Many people are very sad to say goodbye to Les. He will be remembered by everyone that he bowled with. He had a good personality, and truly enjoyed the sport of bowling. Wish his family be happy.
I remember Les bowling Butch many times at Ave M and elsewhere, he was always a gentleman with class...
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Re: Where Is Les Sager « Result #4 on Aug 19, 2010, 8:46pm »
Many people are very sad to say goodbye to Les. He will be remembered by everyone that he bowled with. He had a good personality, and truly enjoyed the sport of bowling. Wish his family be happy.
Re: Bob Perry, Greatest Action Bowler Ever? « Result #5 on Aug 3, 2010, 1:42pm »
No he was not. So he had drug problems, etc. Lemon was a degenerate gambler and still beat the best in the world, playing cards all night whie on tour. Horn had the most talent but was such a degenerate gambler that he lost his head for the game. If he had just stuck to bowling, he had the talent to be just as great as Roth was.
Re: Where's Lemon « Result #7 on Aug 3, 2010, 1:27pm »
Pastor's doubles partner at Central was Bill Daley before he went into the Navy. Pastor was better than a deuce, a class below Lemon, the horn, schlegel that low life, Engan, etc.
Re: buzz goodman « Result #8 on Aug 3, 2010, 1:23pm »
I guess he is still a prick. What the hell. Norm Edelman may he rest in hell ,that f**ken thief for those that really knew him before the high roller when he ran the keglers, hired Goodman to run the brackets. Norm paid out a few million in the high rollers. No doubt he stole thousands also. That f**ken low life. He fooled hundreds of bowlers who never really knew him. Tried for heaven. God said payback is a bitch and the devil is waiting for you.
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1960s, 70, Action « Result #11 on Jul 25, 2010, 5:56pm »
I received this last year but just found it now... zoo
It is hard to believe the amount of action bowling that took place in the New York metropolitan area back in the 1960s and 1970s. It was everywhere. I do remember the large number of bowling establishments in Westchester County, New York alone. I remember Elmsford Lanes, Sky Top Bowling, Brunswick Yonkers Bowl, Post Bowling Academy. There was a small bowling center in Dobbs Ferry, New York called Scappy's. They had just 12 lanes. It featured Brunswick "JetBack" A pinsetters, surface ball returns, no automatic scoring. They added bumper bowling in the 1980s. It was one of the last vintage bowling establishments in Westchester County, New York. All of these bowling centers are now memory. Scappy's was however, the last of its kind to close in Westchester County, New York. It still sported wooden lanes and they never installed 1980s, 1990s, era masking units. It closed in September 2001, 9 days after 9/11. Perhaps the best example of a bowling alley in my area that still has a little bit of it's early heritage is Homefield Bowl in Yonkers, New York. Though they have synthetic lanes, they still have their Brunswick "JetBack: A pinsetters. Even the occasional pin sweep (rake) will sport a late 1950s or early 1960s era Brunswick in script lettering on a gold background. Like many bowling centers today, it has plenty of modern trappings. There is automatic scoring, modern masking units, modern ball returns and air conditioning. The center itself is probably around 50 years old. It is certainly a survivor. There are a few other bowling centers that remain in Westchester County, New York.
It would be interesting if some entrepreneur(s) would be interested in building a new bowling center in Westchester County, New York. Many defunct bowling establishments have become retail stores and with the current economic situation, it might be a more attractive to invest in a bowling alley than retail stores. With a few exceptions, many retail stores can go out of business in a short time where as a bowling alley has at least a 30 year service life. This life can be extended by proper maintenance and overhauling equipment. Many bowling centers can probably last 50 years or more. Perhaps developers should consider putting in bowling centers in place of retail buildings that have outlived their usefulness.
you mentioned larry starr bowling down stairs. he allways bowled/practiced there. mark roth allways bowled on 7-8 larry around 25-26. they should have put a piece of 7-8 in the bowling hall of fame. larry
Did Larry bowl much action outside of Rainbow, if so where, and what class action bowlers was he going against. Would he of bowled a guy like Lou Capasso for instance?
Re: There are so many memories of Brooklyn bowling « Result #13 on Jul 17, 2010, 8:53pm »
you mentioned larry starr bowling down stairs. he allways bowled/practiced there. mark roth allways bowled on 7-8 larry around 25-26. they should have put a piece of 7-8 in the bowling hall of fame. larry
Re: Falcaro's, last house of big time action! « Result #14 on Jul 17, 2010, 6:17pm »
what about mikey bones bowling on 47 48 with just his socks on come on dipper you have plenty of storys your oldman gibby betting odds an even in the back of every match with little vic or your brother changing hands bowling matches lefty somebody should write a book about falcaros plenty of storys out there joe viv head green acres crew every saturday somebody should contact the mope
This section on Falcaro's is awesome. I grew up in the 70's bowling in the Saturday morning junior league and then watching the afternoon action. Freddy Mayo was my favorite bowler to watch because he was fun with that spinning ball going 100 miles an hour and he always wore the same t shirt I bet you. I never thought Jack was a great action player. Kilgannon and Fogelson were unbeatable at Falcaros. Richie may have had the shortest backswing I ever saw. Big Fred was also great. Lemon used to come down very often. I bowled with Andrew Castardi, Chun Bae, Freddie's sons in the junior league. Mike of course ran the restaurant and I think his other son was named Angelo. Keep coming with the comments. I'm loving the memories.
Re: Falcaro's, last house of big time action! « Result #16 on Jul 9, 2010, 8:35pm »
This section on Falcaro's is awesome. I grew up in the 70's bowling in the Saturday morning junior league and then watching the afternoon action. Freddy Mayo was my favorite bowler to watch because he was fun with that spinning ball going 100 miles an hour and he always wore the same t shirt I bet you. I never thought Jack was a great action player. Kilgannon and Fogelson were unbeatable at Falcaros. Richie may have had the shortest backswing I ever saw. Big Fred was also great. Lemon used to come down very often. I bowled with Andrew Castardi, Chun Bae, Freddie's sons in the junior league. Mike of course ran the restaurant and I think his other son was named Angelo. Keep coming with the comments. I'm loving the memories.
Re: There are so many memories of Brooklyn bowling « Result #17 on Jul 8, 2010, 12:42am »
i also remember guys like larry starr lesser bowlers steve fischman fat franky. i would push the frame meters and they could bowl all day. all through my career any where i was i'd go to tourneys and mark roth allways sat and talked.i knew himwell. i hope he recovers. larry
Re: There are so many memories of Brooklyn bowling « Result #18 on Jul 4, 2010, 7:00am »
i worked at rainbow from 1971-1975. then brunswick sent me to pinsetter school i came back and worked till around1980 before going to reno.i was there one night when roth and petraglia were bowling down stairs doing trick shots.must have been 200 people there.then during one shot they missed and lodged a pin in the masking unit.they wrote about it in bowlers journal.they were doing an article about roth being part of buying rainbow. bob simonelli was one of his partners.i was there for many of the late night games.some times we wouldnt walk out of there till sun up. larry
in 1973 i was a pinchaser at rainbow and can remember that mark roth also chased pins.on friday and sat. nights i would be paid to stay late and pinchase for the action games. roth/larry starr/ and many others. i would clean up. also worked at maple-ave m-original gil hodges.i went back to work at rainbow when roth and simonelli gave it a try.eventually went to brunswick pinsetter school and now at 55 still at it and have great memories.can also remember berardi-colossi-petraglia. great games and memories. larry lawson
Welcome Larry, you must have a lot of great action stories, I hope you post some of them. Were you at Rainbow the two night of the big Roth - Petraglia vs Kitter - Burgland match. And the follow up Roth vs Kitter match.
I was there that night with Butch the owner of this site, that scene was something else. Butch bowled Larry Starr downstairs in the corner after the big match was over. They split 3 and 3
We grew up at Ave M, butch bowled 90% of his action there, back in the Mac & Stoop, and Bernie days. What years did you work there?
Re: There are so many memories of Brooklyn bowling « Result #20 on Jul 1, 2010, 4:55am »
in 1973 i was a pinchaser at rainbow and can remember that mark roth also chased pins.on friday and sat. nights i would be paid to stay late and pinchase for the action games. roth/larry starr/ and many others. i would clean up. also worked at maple-ave m-original gil hodges.i went back to work at rainbow when roth and simonelli gave it a try.eventually went to brunswick pinsetter school and now at 55 still at it and have great memories.can also remember berardi-colossi-petraglia. great games and memories. larry lawson
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