Van Nest "S" Shot claims another 2 PBA victims

[VNL1]

Last night (11/24/03) 2 of the young stars of the PBA tour, DJ Archer and Chris Johnson, bowled Judge and John Rubeo on the infamous "S" pattern at Van Nest Lanes.

If you will recall from previous posts, both Rudy "Revs" Kasimakis and Robert Smith bowled John Rubeo singles on this pattern. Rudy went 4 down, and Robert broke even.

3 games of doubles were bowled, with Judge & John losing the 1st game then winning the next 2.

Then the match was moved to the regular house shot, where Judge & John won 2 more games before DJ Archer quit.

Chris Johnson then bowled Judge singles, 1st game on the house shot which Judge won, then back to the "S" shot, where Judge won, then finally switching to a Fresh "S" shot pair, where Judge won the final game. Chris Johnson then quit.

Scores were as follows:

Game 1 ("S" pattern)
John 148, Judge 167
DJ 189, Chris 174 (WINNER)

Game 2
John 289, Judge 185 (WINNER)
DJ 141, Chris 199

Game 3
John 201, Judge 167 (WINNER)
DJ 161, Chris 145

Game 4 (House shot)
John 183, Judge 279 (WINNER)
DJ 142, Chris 265

Game 5
John 199, Judge 236 (WINNER)
DJ 183, Chris 225

Game 6
Judge 280 (WINNER)
Chris 258
Note - both players started X / X X X X X X X - Chris left the 2-8 in the 10th, Judge struck to win.

Game 7 ("S" Shot)
Judge 225
Chris 153

Game 8 (Fresh "S" Shot)
Judge 236
Chris 171

All told John & Judge won 4 of 5 in doubles, and Judge won 3 straight vs Chris in singles.

Another evening of quality bowling at Van Nest lanes.

Note to any other PBA bowlers, if you wish to come down to try out this infamous shot, please post here with contact info and someone will be in touch with you.

[Junior]

Congrats to Chris Johnson for making the TV finals this week, despite a tough week in the action.

Congats Chris, it was a pleasure meeting you.

[Richie10]

Does anyone know what the bets were for these games?

My hats off to judge and rubeo for even stepping on the lanes with the likes of rudy, smith, and johnson. That said, all 3 of those players have the same game....huge hook...i wonder how judge and rubeo would fair on the "S" shot against bowlers like norm duke, wrw, or traber...all players that play it off the gutter.

Judge and rubeo also won on the house shot as well so that is impressive. All in all great bowling against the pros.

[Billy Tops]

Norm Duke is or at least was one of the very best acton bowlers of all time.