Greatest Jersey Action Bowler's

[Action Reporter]

Different Opinions From Different Folks

Greatest Jersey Action Bowler's

My opinion,best ever from New Jersey was Ed Ditolla. He made tv in the seventies. Dennis Jacques and Craig Mueller were very good. Petraglia is from New York and was never that good in action. Gualtieri who has been around forever was an excellent action bowler but never as good as Ditolla in his prime.I'm sure most do not remember Ditolla but in the mid sixties he averaged in the two teens in league play, not many did so. Anybody, know what became of him? ... Anonymous

All those guys from jersey thought they were great cause they averaged 2 teens at Paramus. Then they came to Bowlmor, wednesday night Met majors, and got clobbered. they simply were not as good as they thought they were, and stayed at Paramus. Sort of like what goes .. Anonymous

The post mentioning Jersey bowlers at the Bowlmor was totally inaccurate... They bowled at the Bowlmor 2 years.. They won the league the first year they bowled. The team was Mike Brady,Ed Derricks,Paul Petescola, Ed Ditolla and Al Levins. Beating the Belmont Plaza Team.. The next year they did not win. You should really check your facts before posting. I was in the league that same year so I saw it for myself.. They were a great team... Anonymous

Thank you for confirming ditolla. petescola and jimmy mack, timmy's dad also bowled 600 in league play in the early eighties, denied by abc... Anonymous

The jersey Boys NEVER won that league. Belmont Plaza dominated it. If you bowled in that league,as you say, you would know.Belmont had Cusick, Benny, LaBargo,etc... were not beaten. and Roth and Johnny P bowled too... Anonymous

That Jersey team did win one of the two years they bowled. Belmont Plaza won numerous crowns in that league.. Since you profess to be such an expert who were the other bowlers on Roths team.... Anonymous

Roth bowled with Pete Klein, Jules something, Ginsberg... I hung out there for years and watched them every week. I saw many greats, near greats, and wanna be greats. And I ask you, besides the 3 mentioned, who were the other two on Belmont plaza, and who was it's non-bowling captain? what team did you bowl with?... Anonymous

You happen to be correct about a couple of things you posted. However Belmont Plaza did not win every year! The rest of Roth team was Pete klein, Joules Lockawitz, Norm Ginsberg, and in some years the 5th bowler was Red Basset or a young Pete Hakim.. Belmont Plaza in 1971 consisted of Mcnevich,Werbeck,Mcmillan,Cusick and Labargo and that was the exact lineup as listed on the telescorer. Ps. I made many of the funeral arrangements for Pete klein. so sometimes people you might imply don't know as much as you think you know ..might know a litle bit more... Anonymous

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Did you follow richie hornreich's team, v. loria and sons prior to roth coming into the league. they would have whipped these guys. the great horn, first to ever average a deuce at the dungeon, 206 in 1965 or 1966. also shot rare 300 there. the horn also averaged 217 at bedford bowl in the early sixties, unheard of in the tough days. what a waste of talent. more money at the track for richie, his downfall... Anonymous

You are correct, Belmont Plaza did not win every year, it just seemed that way. Benny on top and Labargo on the bottom were as tough as you would find in that house.Which team did you bowl for? And didn't Al Levins bowl with Lou Marks, Bert Goodman,et al?Wow, I haven't thought about this for years, what great talent there was... Anonymous

Pete Klein pretty good action bowler. Passed away last year. rest in peace, brother ... Anonymous

I think you are mistaking league, tournament bowlers and pot bowlers with action bowlers....Jacques,Mueller and Ditolla were terrific in the first 3 catagories but never really bowled alot of action.... Ray Anderson,Bob Perry and Mike DeRose were a few of the best Jersey action players I saw... Believe it or not when ever Mike Brady came to the action un NY he did very well. He seemed to have that great " I don't give a crap attitude" which seemed to translate to his game and he seemed unaffected by pressure. I wished he would have bowled more action than he did. Oscar Pickenheim also did very well in action for a long period of time. A couple of Ray Anderson's companions were also terrific action bowlers....Frank Peterson and Dave Torchy...These 3 together were some of the smartest bowling GAMBLERS I had ever seen. If you were lucky enough to beat these guys some Saturday night ..you accomplished something.... Anonymous

Ray Anderson and brady were very good. alot of appearances at central. mike derose and perry excellent action bowlers. frank peterson was amazing. a low 200 bowler who always managed to bowl 185 bowlers. no respect. this was the only man I knew in the late sixties and early seventies that lived off the game. he was good to make 15-20g a year on the lanes. even betting on others, he rarely made a bad bet. this man counted his money more than the lord. two three times a game, he would count his roll. and he never walked in with less than a grand. torchy was hot for awhile. guess you never saw him during a six month period in the early seventies when he lost to everybody in a six month period and disappeared from the game. pickenheim and his cigar and full roller were excellent except whenever he challenged the great Faino at lyons and of course always got whipped... Anonymous

At last!!! Someone agrees with something I posted..Thanks..... Anyway, I did not remember Torchy's cold streak...wow... he must have dropped a bundle during that period.... Peterson was amazing!!! ... Anonymous

You are wrong about mueller and ditolla if you were around central lanes. nobody came to watch... Anonymous

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Strictly action, Bob Perry now going by apparently his real name Pucynsk who won a 100g high roller a few years ago, best action bowlewr to come from New Jersey.

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Correction, Puchynski, at least sounds like that.

[Louis]

I watched those teame in the late 60's and early 70's.got to bowl with them in the mid 70's. mcnevitch was still there but sparando was not bowling there in those days i remember him with the hightop linds!!I bowled for v.loria and sons. roger bert goodman sometimes venable and butch dangle. I do not remember hakim ever bowling in that league.
great teams i remember was joe garcia charlie venable.
bob sidote and i do not remember other bowlers becouse roy garcea and i would sub as 16 or 17 year olds. loved bowling in that house they also had the best burgers and the stromboli's pizza downstairs mmmmmm
i am getting hungry just thinking about it.

[Senior Citizen]

The horn boweld on the v. loria team in the mid to late 60s. I still have a number of the bowling sports reporter newspapers from 66 and 67. Tony marine was also on richie's team. He also was one of the few to average 200, 202 to be exact in 1967. Marine has been in vegas for numero years.

[thecane]

the best jersey action shooter, iggy russo, who came to brooklyn , or anyplace else in the tri state area where there was action. you could find him 7 days a week in a different action house , i saw him in leader avm and seaview and colony as well as park circle and neptune in brooklyn bowled with and against him, was also there at one of his heart attack matches at av m 19 and 20 vs stoop at 3 am on a late fri night in 1962 or 63

[joeyja]

Purzicky , Purzicky, Get it right .

[joeyja]

I'll say it again . I respect anyone with the balls to put cash on the line and challenge people on the lanes . But , some of the names on here , you got to be joking . Must be some good drugs going around . Having balls and being considered for being on a greatest list . Two seperated things guys . Boy , what good memories this site brings back .