Malott, Argyle, Texas
507 (2 games)
$13,000
strike to win.
3. Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas
228 (1 game)
$6,000
4. Todd Book, Cantonment, Florida
192 (1 game)
$6,000
Haugen earned $25,000 and an exemption
SCORES – In the first match, Haugen def. Book, 194-192; in the second match, Malott def. Barnes, for the 2008-09 season for his win, along with
268-228; and in the final, Haugen def. Malott, 247-239. This is Haugen’s first career Denny’s PBA Tour
a berth in the 2008 H&R Block Tournament
title
of Champions in January. Malott earned
Michael Haugen Jr., Cave Creek, Ariz., def. Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 4-1 (236-195, 234-199, 200-205, $13,000 for second while Barnes (Double
279-223, 225-214); Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, def. Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 4-1 (275-223, 199- Oak, Texas), who fell to Malott, 268-228, in
189, 222-218, 217-219, 208-194); Todd Book, Cantonment, Fla, def. Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala,
the semifinals, and Book (Cantonment, Fla.)
Fla., 4-2 (167-247, 175-211, 229-192, 258-201, 212-189, 254-205); Wes Malott, Argyle, Texas, def.
took home $6,000 each for third and fourth,
Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 4-3 (227-200, 198-211, 233-256, 215-223, 253-225, 235-222, 279-236).
respectively.
Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., def. Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 4-0 (228-161, 222-183, 235-231, 183-183); Chris
Esterson pocketed $10,000 for her win
Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, def. Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, Md., 4-0 (227-223, 249-237, 227-194, 237-235);
Wes Malott, Argyle, Texas, def. Brian LeClair, Athens, N.Y., 4-3 (205-202, 204-222, 245-245, 192-206, 199-205, while Johnson (Ch eektowaga, N.Y.) took
235-187, 211-204); Michael Haugen Jr., Cave Creek, Ariz., def. Michael Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 4-1 (174152, 217-221, 209-149, 234-214, 256-237); Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., def. Ken Simard, Greenville,
S.C., 4-2 (224-245, 279-184, 209-267, 266-259, 256-226, 223-219); Todd Book, Cantonment, Fla., def. Dave
D’Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 4-3 (203-209, 146-202, 181-214, 239-225, 218-178, 192-182, 223191); Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., def. Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 4-3 (202-181, 226-247, 225-253, 191204, 300-192, 221-205, 267-255); Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., def. Troy Wollenbecker, Toledo, Ohio, 4-1 (212171, 254-227, 226-218, 214-236, 214-201).
Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., def. Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 4-3 (211-181, 202-193, 223-190, 208-257, 168196, 204-235, 253-237); Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., def. Tommy Delutz Jr., Flushing, N.Y., 4-2 (211-215,
199-217, 216-159, 230-210, 216-190, 213-187); Todd Book, Cantonment, Fla., def. Mike Machuga, Erie, Pa.,
4-0 (225-220, 245-244, 236-222, 225-207); Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., def. Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 42 (184-186, 195-235, 226-221, 234-201, 269-167, 249-188); Michael Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., def. Curtis
Woods Jr., Rohnert Park, Calif., 4-3 (235-220, 175-231, 244-245, 225-243, 277-184, 236-194, 236-204); Danny
Wiseman, Baltimore, Md., def. Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 4-2 (192-226, 225-194, 234-190, 247-194,
196-226, 229-215); Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., def. Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 4-2 (183-174, 274-232,
204-202, 218-242, 212-228, 279-279); Wes Malott, Argyle, Texas, def. Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 4-1
(237-246, 279-224, 259-246, 243-209, 257-218); Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., def. Bo Goergen, Midland, Mich., 4-2 (244-244, 244-207, 169-237, 290-216, 248-205, 211-192); Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., def.
Sean Swanson, Springfield, Mo., 4-3 (208-202, 188-197, 202-156, 207-223, 223-243, 268-256, 203-201);
Dave D’Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, def. Mitch Beasley, Bothell, Wash., 4-1 (176-162, 190-196, 247175, 172-170, 217-191); Troy Wollenbecker, Toledo, Ohio, def. Jason Wojnar, Chicago, Ill., 4-3 (216-177, 187216, 220-186, 244-194, 223-242, 223-225, 243-241); Michael Haugen Jr., Cave Creek, Ariz., def. Brian Himmler,
Cincinnati, Ohio, 4-0 (210-168, 237-235, 255-244, 226-224); Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, def. Rhino
Page, Topeka, Kan., 4-3 (228-196, 256-202, 231-245, 231-200, 189-288, 207-276, 214-204); Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., def. Mike Mineman, Belleville, Ill., 4-3 (227-225, 214-247, 209-214, 227-215, 226-222,
247-268, 268-206); Brian LeClair $2,700, Athens, N.Y., def. Ward Rauch, Cheboygan, Mich., 4-2 (202-222,
246-223, 195-168, 152-204, 199-174, 258-183).
ROUND OF 64 - ($1,800 ea.)
Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 2,977; Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 2,971; Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 2,969;
Doug Kent, Newark, N.Y., 2,968; Mike DeVaney, Temecula, Calif., 2,967; Robert Smith, Captain Cook, Hawaii,
2,965; Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 2,963; Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 2,955; Billy Oatman, Chicago,
2,950; Tom Baker, King, N.C., 2,940; Kurt Pilon, Warren, Mich., 2,932; Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2,916;
Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 2,915; David Traber, Hebron, Ill., 2,913; Chad Kloss, Greenfield, Wis., 2,890; Joe
Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 2,888; Mark Siders, Westerville, Ohio, 2,882; Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 2,872; Patrick
Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 2,856; Bill Crane III, Noblesville, Ind., 2,849; Gregg Zicha, Glen Ellyn, Ill., 2,847;
David Leverage, Peoria, Ariz., 2,832; Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore, 2,832; Derek Sapp, Keokuk, Iowa, 2,831;
Ronnie Russell, Indianapolis, 2,828; Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 2,827; Steve Harman, Indianapolis, 2,821;
Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La, 2,786; Jim Tomek Jr., Camp Hill, Pa., 2,752; Chris Cundiff, Portage, Ind., 2,741;
Mark Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2,733; Riga Kalfas, Florence, Ky., 2,704.
home $6,000.
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
Totals Prize
1. Joy Esterson, Annapolis, Md.
226 $10,000
2. Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y. 226 $ 6,000
SCORES – Esterson def. Johnson, 226-226*.
*Esterson def. Johnson, 10-7, in a one-ball roll-off.
This is Esterson’s first PBA Women’s Series title.
ROUND OF 4
Joy Esterson, Annapolis, Md., def. Kelly Kulick, Union,
N.J., ($4000) 4-2 (197-182, 178-217, 184-174, 248193, 199-214, 235-200); Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga,
N.Y., def. Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, N. Richland Hills, Texas,
($5000) 4-3 (173-212, 196-189, 222-234, 184-177,
193-178, 202-234, 257-243).
ROUND OF 8
Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., def. Stefanie Nation,
Miami, ($2500) 4-1 (217-172, 203-247, 232-224, 236177, 258-174); Joy Esterson, Annapolis, Md., def.
Michelle Feldman, Skaneateles, N.Y., ($ 3500) 4-3 (168182, 182-257, 201-200, 211-269, 234-207, 236-215,
195-177); Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., def. Missy Bellinder,
Fullerton, Calif., ($3000) 4-3 (205-190, 167-216, 186188, 170-201, 233-193, 211-203, 235-190); Carolyn
Dorin-Ballard, N. Richland Hills, Texas, def. Olivia
Sandham, Wichita, Kan., ($2700) 4-2 (199-224, 226190, 214-194, 182-233, 255-198, 256-200).
ROUND OF 16 - ($1,800 ea.)
Tennelle Milligan, Costa Mesa, Calif., 2,937; Wendy
Macpherson, Henderson, Nev., 2,930; Shannon
Pluhowsky, Phoenix, 2,923; Tiffany Stanbrough, Oklahoma City, 2,881; Clara Guerrero, Armenia, Colombia, 2,870; Tish Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo.,
2,706; Karen Stroud, Plantation, Fla., 2,689; Amy Stolz,
Castle Rock, Colo., 2,636;
300 games (1) – Olivia Sandham, Sean Rash, Jack
Jurek.
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9
RASH WINS FIRST CAREER MAJOR IN USBC MASTERS
Jaros rolls 814 to finish second
Masters photos by Jim Goodwin
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – In his
first championship round appearance in a Major and bowling for the first time in a baseball stadium, no less, Sean Rash
showed there’s not much that
can faze this 25 year old.
Rash improved his career
record in televised championship rounds to 7-0 and became
just the second bowler to win a
title in his first four TV appearances with a 269-245 win over
Steve Jaros to capture the 2007
United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Masters at Miller
Park.
Rash, who became the youngest UBSC Masters champion
since it became a Denny’s Professional Bowlers Association
(PBA) Tour event in 1998,
overcame the No. 4 seed Jaros,
who came into the title match
on a near record-setting scoring
pace.
Looking to become the first
No. 4 seed to win a USBC Masters, Jaros defeated No. 3 seed
and all-time titles leader Walter
Ray Williams Jr., 279-254, in
the first stepladder match and
No. 2 seed Patrick Allen, 290233, to fall one pin shy of the
PBA’s two-game high on tele-
vision set by Bob Learn Jr. in
1996 (570).
Needing a 282 in the title
match to break the three-game
high, Jaros lost some of his
magic against Rash with three
nine-spares in the first four
frames. The seven-time titlist
responded with five consecutive strikes between frames five
and nine to force Rash to double
in the 10th. Rash struck out for
good measure, completing a
string of seven consecutive
strikes to end the match and
take home his first Major title.
“Every time you shoe them up
you want to win, and you especially want to win the Majors,”
Rash (Wichita. Kan.) said. “In
golf, you always hear about
how many majors Tiger Woods
has or Jack Nicklaus has, and
it’s all about the Majors in our
sport too. The greatest in the
game, Pete Weber, Earl Anthony and Walter Ray, they’re
all up there in Majors. That’s
what you dream of and to win
one is a great feeling.”
Less than three years ago,
Rash was a non-exempt bowler
struggling to qualify every
week for Denny’s PBA Tour
events. Late in the 2005-06 sea-
son, he broke through as the tages and breaks you get, if you Sundays.”
first bowler to win a title after don’t capitalize, you don’t win. In the semifinal, Jaros struck
11 consecutive times after leaving a 10-pin in the first frame
to win 290-233 over Allen, who
was the only one of the four finalists who bowled in Miller
Park the last time a USBC Masters final was held there in
2004.
Jaros advanced to the semifinal with a 279-254 win over
Williams. Jaros struck with his
first six shots before a 7-pin in
the seventh frame spoiled his
bid to become the first bowler
in history with two televised
300 games. He closed out the
match with five more strikes to
deny the No. 3 seed Williams a
chance at his second USBC
Masters crown.
Jaros (Yorkville. Ill.) earned
$50,000 for his second-place
finish while Allen earned
$25,000 for third and Williams
(Ocala. Fla.) took home
$15,000 for fourth.
The 2007 USBC Masters
featured 486 of the best
Sean Rash
professional and amateur
advancing through the Denny’s Steve bowed almost 820 and bowlers in the world. A major
PBA Tour Qualifying Round. lost. That’s unheard of. But be- on the Denny's PBA Tour,
He proved it wasn’t a fluke last ing undefeated on TV, I love it. bowlers competed for a prize
season, winning two titles and It’s where you want to be on fund of more than $350,000.
going 4-0 on television.
2007 USBC Masters
“I just try to go out and have
Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - October 28, 2007
fun and throw the best shots I CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
Totals
Prize
269 (1 game) $100,000
can. You have to take advantage 1. Sean Rash, Wichita, Kansas
814 (3 games) $ 50,000
of your opportunities and try to 2. Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Illinois
3. Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Florida
233 (1 game) $ 25,000
capitalize on your breaks,”
4. Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Florida 254 (1 game) $ 15,000
Rash, who earned $100,000 and SCORES – In the first match, Jaros def. Williams, 279-254; in the semia two-season exemption, said of final Jaros def. Allen, 290-233; and in the final, Rash def. Jaros, 269bowling on TV. “The advan- 245. This is Rash’s fourth career PBA Tour title and his first career Major victory
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10
Walter Ray and Carolyn Capture Motor City Classic Crowns
TAYLOR, Mich. – They’re both in behind, this time to Eugene McCune,
their 40s and both two of the game’s who defeated Williams in the title
greatest champions. Walter Ray Wil- match of the 2002 Banquet Classic for
liams Jr. and Carolyn Dorin-Ballard his only career title. Williams trailed
showed they’re as good as pba photo
they’ve ever been.
Williams set a Denny’s Professional Bowlers Association Tour
record with a title in his 15th consecutive season and captured his
43rd career title, defeating Eugene McCune, 214-194, to win
the 2007 Motor City Classic at
Taylor Lanes.
Dorin-Ballard, meanwhile,
won the first ever PBA Women’s
Series event, which is sponsored
by the United States Bowling
Congress (USBC), defeating topseed Missy Bellinder, 233-192.
The four-event series featuring
16 women is running in conjunction with Denny’s PBA Tour
Carolyn Dorin Ballard &
events.
Walter Ray Williams, Jr.
The 48-year-old Williams is the
Tour’s all-time titles leader and Sun- by one-pin for most of the match unday won his first title since breaking til McCune left a 5-7 in the ninth
Earl Anthony’s all-time record in Sep- frame. Williams struck in the eighth
tember of 2006. Dorin-Ballard, 43, and ninth frames and converted his
won 20 titles on the now-defunct Pro- ninth 10-pin in the 10th to clinch the
fessional Women’s Bowling Associa- win.
tion (PWBA) Tour. She joined the
“It was a real grind. I had a good
PBA in 2004 and was the first woman look to the pocket but unfortunately
to bowl a 300 game in a PBA event. it was a blah look because I kept leavWilliams barely escaped his semifi- ing 10-pins,” Williams (Ocala, Fla.)
nal match against Dorin-Ballard’s said. “I really felt like I bowled much
brother-in-law, Jeff Lizzi, 217-215. better games than my scores indiLizzi had control of the match until cated, but that’s part of the game.
leaving a 4-9 in the eighth frame, giv- Fortunately my opponents didn’t
ing Williams an opening. After leav- throw a lot of strikes. Jeff threw a
ing his fifth 10-pin of the match in the good shot in the 10th that didn’t carry
ninth frame, Williams came through and Eugene threw a great game but
with three strikes, forcing Lizzi to that split gave me an opportunity, and
strike with his first ball in the 10th. I just needed a mark. Fortunately, I
This time, the 10-pin bit Lizzi, and had a lot of practice picking up 10Williams escaped.
pins all day.
In the title match, Williams again fell
“If someone had told me ‘you’re
going to shoot 217-214 and win,’ I’d
have laughed at them.”
Dorin-Ballard had an easier route to
the title, striking in four of the first
five frames and never looking back.
She had help from Bellinder, who was
never able to string two strikes together until the match was decided.
“It’s overwhelming,” Dorin-Ballard
(N. Richland Hills, Texas) said.
“We’ve been off now for four years
and I didn’t think we’d see the day
where there would be any type of
tour for us again. I consider myself
very lucky to be the first Women’s
Series champion.”
Williams earned $25,000 for his win
while Dorin-Ballard pocketed
$10,000. McCune who advanced to
the title match with a 246-221 win
over Mika Koivuniemi, earned
$13,000. Koivuniemi and Lizzi took
home $6,000 each for third and fourth,
respectively, and Bellinder earned
$6,000 for her runner-up finish.
2007 Motor City Classic
Taylor Lanes, Taylor, Michigan - November 4, 2007
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
Totals
Prize
1. Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala , Florida
431 (2 games)
$25,000
2. Eugene McCune, Munster , Indiana
440 (2 games)
$13,000
3. Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Michigan
221 (1 game)
$ 6,000
4. Jeff Lizzi, Sandusky, Ohio
215 (1 game)
$ 6,000
SCORES – In the first match, Williams def. Lizzi, 217-215; in the second match, McCune def. Koivuniemi, 246-221; and in the final, Williams
def. McCune, 214-194.
This is Williams’ 43rd career Denny’s PBA Tour title. He also broke a PBA record with a title in his 15th consecutive season.
Jeff Lizzi, Sandusky, Ohio, def. Edward VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 4-0 (225-133, 184-154, 221-165, 192-164); Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, MI,
def. Chris Loschetter, Avon, OH, 4-2 (171-201, 238-235, 245-240, 256-235, 210-221, 255-228); Eugene McCune, Munster, IN, def. Mike
DeVaney, Temecula, CA, 4-2 (208-244, 182-223, 229-207, 248-212, 233-192, 265-255); Walter Ray Williams Jr, Ocala, FL, def. Pete Weber, St.
Ann, MO, 4-0 (246-182, 247-160, 268-237, 246-215).
Edward VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., def. Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 4-3 (179-177, 199-227, 238-256, 216-189, 180-215, 191-188, 233200); Jeff Lizzi, Sandusky, Ohio, def. Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 4-2 (185-201, 181-222, 215-192, 267-243, 258-232, 211-210); Walter Ray
Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., def. Tommy Delutz Jr., Flushing, N.Y., 4-3 (189-212, 239-194, 266-223, 165-210, 212-235, 258-231, 268-268); Mike
DeVaney, Temecula, Calif., def. Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 4-1 (240-165, 235-203, 245-228, 193-200, 257-245); Mika Koivuniemi,
Hartland, Mich., def. Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 4-3 (232-279, 226-192, 258-230, 159-226, 234-214, 212-224, 204-192); Chris Loschetter,
Avon, Ohio, def. Dave D’Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 4-1 (176-158, 157-183, 206-190, 220-214, 181-179); Eugene McCune, Munster,
Ind., def. Doug Kent, Newark, N.Y., 4-1 (198-210, 183-172, 226-195, 234-208, 290-235); Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., def. Chris Warren, Grants
Pass, Ore., 4-2 (204-192, 177-193, 149-217, 223-220, 245-190, 205-202).
Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., def. Mike Machuga, Erie, Pa., 4-3 (181-159, 213-267, 192-190, 197-156, 173-186, 182-221, 217-181); Jeff
Lizzi, Sandusky, Ohio, def. Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 4-2 (221-224, 186-211, 187-182, 230-207, 220-191, 247-234); Dave D’Entremont,
Middleburg Heights, Ohio, def. Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., 4-2 (188-239, 194-176, 173-232, 210-152, 266-169, 254-191); Pete Weber, St.
Ann, Mo., def. Brian Himmler, Cincinnati, Ohio, 4-0 (213-211, 190-152, 234-173, 262-160); Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, def. Steve Jaros,
Yorkville, Ill., 4-3 (191-219, 225-236, 259-256, 235-243, 258-215, 227-206, 238-202); Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, def. Danny Wiseman,
Baltimore, Md., 4-2 (142-177, 198-182, 217-191, 215-236, 204-196, 234-203); Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., def. Tommy Jones, Simpsonville,
S.C., 4-2 (189-244, 268-197, 250-226, 229-235, 226-213, 247-189); Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., def. Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La., 40 (257-190, 215-170, 258-212, 268-176); Doug Kent, Newark, N.Y., def. Norm Duke $2,200, Clermont, Fla., 4-2 (224-212, 206-260, 210-225,
224-215, 226-163, 268-248); Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., def. Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 4-3 (159-174, 180-222, 210-196, 225-169, 268164, 182-218, 246-231); Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, def. Wes Malott, Argyle, Texas, 4-3 (147-171, 209-191, 245-247, 222-222, 257-178,
200-216, 275-213); Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., def. Dan MacLelland, Windsor, Ont., Canada, 4-1 (175-136, 194-176, 198-135, 185-191,
246-156); Mike DeVaney, Temecula, Calif., def. Jim Tomek Jr., Camp Hill, Pa., 4-1 (193-198, 209-189, 170-167, 220-165, 225-152); Edward
VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., def. Michael Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 4-2 (223-187, 178-224, 235-196, 269-242, 186-211, 265-258); Mika Koivuniemi,
Hartland, Mich., def. Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 4-1 (211-201, 251-190, 226-235, 237-213, 258-209); Tommy Delutz Jr., Flushing, NY, def.
Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 4-2 (256-179, 212-219, 268-202, 238-229, 212-249, 234-233).
ROUND OF 64 - ($1,800 each)
Michael Haugen Jr., Cave Creek, Ariz., 3,065; Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 3,062; Rhino Page, Topeka, Kansas, 3,049; Steve Harman, Indianapolis, 3,040; Troy Wollenbecker, Toledo, Ohio, 3,025; Robert Smith, Captain Cook, Hawaii, 3,022; Brian LeClair, Athens, N.Y., 3,015; Brian
Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 3,014; Brian Hatcher, Roseville, Mich., 3,014; Curtis Woods Jr., Santa Rosa, Calif., 3,012; Riga Kalfas, Florence, Ky.,
3,005; Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan, 3,000; Chad Kloss, Greenfield, Wis., 2,997; Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 2,985; Ronnie Russell, Indianapolis,
2,984; PJ Haggerty, Clovis, Calif., 2,978; Jason Wojnar, Chicago, 2,972; David Leverage, Peoria, Ariz., 2,963; Bill O’Neill, Levittown, Pa., 2,959;
Todd Book, Cantonment, Fla., 2,939; Sean Swanson, Springfield, Mo., 2,935; Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 2,923; Mitch Beasley, Arlington,
Texas, 2,919; Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 2,911; Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 2,909; Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 2,899; Mike Mineman,
Belleville, Ill., 2,898; Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 2,890; Billy Oatman, Chicago, 2,804; Tom Baker, King, N.C., 2,772; Mark Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2,706; Corey Miller, Grand Blanc, Mich., 2,665.
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
Totals
Prize
1. Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, N. Richland Hills, Texas
233 (1 game)
$10,000
2. Missy Bellinder, Fullerton , California
192 (2 games)
$ 6,000
SCORES – Dorin-Ballard def. Bellinder, 233-192.
This is Dorin-Ballard’s first PBA Women’s Series title.
ROUND OF 4 - (Losers eliminated cash)
Carolyn DorinBallard, N. Richland Hills, Texas, def. Liz Johnson ($4000), Cheektowaga, N.Y., 40 (203-191, 258-190, 213-211, 279-215); Missy Bellinder, Fullerton, Calif., def. Joy Esterson
($5000), Annapolis, Md., 4-2 (165-181, 180-211, 243-197, 206-148, 212-177, 201-192).
ROUND OF 8 - (Losers eliminated cash)
Joy Esterson, Annapolis, Md., def. Kelly Kulick ($2,700), Union, N.J., 4-1 (194-164, 199-146,
215-174, 178-202, 237-204); Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, N. Richland Hills, Texas, def. Karen Stroud
($3,500), Plantation, Fla., 4-3 (192-213, 211-206, 191-232, 203-190, 218-152, 212-215, 223203); Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., def. Amy Stolz ($2,500), Castle Rock, Colo., 4-0 (226148, 200-177, 237-214, 258-206); Missy Bellinder, Fullerton, Calif., def. Olivia Sandham ($3,000),
Wichita, Kan, 4-2 (157-199, 220-201, 202-179, 193-193, 193-158, 216-211).
ROUND OF 16 - ($1,800 each)
Missy Bellinder, Fullerton, Calif., 3,207; Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, N. Richland Hills, Texas, 3,195;
Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 3,179; Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 3,178; Joy Esterson, Annapolis, Md., 3,029; Amy Stolz, Castle Rock, Colo., 3,029; Karen Stroud, Plantation, Fla., 2,967;
Olivia Sandham, Wichita, Kan, 2,958; Stefanie Nation, Miami, 2,942; Michelle Feldman,
Skaneateles, N.Y., 2,851; Robin Romeo, Newhall, Calif., 2,835; Tennelle Milligan, Costa Mesa,
Calif., 2,793; Clara Guerrero, Armenia, Colombia, 2,780; Shannon Pluhowsky, Phoenix, 2,649;
Tiffany Stanbrough, Oklahoma City, 2,552; Tish Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2,550.
300 games – Kelly Kulick, Marc Grosinsky, Curtis Woods Jr., Michael Fagan.
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Smith Takes PBA Windy City Classic
VERNON HILLS, Ill. – A tearful Robert Smith could hardly express how much his first Denny’s
Professional Bowlers Association
Tour title in almost four years
hard work I put in, it was all worth
it. It’s a relief just to come back and
bowl. The win is a bonus. I really
think it’s the start of a new era for
me.”
pba photo
Robert Smith congratulated by Spigner family
meant to him.
Smith captured his seventh career
title and his first since 2004, defeating a pesky Brad Angelo, 223205, to win the 2007 CLR Windy
City Classic at Hawthorn Lanes.
Smith missed almost the entire
2006-07 season due to a painful hip
injury which left him unable to
walk for two months. A year’s worth
of recovery, hard work and a ball
company change led Smith back to
a place some thought he might
never return.
“The pain, the hip problem, taking the year off … all of it,” Smith
said, choking back tears. “All the
Known on Tour as “Maximum
Bob” because of his ball speed and
rev rate which are the highest on
Tour, Smith slowed things down all
week due to the challenging Shark
oil pattern, then on Sunday stood
as far left as he could and launched
the ball over the gutter cap, throwing the ball 14 feet in the air down
the 60-foot lane.
“That’s my trick and the guys all
know it,” Smith said. “The ball can’t
hook in the air.”
The move resulted in a solid
game against Angelo, who was
coming off a 162-151 win over
Chris Barnes in the semifinal in
what was the third-lowest combined
score in a televised match in
Denny’s PBA Tour history. Smith
used a key four-bagger in the fifth
through eighth frames to take control of the title match and his ninespare in the ninth frame all but
ended it.
Angelo came in as the No. 5 seed
and was winless in 103 career
events, but looked destined to finally break through with his first
victory. He looked unstoppable in
defeating No. 4 Ritchie Allen, 265168, and No. 3 Mika Koivuniemi,
256-233, before he and Barnes got
locked into an ugly match.
The two combined for seven
splits and seven open frames, with
Barnes accounting for five of the
splits. The last came in the 10th
frame when Barnes could have
struck out to win the match, but he
left the 6-7 split and opened, and
Angelo marked in the 10th to win.
The 162 gave Angelo the thirdlowest winning score on TV in
history.
Smith (Captain Cook, Hawaii)
took home $25,000 for the win and
an exemption for the 2008-09 season, while Angelo (Lockport, N.Y.)
earned $13,000 for second. Barnes
(Double Oak, Texas) took home
$6,500 for third, Koivuniemi
(Hartland, Mich.) earned $5,500 for
fourth while Allen (Columbia, S.C.)
earned $5,000 for fifth.
2007 CLR Windy City Classic
Hawthorn Lanes, Vernon Hills, Ill. - November 25, 2007
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
Totals
Prize
1. Robert Smith, Captain Cook, Hawaii
233 (1 game)
$25,000
2. Brad Angelo, Lockport, New York
888 (4 games) $13,000
3. Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas
151 (1 game)
$ 6,500
4. Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Michigan
233 (1 game)
$ 5,500
5. Ritchie Allen, Columbia, South Carolina
168 (1 game)
$ 5,000
SCORES – In the first match, Angelo def. Allen, 265-168; in the second match,
Angelo def. Koivuniemi, 256-233; in the third match, Angelo def. Barnes,
162-151; and in the final, Smith def. Angelo, 223-205.
This is Smith’s seventh career Denny’s PBA Tour title.
ROUND OF 16 cashers
Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 9-9-0, 7,530, $4,000; Danny Wiseman, Baltimore,
11-7-0, 7,501, $3,700; Brian Himmler, Cincinnati, 11-7-0, 7,467, $3,500; Mike
Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 11-7-0, 7,456, $3,000; Bill O’Neill, Levittown, Pa., 12-60, 7,451, $2,900; Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore, 9-9-0, 7,409, $2,800; Steve
Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 7-10-1, 7,401, $2,700; Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 9-9-0,
7,392, $2,650; Michael Haugen Jr, Cave Creek, Ariz., 9-9-0, 7,270, $2,600;
Chad Kloss, Greenfield, Wis., 9-9-0, 7,241, $2,550; Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan,
5-12-1, 7,104, $2,500.
ROUND OF 32 - $2200 each
Mike DeVaney, Temecula, Calif., 4-5-0, 5,210; Sean Swanson, Springfield,
Mo., 5-4-0, 5,186; Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 4-5-0, 5,176; Ronnie Russell,
Indianapolis, Ind., 5-4-0, 5,171; Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 5-4-0, 5,161;
Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 3-6-0, 5,156; Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 3-60, 5,119; Brian LeClair, Athens, N.Y., 3-6-0, 5,116; Mitch Beasley, Bothell, Wash.,
3-6-0, 5,082; Todd Book, Cantonment, Fla., 1-7-1, 5,082; Patrick Allen, Wesley
Chapel, Fla., 3-5-1, 5,066; Jim Tomek Jr., Camp Hill, Pa., 4-5-0, 5,036; Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 2-6-1, 5,011; Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis.,
3-6-0, 5,003; Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1-8-0, 4,934; Steve Harman, Indianapolis, Ind., 1-8-0, 4,915.
ROUND OF 64 - ($1,800 ea.)
Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 3,037; Steve Rogers, Bourbonnais, Ill., 3,033;
Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La., 3,015; Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 3,015;
Troy Wollenbecker, Toledo, Ohio, 3,014; Tommy Delutz Jr., Flushing, N.Y., 2,998;
Tom Daugherty, Tampa, Fla., 2,990; Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 2,989; Bill
Spigner, Vernon Hills, Ill., 2,984; David Leverage, Peoria, Ariz., 2,969; Gregory
Kuehnl, Saginaw, Mich., 2,961; Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2,949; Walter
Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 2,939; Brian Hatcher, Roseville, Mich., 2,937;
Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., 2,925; Wes Malott, Argyle, Texas, 2,918; Dave
D’Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 2,917; Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas,
2,915; Chris Wade, O’Fallon, Mo., 2,885; Michael Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y.,
2,882; Ken Abner, Cincinnati, 2,880; Jason Wojnar, Chicago, Ill., 2,878; Jack
Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 2,875; John Slavich IV, Schaumburg, Ill., 2,866; Riga
Kalfas, Florence, Ky., 2,857; Derek Sapp, Keokuk, Iowa, 2,854; Mike Mineman,
Belleville, Ill., 2,835; Curtis Woods Jr, Rohnert Park, Calif., 2,833; Billy Oatman,
Chicago, Ill., 2,801; Mark Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2,769; Mark Raymond
Jr., Vernon Hills, Ill, 2,763; Christopher Glaz, Elmwood Park, Ill, 2,753.
12
ELITE CAST ADDED TO NEW TEAM USA
WTBA Rule Change Will Allow Pros to Bowl on 2008 USA “Dream Team”
In August, the World Tenpin Bowling
Association voted to allow members of
professional organizations to compete in
international competition, prompting
USBC to dramatically change the selection process for Team USA in 2008.
Introduced at the ‘Bowlfest’ event preceding the USBC Masters finals October
27 were the new members of the team –
PBA stars Walter Ray Williams Jr.,
Parker Bohn III, Chris Barnes, Tommy
Jones, Patrick Allen and Sean Rash.
Now on the women’s team are former
PWBA champions Carolyn DorinBallard, Wendy Macpherson, Kelly
Kulick, and Kim Terrell. Rising star and
PBA member Missy Bellinder was also
selected.
A USBC-PBA committee selected the
professionals and others from a pool of
players deemed eligible for the team.
Four additional men and women will
join the team after the 2008 USBC Team
USA Trials to be held in Las Vegas in
January. The top two men and women
will earn automatic spots, and the Na-
tional Selection Committee will name
four more.
Amateurs remaining on the team are
David Haynes, Bill Hoffman, David
O’Sullivan, Rhino Page, Diandra Asbaty,
Lynda Barnes, Shannon O’Keefe,
Tennelle Milligan and Shannon
Pluhowsky, all of whom earned spots at
the 2007 Team USA Trials.
“Having been a pro my entire career, I
never had a chance to be a part of Team
USA,” said Williams. “I feel honored
they selected me, and hopefully I can
contribute in a very positive manner.”
“I decided to be a pro bowler and didn’t
think I would ever have this opportunity,”
said Dorin-Ballard. “This is the icing on
the cake for my career.”
“The Team USA Program is very excited to have a bigger pool of athletes to
select from,” said David Garber, USBC
Team USA High Performance Director.
“We welcome the pros who will work
together with the best amateurs, creating a Dream Team.”
Setting the record straight on Women’s Pro Bowling . . .
The women pro bowlers are making their was growing like a brushfire. I joined in 1962
way back into the national spotlight after an when Marion Ladewig gave me an applicaabsence of almost four years. The USBC has tion while I was competing in the Michigan
stepped up to the plate, along with the PBA, State Tournament.
to build a format that has given them the opMany of the pioneers are still living and
portunity to compete on
scattered across our
national TV. Having
great country and
watched these gifted probably smile with
and talented ladies
inward pride when
they watch the
perform over several young ladies perdecades, I couldn’t be happier. The future
form on TV, knowing
looks bright, but I’m a
they played a part in
little disturbed that the
making it all possible.
ladies who made it all
Speaking of great
possible have been overbowlers, several of the
looked by everyone but
legends like Carolyn
a few of the veteran writDorin-Ballard
and
ers. I’d like to take this
Wendy Macpherson will
opportunity to set the
be representing our
record straight.
country in 2008 as memIn 1959, the members of Team USA.
bers of the 700 club of
Ballard, who won the
Chicago were in full
first stop on the inauguagreement that the time
ral PBA Women’s Series
had come to form a
at Taylor Lanes in Taywomen’s professional
lor, Michigan, said,
Jeanette Robinson is a PWBA champion
and member of seven Halls of Fame
bowling association pat“This is icing on the cake
terned after the new PBA (established
for my career. It’s great
in 1958). They sent letters to outstanding to win, but to share it and represent your
competitors inviting them to meet with the country – there is no better feeling.” Carolyn
Chicago group at the Congress Hotel, Decem- is also currently a spokes-person for the
ber 2 nd , 1959, just prior to the Chicago USBC High School Bowling program.
Matchgame tournament. The 700 club unThe men’s Team USA, next year, will be
derwrote all expenses showing their total a big favorite at every meet. It’s loaded with
faith in the project.
PBA stars and Hall of Famers including
This charter meeting brought the PWBA Walter Ray Williams Jr., who captured his 43rd
into official being. The signers of the consti- PBA title in Taylor, Michigan. Williams said
tution elected Georgia E. Veatch as the Ex- it should be fun bowling with these great
ecutive Director. Other officers elected were players instead of against them.
Mary Bundrick - President, Laverne Carter –
A local note: This past Saturday and Sun1st Vice President, Shirley Garmes - 2nd Vice day The Orleans Bowling Center in Las VePresident, and Marion Ladewig - Director at gas hosted the Regional Special Olympics.
Large. To them belongs much of the credit Bobbie Hoven, one of the outstanding youth
for getting the PWBA off to a smooth start. program developers in the country and her
They received encouragement from staff once again did themselves proud. Nellis
manufacturers, members of the press, and the Air Force base provided the color guard and
proprietors. Eddie Elias, Executive Director gave out awards during the tournament.
and founder of the PBA accepted the posi- There isn’t a pro or amateur who has won a
tion as legal advisor, and the organization tournament over the years that can match the
was on its way.
joy of one of these Olympians getting a medal
They set a maximum membership at 100. they will treasure forever.
The roster was filled by mid April and addiWe salute the parents who provide the love
tional applications worthy of consideration and inspiration to keep them involved.
were submitted. The first PWBA co-sponsored tournament was held in North Miami
Jeanette Robinson won three professional
Beach, Florida on September 3-4th, 1960 (won titles during her career as a touring pro. She
by Marion Ladewig who is still considered was president of the Professional Women’s
Bowling Association for ten years from 1968
the greatest woman bowler of all time).
On January 1st, 1966, PWBA had 351 to 1978. She is currently the house pro at The
members. In 1967 we had 402 members. This Orleans Bowling Center in Las Vegas.
more than anything showed the interest that
Live from Las Vegas
Jeanette Robinson
The latest cartoon book by
Stars & Strikes cartoonist
Walt Steinsiek
is now available, and the
author is currently accepting
orders by phone and email.
Individuals may obtain
copies of
The Funniest
Approach!
for $8.95 each
(postage paid),
and discounts will be
available for organizations
and for leagues that
purchase 12 or more copies.
To email Steinsiek:
ztlaw98@hotmail.com,
call 772-664-5564
or send a check to:
5337 Bison St., Micco FL
32976-7790.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Nov 28-Dec 2
PBA Great Lakes Classic & Women’s Series, Spectrum Lanes, Wyoming, MI
Dec 1-2
SASBA Foursome, Plano Super Bowl, Plano, TX
Dec 5-9
PBA Beltway Classic, AMF Country Club Lanes, Baltimore, MD
Dec 8-9
SASBA South Central Annual Championships, Metro Bowl, Baton Rouge, LA
Dec 12-16
PBA Spartanburg Classic, Shamrock Lanes, Spartanburg, SC
Dec 15-16
SASBA Annual Team, Plano Super Bowl, Plano, TX
Jan 2-6
PBA High Desert Classic, National Bowling Stadium, Reno, NV
Jan 9-13
PBA Earl Anthony Medford Classic, Lava Lanes, Medford, OR
Jan 15-20
PBA Dick Weber Open, Fountain Bowl, Fountain Valley, CA
Jan 20-22
PBA Exempt Doubles Classic, Red Rock Lanes, Las Vegas, NV
Jan 20-24
Military Bowling Championships, Gold Coast Bowling Center, Las Vegas, NV
Jan 23-27
PBA Tournament of Champions, Red Rock Lanes, Las Vegas, NV
Feb 2-9
High Roller Triple Header, Samís Town Bowling Center, Las Vegas, NV
Feb 6-10
PBA Sun City Classic, Oasis Lanes, El Paso, TX
Feb 13-17
PBA Pepsi Championship, Thunder Alley, Omaha, NE
Feb 16-July 7
USBC Open Championships, Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM
Bowlers Journal Championships, Albuquerque, NM
BTM Tournament, Leisure Lanes, Albuquerque, NM
Feb 18-24
PBA Denny’s World Championship, Woodland Bowl, Indianapolis, IN
Feb 26-Mar 2
PBA Buckeye State Classic, Sequoia Pro Bowl, Columbus, OH
Mar 5-9
PBA Constitution State Classic,
Norwich Bowling & Entertainment Center, Norwich, CT
Mar 10-13
National Golden Ladies Classic, The Orleans Bowling Center, Las Vegas, NV
Mar 19-23
PBA Geico Classic, AMF Babylon Lanes, W. Babylon, NY
Mar 23-30
Denny’s 65th U.S. Open, Brunswick Zone Carolier, North Brunswick, NJ
Mar 28-30
All-American High School Championships, North Brunswick, NJ
Apr 10-July 6
USBC Women’s Championships, Detroit, Michigan
Apr 26-30
USBC Queens, Super Bowl, Detroit, MI
Senior Queens, Skore Lanes, Detroit, MI
June 8-12
USBC Senior Masters, Golden Pin Lanes, Tucson, AZ
June 22-27
International Bowl Expo 2008,
Rosen Shingle Creek & Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL
June 23-26
Bowling Writers Association of America Convention,
International Plaza, Orlando, FL
July 5-11
USBC Junior Gold Championships, Detroit MI
July 7-15
USBC Youth Open Championships, Skore Lanes, Detroit, MI
July 14-16
Pepsi USBC Youth Championships, Sunnybrook Lanes, Detroit, MI
Aug 1-10
WTBA World Youth Championships, Orlando, Florida
Aug 14-17
5th New Mexico Open, Tenpins & More, Rio Rancho, NM
14
THE FUNNY PAGE
Q: What do you call an intelligent,
good looking, sensitive man?
A: A rumor
by Maurice ‘MOE’ LaRochelle
Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be
declared brain dead
- Erma Bombeck
Too Late, He’s Long Dead
The orthopaedic surgeon I work for was moving to a new office, and his
staff was helping transport many of the items.
I sat the display skeleton in the front of my car, and had fastened the
seatbelt around it to stop it falling over. I hadn’t considered the drive
across town.
At one traffic light, the stares of the people in the car beside me
became obvious, and I looked across and explained, “I’m delivering
him to my doctor’s office.”
The other driver leaned out of his window. “I hate to tell you, man,” he
said, “but I think it’s too late!”
Amazing! You hang something in your closet for a while and it shrinks
two sizes!
It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I
win or lose
- Darren Weinberg
Skinny people irritate me! Especially when they say things like, “You know, sometimes I just
forget to eat.”
Now I’ve forgotten my address, my mother’s maiden name, and my keys. But I’ve never
forgotten to eat. You have to be a special kind of stupid to forget to eat.
I gave up jogging for my health when my thighs kept rubbing
together and setting my pantyhose on fire.
I read this article that said the typical symptoms of stress are: eating too much, impulse
buying, and driving too fast. Are they kidding? That is my idea of a perfect day.
Walt’s World
The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by
then, your body and your fat are really good friends.
by Walt Steinsiek
I know what Victoria’s Secret is. The secret is that nobody older
than 30 can fit into their stuff.
A cabbie picks up a Nun.
She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome cab
driver won’t stop staring at her.
She asks him why he is staring.
He replies: “I have a question to ask you but I don’t want to
offend you.”
She answers, “My son, you cannot offend me. When you’re as old
as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a
chance to see and hear just about everything. I’m sure that
there’s nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive.”
”Well, I’ve always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me.”
She responds, “Well, let’s see what we can do about that: #1,
you have to be single and #2, you must be Catholic.”
The cab driver is very excited and says, “Yes, I’m single and
Catholic!”
”OK” the nun says. “Pull into the next alley.”
The nun fulfills his fantasy, with a kiss that would make a hooker
blush
But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.
”My dear child,” says the nun, “why are you crying?”
”Forgive me but I’ve sinned. I lied and I must confess, I’m married
and I’m Jewish.”
The nun says, “That’s OK. My name is Kevin and I’m going to a
Halloween party.”
15
Nostalgia Meets Hope
in Taylor, Michigan
By Rick Ramsey
My wife Gayle and I were question was quickly answered as
excited when we pulled into the we watched the interaction on
parking lot at Taylor Lanes. We the lanes. The overwhelming
majority of the men were very
cordial and helpful. It appeared
Rick
they had no problems with the
Ramsey is a
women and enjoyed bowling with
former
them. This was confirmed by
National
Missy Bellinder who said, "The
Tournament
men were very helpful and
Director
for the
friendly. I have bowled with
Professional
several of them before and they
Women's
are good friends."
Bowling
Missy was excited to be
Tour, and the Director of
competing in a women's
Tournaments for the Bowling
professional event. She is a very
Proprietors' Association of
intelligent young lady who left
America. Currently, he and his
her job at Cal State Long Beach
wife Gayle are the owners of
to participate in the Women's
Rockin R Promotions
Series. A communications-public
Company, and Rick is the
Director of Tournaments for
relations graduate who is on the
Bowling This Month Magazine.
Brunswick and Etonic pro staffs
He can be contacted by
plans to participate in a few of the
email at ricklpbt@msn.com.
PBA national events and bowl as
many regional PBA tournaments
were about to witness the start of as possible. She has already won
the first ladies professional two of them. The former PWBA
bowling tournament held in recent RPC Champion performed well in
years. Many questions about the the first round. She has a bright
return of women's professional future ahead of her.
bowling were about to be
Former PWBA Rookie of the
answered. We had the pleasure of Year and four-time pro champion
traveling with the world's greatest Tiffany Stanbrough took a fivewomen bowlers for five years, week leave of absence from her
and Gayle has always said, "When job as manager of a dog grooming
I win the lottery, I will use the business in Oklahoma City to
money to start another ladies compete in the WS, and after the
tour".
first block was wondering if she
The first thing I noticed was the had made the right decision.
lack of banners or signs in the When I talked to her, she was
parking lot. A great opportunity to already looking forward to the
promote our sport is missed again, second tournament, and hoping
I thought. When we entered the for a condition more suited to her
building it was the typical set-up game.
with volunteers eagerly taking
Shannon Pluhowsky has been
money at the door. A PBA very successful in her young
merchandise area was very well bowling career and had dreamed
displayed, but lacked customers, of bowling on a women's pro tour,
which is probably common for a but by the time she graduated
Thursday morning.
from college the PWBA Tour had
The old wooden bleachers were folded. She is hopeful this will be
in place and ready to share their the start of a new tour for women
splinters with the fans. The and plans to bowl as many men's
concourse area at Taylor Lanes is and open tournaments as possible,
small, and got smaller when the and be ready if the opportunity to
bowlers started trying to maneuver participate on a new tour
their bowling bags to the lanes. develops. While she isn't on a ball
Like most bowling tournaments, manufacturers staff, she was very
the fans are very close to the complimentary of how much the
athletes; maybe too close at times. ball companies and their tour
The athletes, men and women, consultants are helping the
began making their way to the women in these events.
lanes. Understanding their mental
Olivia Sandham is another of the
preparation and not wanting to young ladies who never had the
disturb them, we just sat back and opportunity to experience the
watched. Several of the veteran ladies tour. As a junior bowler she
women bowlers and our friends aspired to be the best she could be
who bowl on the PBA tour and hoped to bowl professionally.
stopped to say hello. It was great She had a great collegiate career,
to see the smiles on their faces as and when she graduated in
they were getting ready to December 2006 hoped to bowl for
participate in this historic event. a living. She learned that bowling
Some seemed very confident, against the men is difficult, and in
while others looked a little June 2007 was ready to give it up
nervous. The 16 ladies were when the USBC announced the
scattered among the men, with Women's Series.
one lady and three men on a pair
She worked hard prior to the
of lanes.
Women's US OPEN and thought
Our first question was 'how she was ready, but found herself
would the men accept the women in 38th place after the first round.
bowling on the same lanes?' That Ebonite Staffer Dino Castillo
suggested she drill a Hammer
'Beat N' ball, and as they say, the
rest is history. She bowled
extremely well the rest of the way
to secure a spot in the Women's
Series. Olivia was very
complimentary of the help Dino,
Brian Graham, and Hammer
Bowling have given her in recent
months.
I was talking to one of the
veteran pros about the Women's
Series entry fee ($500) and the
prize money ($51,000) for each
event. She said "It's nice to be out
here, but first place in our event
is $10,000 while the men get
$25,000". Apparently, the issue of
equality continues to be an issue;
and for some reason, a few of the
ladies don't understand they are
actually playing for more money
per bowler than the men in these
events. They have a better
opportunity to make money than
the PBA bowlers. This is one of
the issues that lead to the demise
of the PWBA.
The USBC is underwriting the
Women's Series, and while I don't
have the financial numbers, I'm
sure each event is costing them at
least $50,000. I was surprised to
see only one bowler with the
USBC logo on her shirt, but all of
the bowlers were required to
wear the PBA patch, even if they
weren't PBA members. It would
be nice to see USBC getting more
credit and recognition for their
sponsorship. It was also
interesting that the USBC didn't
have a media representative
attending the event and writing
stories about the Women's Series.
There is no question the
Women's Series has created a
renewed interest in women's
professional bowling. The
television finals have been very
competitive and exciting. Will the
marketers of bowling be
successful in convincing some
large corporation that a women's
tour is right for their company?
Sam's Town Hotel and Casino was
a great partner for the women's
tour for many years, but
involvement with Strike Ten
Entertainment ended that
relationship a few years ago.
Would enough ladies bowl to have
a tour? They would need more
than the thirty-something bowling
when the tour folded in 2003.
The fans at Taylor Lanes were
happy to see the ladies, and the
athletes were happy to be
competing. The questions about
the return of a ladies tour are
being answered and will continue
being answered after the series
finishes its four-week run.
Wouldn't it be nice to see USBC
and BPAA work together to create
a new women's tour and use it to
grow the High School and College
programs.
As we left Taylor Lanes, Gayle
made me stop at the first place
selling
lottery
tickets.
Unfortunately, we didn't have the
winning ticket.
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