butch
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Butch
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Post by butch on Jan 5, 2002 20:07:39 GMT -5
I’d like to welcome everyone to ActionBowers.com
I grew up bowling action in Brooklyn New York and it was the best part of my life, I feel bad for any action bowler that was born in the last 30 years or so, you’ll never know what it felt like to be able to walk into many different houses throughout the NY area anytime after 12 midnight, seven nights a week, and find many big and small time action matches going on all night long.
Certain houses in there prime would have from 5 to 15 or more matches going on at the same time, most matches lasted many hours, not 2 or 3 games, over and out.
Many a night there would be a couple of hundred people just betting on the side. It was a great time, a time that will never happen again, I miss it very badly, what a shame.
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Post by JK on Apr 1, 2003 20:19:53 GMT -5
Hey Butch,
Great website. I think I know the reason we will never see those days again.................. two words.
WOMAN"S LIB
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Post by WOW on May 10, 2003 16:28:13 GMT -5
Butch you are so right, the action was great back then, I like you lived and breathed it every day for many years in my youth.
You of corse know me as we were partners back then, you bowled and I made mucho money on you, what days, it was great.
Ave M Bowl - Mac & Stoop
Colony Bowl - Phil Marino
OLd Parkway - Fats & Deecon
Frankie & Johnnies - Joe x & Bee Bee Notaro
Leemarc - the Horn
King Lanes - Bobby Smith
Strand Lanes
Bedford Bowl
Fitzimmons
Seaview
Sid Gordons
Leader Lanes
Elmwood
Windsor Lanes
Paradise Lanes
New Parkway
Gil Hodgers
Diplomat
Kenmore
Rainbow
Maple
and that's just some of the Brooklyn houses, and they all had action, truly amazing!
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Post by WOW on May 10, 2003 16:31:34 GMT -5
Fill in the blanks
who were the main house action bowlers from what lanes
anywhere in the country.
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Post by WOW on May 10, 2003 16:34:45 GMT -5
Bay Ridge and Maple I Know had a ton of them through out the years, like Val Joe S etc, Johnnnu Petraglia, who were they and what years, roughly
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Post by huba hubba on May 12, 2003 16:36:11 GMT -5
at maple in the 60's = val macari , tom cammelari,
i, johnny petraglia.
in the 70,s joe micali bob spallone lou capasso
nick santagata , ritchie hornreich
80's lou capasso, snake lorenzo,joe c, john collossi
after that there was no good action there
at bay ridge
70's Joe's , capasso, hornreich
80's the same till they closed
at leemark it was the horn from 60's to 70's
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Post by JR on May 13, 2003 20:09:10 GMT -5
leader lanes on coney island ave-60s the horn and lemon,the gutter shot was there and nobody played it better.
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Post by Louis on May 23, 2003 9:11:12 GMT -5
Val Macari was great off the ledge
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Post by JK on May 24, 2003 8:50:53 GMT -5
And now for the Bronx and Manhattan action legends:
Manhattan Lanes - Ernie Schlegel
Woodlawn Lanes- Richie Pizzuti
Boston Road Lanes-Joe Cirillo and Bob Materasso
Fiesta Lanes (still open)-Jeff Kitter
Tremont Lanes-Ralph Engan, Marv Applebaum,Eddie Seco, Andy Carnasie
Pel Park Lanes-The Great Howie Palefski
Steeles Lanes-Jackie Sturtz
Webster Lanes-Two guys named "Pencil" and "Gramps"
Gun Post Lanes(still open)-Frankie Medici
Van Nest Lanes(still open)- Charlie "Phantom"
Gun Hill Lanes- Vinny and Ronnie Pizzo
Fieldston Lanes-Joey Berardi
There are lots more but I'm having a senior moment. More to come.
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Post by Stevie Wonder on May 24, 2003 10:31:27 GMT -5
JK, how about Sy Million at Boston Road, John Kourabas at Inwood, Dennis Francom and Al Sargent at Dyckman, Homer Baker at Heghts Recreation, Richie Soloman at Bowlerama., Larry Kangro and Mke Ginsberg at Manhattan Lanes.
More to come.
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Post by Old Times on May 24, 2003 10:34:00 GMT -5
Jackie Sturtz, whatever became of him?
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Post by Stevie Wonder on May 24, 2003 13:13:12 GMT -5
Sturtz was a funny guy, we used to play poker after bowling and he would raise the bet by saying "here comes Kush Kush". Annoyed the hell out of us.
Don't know where he is now.
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Post by Stevie Wonder on Jun 3, 2003 23:34:49 GMT -5
Joel Myers and Johnyy Campbell were two good shooters from the Bronx and Westchester.
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Post by I Remember on Jun 4, 2003 15:51:04 GMT -5
johnny campbell was a real good lefty from the bronx. Bowled alot of action at Fiesta. How about Tony the tiger who was not that good but what a character. He always bowled in a teeshirt. Remember Pepsi, he was the best character and a horrible bowler. He would always find away to lose even bowling 160 bowlers. Old man billy kidd who was a deuce in the sixties. ice in the tenth. Always there. Joe the lock who died many years ago, not missed. He always wanted the edge which we all wanted. He would never bowl unless he was 10, 20 pins better and he was 190. Frank Petersen from jersey who had the easiest matches in the world. so underrated. he lived off of the action. One thing I loved about this guy was that he would go into his pocket, five ten times a game just to count his money. And he always carried at least a grand. A cheap bastard. if you needed to borrow a small $20, he always made an excuse.
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