BOWLING NEWS October 22, 2015 Page 1 Bowling news Thursday October 22, 2015 California 7502 E Florence Ave, Downey, CA 90240 • Online: www.californiabowlingnews.com • Email: [email protected] • Office: (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 EVENT OR CLUB DAY DATE BOWLING CENTER ABTA SATURDAY OCT 24 CHAPARRAL LANES brEAkFAst Club nO-tAp FriDAy OCt 23 lA hAbrA “300” bOwl NATIONAL MIXED TOURNEY NOW THRU NOV 1ST NATIONAL BOWLING STADIUM give a hoot about what you shoot Honor Roll Name Score Date Center bill CArtEr 300 10-14-15 sAnDs bOwl miChAEl ChArrOn jr. 300 10-14-15 sAnDs bOwl jOnAthAn huFF 300 10-14-15 FOrEst lAnEs ChristOphEr sAnDbErg 300 10-14-15 vistA EntErtAinmEnt juAn vAzquEz 300 10-14-15 sAnDs bOwl lArry grAy 822 10-15-15 pAlOs vErDEs bOwl hEiDi jACksOn 749 10-15-15 pAlOs vErDEs bOwl DAviD COunts 838/300 10-16-15 sAnDs bOwl AllEn EspinO 300 10-16-15 OAk trEE lAnEs bEtO rivErO 300 10-16-15 prEmiEr lAnEs jAmEs CArmACk 800 10-17-15 DEEr CrEEk jOnAthAn huEzO 300 10-17-15 gOlD COAst jOsEph mAlOnE 800/300 10-17-15 DEEr CrEEk gAbriEl rAmirEz 300 10-17-15 winnEtkA bOwl miChEllE silvEr 300 10-18-15 winnEtkA bOwl ATTENTION ALL BOWLERS: BOWL AN HONOR SCORE THIS WEEK & E-MAIL BY MONDAY NOON YOUR NAME, SCORE, DATE & CENTER & YOU WILL BE ON THE FRONT PAGE E-mAil tO: [email protected]mEn: 300 - 800 & 7-10’s wOmEn: 298,299,300, 700+ & 7-10’s Bowling news 6 Gamer - $1,000.00 1st Place sunDAy, november 1st at 3pm • Entry Fee: $85 Oil Pattern Used “Kegel Sphinx” OPTIONAL - Sidepots - Blocks $25 • Call Jon at (949)770-0055 for more info. BASED ON 40 ENTRIES check-in 2:00p.m. CHICAGO – RENO, NV, will be the center of the bowling universe as ESPN, Xtra Frame and the Na- tional Bowling Stadium set the stage that will showcase the largest field of PBA players from a record 21 countries who will compete in the GEICO Professional Bowlers Association World Series of Bowling VII pre- sented by Silver Legacy and Reno-Sparks Conven- tion and Visitors Authority Dec. 7-19. The two weeks of com- petition will produce seven national telecasts on ESPN and 100 hours of digital coverage through PBA’s GEICO is Title Sponsor of PBA World Series of Bowling VII Rolltech to Sponsor Main Event PBA World Championship online bowling channel Xtra Frame. The PBA has announced an exciting, engaged list of WSOB primary sponsors including GEICO, Rolltech, Silver Legacy Resort Casino and Reno-Sparks Conven- tion and Visitors Author- ity. Participating presenting sponsors are PBA Bowling Challenge Mobile Game by Concrete Software, Storm Products, Xtra Frame, Ho- ARLINGTON, Texas – The Team USA squad for the 2015 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Women’s Championships has been selected and Dan- ielle McEwan of Stony Point, New York, will make her debut in the event that will take place Dec. 5-14 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Bowling fans will be able to watch the action live from the Khalifa Inter- national Bowling Centre on BOWL.com’s BowlTV. While McEwan will make her first appearance in a World Women’s Cham- pionships, five of the six Team USA members se- lected by the Team USA coaching staff were on the squad for the 2013 event. Returning to represent the United States will be Liz Johnson of Cheektow- aga, New York; Stefanie Johnson of Grand Prairie, Texas; Kelly Kulick of Union, New Jersey; Shan- non O’Keefe of O’Fallon, Illinois, and Shannon Pluhowsky of Kettering, Ohio. McEwan is no stranger to competing on the world stage, having represented the U.S. in the 2012 and 2013 QubicaAMF World Cup. She also was a mem- ber of the Junior Team USA squad that won team gold at 2012 WTBA World Youth Championships. “No matter what the event, it’s always an honor to represent my country and compete with USA on my back.” McEwan said. “This tournament, in particular, is going to be very special be- cause it is the largest plat- form for a team event in the world, against the best in the world! I’m very excited to be part of this amazing team.” McEwan won the Pro- fessional Women’s Bowling Association Tour Champi- onship title in September and said the PWBA Tour “has made us all extremely sharp.” “Having something to TEAM USA SQUAD FOR WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS ANNOUNCED continued on page 8 continued on page 8 SAN DIMAS — ABTA bowls Saturday Oct. 24 at popular Chaparral Lanes in San Dimas. New Members are wel- come up to a 209 average, and may join onsite for only $10. Men and Women qualify separately and the ABTA guarantees a mini- mum of 34 semifinalists. 27 men and 7 women with one in 5. Also being added to the semifinals the three highest Super Seniors who do not make the cut (2 men and 1 lady). There are guaranteed pots of $50 per game at 4:00 PM and $150 at 6:00 PM. Total cost of all 3 games pots is only $7.00. First Place in this 5 squad event is guaranteed at $1,000 min. and up to $2,800 can be won with full Bonus and Cash n Carry options. ABTA at Chaparral Lanes Saturday Oct 24 Match Game $5,000 • Match Series est $1,500 Mystery Doubles Est $900 and 3-6-9 is $1,500 BYE OCT 31 NO BOWLING! Chaparral Lanes is lo- cated at 400 Bonita in San Dimas. Take 57 Freeway to Arrow Hwy, go straight, on the right in 2 blocks or Take 57 S. Freeway from 210 to Arrow Hwy, go left and then take left on Bonita on the right in 2 blocks. Phone is 909-592-2772 . The following week, OCT 31 will be a BYE NO BOWLING!! November 7 returning to CAL BOWL in Lakewood. Make plans for our big Thanksgiving Event to be held at West Covina Lanes Nov. 26-27-28-29. Work- ing on prize funds now. It will be a Good One! WINNETKA – “This is my favorite bowling center in the whole wide world.” Michelle Silver’s words proved prophetic less than two hours later when she rifled a perfect game at the 2015 California state sin- gles championships Sunday at Winnetka Bowl. It was the 20th perfect game for the right-handed Silver, who nearly rolled a 300 earlier in the day when she blistered a 289 with strikes on her first 10 shots. “The 289 pulled me into the 300,” said Silver, who won the California state Michelle Silver blasted her 20th perfect game at Winnetka Bowl. Silver, the California state Queens champion in 2003, also rolled a 289 and 268 as part of her 12 games Sunday at the California state singles championships. Jim Harvey, a two-time PBA regional champion, is shown in the background bowling. Photo by Fred Eisenhammer Michelle Silver Calls Winnetka Bowl Her Favorite Bowling Center. Here’s Why. by Fred Eisenhammer Queens title in 2003 at Winnetka Bowl. “Suddenly I wasn’t so nervous for my 10th-frame shots. I’m feel- ing very blessed.” It had been four years since Silver bowled her last 300, recording that feat at AMF Mar Vista Lanes. Silver had started calling a hoped-for 20th perfect game “elusive.” But she was hot through- out the day on Sunday, bowling in both the morn- ing and afternoon squads. Her scores on the first set were 194, 268, 238, 210, 289 and 224. Silver came continued on page 3
EVENT OR CLUB DAY DATE BOWLING CENTERABTA SATURDAY OCT 24 ChAPARRAL LANESbrEAkFAst Club nO-tAp FriDAy OCt 23 lA hAbrA “300” bOwlNATIONAL mIxED TOURNEY NOW ThRU NOV 1ST NATIONAL BOWLING STADIUm
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Honor RollName Score Date Centerbill CArtEr 300 10-14-15 sAnDs bOwlmiChAEl ChArrOn jr. 300 10-14-15 sAnDs bOwljOnAthAn huFF 300 10-14-15 FOrEst lAnEsChristOphEr sAnDbErg 300 10-14-15 vistA EntErtAinmEntjuAn vAzquEz 300 10-14-15 sAnDs bOwllArry grAy 822 10-15-15 pAlOs vErDEs bOwlhEiDi jACksOn 749 10-15-15 pAlOs vErDEs bOwlDAviD COunts 838/300 10-16-15 sAnDs bOwlAllEn EspinO 300 10-16-15 OAk trEE lAnEsbEtO rivErO 300 10-16-15 prEmiEr lAnEsjAmEs CArmACk 800 10-17-15 DEEr CrEEkjOnAthAn huEzO 300 10-17-15 gOlD COAstjOsEph mAlOnE 800/300 10-17-15 DEEr CrEEkgAbriEl rAmirEz 300 10-17-15 winnEtkA bOwlmiChEllE silvEr 300 10-18-15 winnEtkA bOwl
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CHICAGO – RenO, nv, will be the center of the bowling universe as eSPn, Xtra Frame and the na-tional Bowling Stadium set the stage that will showcase the largest field of PBA players from a record 21 countries who will compete in the GeICO Professional Bowlers Association World Series of Bowling vII pre-sented by Silver Legacy and Reno-Sparks Conven-tion and visitors Authority Dec. 7-19.
The two weeks of com-petition will produce seven national telecasts on eSPn and 100 hours of digital coverage through PBA’s
GeIco is Title sponsor of Pba world series of bowling VIIrolltech to sponsor Main event Pba world championship
online bowling channel Xtra Frame.
The PBA has announced an exciting, engaged list of WSOB primary sponsors
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ARLInGTOn, Texas – The Team USA squad for the 2015 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Women’s Championships has been selected and Dan-ielle Mcewan of Stony Point, new York, will make her debut in the event that will take place Dec. 5-14 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab emirates.
Bowling fans will be able to watch the action live from the Khalifa Inter-national Bowling Centre on BOWL.com’s BowlTv.
While Mcewan will make her first appearance in a World Women’s Cham-pionships, five of the six Team USA members se-lected by the Team USA coaching staff were on the squad for the 2013 event.
Returning to represent the United States will be Liz Johnson of Cheektow-aga, new York; Stefanie Johnson of Grand Prairie, Texas; Kelly Kulick of Union, new Jersey; Shan-non O’Keefe of O’Fallon, Illinois, and Shannon
Pluhowsky of Kettering, Ohio.
Mcewan is no stranger to competing on the world stage, having represented the U.S. in the 2012 and 2013 QubicaAMF World Cup. She also was a mem-ber of the Junior Team USA squad that won team gold at 2012 WTBA World Youth Championships.
“no matter what the event, it’s always an honor to represent my country and compete with USA on my back.” Mcewan said. “This tournament, in particular, is going to be very special be-cause it is the largest plat-form for a team event in the world, against the best in the world! I’m very excited to be part of this amazing team.”
Mcewan won the Pro-fessional Women’s Bowling Association Tour Champi-onship title in September and said the PWBA Tour “has made us all extremely sharp.”
“Having something to
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SAn DIMAS — ABTA bowls Saturday Oct. 24 at popular Chaparral Lanes in San Dimas.
new Members are wel-come up to a 209 average, and may join onsite for only $10. Men and Women qualify separately and the ABTA guarantees a mini-mum of 34 semifinalists. 27 men and 7 women with one in 5. Also being added to the semifinals the three highest Super Seniors who do not make the cut (2 men and 1 lady).
There are guaranteed pots of $50 per game at 4:00 PM and $150 at 6:00 PM. Total cost of all 3 games pots is only $7.00.
First Place in this 5 squad event is guaranteed at $1,000 min. and up to $2,800 can be won with full Bonus and Cash n Carry options.
abTa at chaparral lanes saturday oct 24
Match Game $5,000 • Match Series est $1,500 Mystery Doubles Est $900 and 3-6-9 is $1,500
BYE OCT 31 no bowlInG!Chaparral Lanes is lo-
cated at 400 Bonita in San Dimas. Take 57 Freeway to Arrow Hwy, go straight, on the right in 2 blocks or Take 57 S. Freeway from 210 to Arrow Hwy, go left and then take left on Bonita on the right in 2 blocks. Phone is 909-592-2772 .
The following week, OCT 31 will be a bye
nO bOWLinG!! november 7 returning to
CAL BOWL in Lakewood. Make plans for our big Thanksgiving event to be held at West Covina Lanes nov. 26-27-28-29. Work-ing on prize funds now. It will be a Good One!
WInneTKA – “This is my favorite bowling center in the whole wide world.”
Michelle Silver’s words proved prophetic less than two hours later when she rifled a perfect game at the 2015 California state sin-gles championships Sunday at Winnetka Bowl.
It was the 20th perfect game for the right-handed Silver, who nearly rolled a 300 earlier in the day when she blistered a 289 with strikes on her first 10 shots.
“The 289 pulled me into the 300,” said Silver, who won the California state
Michelle Silver blasted her 20th perfect game at Winnetka Bowl. Silver, the California state Queens champion in 2003, also rolled a 289 and 268 as part of her 12 games Sunday at the California state singles championships. Jim Harvey, a two-time PBA regional champion, is shown in the background bowling. Photo by Fred Eisenhammer
Michelle silver calls winnetka bowl her Favorite bowling
center. here’s why.by Fred eisenhammer
Queens title in 2003 at Winnetka Bowl. “Suddenly I wasn’t so nervous for my 10th-frame shots. I’m feel-ing very blessed.”
It had been four years since Silver bowled her last 300, recording that feat at AMF Mar vista Lanes. Silver had started calling a hoped-for 20th perfect game “elusive.”
But she was hot through-out the day on Sunday, bowling in both the morn-ing and afternoon squads. Her scores on the first set were 194, 268, 238, 210, 289 and 224. Silver came
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BOWLING NEWSPage 2 October 22, 2015
The Perfect Game by Steve Felege
Note: Last week’s article was a plea to the USBC to answer some serious questions about their refusal to honor Glenn Allison appropriately. That article was sent to the Bowling News and to the USBC. Chad Murphy, Executive Director of the USBC, emailed a response the following day. He referred me to the USBC statement of Nov. 22, 2014* and proclaimed they have no further comment on this issue. The following is that statement in its entirety:
Usbc concludes re-evaluation of Glenn allison 900 series
terry bigham (mailto:[email protected])USBC Communications Published: november 22, 2014
arLinGtOn, texas - The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) recently con-cluded a re-evaluation of Glenn Allison’s 900 series award application from 1982. Allison received national attention for rolling a perfect series at La Habra Bowl in La Habra, California, on July 1, 1982.
USBC’s predecessor organization, The American Bowling Congress (ABC), after inspec-tion of the lanes, did not approve the 900 series because of non-complying lane condition rules at the time. Allison’s score would have been the first perfect series in history had it been approved. The ABC’s decision was litigated before the United States District Court, Central District of California which upheld the ABC’s determination in all respects.
“The bowling community is very passionate about this issue and we heard calls from a diverse group of voices asking USBC to re-consider Glenn Allison’s award,” USBC President Andrew Cain said. The USBC Board of Directors has reviewed all historical documents on two separate occasions. While USBC has the highest respect and admiration for Mr. Allison, we can’t turn back the hand of time and change the rules in 1982.
ABC rules for approving sanctioned award scores in 1982 were significantly different than current USBC rules. At the time, about eight percent of award scores were denied.
“Any official change to Glenn Allison’s 900 would also impact thousands of scores in that era,” Cain said. “As a national Governing Body with a legal responsibility to enforce rules uniformly, we simply can’t re-write history for one score and apply a different stan-dard more than 30 years later.”
USBC’s Board of Directors has agreed the issue is now settled given that all the evi-dence has been considered.
“Glenn Allison is a living legend and a Hall of Famer who will always be known not only for his bowling talents, but the incredible class he displays as an ambassador for our sport,” Cain said. “While this decision may not be the outcome some people hoped for, I ask that we can all come together and respect the conclusion. It is time to close this chapter and move forward.”
There you have it, a sterile, unfulfilling USBC statement, chock full of nothing substan-tive, but indicating they just don’t want to be bothered with this issue any longer. This evasive response only serves to keep the controversy alive.
To many bowlers, Mr. Allison’s 900 series was, and always will be, the greatest achieve-ment in bowling history; the lack of official recognition, the greatest injustice. He did “the impossible” under the most difficult circumstances; the lanes were constructed entirely of wood, the ball was plastic , the league was second-shift and “mixed.” Satisfying our curiosity about why the establishment continues to snub this man requires facts about that day, and the USBC statement provides none. Are we expected to just forget about it and go away? Something prevents us from doing that and maybe, just maybe, it’s nagging little facts such as these:
- Fact: Oil application was the only issue which prevented Mr. Glenn Allison from receiving the very first 900 ring.
- Fact: Oil pattern judgments, made by ABC inspectors at ~1 AM must have been used as the evidence in the litigated case.
- Fact: Oil patterns change due to bowling activity and evaporation over time.- Fact: As evidence, the oil pattern on the night of July 1, 1982 was “tainted” by two
shifts of league bowling and “X” number of hours passing prior to inspection (open bowl-ing may have skewed the “evidence” even farther).
- Fact: Tainted evidence should never have been admitted into the case of Glenn Allison vS The ABC.
- Fact: The ABC’s assertion that the oil pattern assisted Mr. Allison is patently false because scores were generally lower that night.
To quote a famous national bowling organization, “Rules are rules,” and the rules in 1982 forbid tainted data from being used as evidence in court. It’s also a fact that court rulings are regularly overturned when evidence is re-examined and found to have been tainted. This makes the USBC’s stance against Glenn Allison the greatest mystery in bowling his-tory. Common sense says Glenn Allison overcame the odds that night and deserved to be recognized for having done so. Unfortunately for Mr. Allison, our sport is now overseen by a group of people who wish for us to put on blinders and go away while they hide behind platitudes issued on november 22, 2014. Shame on them!
We salute the Bowlers Journal International for ignoring the USBC by placing Glenn Allison squarely atop their 900 list. He tops ours as well (without the asterisk).
If you believe, as many do, that Mr. Glenn Allison, now 85, deserves the recognition he has earned, you have the right and responsibility to contact the USBC and say so. Their contact information is:
Phone: 800-514-2695 (Light up their lines!)email: [email protected] (Make their server smoke!)Correspondence can be sent to:USBC Headquarters, 621 Six Flags Drive, Arlington,
TX 76011 (Flood their post office with copies of this article!)comments or questions? PicK UP tHe PHOne!!! call carol Mancini @ 1-562-
807-3600 (Mondays 2-7 PM Pt). Or email us at: [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you!
* Prior to Mr. Murphy referring me to this document, I was already quite familiar with it. It was referenced in two separate Glenn Allison 900 articles (see CBN issues 09/24 & 10/15).
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del rosa lanes - Presents $1,000 Grant to Thompson
elementary schoolby Frank Weiler
SAn BeRnARDInO — Del Rosa Lanes General Manager ROn SAnDUSKY and entertainment Manager TOnI FUTCH journeyed to San Bernardino’s Thomp-son elementary School recently and presented Principal Dr. London with a $1,000 Grant from bowling’s “KIDS BOWL FRee” program.
This was Del Rosa Lanes second summer in the kids program and it has been a resounding success. In 2014 Del Rosa had 580 kids participate and that number grew to over 1,600 kids this past summer.
This past summer more than 15,000 schools and over 2,000,000 kids participated in the “KIDS BOWL FRee” program nationwide. The program’s “Bowling To Schools” Grant Program also awarded $50,000 in grants to 50 schools ($1,000 each school). Thompson elementary received one of these grants.
The grant money may be used by each school as need-ed.
It was a thrill for Toni Futch to return to Thompson ele-mentary because she graduated from there just a few years ago. Toni’s three daughters, Shandi, Jamie and Jolie, are also grads of the school.
next time I will tell you all about this great market-ing program that grows our sport and makes kids want to bowl: “KIDS BOWL FRee”.
back to reel off games of 300, 193, 243, 213, 227 and 264. Silver started her second game in the first set with seven straight strikes.
That Silver proclaimed Winnetka Bowl as her fa-vorite bowling house was no surprise to officials at that bowling center. “She says that a lot. She’s won a lot of tournaments here,” said Winnetka Bowl man-ager Mike Willis, smiling.
It’s been an eventful last couple of months for Silver, who got married Sept. 6 to Professional Bowlers Assn. bowler Jim Harvey, a two-time PBA regional cham-pion who has rolled more than 50 perfect games. The two wed in Las vegas in a ceremony officiated by “elvis.”
Silver bowled with Har-vey during the state singles tournament. She was asked if the marriage’s good karma propelled her to her 300. “We can say that,” an-swered Silver, a West L.A. resident. What was Har-vey’s reaction to her 300?
“He was so happy for me,” Silver said. “He said, ‘You really killed it. Well, you are a Hall of Famer.’ ’’
Silver has actually been inducted into three Halls of Fame – Los Angeles Wom-en’s Bowling Assn., Cali-fornia State and Southern California Jewish. “It was a happy day today.”
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LAS veGAS – The Professional Bowlers Association Fall Classic, an entirely new multi-event series for PBA com-petitors, gets underway Monday at the new South Point Bowling Plaza with ramifications on a variety of levels for its international field of players.
PBA fans in Las vegas will be able to watch all of the action in the new South Point tournament facility at no cost and fans around the world will be able to catch every round of every event in the PBA Fall Classic live exclusively on Xtra Frame, the PBA’s on-line live streaming channel.
A diverse field of doubles teams – men and women, seniors and rookies, amateurs and professionals – will try to de-throne two-time defending champions Wes Malott and PBA Hall of Fame partner norm Duke as qualifying begins in the 2016 Mark Roth/Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship. The high-powered duo won the 2015 Roth/Hol-man Doubles title in Indianapolis when they defeated england’s Dom Barrett and Finland’s Osku Palermaa, 228-203, after winning their previous doubles title at South Point in 2011 when they defeated Ronnie Russell and Sean Rash in the title match.
Barrett and Palermaa will return to challenge for the title again, along with teams including leading PBA Player of the Year contender Jason Belmonte and partner Bill O’neill; the left-handed tandems of PBA Hall of Famer Parker Bohn and partner Ryan Ciminelli as well as Anthony Pepe and rookie Matt Mcniel; 2014 PBA Rookie of the Year Marshall Kent with 2015 ROY hopeful A.J. Johnson of Oswego, Ill.; mixed-doubles partners Ryan Shafer and newly-crowned Professional Women’s Bowling Association titlist Liz Kuhlkin along with Scott norton and Missy Parkin, who grew up bowling together in California youth programs; and the team of Rash and PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber of St. Ann., Mo., who were rivals as recently as last Sunday when Rash defeated Weber to win the Xtra Frame PBA Iowa Midwest Open title in Omaha.
The Roth/Holman Doubles event in Las vegas included eight qualifying games on Monday, Oct. 19, followed by two six-game match play rounds on Tuesday. Based upon a combined total of 20 doubles (40 individual) games, the top five teams will advance to the eSPn-televised finals which will be conducted on Saturday, Dec. 19, at the national Bowling Stadium in Reno for delayed airing on Sunday, Jan. 17, and will be counted as a 2016 title on the official PBA stats.
The Fall Classic continues on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 21-22, with the PBA Xtra Frame South Point Las ve-gas Open, a PBA Tour title event. More than 110 players will bowl two qualifying rounds Wednesday with the top 16 advancing to round-robin match play Thursday. After 32 games, the top five will meet in the stepladder finals Thursday at 5:30 p.m. PT. All rounds of the Las vegas Open will be covered live, exclusively on Xtra Frame (for subscription information, visit pba.com and click on the Xtra Frame link).
The South Point Las vegas Open could play a role in the 2015 PBA Player and Rookie of the Year races. Heading into the Fall Classic, Australia’s Belmonte, his doubles partner O’neill and Josh Blanchard of Mesa, Ariz., have each won two PBA Tour titles during the 2015 season. Belmonte’s are both majors (USBC Masters and Barbasol PBA Tour-nament of Champions), so he’s the heavy favorite heading into the final two months of the season which will include the Bowlmor AMF U.S. Open (nov. 3-8 in Garland, Texas) and the GeICO PBA World Series of Bowling vII at the national Bowling Stadium in Reno Dec. 7-19, which will include four standard PBA Tour titles plus the year’s final major, the PBA World Championship. As of Oct. 15, Belmonte also holds the PBA earnings and averages leads. He has earned $168,861 so far in 2015 with a 228.54 average over 237 games bowled. Chris Barnes, who will miss the Fall Classic while recovering from recent back surgery, is second on the money list with $113,920 while O’neill is second on the average list at 227.04 for 187 games.
The Las vegas Open field also includes a slew of PBA Hall of Famers, including 47-time champion Walter Ray Williams Jr., 38-time champion norm Duke, 37-time champion Pete Weber and 34-time titlist Parker Bohn III along with many of the sport’s rising stars, several of whom are trying for their first PBA Tour title. The singles event – the first PBA Tour event ever held from start-to-finish in the South Point Bowling Plaza – also is the first qualifying leg for players hoping to earn automatic invitations to compete in the DHC PBA Japan Open in January. Qualifying pins from the Las vegas Open and the Bowlmor AMF U.S. Open will determine the 10 players who will earn invitations to Japan. One PWBA member also will be invited based on qualifying pins from the U.S. Women’s Open and the South Point Las vegas Open. For a current singles roster, visit pba.com and look for PBA Xtra Frame South Point Las vegas Open under “schedules/PBA Tour”.
Friday, Oct. 23, is set aside for the PBA South Point West Challenge, a PBA West Region event open to players who have never won a PBA title. Xtra Frame also will cover this event.
PBA’s newest venture, the PBA Team Challenge, takes center stage Saturday and Sunday. Seventeen five-player teams have already entered the one-of-a-kind PBA team battle. The Team Challenge will begin with a six-game qualify-ing round on Saturday, Oct. 24, with all five players bowling full games, followed by a 12-game Baker format round. Based on the combined 18-game team totals, the top eight teams will advance to eight games of Baker format round-robin match play Sunday morning followed by a Baker format stepladder finale at 3 p.m. local time. All rounds of the Team Challenge also will be covered live on Xtra Frame. To check out the current PBA Team Challenge roster, visit pba.com and look for PBA Team Challenge under “schedules/PBA Tour”.
The Fall Classic will conclude on Monday, Oct. 26, with the PBA50 Western Open, a PBA West Region event for players ages 50 and older and another event covered by Xtra Frame.
stakes are high for competitors in Pba’s south Point Fall classic new multi-event program at south Point bowling Plaza may affect Player, rookie of year races aVeraGeS (min. 150 games) Games average
1, Jason Belmonte, Australia 237 228.542, Bill O’neill, Langhorne, Pa. 187 227.043, Dom Barrett, england 210 226.484, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, n.J. 151 226.365, Rhino Page, Orlando, Fla. 183 225.926, Scott norton, Mission viejo, Calif. 202 222.707, Mike Fagan, Ft. Worth, Texas 198 222.548, Patrick Allen, Mount Kisco, n.Y. 208 221.829, D.J. Archer, Friendswood, Texas 174 221.2110, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas 237 220.9111, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill. 235 220.6412, Stuart Williams, england 165 220.6113, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich. 172 220.5614, Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla. 233 219.7215, Brian valenta, Lockport, Ill. 153 219.7216, e.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind. 202 219.6517, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C. 218 219.4518, Shawn Maldonado, Houston 186 219.2119, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, n.Y. 155 219.0720, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill. 160 218.57earninGS titles total1, Jason Belmonte, Australia 2 $168,8612, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas 1 $113,9203, Bill O’neill, Langhorne, Pa. 1 $65,5204, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill. 1 $54,7805, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind. 1 $48,1036, Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla. 0 $46,2507, Rhino Page, Orlando, Fla. 0 $44,0958, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, n.J. 1 $43,3259, Mike Fagan, Ft. Worth, Texas 0 $42,67010, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C. 1 $39,34011, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas 1 $38,89712, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich. 0 $38,13513, Dom Barrett, england 0 $37,54914, Andres Gomez, Colombia 1 $33,43515, Jesper Svensson, Sweden 1 $33,17016, e.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind. 1 $31,95517, Shawn Maldonado, Houston 0 $31,65218, D.J. Archer, Friendswood, Texas 1 $30,66519, Patrick Allen, Mount Kisco, n.Y. 0 $30,13820, Martin Larsen, Sweden 0 $29,550
2015 PBA TOUR STATISTICS
BOWLING NEWSOctober 22, 2015 Page 5
american bowlers Tournament associationP.O. Box 3721, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 • 562-868-7164 • Cell: 562-228-3960 • www.abta1.com
1 james borillo from lakewood 781 $1,000.00 Cash & Carry $1,600.00 AbtA shirt $100.00 2 kelly manuel from pasadena 661 $500.00 3 memo rosales from El monte 746 $200.00 4 liwei liu from pasadena 674 $110.00 5 patrick rodriguez from Covina 654 $110.00 6 willie parawan from la puente 768 $105.00 7 Emily yeung from south pasadena 756 $105.00 8 nick lee from rosemead 714 $105.00 9 jeffrey panlilio (60%) from walnut 675 $63.00 10 john gonzales from los Angeles 703 $100.00 11 henry hoang from monterey park 679 $100.00 12 brijesh patel from hollywood 667 $100.00 13 ben bagaoisan (ss) from buena park 663 $100.00 14 michael kong from san gabriel 644 $100.00 15 kerry lucka (ss) from perris 643 $100.00 16 marvin Crowder from whittier 642 $100.00 17 Edmond Del mundo from los Angeles 641 $77.50 18 michelle tran from rosemead 640 $75.00 19 jonathan barraca from Anaheim 637 $71.25 20 johnny sikkens from Duarte 637 $71.25 21 william Ele (ss) from long beach 635 $67.50 22 romeo jr borillo from sun valley 628 $67.50 23 sean nguon from los Angeles 627 $65.00 24 ricardo baca (60%) from la habra 639 $39.00 25 john phan from temple City 618 $65.00 26 Deborah sanders (ss) from bellflower 617 $65.00 27 jamescart Alarcio (60%) from pomona 609 $37.50 28 veronica boone (ss) from mission hills 601 $62.50 29 Annaliza Agoncillo from long beach 598 $61.75 30 joseph lung from monterey park 598 $61.75 31 beth borci (ss) from Anaheim 597 $61.00 32 Erick lam from Chino hills 594 $61.00 33 Art windsor (ss) from west Covina 589 $61.00 34 joseph ting from los Angeles 586 $60.00 35 tom Dahl (ss) from los Angeles 576 $60.00 36 jessica ting from los Angeles 566 $60.00 37 mark Andrews from montclair 557 $60.00 38 Edward Anonas from Eastvale 539 $60.00 39 pedro Cintron from rancho Cucamonga 533 $60.00
fINANCIAL REPORTCut SCoreS:
Men: Sat + 65 Women: Sat + 65supEr sEniOrs:
Beth Borci +49 , Art Windsor +60 , Ben Bagaoisan +53
high qualifer (Free Entry)men: Sean Nguon +140
women: Deborah Sanders +1603 - 6 - 9: Liewi Liu
match game: 110 = No Winnermystery Doubles: 284
Art Windsor / Cyndi Kelleymatch series: 663 = No Winner
Windsor and Kelley nail a $4270 Mystery Doubles Pot with a 284 scratch game 152/132. Art Windsor pictured here with ABTA Director Debbie Sanders, accepts his 50%. Other winner was Cyndi Kelley (not pictured). They are MOST DESERVING, ABTA regular supporters and hardly if ever miss an event. Many ways to cash in the ABTA and Cyndi and Art exhibited that at West Covina!! Congrats to both of YOU!
Borillo Wins 3rd Title at West Covina $2,700 (L–R) William Manuel from Cincinnati Ohio, who joined and bowled with us (proud father of runner-up Kelly Manuel), Memo Rosales 3rd, Carolyn, proud wife of Champion James Borillo $2,700, Kelly Manuel, run-ner-up $500, Judith Ting long time member who is returning soon, Annaliza Agoncillo ABTA Director and our little helpers holding the banner are Leilan and Le Anne Rosales who are proud of father Memo.
Borillo Wins 3rd ABTA Title $2,700 at West CovinaKelly Manuel 2nd $500, Memo rosales 3rd $200
Cyndi Kelly-Art Windsor Hit A $4,270 Mystery Doubles Potall other Pots carry over to chaparral lanes saturday
Match Game $5,000 • Match Series est $1,500 • Mystery Doubles Est $900 • 3-6-9 is $1,500WE HAVE BYE OCT 31 NO BOWLING!
WeST COvInA — Good times again in our event at West Covina Lanes as James Borillo won his 3rd Title downing a HOT bowling Kelly Manuel in the title game to take a nice $2,700 home to Lakewood.
Others bowling well making the top 16 finals were 10-16th Brijesh Pa-tel, Marvin Crowder, Ben Bogaoisan, Kerry Lucka, Henry Hoang, Michael Kong, and John Gonzales.
In 6-9th places were Jeff Panililo, nick Lee, Willie Parawan, and emily Yeung, $105 each. eliminated in round 3 are Patrick Rodri-guez, and Lee Liu at $110 each in 4th and 5th places.
now it was Kelly Man-uel and Memo to meet for the right to advance to the title game. Kelly won out in a great match with Memo in 3rd $200, Kelly off to the title game vs Borillo!!
The title game was on. Both bowlers opened in the first frame. In frames 2 both marked. Kelly split, open in the 4th and then
they are clean til frame 6. Kelly struck and then split and James started his title run with a clutch 4 bragger. Kelly had lost her touch. Jame won going away 253-209 with handicap and 3rd title. He has been with us 10+ years. One of the Good Guys strikes again and two of his titles are in West Covina Lanes.
Kelly, the crowd favor-ite bowled very well, and got a $500 second place check. She is one of our most faithful members and a very, very well-liked! Her father from Cincin-nati bowled with us as did her brother. Great Bowling Kelly !!
James Borillo of Lake-wood used a Track Para-dox drilled by “Iron Mike“ villarreal ABTA Member. He’s married to Carolyn who was on hand for the win and 3 kids Carl, Chris and Christian!
Kelly Manuel is from Pasadena and single! She used a Hy Road Drilled by ABTA member Chris es-
cueta at Oak Tree Lanes. She thanks her father Wil-liam for being there that night. He also bowled with us. He is from Cincinnati Ohio, interesting and nice to talk to!
Memo Rosales is from el Monte and used a Dv8 Ruckus drilled by himself. Married to Sylvia ABTA Member and 3 kids Lee Anne, Levi and Leilan. Great people here!
Lucky Cyndi Kelley and Art Windsor hit the Mys-tery Match Doubles / game 2 for $4,270 with a com-bined score of 284. We es-timate the Mystery at $900 Saturday. The Match Se-ries at $1,500 and 3-6-9 is $1,500. MatcH GaMe iS FiVe Grand! Lee Liu was last standing in the 3-6-9 roll-off and he missed on shot 1 so that pot goes for $1,500 at Chaparral.
Thanks to all who bowled and Special Thank YOU to the Great Staff at West Covina. We will re-turn again, and often.
This Saturday, Oct. 24
we are hosted by Chaparral Lanes in San Dimas. Check our ad for info and check in early. We have lots of fun there!! bye Oct. 31 nO bOWLinG. We visit CAL Bowl nOv. 7. Big Thanks-giving event at West Cov-ina nov. 26-27-28-29. We had 6 new members again at West Covin. It’s great to have the new members join us.
See us at Facebook Abtabowling or www.ab-ta1.com. Until Chaparral Saturday! See you there. CHeCK In eARLY!!
BOWLING NEWSpage 6 October 22, 2015
WOODLAnD HILLS – For most league bowlers, roll-ing a 300 may be too ambitious of a goal.
But not so for Reseda’s Mike Hahn.The right-handed marksman blistered a career-best 290
in February of 2011 during a league game at AMF Wood-lake Lanes in Woodland Hills. Only a first-frame spare marred the game.
Hahn then racked up strikes on his first three frames of his next game en route to a 190 score. Those 14 consecu-tive strikes gave Hahn an ‘‘Andy varipapa 300,” a feat in which a bowler blasts 12 strikes in a row over two games. The late varipapa was an accomplished pro bowler who was known for his trick shots.
Hahn’s 11-strikes-in-a-row game is honored on the United States Bowling Congress’ website under Hahn’s name.
A little-known tidbit is that the USBC website lists league bowlers’ averages and achievements over the past 12 years. (The website can be found at bowl.com. Then click on “Find a Member.”)
The USBC, the national governing body for ten-pin bowling, considers honor scores (300 games, 800 series) as achievements. But the USBC also recognizes games in which bowlers roll 11 straight strikes, such as Hahn’s 290 effort.
League bowlers might delight in looking up their name and checking out how their averages have fluctuated over the years. Bowlers typically demonstrate improved aver-ages – and that provides incentive for continuing that as-cent.
Most bowlers will find an empty screen under achieve-ments, but a select group will have some joyful notations.
Rick Auerbach of Woodland Hills, for instance, has
league bowlers can Monitor Their career on Usbc websiteby Fred eisenhammer
many perfect games memorialized under his achievements. Additionally, Auerbach’s 800 series (in which he scored an 818) on July 11, 2012 also is recognized – among his other achievements.
As for Hahn, he clearly remembers his 290 game. “Any ball I threw headed right into the pocket,” he said. “It was like there was a sanded groove and it just hooked right in.”
As for his first-frame spare, he said, “I buried it. I thought it was a strike, but I believe I left a 10 pin. Then I proceeded to get 14 in a row. I say that I got a 300, just not in the right order.”
So far this year, Hahn has blasted a 250 game and is averaging 180. He said that he is continuing his pursuit of that elusive perfect game.
“My 300 is still to come,” he said.
Mike Hahn blasted a 290 game in February 2011, barely missing a perfect game. Photo by Fred Eisenhammer
RenO, nv — Tickets are now on sale for the live eSPn telecast of the Rolltech PBA World Championship Thursday, Dec. 17, the pinnacle event of the GeICO PBA World Series of Bowling vII presented by Silver Legacy and the Reno-Sparks Convention and visitors Authority at the national Bowling Stadium.
The season’s final major will mark the first live prime-time telecast of a PBA Tour event in 14 years when the stepladder finals get underway at 7 p.m. eT (4 p.m. local time). For the World Championship, eSPn telecast tickets are $10 and $20. All tickets, which can be purchased in advance through the “tickets” link on pba.com or at the door, are general admission.
From Dec. 7-19, Reno’s national Bowling Stadium will be the center of the bowling universe as eSPn, pba’s online bowling channel Xtra Frame and the best players in the world converge for a series of the most unique and lucrative events in the sport.
WSOB vII will again showcase the world’s greatest players including the top stars from the PBA Tour who will compete for PBA titles across five diverse PBA lane oil patterns, highlighted by the main event, which is the World Championship.
The focal point of the World Championship will be the player’s ultimate test of versatility and endurance. The five players who qualify for the live stepladder finals on eSPn on Dec. 17 will survive a total of 66 games of qualifying and round-robin match play bowled on the PBA’s Cheetah, viper, Chameleon, Scorpion and World Championship lane conditions.
The international representation for the World Series has already tied a record for entries from 21 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, British virgin Islands, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, ecuador, england, Finland, Germany, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Sweden, United Arab emirates and venezuela in addition to the United States. Anticipated entries from China will break the record.
In addition to the World Championship, tickets are also on sale for the other World Series events, the Cheetah, vi-per, Chameleon and Scorpion Championship finals on Fri-day, Dec. 18, as well as the Mark Roth/Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship and PBA Challenge shows (Saturday, Dec. 19). An all-weekend KingPin Club ticket for the animal pattern events, PBA Doubles Championship and PBA Challenge telecasts is available for $20. While tickets may be purchased at the door, it is suggested that fans order early to get the best seating.
Admission for the World Series preliminary rounds in-cluding World Championship qualifying and match play rounds Dec. 7-16 is free.
The national Bowling Stadium will also host a pro-am for Reno area grassroots youth, adult and senior bowlers on Sunday, Dec. 6 with squads at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. The pro-am entry fee is $99. Additional details are available by calling the stadium at (800) 304-2695.
GeicO Pba WSOb Vii PreSented by SiLVer LeGacy and renO-SParKS cOnVentiOn and ViSitOrS aUtHOrity eSPn taPinG ScHedULe
Sunday, dec. 6 (All times Pacific)9 a.m., 3 p.m. – Pro-amsthursday, dec. 17 (Tickets $10 and $20)4 p.m. – Rolltech PBA World Championship (live on eSPn)Friday, dec. 18(Friday and Saturday taping tickets available through $20 weekend pass)1 p.m. - PBA Cheetah Championship presented by PBA Mobile Challenge Game by Concrete Software (airs on eSPn on Sunday, Dec. 20, at 1 p.m. eT) 3:30 p.m. - PBA viper Championship presented by Xtra Frame (airs on eSPn on Sunday, Dec. 27, at 1 p.m. eT)5:15 p.m. - PBA Chameleon Championship presented by HotelPlanner.com (airs on eSPn on Sunday, Jan. 3, at 1 p.m. eT)7 p.m. - PBA Scorpion Championship (airs on eSPn on Sunday, Jan. 10, at 1 p.m. eT)Saturday, dec. 19noon – Mark Roth/Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Cham-pionship presented by Storm (airs on eSPn on Sunday, Jan. 17, at 1 p.m. eT) 3:30 p.m. - PBA Challenge Finals presented by the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame (airs on eSPn on Sunday, Jan. 24, at 3 p.m. eT)
Tickets now on sale for esPn rolltech Pba world championship
Pba spare shotspbA’s 2014-15 Espn rAtings up 23%, inCluDE kEy DEmOgrAphiC gAins
PBA television ratings on eSPn for 2014-15 not only showed a 23 percent increase in viewership, but made impor-tant gains in valuable demographics, PBA CeO and Commissioner tom clark said.
newly-released ratings data comparing the overall 2014-15 PBA telecasts on eSPn to the 2013-14 season showed ratings gains in desirable areas such as males age 18-49, which was up 55 percent. The combined male-female audience in both the 18-34 and 18-49 age groups were up 50 percent year-over-year.
“It’s an exciting time for the PBA,” Clark said. “These numbers are rarely achieved in sports Tv and are very encour-aging. They are both valuable and attractive to sponsors and partners. The PBA’s mix of exciting players including Hall of Famers, international stars and former collegiate players making their mark in increasingly diverse and prestigious events, plus the continued support of eSPn have the PBA positioned for further growth.”
The new PBA on eSPn schedule begins Dec. 17, with a special Thursday, 7 p.m. eT (4 p.m. PT) live telecast of the PBA World Championship from the GeICO PBA World Series of Bowling vII at the national Bowling Stadium in Reno, nevada.
2016 pbA lEAguE DEClArAtiOn DEADlinEs lOOmingTwo key deadlines for PBA League competition in 2016 are looming – the Oct. 26 deadline for team managers to
declare up to three players they wish to protect from their 2015 rosters, and the nov. 13 deadline for PBA members to declare themselves eligible for the 2016 draft.
Team managers must advise PBA Commissioner Tom Clark of the maximum of three players from their 2015 rosters that they want to return to their respective teams in 2016. Players not protected must then declare their intent to partici-pate in the 2016 draft by contacting PBA Director of events Janay Haggerty ([email protected]) by no later than nov. 13.
The 2016 PBA League draft will be held on Dec. 17during the GeICO PBA World Series of Bowling vII in Las vegas. The draft will be covered live on Xtra Frame at 2 p.m. eT (11 a.m. PT).
nEXt up On XtrA FrAmE: sAnDs rEgEnCy CAsinO wEst/nOrthwEst ClAssiCThe Sands Regency Casino West/northwest Classic, presented by Radical, will reward its winner with a $10,000 first prize at the national Bowling Stadium in Reno, nev., and the entire tournament will be covered live on Xtra Frame Saturday and Sunday.The Sands Regency regional event will be a reduced-entry fee tournament ($175 for PBA members, $225 for non-members) leading into the multi-event PBA South Point Bowling Plaza Fall Classic which gets underway on Monday, Oct. 19, in Las vegas.Xtra Frame coverage of the PBA Fall Classic begins Oct. 19 at South Point. During the Fall Classic, Xtra Frame will pro-vide live coverage of the Mark Roth/Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship qualifying and match play rounds Oct. 19-20, start-to-finish coverage of the PBA Xtra Frame South Point Las vegas Open – a PBA Tour title event – Oct. 21-22; the South Point West Challenge (for non-title winners) on Oct. 23; the new five-player PBA Team Challenge, Oct. 24-25, and the PBA50 Western Open on Oct. 26.Bowling fans who want to sample Xtra Frame can subscribe on a three-day (72-hour) basis for only $3.99. Fans can lock in the entire October package with a full month Xtra Frame subscription for only $7.99. But PBA’s best package is the 12-month XF Season Ticket for $64.99, or $5.41 per month. To sign up, visit pba.com and click on the Xtra Frame link.
QUICK NOTES● Conner Kolessides (scratch) and Tommy Sanfilippo (handicap) earned $1,700 and $2,000 scholarship awards, respec-tively, in the fourth annual Danny Wiseman Youth Scholarship Tournament at AMF Country Club Lanes in Baltimore on Saturday. The sold-out event rewarded participants with more than $22,000 in scholarships.
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NorWALK — the Bowling News was 16 pages stuffed with results of weekly leagues scores, sweepers, pot games, and tournaments. every league in every center had space. Now-a-days, sweepers are the grand finales of leagues.
If you had a 600 plus series or won a pot, you got a pargraph. the phone must have been jammed daily with incoming “At-A-BoYS” (and GIrLS). they only had one phone!
the very long running ‘WASHINGtoN SINGLeS” was in its third year and continued until the 1990’s. everybody took a shot at the SINGLeS. It became a tradition in South-ern California. $500.00 was guaranteed 1st place.
Bamboo Bowl on the corner of Hollywood and West-ern opened with 8 ALL Maple A.B.C. Plastic Cote Surfaced Lanes.
Yuk — Yuk — Yuk. The first place team in the Ladies 745 League was “Peoples Sausage”. Just think about it!
etiquette tip of the week was always good for a remind-er to act like a lady or gentleman on the lanes. Curse words were forbidden (could be fined). Bowler on the right had the right-a-way. When up to bowl, don’t be distracted, bowl! Always wear clean, pressed uniforms. Be on time. Bowl-ing shoes required. Pay league fees every night. use your own ball.
A column called Split-Acular Splits recounted split con-versions. At least 20 per week were reported. (Where did all this info come from?)
Vocalist Patsy Garrett was selected “Miss King Pin 1948”. Her latest record release was “the Bowling Al-ley Polka”, with Vaughn Horton orchestra. Anybody got a copy?? Let’s all hum along.
12 year old “Buddy” Horn was the young star at Santa Monica Bowl taking on any other 12 year old. As long as no money was exchanged, kids could bowl “match games”. Bud went on to manage Park Bowl in Baldwin Park before moving to Las Vegas. Hey Bud!! Are you still in the biz?? Let’s hear from you.
the Bowling News offered $45.00 every week for the first person to roll a 300 game in a sanctioned league.
the California Bowling Proprietors State Singles was promoted weekly and was a big success the first few years. each member center sent teams. What killed it?? Greedy
proprietors. everyone wanted to host, no one wanted to work. the idea is still sound today and could be a great tournament. Do we HAVe a state proprietors associa-tion???
tommy Dorsey Casino Gardens Dancers were league champs at Llo-Do-Mar Lanes.
Rudy Vallee’s team beat Tim Holt’s team at Pan Pacific. Frank Sinatra’s team rolled a 1005.
the Doodlebugs and Debuggers were tied at So. Pasa-dena Bowl.
Bob Anderson was the world champion blind bowler.Bill Franklin was editor of the Bowling News.John Steinle and his two sons (ages totaling 170) chal-
lenged any father and 2 sons of comparable age to a match.
Frank Del Conte purchased Alhambra recreation at 6th and Main in Alhambra.
Bowling Proprietors paid 25 cents to have their Bowling News special delivered. today a Bowling News costs $1.00 to make and deliver. Bowlers get them free. A years sub-scription was $2.50 for 52 issues. today’s price is $40.00.
tex Beneke, popular singer with the Glenn Miller Band and, was the spokesman for Acme Beer. remember, “I Got A Girl In Kalamazoo? Acme was the “bowlers beer.”
the A.J.B.C. National tournament was a ..... “bowl ln your home house, verify the scores, send to Nationals and wait for the results. Junior leagues all over the u.S. were sending In scores??
the L.A.B.A. staged a bowlers variety show to raise money to send delegates to the A.B.C. Convention. there were top acts and tons of door prizes. Admission? $1.25 per person.
Eli Whitney was the “unofficial reporter for the A.B.C. ...” “ don’t rightly cotton to that.”
For scorekeepers an “Absent Bowlers Mark table” could be cut out and used in their trade.174 to 183 9 marks, 164 to 173 8 marks, 154 to 163 7 marks, etc. “Does anyone under the age of 30 know how to keep score???”
A mixed league in riverside had a “costume party” one league night. third prize was a peanut (in a large box). Second prize was a penny (in a large box). the grand prize was a dill pickle (in a large box).
that takes the cake! It’s been fun in ‘48.
BOWLING WAS GREAT IN 1948...by Carol Mancini
bowling news new Mailing address7502 E Florence Ave., Downey CA 90240
telPlanner.com and the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame.
GeICO, one of America’s largest automobile insurers, will celebrate its 13th anniversary as a primary partner of the PBA by serving as the entitlement partner of WSOB vII. GeICO serves more than 13 million private passenger customers and insures more than 22 million vehicles (auto & cycle).
PBA CeO and Commissioner Tom Clark also an-nounced that Rolltech, which has provided PBA with enhanced live scoring and statistical data for PBA Tour events over the past two years, will be title sponsor for the PBA World Championship which will culminate with the finals telecast Thursday Dec. 17 at 4 p.m. PT. Rolltech also provides mobile and web applications related to tracking individual, league and event bowling scores and statistics as well as connecting bowlers for real-life borderless com-petition.
The Silver Legacy and Reno-Sparks Convention and visitors Authority join the WSOB in the first year of a two-year sponsorship agreement.
Located in downtown Reno, the Silver Legacy Resort Casino offers amenities and attractions for the perfect va-cation getaway. Towering above downtown as the newest and tallest casino hotel, spacious guest rooms and suites offer grand views of the city skyline and mountains. The Silver Legacy features big-name entertainment, six award-winning restaurants, eight shops and boutiques, outdoor pool, health spa and state-of-the art fitness center.
Reno, known as the “Biggest Little City In the World” and has hosted major bowling events for nearly four de-cades, is a beautiful four season resort destination - in a spectacular natural setting - that offers world class gam-ing, attractions, activities and events to excite the passion of almost anyone.
After the Rolltech PBA World Championship, the eSPn telecast schedule continues with four animal pattern finals telecasts on consecutive Sundays at 10 a.m. PT, beginning with the PBA Cheetah Championship presented by PBA Bowling Challenge Mobile Game by Concrete Software on Dec. 20. The official mobile game of the PBA features actual tournaments, oil patterns, bowling balls and legend-ary PBA bowlers.
PBA Bowling Challenge Mobile game has surpassed 8.3 million downloads on Android mobile devices, and has added almost 2 million downloads on iOS and Apple devices which translates into 4,700 downloads per day by Android users and 2,700 daily downloads by iOS users.
The PBA viper Championship presented by Xtra Frame, PBA’s online bowling channel, will air Dec. 27. The PBA’s live streaming digital service has grown 200 percent since 2013, added hundreds of hours of live content including PBA50, PWBA and all PBA national events.
The PBA Chameleon Championship presented by Ho-telPlanner.com will air on Jan. 3. HotelPlanner.com is a leading provider of online services to the global group ho-tel sales market. Its technology ensures the lowest rates by allowing bowlers and bowling fans to receive quotes online directly from hotel group sales managers.
Utah-based Storm Products, the maker of high-perfor-mance bowling balls and accessories, is presenting spon-sor of the Mark Roth/Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship which will air on Jan. 17.
WSOB telecasts will conclude on Jan. 24 at noon PT with the PBA Challenge presented by the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame, the keeper of the sport’s history, located on the International Bowling Cam-pus in Arlington, Texas. The unique PBA Challenge fi-nals will feature PBA50, PBA Regional and PWBA-PBA Women’s Regional title matches.
Other PBA participating WSOB vII partners include PBA product registered companies 900 Global, Bruns-wick, Roto Grip, Storm, Track, ebonite, Columbia 300, Hammer, Radical, Dv8, MOTIv, Dexter, High 5 Gear, vise, Turbo, KR Strikeforce, Mongoose, Power House, Master, AMF300, Lane Masters, Legends, 3G, Genesis and Rolltech.
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bowl every weekend and having the head-to-head compe-tition, especially on the various patterns, will only make us stronger going into this tournament,” she said.
The last World Women’s Championships was held in 2013 in Henderson, nevada. Team USA will look to re-claim the coveted five-player team title after falling to Ko-rea in the title match.
Bowling fans around the world will be able to watch all qualifying rounds, semifinals and finals live on BowlTv. Go to BOWL.com/LiveStream for the complete schedule (all times eastern) and check BOWL.com for complete coverage from the event.
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15 Teams Floored - NEED ONE MORE TEAM!START THIS WEEK!
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JaT sport JuniorrecapGreat start for lamaki welch
by David SchiadanORWALK — new bowlers are always welcomed
in JAT Sport Junior’s and this week newcomer Lamaki Welch wasted no time landing the top spot. Lamaki led Saturday’s action at Keystone Lanes with a four game se-ries of 680 including this week’s high game of 200 on the final week of the eiffel Tower pattern. We would also like to welcome Montey Christia to JAT Sport Junior’s. Roger Chavez had the second highest series, rolling his new sea-son high of 653. Kylie Shishima picked up where she left off after winning the JAT Farm title last week, leading the girl’s scores with a 644 series. Jackie Azvedo, with a 134 average, rolled a nice 612 series including her high game of the season with a 187. next week’s pattern will be the Sphinx.
Upcoming Tournaments: October 31-november 1 – JBT at Cal Bowl (Lakewood); november 1 - JAT Bruns-wick Challenge La Habra 300 Bowl.
JAT Sport is a league for advanced juniors who are se-rious about competitive bowling. The league runs every Saturday starting at noon at bowlers have an opportunity to earn scholarship awards and compete in tournaments, including the 2016 Junior Gold Championships to be held July 16-22 in Indianapolis, Indiana If you are interested in joining, please contact Armando Zavala at (562) 896-4467 or join us Keystone Lanes on Saturday at noon.
AnAHeIM — Family Fun will be running rampant on SATURDAY, OCTOBeR 24TH, 2015 at this year’s Ana-heim Fall Festival/Halloween Parade and Haunted House. new location this year: PACKInG HOUSe/FARMeRS PARK. This treat-filled day is all free and starts off with the Harvest Festival beginning at 11AM at the Packing House/Farmers Park. Live entertainment, game booths, craft fair, community information booths, food, pumpkin patch and more! Trick or treating for costumed youth be-gins at 1PM with registration at noon. Don’t forget your sweet pooches, there will be a doggie costume contest at 3PM with registration at 2PM; WOW...can’t wait to see those precious dogs all dressed up..BOO!! The Halloween Parade starts at 6PM and the new parade route takes you right through the center of town. Please call 714/999-3456 for map or visit www.anaheimfallfestival.org.
The Orange County USBC will have a booth so please drop by and see us. We have lots of information on bowling: getting started in an league, youth bowling, se-nior bowling, tournaments and info on “YOUR” Orange County Board involvement, etc. Pamphlets, free game passes from local bowling centers, games and “treats”. Members of the OCUSBC board will be there to greet you with smiles and absolutely, nO, frowns...:) There will be vendor booths to stimulate all and food trucks for anyone with the munchies and restaurants for sit-down patrons to take a breather from all the fun. There is something for ev-eryone so come on down and enjoy the festivities on SAT-URDAY, OCT. 24 AnD PLeASe, DROP BY THe OR-AnGe COUnTY BOOTH./..We ARe WAITIn’ TO See Y’ALL. IT’S GOInG TO Be SPOOKTACULAR!!!!
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by Joy McGregor
ORAnGe COUnTY — Yes, it’s that time again... Or-ange County is celebrating and keeping a promise made in 1942. The Orange County USBC is gearing up for our annual fund-raising drive for the Bowlers to veterans Link (BvL), a non-profit organization of league bowlers, providing programs and services for military veterans in need!
Orange County USBC volunteers will be canvassing all Orange County centers to ask all league bowlers to con-tribute $1.00. Some leagues have incorporated their dona-tion into their league funds and that is wonderful, Thank You. Our goal is to collect $9,000 and considering we have 9,000 members plus, that should not pose a problem. Remember, all proceeds and donations stay in California. BvL picks up where government funding leaves off, pro-viding many, many items (extras) that brighten spirits and boost morale.
Please be ready with your contribution and know that your donation will guarantee you a spot in our up-coming BvL Tournament scheduled for January 23 and 24, 2016 and hosted by Linbrook Bowl.
To those of you who have served, We THAnK YOU FOR YOUR SeRvICe AnD SACRIFICe.....
ocTober Is bVl MonThby Joy McGregor
WInneTKA – Gabriel Ramirez of Monterey Park pro-vided one of the biggest highlights of the 2015 Califor-nia state singles championships last weekend at Winnetka Bowl by blasting his first perfect game.
The left-handed Ramirez, a 185-average bowler, nailed his 300 in the second game of his six-game set Saturday. Ramirez had rolled 11 strikes in a row in a 290 game three years ago.
nearly 200 bowlers took part in the state singles tour-nament, which exceeded the tournament’s participation in 2014 in visalia (135 bowlers) and in 2013 in Torrance (178). The tournament had four squads, divided over two days.
Official results are set to be released later in the week.The 46-year-old Ramirez put on a show with a scratch
total of 1,432. That comes out to a scorching 238.8 aver-age. He also blasted a 278 in his first game.
It was the first time that Ramirez had bowled at Win-netka Bowl. He competed in a league last season at West Covina Lanes, averaging 185. Ramirez said he was “ec-static” about his first 300. “It’s the best I’ve ever bowled,” he said.
He added that a 300 was one of his biggest goals in bowling. “Before I died, I wanted to get a 300,” he said, laughing.
Another powerful performance was turned in by Carl Comrie, who smoked a 290 in his final game of his six-game set on Sunday.
Comrie spared in his first frame and then knocked out 11 strikes in a row.
Comrie has bowled one perfect game – that gem coming in 2011 at now-defunct Wagon Wheel Bowl in Oxnard.
Comrie also had bowled during Saturday’s action. He said he didn’t bowl well the first day so he was “glad to redeem myself.”
Comrie had scores on Sunday of 220, 212, 238, 228, 191 and 290. “It was my best six games ever,” said Com-rie, who averaged over 200 last year in league play at Win-netka Bowl and Buena Lanes in ventura.
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We’re ready with this week’s league scores...v.A.: robert Lee 589, Bryon Burdine 525, Marcel V. ?????, Jennifer Anwar 480, Melvin Hogan 216.big bear: emmerson Wafer 279/757, Mike Villarreal 258/741, Curt Soares 258/721, Jerry Cant 278/710, Sonny Dew 257/668, Vernon Adams 246/668, Jeff Cureton 657, Ken Seiple Jr. 653, C.t. tucker 245/645, Butch White 273/645, Jimmy Hamilton 628, Paul Staff 612, travis Mor-ris 606, Shirley owens 224/644, Deb White 233/598, Deb-ra Gipson 219/578, Michelle Criswell 215/577, Maota Bahr 556, Carol egenias 221/548, Annie Yonemura 537.grandma’s/grandpa’s: Billy Williams 213/572, rinze Dykstra 204/553, Walter Milsap 548, Marc Kashinsky 536, Jim Young 205/518, Fale Sula 504, Bob Sneed 213/598, Vancie Keith 537.gobs and gals: Jerry Cant Jr. 785, rithy Ath 724, Darrion tipton 718, Shitley owens 645, April Griese 637, Liza Ag-oncillo 635, Dean Griffin 299, Amondo Ramos 266, Randy Antazo 260, ruthie Jones 256, Dawn Stephens 246, Anna reyes 227.mini Couples: Daniel Amos 689, Bill Dennis 611, Voltaire Cuello 627, Claudia Van-Doren 520, rene Palomo 236, rich Butler 221, Danny Peramaki 217.Fil-Am bowlers: emmerson Wafer 265/733, royce An-geles 267/704, ed ebuenga 247/691, emeka Williams 265/685, Chris Abing 247/677, Daryl McCloud 255/676, Victor De La Cruz 674, Boylee Inocente 237/658, randy Antazo 650, richard Abrantes 649, James talley 279/647, tres Catalasan 257/646, James Borillo 644, Liza Agoncil-lo 233/645, Jean Colian 582, elvira Gauci 210/550, elvie Medestomas 547, emily Burchman 204/537, tess Santos 206/518.vegas in may: Commer Mason 630, Kevn McCall 609, Johnny Bradley 592, Milena Zelaya 578, Brian Lawton 240, Will Hansbough 235, Darrell Walker 221, Beneva Felder 234.vegas Crackpots: ernie Perryman 256/719, Shorty ramos 236/681, Curtis McCann 270/675, MIke Williams 259/642, Nate Williams 226/627, Nathaniel Hampton 247/618, Mike Haynes 242/613, Brandon Wilburn 228/603, Alexis Ham-mond 223/554, Annette Haynes 539.laughlin bowler bears: Jaime Grabinski 222/625, Bran-don Mims 257/620, Melvin Hogan 213/611, Joe Barton 553, Cindy radcliffe 436, Danielle Jones 436.mega vegas sun: Bob Johnson 247/657, James Matthews 248/596, esteban esqueda 560, Leo rachal 235/559, Dave Silva 226/549, Carlos Mejia 535, Kevin Chamberlain 524, tamieka riddick 439.pin heads: Dominic Saraceno 231/640, Chuck Appleberry 213/595, Bruce Brown 563, Jassiem Ajala 211/552, Don Louis 211/551, Mel Leach 205/553, Ashley Brown 518, Shirley Dohrman 510.young At heart: Phil Hylton 258/697, Fale Sula 222/640, Cleveland Johnson 246/635, ellis Houston 256/625, Jimmy Hamilton 221/625, Sonny Dew 616, Art Diemart 221/611, Doug Johnson 603, Josh Hudson 224/600, Horace Kinney 600, Carl Steel 222/578, oritta Steel 527, Barba Willilams 517, Pam ratosky 509, Bea Sueki 201, Lanore Knudson 500.recycled teens: Jim Plante 244/647, ralph Montgomery 615, Jorge Fernandez 212/613, Jojo Jasmin 603, Bert Pa-mintuan 248/596, Walter Milsap 224/591, Joanne Burke 503.Cal-mega vegas-tues: B.J. Harlan 214/629, Mark Fowler 220/619, Aaron Law 258/618, Clarence Wynne 211/603, tony White 212/587, Kenny McCartney 217/580, Le’Star Walker 209/568, Billy Williams 212/566, Scott erickson 205/565, Darrell Walker 219/549, Maurice Alexander 209/545, Anthony Bourges 223/530, Stacey erickson 510.Alley Oops: tim Cable 527, Mike Slagley 453, Becky Car-roll 445, rosie Harks 406. Side-pot winners — Game one: Suzi Hoffman 228; Game two: Jean Nama 238; Game three: Shirley Favis 209.Cal bowleros: renee Johnson/Scott 235/599, Carole Fis-cher 203/544, Mary Smyth 537, Carolyn rousseau 518, Agnes Blaisdell 515. Side-pot winners— Game one: Joann Griese 225; Game two: CArole Fischer 203; Game three: Karen robbins 238.senior men’s trio: Larry Gray 278/738, Sonny Dew 730, Steve ritchie 704, Pat Kinard 276/704, Don Gardner 266/701, John Dunn 269, Paul Staff 265.C.A.u.l.: Scott Scarborough 262/709, Andy Clark 257/656, Frank rossello 244/640, reggie Hart 234/628, Dave Win-ter 269/611, Nori Ito 225/611, r.J. Guimond 232/584, Yosemite Hamilton 508, Jackie Mallory 487.Captain & Crew: tua Sula 531, Sandy Cotcher 488.marcus lemons vegas: emmerson Wafer 278/724, rus-sell Fowler 254/667, thorlon Gregg 246/652, robert Cloyd 255/640, tony Kellum 249/638, ondra Lucas 623, teya Woodman 244/614, Crystal Barker 237/611, Wilma John-son 568, Stephanie Jones 560, robin Burns 544, Sheila McKissic 542, rhonda Wright 541.Dewey Decimators: robert Broadstone 375, Shaina Broadstone 334.sierra bugs: Linda Kinney 527, Bea Sueki 236/525, Pa-mela Johnson 520, JoAnn Mac Knight 519, Shonna Her-nandez 504. Side-pot winners— Game one: Pam John-son/JoAnn Mac Knight 220; Game two: JoAnn Mac Knight 176; Game three: Bea Sueki 269. See you on the lanes..
WINNetKA — thank you to all who participated in the Cal. State Singles Championship last weekend here at Winnetka Bowl. Please see the separate story on that tour-nament. Congratulations to the winners.
Now for a look at the high scores..van nuys Eagles: ed Jones 226/628, Andrea Bent 511, tom Leigh 258/615, rick Gamboa 233/627, Joe Myers 215/593, Chris Pickens 554, Margo Sundy 428, Anthony Molett 213.monday night madness: Wayne MacClean 257/728, Kathy Brening-ray 234/569, Jerome Hampton 215/618, Paul Dean 236/604, Glen Aldridge 500, Wendy Maceri 435.river maniacs: Mike olson 276/717, Marsha Martinez 221/568, Scott englehart 279/717, Brandon Hart 257/684, Johnnie englehart 249/681, Matthew Svolos 679, elizabeth Fonvergne 535, rosie Bates 214/488, ray Stoy 247.scratch Daytime travel: Henny Shepherd 509, Arlene Bonino 215/493, Meleese Seigler 201.Ellen’s Comedians: Gail rodgers 257/649, Chuck Glass-er 256/691, Drew Stern 278/691, Vince Koeller 650, Vin-cent Hall 627, Gary Fish 246/626, Angela Wales 224/609, erica Pollack 226/584, Mary Becker 547, Don eisman 276, Jessie Chastain 259.guys & Dolls: Chris Ivey 255/679, Buenafe Holbrook 537, Mark Basore 258/611, James Heylek 242/646, Gregory Kolski 252/646, Joe Curry 631, Mike rice 232.men’s Classic handicap: Steve Dibartolomeo 290/756, russell Booth 279/714, rusty Bryant 245/700, thomas everitt 680, Frank Chiodo 678, ray Matthews 259, Scott Lemmen 256.wednesday night rollers: Jeremy Forkner 241/642, Kathy Brening-ray 203/551, Monise Kelly 234/542, Stan Salter 212/586, Chris Ivey 226/585, Matthew Svolos 543, Lou Stone 212/542, Jill Williamson 541, Lynn Snyder 525, Jeff Stitz 202.Copper bucket: Joe Myers 228/639, Doreen Adelman 421, J.t. Porras 235, ed Jones 213/616, tom Borrelli 212/601, Chas Wiggan 578, Al tarrant 215/573.500 Classic: Farol Brifman 205/538, Meleese Seigler 218/525, Mary Lauer 513, Connie Wannomae 507.the Achievers: Jimmy Jurgenson 403, Marites tesoro 343, Jeff Grude 388, Janet Dang 284.thirsty nite Out: Chris Frank 252/669, Amy Lew 527, Liz rogers 207/519, Adam Lew 248/655, Chris Ivey 226/607, Carl Comrie 225/588, Vincent Gilbert 580, tayler ellison 203/514, ed uyemuki 225.the Classics: Gil Geer 247/707, Leah Hoffman 213/561, ryan Finney 202/576, Nick Hendrickson 225/520, rhonda Cleveland 200/544, Laurie Gilmore 212/527, Susan Guire 206/503.st. Cyril’s: Philip Dimenno 470, Bonnie Schiller 454, Bob Frazier 397, Mary Claire Powell 434.party Animals: Mark May 289/749, elizabeth Fonvergne 216/623, Jimmy uthai 629, Brandon Bradley 265/629, Brandon Hart 616, randy McDonald 226/614, Diana An-derson 220/597, San Mitchell 203/575, Marsha Martinez 521, Frank Martinez Jr. 241, Gary Gladstone 225.sFvCC nikkei: randy Page 227/644, Pei eto 244/601, Shoji takeshima 243/591, Stan Date 225/584, Sho Ka-donaga 575, Yuki Matsuba 564, Noriko Fukunaga 213/583, Sandra Yamamoto 223/579, tami Shiotani 204/553, Hisako Kokubo 429, Kiyoshi Suruki 235, Kevin eto 224.
SENIORS49’Ers: richard Greenzweight 276/739, Carolyn Scherz-berg 243/598, Mel Neiditch 222/615, rick Dobris 230/604, William tidemanson 209/586, Bob Husby 214/563, Bar-bara Vaccarello 501, Dick Wiseman 209.Funtimers: Al reiswig 236/648, Carolyn Scherzberg 222/547, robert Adams 247/610, ron Doll 215/630, Bern-hardt roth 234/621, Bill robb 224/582, Bev Zietz 534, Car-ole Peire 513, eloise Valencia 502, ellie Alliston 502.39’Ers: ron Doll 256/638, Lil Baker 509, Carole Peire 197/474, Larry George 231/637, richard Greenzweight 226/611, Al reiswig 597, Hung-Lay Quon 581, rick Kop-per 229, Les Charbonneau 226.
JUNIORS8 For 8: (2 games) Dominick Moore 132/227, elizabeth Lajnek 126/206, AJ Gardner 105/198, Kyle Kuok 87/172, Jason Suprun 83/160, emma Arand 83/162.junior All stars: (2 games) Michael Campos 86/157, evan o’Neill 53/106, Mackenzie Arand 79/139, Meagan o’Neill 70/129.junior royals: Justin Pluchino 249/658, Jacey opiana 233/541, Louis Depero 159/421, William Wales 138/406, Jericho olegario 137/351, Justin erickson 117/325, Julia Frias 206/539, Deanna Frias 122/336, Sara Miric 118/297.
that’s another report from our bowlers here at Winnetka Bowl. See you on the lanes.
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BurBANK — recently, the bowling world lost a very dear friend. Bill Mossontte was a man of great kindness. He kept bowling alive in his many centers welcoming and supporting a jillion youth bowlers. More often than not, he was handing money over to Diddy Watts to provide some-thing for the kids. Diddy has been gone awhile now and those of us that worked with her miss her dearly as well.
It was a bit like watching Laurel & Hardy when the two of them would go at it. they would parlay, stab and jab, all the while thoroughly enjoying the play of power and ending with Bill giving Diddy what she needed. Bill & Diddy were, and still are, powerhouse names in the local bowling com-munity. Always let it be said though, both were devoted to keeping the youth going.
Bill was generous to a fault, giving when asked, helping when needed.
A self made man, he worked hard making a life for him-self and his family. He gave business advice freely if asked and influenced our own Janie in her times of query.
I am proud to have known Bill. And I am happy to carry on his philosophies regarding the youth bowlers. the bowl-ing world is a better place for having Bill Mossontte in it and I for one, will miss him greatly.sunday night hdcp: (scr) Val Hoag 244, Cynthia estrada 165, Sylvester Foster 671, Sandra Lueras 445. (hdcp) rJ Sanchez 270, Yesenia eras 254, ernie Lueras 706, Sharon Brown 698.senior swingers: (scr) ed Bugayong 222, Mary Langer 211, Winston Gorriceta 525, Barbara teitel 436. (hdcp) ernie Gluck 246, Kay Samuelsen 225, raymond Garcia 620.monday 690: (scr) Steven Jones 245, Marlene Mendola 178, Nick Kukta 666, Ashley Higgins 532. (hdcp) Cory Neill 274, Carol thrasher 238, roy Stansbery 699, Patty Shaf-fer 686.51 minds: (scr) Dave Bussee 155, Helen otake 142, Mike Partridge 406, Alverta Garza 372. (hdcp) Joe Kuntz 230, Naomi Vargas 233, Dennis Schoffstal 636, Jennifer Mc-Grogan 714.Orbits: Diane Sorem 224, Janie Desgroseilliers 222, Joan Jones & rilla raad 216, Yolanda Cummings 618, Megan Hazzard 594, Gina Lake 583.iCF: Andre Giacomelli 268, Doris owings 265, Lou LeB-lanc 711, Sydney DeMello 675.guys & Dolls: (scr) Jef ellis 225, Cortney Lyon 176, tim Hackett 585, Kim Chapell 467. (hdcp) Setu Molia 256, tra-cy Chow 241, Mike McMahon 687, Peggy eklund 673.jpl bowling league: (scr) Bryan Burgos 216, Amy tum-minello 158, Aster Caballero 529, Megan richardson 402. (hdcp) Mario Valenti 221, Natalie Honda 252, Jason thom-as 577, Jenna Jorns 633.wed. night hdcp: (scr) Galahad Bravo 232, Gigit reyes 181, Michael Fajardo 632, Alexis Arnold 499. (hdcp) Bear McCans 276, Laura Baltazar 247, Chris Williams 742, Mar-gie Silverman 664.senior Foursome: (scr) ed Bugayong 200, Hope Giova-nini 157, Dwight temple 546, Cres Cruz 446. (hdcp) Bob rosenblum 241, Lydia Gantt 226, richard Brown 677, Ju-lie Peters 698.thursday 890: (scr) Anthony Martinez 246, rose White 182, Val Hoag 695, Lori Henke 514. (hdcp) Ace robson 279, Jene Fraley 255, John Fernandez 743, romona Gardner 724.
Have a good one and until next time...keep the ball rol-lin’!
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TOP 10 LAST WEEKSam Hitchcock 623Charlie Kinstler 614Paul Varela 604Leonard Ruiz Jr. 600Josh Tajiri 596
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Threadworks 19Power House Video Games 18The Pro Approach 18Sysco $$ 17Erickson Foods $$$ 16
TOP 10 TEAMS ROUND 5DV8 16Pino’s Pizza 14Herzog Insurance 14American Harvest Vodka 13Blizz Yogurt 13
DOWNEY — It wasn’t pretty, but it was enough as Threadworks moved into 1st place in Round 5 by sweep-ing past The Professional Approach 5-0. The US Open pat-tern was playing especially tough tonight as most teams struggled. Paul Varela led the charge to the top, as he fired a very nice 604 series to lead the sweep. Danny Ly led Power House Video Games to a sweep of their own, as they took down Blizz Yogurt 5-0. Danny shot 625, while Greg Neuer led Blizz with 581. Team DV8 is once again in contention for the round lead, as Sam Hitchcock winged his way to 242/623 and led DV8 to a 4-1 win over Linder Insurance.
Linder was paced by Kurt Arakaki 592 and Kevin Val-monte 591. In the best scoring match of the night, Pino’s Pizza prevailed 3-2 as they held off Alhambra Coin Center to win Team Totals by 13. Both teams bowled well, finishing as #1 and #2 scoring teams for the night, and their pair was 250 pins higher than any other two teams combined scoring for a pair. Leading the way for Pino’s was Ramon Torres 627 & Leonard Ruiz 600, while Alhambra was led by Doug Kempt 660 & Steve Gaucin 608. Herzog Insurance took a 4-1 win over the PJ-less Los Altos Trophies team as Mikey Villarreal shot 625 for the winners, while Top Dog for the night went to Los Altos’ Buddy Lucas with a very fine 670.
In the roll off team matches, it was Erickson Foods once again losing the first two games, only to come back strong in Game 3 and not only win the game, but Team Totals. Er-ickson pulls within 2.5 games of holding the #1 seed with the 3-2 win, as nobody managed to shoot 600 series, Herbert
Jones led the way for Keystone Lanes with 589, while Jason Buenviaje shot 563 for Ericksons. Charlie Kinstler shot 614 to lead SYSCO to a 5-0 sweep of Forest Lanes who strug-gled all night to catch SYSCO. Mason Man O’Lantern Sher-man topped Forest with 589. American Harvest Vodka out shot CASAMIGO’S Tequila and won 4-1 as Kevin Jones rolled 588, while Vernon Adams topped the Tequila team with 565. Mike Jennings shot 594 to lead Tifco Industries to a 4-1 win over BOWLIUM, who had the pair’s high series, Craig Stevens with 623. Matt Mosley powered his way to 255 & 638 to lead Cook’s Bowling Supply to a 5-0 sweep over J.A.T. DeeRonn Booker led the Junior Amateur Tour team with 549. In the final pairing, it was GJC Services win-ning 3 points as Juan Zavala topped his squad with 511.
Sidepot winners were Game 1 – Sam Hitchcock 242 Game 2 –Jason Buenviaje 226 however the Financial Advi-sor’s pot was won by Buddy Lucas 225 for $240 with Leon-ard Ruiz Jr. 2nd place with 223 for $100. Game 3 Super Pot went to Mikey Villarreal 255, quite the contrast from last week where you needed 11 strikes or more to win. The TRUE ANCHOR award goes to a new winner, Barry Couch Jr. collected the honors with a 3 game set of 361.
One more week on the dreaded US Open shot to try and move into the Round Lead, improve your standing, or move up the ladder in the Roll Off seedings. I’m sure most can’t wait for May to get here, since we will be finished with this pattern. Hope to see you all down at Del Rio next Monday in Downey. Have a blessed week everyone!
Threadworks Stitches Together A Sweep Into Firstby Randy Myers
1st - 300 Vernon Adams 2nd - 290 Matt Garcia
TOP 10 TEAMS ROUND 1Pro Approach 27Threadworks 20Team TWENTY 19.5Linder’s Insurance 19Forest Lanes 18
Alhambra Coin Center 18J.A.T. 16Sysco 16Keystone Lanes 16Team FIFTEEN 15
TOP 10 LAST WEEKVernon Adams 800Matt Garcia 777Ryan Hinchliffe 764Bobby Hornacek 746David Yamauchi 738
Downey — The Brunswick Invitational hit the lanes for week 6 of 7 on the “house” round and as suspected scores continue to be high as the bowlers have tweaked their arse-nals and attack angles to match up with the new lanes. Ver-non Adams put up a couple honor scores with a perfect 300 and 800 series to lead the league. only one week of scoring left before the league transitions to the infamous 2nd round “short” shot which should bring scores back in check.
In the “A” match, Professional Approach who had only lost two games all round took on Forest Lanes whose 2616 last week was enough to bump them to the “A” match, though they are 6 back at 17-8.
Last bunch to join the party Lee Liu’s 15.5-9.5 Team 20 met up with the J.A.T. alums who were top of the 15-10 teams. Lee’s team lost the first game but came back for 4 wins led by Lee Liu with a nice 669 set. J.A.T. took the first game but lost their look led by David yamauchi with a nice 738 series.
Keystone Lanes and Linder’s Insurance matched up their 15-10 records on back-to-back weeks after bowling to a 3-2 result last week. Kevin Valmonte finally found a look lead-ing Linder to three wins with a nice 715 set while Arnold Cheeseman paced Keystone with a 712.
Threadworks at 15-10 dropped down to meet Bowlium at 14-11 who jumped a couple spots after winning three last week. Threadworks used super-sub Kevin Jones’ 702 set to sweep past Bowlium. AshkanTahvildaran paced Bowlium with a 684 set.
Alhambra Coin Center jumped up with 4 wins last week to meet Bobby Campagnale’s Team 3 who was coming off a sweep. Alhambra struck their way to 4 wins led by T.J. Aba-hazy’s 711 and George Gaucin 700. Bobby Campagnale’s went 736 to help secure their one win.
Sysco dropped to the middle of the pack as their subs were only able to manage 1 win last week. They met up with wowo’s Smokin’ Hot BBQ who jumped back to near .500 with their sweep last week. Sysco got back on line with 4 wins led by Jamie Rovner’s 686 and Gabriel Martinez’ 685. Greg neuer led wowo’s with a nice 721 set to help get one win.
eddie VanDaniker’s Team 15 got the Pino’s Pizza crew in a 13-14 matchup. The match went to a 3-2 split with Team 15 getting the extra point for totals. Brian Main led Team 15 with a big 750 set while Leonard Ruiz Jr. worked the anchor spot with a 696 set.
David wilk’s Team 10 swept last week to jump up to meet the Relax-Release-Repeat crew. The triple R crew got 4 wins with Vernon Adams lighting up the lanes with a per-fect 300 and 800 series to lead the league. Ryan Hinchliffe posted a nice 764 set in the one-win effort.
Cook’s Bowling Supply and Kevin Gagnon’s Team 16 both got swept last week to drop them to a 17th-18th match-up this week. Team 16 got hot and swept the match led by Kevin Gagnon 681. nobody on the Cook’s crew was able to break 6 though Matt Scherrmerhorn came close with a 594 set.
Charles Zelaya’s Team 5 and Matt Mosley’s Team 2 rounded out the matchups for this Monday.Zelaya’s group put up some numbers led by Matt Garcia’s huge 777 set. Matt Mosley shot 703 in the losing effort.
Sidepots went to Sol Cericos 280 and Vernon Adams 300 for $63 each. Third game super pot went to Vernon Adams-278 for $189. Financial Advisor’s Pot went to Ver-non Adams-300 for $220 and 2nd place Matt Garcia-290 for $100. Come on down next Monday night and see some great bowling in the best scratch league in town!
Pro Approach Locks Up 1st Round • Vernon Adams Perfectby David yamauchi
