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Post by Renaissance Man on Jul 2, 2004 14:47:09 GMT -5
Who is the greatest action bowler of all time, and WHY?
Who makes the top 5 list?
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old dog
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Post by old dog on Jul 2, 2004 19:53:56 GMT -5
My top pick is Jeff Kitter because he bowled many pros and beat them, had ice water in his veins, beat all the top action bowlers of his time and was a big better.
He also traveled all over and bowled in any house.
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Post by thecane on Jul 28, 2004 9:29:12 GMT -5
try richie hornreich before him, i'm sure jim godman can vouch for that after he lost to richie, just after he won the firestone. or ask any of the n y superstars who their opinion was .guys like ernie, lemon, johnny, marc or joey. i talked at length with lemons brother pete, a couple of years ago at my condo , where he was giving a concert, and he and his brother agree that it was richie. who was the best. richie also had the top 2 scores in the vargo, i know one was 1068 for 5 and the other was either few pins more or less than that, and the pins were 5 lb magnesium weighted. and i dont recall, if anyone had beaten it since or even won more than 2 times
the cane
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old dog
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Post by old dog on Jul 29, 2004 1:22:04 GMT -5
I was around the action scene when Richie was in his prime but never had the pleasure of seeing him in any matches.
Even though he was from Brooklyn did he bowl a lot of action there once he came into his own. I saw a lot of action with most of the big names of the time at Colony, Seaview, and Ave M
I didn't catch the horn until the mid seventies, he was real good then but past his prime, I never saw him go up against Jeff even though they were both at Raceway almost every Saturday night.
One night I saw Richie walk off the lanes against Joe Berardi, they were practicing, Joey buried 10 staight with a monster ball, Richie picks up the his ball and says the match is over, It didn't begin yet, I was amazed...
It was the first time I saw Joey, he was very impressive.
Butch bowled Beeber that night upstairs on the corner pair, it was a real grind, I think they ended up splitting about 16 games, the week before Butch took down Les Sager 4 straight at Kenmore, it was the first time I was rhere, 1976, I really liked the atmosphere , it was a throw back to when bowling alleys were bowling alleys.
My favorite places for atmoshere were Paramus, Fitzimmons, Duvall On Flatbush Ave, Bowlmore, Raceway, Parkway Lanes.
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