Bowling Digest back issues from December 2004:
The tour turns 64.(Opening Frame)
Dec 22, 2004; ... IN THE DEAD OF SUMMER, EVEN when the PBA Senior tour was on its break and there was no bowling at all to watch and cover, there was excitement about the coming PBA season. The shock of the tour's turn toward an all-exempt field, as well as the loss of stars like Wayne Webb, Del ...
Name games.(The Fans Speak Out)(Letter to the Editor)
Dec 22, 2004; ... How do they come up with bowling ball names? Many industry leaders in consumer products spend quite a bit of money for market studies in order to find brand names that hint at a product's characteristics, as well as appeal to the consumer. I notice more bowling ball ...
Curious condition.(The Fans Speak Out)(Letter to the Editor)
Dec 22, 2004; ... An article on "sport bowling," featuring Steve Wunderlich, appeared in the Fall Preview 2004 issue of BOWLING DIGEST. Beneath Steve's picture reads the caption, "Wunderlich and his comrades at Bowling Headquarters have been brewing up an all-improved sport bowling program." Does that mean ...
Lane lingo.(The Fans Speak Out)(Letter to the Editor)
Dec 22, 2004; ... While I do not disagree that all bowling balls are plastic (or synthetic) as John Jowdy discusses ["The Fantastic Plastic Ball," Summer 2004], English is a living language. As a living language, it is constantly being redefined by its general use. Thus, all generally accepted, ...
Wait a second.(The Fans Speak Out)(Letter to the Editor)
Dec 22, 2004; ... I'm confused. Your Fall Preview 2004 "Interview" with Tom Baker centers significantly on his incredible win at the PBA World Championship. Going into the event, Baker was struggling to earn enough points to qualify for an exemption in 2004-05, but by winning, Baker launched himself to the ...
New reader thoughts.(The Fans Speak Out)(Letter to the Editor)
Dec 22, 2004; ... I was pleased to get my first issue of BOWLING DIGEST as a subscriber after reading it for years at suburban libraries. The articles are good and interesting. I'd like to comment on some of the letters in your recent issues. I still don't like Pete Weber's "crotch ...
Crazy spare.(The Fans Speak Out)(Letter to the Editor)
Dec 22, 2004; ... Regarding strange spares, I left the 2-4-6-8-10 spare and converted it with lots of people looking on, ...
A little help.(The Fans Speak Out)(Letter to the Editor)
Dec 22, 2004; ... Please provide more information to us readers who are of senior age but are new to bowling. Billie Spooner Bessemer, ...
Mo' Pete.(The Fans Speak Out)(Letter to the Editor)
Dec 22, 2004; ... Pete Weber is one spoiled brat. I admire his ability, but he spoils it with his attitude. A lot of wives watch bowling on TV, and I'd bet that most would say they wouldn't have him for a husband for a million dollars. He is so conceited that he would do well to be more like his ...
The BPAA launches a new national championship.(Industry News)
Dec 22, 2004 ... A NEW TEAM-ORIENTED TOURNAment that encourages new league development in addition to providing a national finals competition is ready for action, according to the BPAA. The BPAA now offers five tournaments with national finals. The new BPAA National Mixed League Championship ...
Hammer bets on Allen, Archer in 2004-05.(Industry News)
Dec 22, 2004 ... When the stakes are high, bet on Hammer's 2004-05 pro staff duo, Patrick Allen and DJ. Archer. "Patrick is a consistent, aggressive player, and he's one to watch this year. If you enjoyed his pin-busting performances last season, you're going to love his battle to the top in ...
Ebonite announces its 2004-05 staff.(Industry News)
Dec 22, 2004 ... Ebonite's pro tour staff was terrific last season: Eight of the company's players fought it out every week to gain points and secure one of the guaranteed spots for next year's tour ... and succeeded. Now the brand is unveiling their tour players for this season. "These guys ...
Retro and active.(News, Notes & Quotes)
Dec 22, 2004; ... A NOT-SO-CRAZY GUY in St. Louis opened an eight-lane bowling center last December. Joe Edwards designed and built Pin-Up Bowl, "the world's first bowling/martini lounge," and the in-crowd is renting shoes and knocking down pins. The tenpin center, minuscule and uneconomical by ...
Watch out for the women.(News, Notes & Quotes)
Dec 22, 2004; ... WHEN THE 2004-05 PBA season gets underway, one of the biggest changes will be the possibility of having a few women on the roster. Because of a ruling made by the PBA earlier this year, women were granted the right to join. That almost happened about 11 years ago, when Pat ...
Pusok wins the Welu Scholarship.(PBA Tidbits)
Dec 22, 2004 ... PARDON HOLLY PUSOK OF TOMball, Texas. The winner of the 2004 Billy Welu Scholarship is a little overwhelmed. "This is amazing and very unexpected," says Pusok, the 2000 Miss Texas Bowler of the Year. "I don't think I could have achieved any of this without bowling. I've bowled ...
Sponsor championship is tweaked.(PBA Tidbits)
Dec 22, 2004 ... FOURTEEN PBA TOUR SPONSORS EACH SELECTED three players who will be ranked individually in the new, season-long sponsor championship. The prize fund will pay $90,000, with sponsored bowlers earning points based on their finish at the end of each PBA event. The sponsored bowler with the ...
Rolling through a living museum: this classic center was the first bowling experience for Dick Weber and thousands of others.(Center spotlight: sport bowl)
Dec 22, 2004; ... WHEN BROTHERS WILFRED and Elmer Brehob opened their 12-lane Sport Bowl on the south side of Indianapolis on August 15, 1941, just 114 days before Pearl Harbor, Dick Weber was a skinny kid of 11 dreaming of being a major league baseball player. Weber, of course, never made it to ...
Fully grounded: despite his skyrocketing bowling career, the rising star of the PBA tour has his priorities straight.(Interview: Brad Angelo)
Dec 22, 2004; ... EVEN AFTER A METEORIC RISE TO THE TOP OF the bowling world, Brad Angelo still doesn't consider himself among the top 10 bowlers in the PBA. However, he's probably in the minority among any fans with any interest at all in the sport. In just two seasons as a pro, the righthander ...
Spread the good word: mentoring a young bowler is an innovative way to build bridges and, ultimately, grow your own game.(Lane Logic)
Dec 22, 2004; ... HAS IT REALLY BEEN MORE than a year since my last national pro tournament? I've been doing my share of reminiscing recently about my early years on the LPBT/PWBA tour. Between that and being part of the planning committee for a new women's tour through WIBC/USBC, I structured some ...
Vacations are in the eyes of the bowlers.(Bowling Clinic)
Dec 22, 2004; ... * Two guys I know refuse to bowl in the summer for various reasons. I, on the other hand, feel that I must bowl in the summer--at least in one league and one practice day--to keep my game in shape. After all, to be good at anything, you need to practice. Anyway, by bowling all summer, I ...
There's no magic pill: bowlers who want to strengthen their games can draw from the latest technology and equipment--but a good coach makes the biggest difference of all.(The Coach's Corner)
Dec 22, 2004; ... ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFIcant ventures in bowling has been the development and promotion of coaches by USA Bowling. This project was long past due and has followed the path implemented by golf, tennis, and other individual sports. Most successful coaches are those who are able to ...
Into the great wide open: in the first year of the PBS's all-exempt field of 64 bowlers, parity is the name of the game.(2004-05 PBA Preview)(Cover Story)
Dec 22, 2004; ... PARITY HAS FOUND ITS WAY to the PBA, just a few years removed from the tour's gradual process of turning tournaments from marathons into sprints. In 2004-05, all 64 players in the main draw will cash, and qualifying sessions are now history. Best-of-seven matches will determine ...
Back to back: this magician did the near-impossible: dominate the Senior tour without winning a single event.(2004 Senior Pro Bowler Of The Year)
Dec 22, 2004; ... A YEAR AGO, WE WERE ALL too eager to celebrate "Bionic" Bob Chamberlain as as our 2003 PBA Senior Bowler of the Year. After all, in the past, the debates over the top Senior had been routinely dismissed by the dominance of the professor of Senior rolling, Bob Glass. Glass seemed ...
The 300 game nobody saw: lucky 13s popped up all around in a televised perfect game that was broadcast for night owls only.(The Match I'll Never Forget)
Dec 22, 2004; ... BEFORE THE START OF THE Columbia 300 Open in the first week of February 1999, my wife, June, flew to Austin, Texas, to join me. At the time, she was pregnant with our twins--Evan and Hannah were born May 25 that year--and she had been resting at home in Bolingbrook, Ill. It was ...
2004 holiday gift guide: a gift for every bowler on your list.
Dec 22, 2004 ... BRUNSWICK The Intense Inferno [below] is intended for medium-dry to medium-oily lane conditions. Brunswick's engineers have created a new Inferno that delays hooking action further down the lane while still maintaining the trademark Inferno recovery and hard-arcing, back-end ...
It's a great day for first-time winner Hiday: PBA Senior: Clarksville Open.(Pro Tour Results)
Dec 22, 2004 ... It turned out to be a tournament of firsts when Gary Hiday defeated Bob Chamberlain, 2-1, to win the PBA Senior Clarksville Open, a Senior tour tournament that was presented by Georgia Boot, at Pinnacle Family Entertainment Center in Clarksville, Tenn., on April 27. Hiday, who ...
Pappas scratches his seven-year itch: PBA Senior: Manassas Open.(Pro Tour Results)
Dec 22, 2004 ... George Pappas toppled Tim Kauble, 2-0, to win the PBA Senior Manassas Open title at Bowl America Manassas. Pappas won his second Senior tour title of his career, and his first since capturing the 1997 Showboat Citgo Senior Tournament of Champions in Sheboygan, Wis. ...
Evans becomes the tour's latest first-time winner: PBA Senior: Don Carter Classic.(Pro Tour Results)
Dec 22, 2004 ... Doug Evans captured the first title of his career on August 4 when he defeated Tommy Nevitt, 2-1, and winning the PBA Senior Don Carter Classic, presented by Storm at Don Carter University Lanes. Evans, who hails from Southgate, Mich., went down early after losing the first ...
Bellinger is brilliant in his first-time title win: PBA Senior: St. Petersburg/Clearwater Open.(Pro Tour Results)
Dec 22, 2004 ... Jeff Bellinger of Columbia, S.C., helped keep an extraordinary effort by the Senior rookie class of 2004 alive when he became the fourth first-time Senior tour winner of the season, downing Gary Hiday, 2-1, in the championship round of the PBA Senior St. Petersburg/Clearwater Open at ...
In-Vince-able Mazzanti bounces back strong from injury: PBA Senior: Jackson Open.(Pro Tour Results)
Dec 22, 2004 ... Vince Mazzanti Jr., of Levittown, Pa., battled valiantly through a debilitating right quadriceps injury to defeat a red-hot Roger Bowker, 2-1, in the title match of the PBA Senior Jackson Open at Airport Lanes on August 18. The No. 22 seed Mazzanti, who had suffered burst blood ...
The third time's the charm for King Kossert: PBA Senior: Lake County Open.(Pro Tour Results)
Dec 22, 2004 ... The third time was the charm for Roger Kossert, who captured the season-ending PBA Senior Lake County Open on August 26. In just Kossert's third career Senior tour event, he managed to defeat legendary Hall-of-Famer Pete Couture, 21, in the chain pionship match at Olympia Lanes. ...
Schedule & statistics.
Dec 22, 2004 ... <Pre> Schedule of Major Events All dates and locations subject to change. 2004-05 PBA Tour All finals are 90-minute broadcasts on the last day of the tournament, televised live on ESPN. Listed times are Eastern Standard Time. DateTournament October 24-31 ...
Pin & puns.
Dec 22, 2004 ... IN 1932, THE ABC CHAMPIonships Tournament was scheduled for Detroit. Despite the Great Depression, the entry list was long--2,336 teams--but a serious problem developed. The banks had closed and the ABC had a huge pile of entry fee checks from across the nation, checks that couldn't be ...