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Vol. 70 No. 29 September 23 - 29, 2009 50 cents

NO. BRUNSWICK, NJ – Ray

Smarsh led the scoring in theMiddlesex County Major Leagueat Zone Carolier Lanes firinggames of 247-279-266 for a highseries of 792.

Rudy Johnson shot 259-237-267-

763, J.D. Santalucia 268-258-202-728, Brian Lynch 239-259-222-720, and Bruce Camp 239-259-204-702.

Ray Smarsh Hit 792At Brunswick Zone Carolier

Joe Stillman, Cary FishmanLIGBT Champions

GARDEN CITY, NY: The LongIsland Generations Bowling Tour (LIGBT) first season came to

close at AMF Garden City. Thewinner of the scratch event wasJoe Stillman of Staten Island, NY

earning $1,000. The 210 & under champion, winning his secondLIGBT title in a row, was CaryFishman of New York City whoearned $500.

A total of 94 bowlers competedfor over $5,000 in prizes.

The scoring pace at was low asgood shot making was at a premi-um. In the scratch event it onlytook a 209 average to make thecut in the under group and a 202

average for the seniors. The highqualifiers who earned spots in thefinal shootout were junior bowler

Ray Novaro of East Patchogue, NY who shot an 1194 series (239average) and Super Senior RalphEhrlich of N. Massapequa, NYearned the senior top spot, for asecond tournament in a row, witha 1028 block (206 average).There was a 55 year age differ-ence between the two qualifyingleaders proving the LIGBT istruly “generational”!

The scratch championshipshootout was very close for thefirst five frames as all 4 bowlerswere within 10 pins of each other.But Joe Stillman took control andstruck in the 6th frame through

the 10th to secure his first LIGBTtitle. Joe finished with a 245 giv-ing him a comfortable 24 pin vic-tory over second place finisher Super Senior Ralph Ehrlich (221)who earned $600. There was a tiefor the last two spots in theshootout as Joe Novaro and MikeWodinski both shot 176 andearned $350 each. Since Joe is anamateur junior bowler his win-nings went directly to the USBCSMART program to be used for Joe to go to college.

The 210 and under finalshootout consisted of bowlerswith a lot of LIGBT finals experi-

ence. Cary Fishman earned the$500 top prize by shooting a 233

game (199 + 34 pins). Finishingsecond with a 212 game (201 +11 pins) was Vito Genova, whofinished third in the last event,and earned $250. Rounding outthe top 4 was Jae Yi of Flushingwho earned $175 with a 210game (192 + 18 pins) and RobertBader who shot a 206 (182 + 24

pins) and cashed for $125.

MCUSBC to Induct Eight to Hall of FameThe Mercer Burlington

Bowling Association will be host-ing its Hall of Fame Dinner andAwards Ceremony on Saturday,October 10, 2009 at the HibernianClub, 2419 Kuser Road, Trenton,

N.J.This year the association is

proud to induct Gary Budd, AndyChico and Ugo Zulla in the

Veteran category and TomGregorovic in the MeritoriousService category.

Being inducted into theAchievement category are RicJackson, Ron Papp, MikePetrowski and Bruce Scully.

Tickets to attend the installationceremonies and dinner are $50.00each and need to be purchased

before October 1st, 2009.Cocktail Hour starts at 6pm

with an open bar and light HorsD'oeurvres. A Sit down dinner,cash bar and awards presentationto start at 7pm.

If you wish to attend pleasesend a check made out to:MCUSBC and mail to MCUSBC,P.O. Box 277, Belford, NJ 07718

Mike Stone Tossed 300At Majestic Lanes

HOPELAWN, NJ – Mike Stone

earned top honors in the Monday Nite Bud Open League blastinggames of 256-300-214 for a highseries of 770.

Peter Labella Jr. rolled 277-246-

217-740, Jay David 258-227-245-730, Travis Tilley 278-235-211-724 and Bob Crandall Sr. 229-211-265-705.

Frank Locascio Rolled 300At South Levittown Lanes

John M. Facinelli Elected to Easton AreaUSBC Hall of Fame

The Easton Area USBC willhold its Hall of Fame Installation

and Dinner on Sunday, November 1, 2009, at the Holy Family Club,515 W. Mauch Chunk Street,

Nazareth, PA 18064.An open bar will begin serving

at 12:00 p.m., and a Country

Style dinner will be served at1:30 p.m.

This year inductee is John M.Facinelli and he is being inducted inthe Meritorious Service category.

Tickets for the this years dinner and ceremony are only $35.00each and must be purchased by

October 8th, 2009.Please contact Chrissy L. Lee,

Inter-County Social FunctionsChairperson if you wish to attendand send a check made out to:MCUSBC, P.O. Box 277,Belford, NJ 07718

Anthony Cacace Blasted 807,Al Spano, Alvin Horne 300At North Levittown Lanes

Ken Emker, Chris Morris 300At Rockaway Lanes

LEVITTOWN, NY – Anthony

Cacace took high series honors posting an 807 set highlighted by a279 game while Al Spano andAlvin Horne each fired a 300game during the summer seasoncontesting in the ThursdaySummer 3-Man League at NorthLevittown Lanes.Troy Kelly and Gary Shultis each

tossed a 290 game followed byFrank Spinelli rolling a 287 in an

impressive 773 series. Paul

Richter was hot as well tossinggames of 279 and 278 en route toa 771 series and Charlie Martinezscored a 288 in his 771 set.

Sunil Kochar hit 286, Jeff Green279, April Fucci 242, GabeCocchiola 279, Flo Stadtlander 254, Bart Penna 777, KeithHengel 279, Tommy Gull Jr. 279,Bobby Weaver 279 and JasonDepietto 279.

ROCKAWAY, NJ - Ken Emker and Chris Morris each blasted a300 game while competing in theThursday No-Tap League atRockaway Lanes.

Jim Westergaard rolled two pinsshy of perfect with a 298 gamefollowed by Gerard Imperiose, AlTerantino, and Michelle Fiore, allrolling 290 games.

LEVITTOWN, NY – Frank Locascio took high game honorscompeting in the Summer MondayTrios League at South LevittownLanes pounding out a 300 gamefor a 752 series.

Donald Lane took high serieshonors when he shot 277 to high-

light his 782 high set for the ses-sion. Kathy Chernow rolled 278en route to a 744 while KennyAugusto hit 287. BryanCostigliola hit 277-755, CharlieVan Houten 275, Ray Munoz 279,Kyle Ludwig 277, Keith Pappas752 and April Fucci 253.



2 SPORTS REPORTER September 23 - 29, 2009

Recently I mentioned the word poodle, oftenused to designate a gutter ball, now also knownas a channel ball. Then I brought up the wordlily to identify the 5-7-10 split. Many readerswere unaware of either, and told me so.

Though bowling is generally considered a

sport that doesn’t change much, it seems thatthe bowling dictionary sure does.

An old friend of mine happened to dig up anold listing of bowling terms used a minimum of 50 years ago. You might or might not recognizea few of the following.

Bench Work---conversation intended to upsetor disconcert opponents.

Brooklyn---Ball striking to the left of the headpin. This started in New York and is now uni-versal.

Jersey Hit---What Brooklyn bowlers (right-ies) call a left hand hit. So do Eastern

Pennsylvania bowlers.

Belly Your Ball---To arch it more or toincrease the width of your hook from an insidestarting point.

Bowleds---Women bowlers.

CC---Two hundred game.

Grave Yards---Tough alleys. Usually thetoughest pair in an establishment.

Kegeler-Kegel---A synonym for bowler com-ing from the German kegel. In its Americanizedform common way of spelling is kegler, kegling,but many prefer kegeler or kegeling.

Mother-In-Law---The number 7 pin. Evolvedfrom the old western game of five-back inwhich you did not count pins knocked downunless you made the 7 pin.

Puddle---A gutter ball.

Pumpkin---Synonym for bowling ball.

Railroad---Two or more pins which remainstanding with intermediate pins knocked out infront and between. Most of the country usesthis term. In Wisconsin such a leave is called asplit. The Badger bowlers call a pin in the dark a railroad.

Sandwich Game---Same as Dutch 200.(Alternating strikes and spares for a 200)

Umbrella Ball---A nosy hit where pins seem tofly in every direction for a strike.

Woolworth---The 5 and 10 split or railroad,named after the 5 & 10 cent store.

Many of those terms evolved from leaguebowling, and were coined by average bowlers.These days most of the new words originate onthe pro tour, and have much to do with thepower of the young bowlers and the effects of the new equipment particularly the powerfulbowling balls.

Most of the pros probably would not recog-nize half of the terms used half a century ago.

But almost any bowler will recognize one of the following, Bedposts, Fence Posts, GoalPosts, Mule Ears, Snake Eyes and a number of unmentionables to identify the unwanted---thedreaded 7-10 split.

A new bowling season has arrived but there is one USBC rule changethat I am kicking myself for notexpressing my views. I am going toexcuse myself for my earlier silence

because it is a great rule in my opin-ion but parents have convinced methat it also was unfair because itwas not implemented in one-year segments.

At first I was elated when I readthat the USBC had decided toreduce the age of so-called junior

bowlers from 22 to 20 this season.Several years ago I wrote a criticalcolumn about bowling allowing 22year olds to bowl as juniors. I

pointed out that no other sport Iknew about allowed 22 year oldMEN or WOMEN to bowl in jun-ior competition. I thought then andI think now that 18 should be themaximum age for junior bowlers,unless they were still in high schoolor turned 19 after the league seasonstarted.

Remember, no high school Iknow about allows an athlete toflunk a couple grades so that he can

play his senior prep year in footballor baseball or basketball as a 20-

year-old. That column promptedone of my readers on www.bowl-ingdigital,com to write me a nastyletter that said I and his proprietor were wrecking junior bowling bytaking such a rigid stand about

bowlers who are going to be 21 or 22 years old this season.

I wrote back that I favor thereduction of the junior bowling ageto 20 and even would like to see itgo to 18 except in exceptions.

Then I got a letter from a bowlingmother who said that it was not fair that they reduced it to 20 withoutgiving two years advance notice.She said her son had planned his

college bowling career with the old22-year-old rule in mind.

I got to thinking and I think she isright, they should have grandfathered the 21 and 22 year old

bowlers who planned to bowl in junior leagues this season or nextseason in case for a 21 year thisseason who don't turn 22 beforeAug. 1, 2010.

But I still firmly believe that 18should be the maximum age for a

junior bowler -- worldwide. I have been a stickler on the age divisionsince covering high school sportsas a young reporter for The MiamiHerald.

In 1962 I covered the BPAA National All-Star Tournament thatran 11 straight days at the MiamiBeach Convention center.

A talented high school bowler from Kansas City by the name of Judy Audsley made the cut from222 women bowlers to 24 so thatmeant she would miss two weeksof high school. I wrote a storyabout her great bowling ability andthe Herald took a picture of the cuteteenager bowler on the stub lanestudying her school books.

After the tournament was over Iwrote a column and commented

that I thought the BPAA and bowl-ing was opening itself to a lot of criticism from educator by allow-ing any junior bowler under 18,whose high school class had notgraduated, to participate in such along tournament and miss twoweeks of school.

Ben Booke, a bowling proprietor inMiami who was on the BPAA tour-nament board, agreed and the BPAAadded the age rule the next year.

The PBA used a similar age rulefor many years.

In case you never heard of JudyAudsley, she later became a greatchampion and was inducted into

the WIBC Hall of Fame as JudySoutar.

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September 23 - 29, 2009 SPORTS REPORTER 3

The Morris County women’s hall of fame inductions will be held onSunday, October 4 at the Hanover Manor, 16 Eagle Rock Ave., EastHanover. Tickets will be $55 each with reservations and payment due bySeptember 14.

For more information, contact Joyce Brokling, 117 Woodmont Drive,Randolph, NJ 07869 or call 973-895-5399.

Morris County Women’sHall of Fame on Tap

ARLINGTON, Texas - TheUnited States Bowling Congressand ESPN will partner to bring aseries of bowling events to anational television audience in2010.

The agreement calls for a multi-week package of telecasts onESPN2 beginning in late April.The series will include champi-onship-round coverage of USBC'sQueens, Intercollegiate Team

Championships and U.S. Women'sOpen tournaments, as well asBowling's Clash of Champions.

The agreement brings the ITCfinals to a larger platform onESPN2 and upgrades the U.S.Women's Open from a series of taped broadcasts to a live steplad-der finals.

The Queens returns again for alive telecast on ESPN2 as part of the agreement. Bowling's Clashof Champions moves to ESPN2 asthe only weekend telecast in theseries.

"One of USBC's primary goals

is to increase visibility and excite-ment for the sport of bowling,"USBC Vice President of MediaPete Tredwell said. "Moving our collegiate championship to theESPN family and ensuring bothwomen's majors are live finals is agreat step."

The live stepladder finals of theQueens, which will be contestedin a specially constructed bowlingarena built for the USBC Women'sChampionships in El Paso, Texas,will start the series on April 28.

A taped broadcast that combinesthe men's and women's ITC finalsfollows on May 5. The ITC finalsalso will be contested at the arenain El Paso.

The U.S. Women's Open broad-

cast is scheduled for May 12, livefrom the new InternationalTraining and Research Center inArlington, Texas. The new train-ing center is currently under con-struction at the InternationalBowling Campus with completionscheduled for late 2009.

"The International BowlingCampus is the focal point for thesport," Tredwell said. "We look forward to showcasing the best

female bowlers at the world's ulti-mate bowling facility on nationaltelevision."

Bowling's Clash of Championsagain will highlight the winners of USBC major tournaments in amade-for-TV showdown. Theevent will be taped at the arena inEl Paso and is scheduled for

broadcast May 8."We feel like the Clash is a valu-

able way to showcase our USBCchampions and needed to be pre-served," Tredwell said. "Tapingthe Clash in conjunction with theITC as a part of this ESPN2 series

allows us to produce the telecast ata fraction of what it cost in the past."

The agreement also allows for the rebroadcast of each telecast onESPN at later dates. Allannounced air dates are subject tochange.

2010 USBC ESPN2TELEVISION SCHEDULEApril 28 - USBC Queens

May 5 - USBC IntercollegiateTeam Championships

May 8 - Bowling's Clash of Champions

May 12 - U.S. Women's Open

USBC ANNOUNCES 2010TELEVISION SERIES ON ESPN2

Stafon KellamLeads ‘X in the

Box’ to TitleBy Vince Albrecht NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J. -Fifteen-year-old Stafon Kellam’sshowed a marked improvementover the second half which includ-ed a 205 game, a personal best,and that lifted his “X in the Box”team to the Sunday Adult-Junior Doubles Title at North Arlington.

The Bowling Bombers finishedsecond behind fifteen-year-old PatCrocitto while twelve-year-oldEdwin Leon spearheaded his “2 isEnough” team into third place.

Thirteen-year-old Danny Bivinhad the league’s second high game posting a 196 that was his best todate as his “Bacon Boys” took fourth spot. Other notable juniorsin the summer competition includ-ed Chris McBride, Sam Passaroand Kyle Sanzo.

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ELMWOOD PARK, NJ - BrianSanders became the new King of the Hill at Parkway Lanes when hedefeated Percy Remulla 258-190.IN a field of 84 bowlers the top 12were led by Sanders with 814 and

the cut was 747.The others who advanced wereEric Nicks posting a 300 game fol-lowed by Geri Silverno, BryantAdams, Julio Merino, SteveDeangelo, Ed Lacibal, Hansil

Javier, Marcel Danley, RandyCrawley, Mark Duca, and KrystalFranklin.Moving into to the quarter finalswere Brian, Julio , Eric, Steve,Mark, and Bryant Adams.But when the pins were downed itwas Steve, Mark, and Brian in thestepladder where Steve beat Mark 225-201 and then lost to Brian230-170, Brian went on to becomethe new king. First place was$615.

Brian Sanders King of the Hill at Parkway




For Application and More Info go to: www.bcba-nj.org

Scott Merwede 714 at Holiday BowlOAKLAND, NJ – Scott Merwede took the spotlight when he rolled 257-714 to lead all competition in theMonday Nite Early Mix League at Holiday Bowl., Greg Shaffer rolled near perfect with a 290 game in a 664 set. Todd Ascenzo posted a 232 game en route toa 626 series followed by Bonnie Mondelli with a 642 series highlighted by a 247 and a 204 while Vickie Allenrolled a 232 game in her 570 series and Irene Greenhaigh rolled a 596 set.




MondayEarly

MixedFoursome

Bowls at 6:30PM820 maximum team average

Any Combo M/FStarting Sept. 14th

MeetingAugust

25th

Joan Taylor ’s Ten Pi n Rap. . . .Did you know that the

regional program is open toguest entrants (male andfemale), provided the field isnot already filled with PBAmembers?

To enter PBA Regional tour-naments, download the non-member Regional entry formfrom the pba.com website. Fillout and mail along with amoney order or cashier’scheck in the amount of $285 to

the Regional Manager runningthe tournament. You can findtheir addresses and other con-tact information at the top of each regional page. Non-mem-ber entries are not processeduntil deadline date (seven daysprior to the tournament) toensure that all PBA membersget into the tournament. Non-member may enter at the sitebut will only receive a spot if all members have gotten intothe tournament. The next reg-ular regional tournament willbe the PBA East RegionEbonite/Fort Meade Open

from October 30 throughNovember 1 at The Lanes FortMeade, MD.

All questions concerningRegional tournaments(entries, rules, etc.) should bedirected to the RegionalManager, Russ Mills, 315-253-2527 or [email protected].

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *The USBC membership is in

partnership with a companycalled PerkSpot, which pro-

vides members with nationalbrand discounts. For exam-ple: 20% on car rentals(Enterprise, National, Alamo).Ontheballbowling.com gives a25 percent discount to USBCmembers. This unique compa-ny provides bowlers with theability to create and designtheir own one-of-a-kind bowl-ing ball or pin. NationwideInsurance gives a discount, asdo eleven hotel brands in the

Wyndham Hotel Group (10percent). T-Mobile andColdwell Banker also offerbreaks. All of these offers andmore are found atwww.bowl . com/member re -wards/index.jsp.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Did you hear? Area bowler

Tim Mack is leading a tourna-ment in Korea! At press timeTim Mack was leading theevent with a 233.08 averageafter qualifying and 12 gamesof match play. Reigning PBAPlayer of the Year Wes Malottis in second, just three pins

back, while Sean Rash, who iscoming off a very successfulrun at the World Series of Bowling is third. PBA Hall-of-Famer Pete Weber is in 6th,

just 28 pins behind the fifthand final spot for the televisedfinals.

Weber and Malott are two of Mack’s team mates for theupcoming Weber Cup, thetournament held in Barnsley,England pitting five US bowl-

ing stars against Europe’sfinest. The US team is defend-ing last year’s victory in thisgrueling contest held October2-4. Rounding out the team areTommy Jones and JasonCouch. For updated storiesand standings, go towww.bowlingdigital.com.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *This week’s Honor roll

salutes Frank Wasniewski whoreturned to the Gals N PalsLeague posting 300-769.Wasniewski likes to bowl inthe PBA Regional tourna-ments and has often cashed.




G O B O W L

!Sunday Morning League!Starts at 8:30 AM

Staten IslandUSBC

InauguralMasters

ChampionshipTournament

The Staten Island USBCAssociation was officiallylaunched August 1, 2005 as recog-nized by the United StatesBowling Congress. This organiza-

tion was formed as a result of amerger of the Staten IslandWomen’s Bowling Association(SIWBA), Staten Island YoungAmerican Bowling Alliance(SIYABA), and the Staten Islandmembers of the New York Bowling Association (NYBA).

In the Inaugural MastersChampionship Tournament thequalifying round, bowlers bowled6 games. The top 16 bowlersadvanced to the finals. All compe-tition was played on a modifiedUSBC Open Championships LaneCondition.

Finalists competed in a single

game double elimination bracket.Bowlers had to lose twice in order to be completely eliminated.

Final Results1. Frank Wilkinson $750,2. Sean McAuliffe $3503. Vinny D’Ambrosio, III $2504. Lonnie Levy $2005. Tim McAuliffe $1756. Ryan Friend $1757. Jeff Kubasak $1508. Ray Laursen, Jr. $1509. Gary Ricci, Jr. $10010. John Heitmann $10011. Robert Butler, Jr. $10012. Dan Dunleavy $10013. Rocco Grasso $50

14. Kenney Jacobs $5015. Steve Stein $5016. Lou Gaudio, Jr. $50

All Staten Island Uuited StatesBowling Congress Association(USBC) tournament championswill be honored at theChampionship Awards Dinner Dance to be held May 7th, 2010 atLiGreci’s Staaten.

For additional information aboutthe Staten Island USBCAssociation and for Tournamentapplications, please visit us on theweb at www.siusbc.org.




THE MAGIC AT MAJESTICTravis Tiley 773HOPELAWN, NJ – Travis Tilleyled the scoring in the Monday NiteBud Open League tossing gamesof 247-259-267 for the sessionhigh series of 773.

Tom Wilkinson shot 248-255-236-739, Michael Romano 256-220-244-720, Lonnie Levy 250-238-231-719 and Augue Sciulla247-206-266-719.

John Kertesz 706 HOPELAWN, NJ – John Kerteszled the scoring in the Performance

Ball Trios League firing games of 242-217-246 for a high series of 706.

Jeff Lada hit 247-241-205-693,Mike Garcia 238-230-657 andAmanda Kertesz 222.

Sean Williams rolled 265-603 inthe Vacation League.

In the Fri. Late Night MixedLeague Jack Gale rolled 209-201-204-614.

Rose Lada 981HOPELAWN, NJ – Rose Ladatopped the Handicap DoublesLeague blasting games of 214-255-236-276 for a high series of 981.Lisa Palazzola shot 227-226-224-

213-890, Paul B. Stolp 259-258-214-224-955, John Kertesz 269-243-221-213-947, GonzaloMeneses 210-246-278-924 andAnthony Buffardi hit 268-280-914.

Sean Williams 693HOPELAWN, NJ – Sean Williamswas tops rolling in the Guys andDolls League pitching games of 221-205-267 for a high series of 693.

Rocco Fortunato shot 246-205-227-678, Joe Plescia 223-203-233-659, Lauro Perez 225-246-656, and Robin F. Scordato 235-212-611.

Eric Oppenheimer 632HOPELAWN, NJ – EricOppenheimer rolled 248 and 210to finish with high set of 632 for the session while David Caceresrolled a 230 game and DaneilleLaren 227-202-619 in the Junior Hav-A-Ball League.

Rich Maddock 652HOPELAWN, NJ – RichMaddock led the scoring in theKnights of Columbus League fir-ing games of 246-237 for a highseries of 652.

Nick Simone shot 240-202-632,and Mark Makwinski 234-215-608.Charles Koch 653HOPELAWN, NJ – Charles Kochled the scoring in the Atlantic CityTrios League firing games of 215-245 for a high series of 653.

Ralph Doerfler shot 235-201-606, and Mike Vicidomini 215-603.

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