Post by Action Reporter on Jan 2, 2002 23:37:03 GMT -5
The Heaviest Bowling Balls
The biggest loads I ever saw were thrown by Mario who came to Central alot and Joe Leggett who hung around Lyons Lanes in Jersey. Joe always threw an 18 pound ball which made him a 200 bowler. Mario's I believed was heavier, 18-19 pounds. the load naturally was to make the ball hook more naturally. I remember one night the lanes at Central were so dry, Mario wished he had a 16 pounder. It was so funny. the man was standing all the way over to the left and had trouble keeping the ball on the right side of the pocket...Old Timer
How heavy was Ernie Schlegel's brown ball?...Anonymous
Ernie never threw a load. One of the best action bowlers of all time. Beat the great Hornreich on occassion. Also a dumper...Old Timer
I also saw him in a match at fiesta....Hes playing the 4th arrow with this load that also had buckshot or mercury in it. He flushes the first 6 strikes .... the 7th goes into the right hand gutter... he did not hit his ankle, he did not lose the ball out of his hand....the mercury or buckshot shifted in the ball on the way down and sent the ball dead right..and he hit his target!!! ...Anonymous
Capt. Woods ball was so heavy, many times it would not make it up the ball return and around the loop!!!! The heavyiest ball I think I ever saw was thrown by "Capt. Willie Woods" of Lyons Lanes, this was in the early 70s. Lyons lanes had very unusual ball returns that looped around from the setee and rolled on a rack stacking the balls from the foul line back. So, if there was only 1 bowler with 1 ball he would have to walk almost to the foul line to get his ball every time he bowled...Old Timer
I forgot about Willie WOODS a friend of joe leggett. willie did not always use the load. however, with the load he was still not a deuce.Maybe 190...Anonymous
Does anyone remember the lefty Doug Weinstein, he was backed by the lawyer Irving and bowled doubles with Dickie Wollen. Big load in his ball. They were from downtown Brooklyn...Todd Armstrong the 3rd
As far as I know, Doug "the Rug" Weinstein never threw a load. I know I won enough money on him. There was a period of time I recall, early seventies, for almost a year where he was unbeatable. During this time he beat the great Jimmy Mchugh on more than one occassion.
I saw him bowl many times in the early and mid sixties, 190 or so at that time, I didn't know he got that good. I saw butch (Cliff) one night eat him up at Ave M on lanes 5 & 6, early sixties. I bet a lot back then on butch, he never really bowled the top names around, but won about 75 % of his matches. He did beat Mac Wagner at Ave M, 1962 on a Sunday, lanes 11 & 12, the only time they bowled each other to my knowledge...Todd Armstrong the 3rd
That was before my time. maybe he used a load then. but not when I knew him. Of course you could never trust the rug. skipped town one year when he owed me $500 and others. returned from Calif. a year later and I slowly collected my money. Does anyone know what became of Doug Weinstein? ...Old Timer
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The biggest loads I ever saw were thrown by Mario who came to Central alot and Joe Leggett who hung around Lyons Lanes in Jersey. Joe always threw an 18 pound ball which made him a 200 bowler. Mario's I believed was heavier, 18-19 pounds. the load naturally was to make the ball hook more naturally. I remember one night the lanes at Central were so dry, Mario wished he had a 16 pounder. It was so funny. the man was standing all the way over to the left and had trouble keeping the ball on the right side of the pocket...Old Timer
How heavy was Ernie Schlegel's brown ball?...Anonymous
Ernie never threw a load. One of the best action bowlers of all time. Beat the great Hornreich on occassion. Also a dumper...Old Timer
I also saw him in a match at fiesta....Hes playing the 4th arrow with this load that also had buckshot or mercury in it. He flushes the first 6 strikes .... the 7th goes into the right hand gutter... he did not hit his ankle, he did not lose the ball out of his hand....the mercury or buckshot shifted in the ball on the way down and sent the ball dead right..and he hit his target!!! ...Anonymous
Capt. Woods ball was so heavy, many times it would not make it up the ball return and around the loop!!!! The heavyiest ball I think I ever saw was thrown by "Capt. Willie Woods" of Lyons Lanes, this was in the early 70s. Lyons lanes had very unusual ball returns that looped around from the setee and rolled on a rack stacking the balls from the foul line back. So, if there was only 1 bowler with 1 ball he would have to walk almost to the foul line to get his ball every time he bowled...Old Timer
I forgot about Willie WOODS a friend of joe leggett. willie did not always use the load. however, with the load he was still not a deuce.Maybe 190...Anonymous
Does anyone remember the lefty Doug Weinstein, he was backed by the lawyer Irving and bowled doubles with Dickie Wollen. Big load in his ball. They were from downtown Brooklyn...Todd Armstrong the 3rd
As far as I know, Doug "the Rug" Weinstein never threw a load. I know I won enough money on him. There was a period of time I recall, early seventies, for almost a year where he was unbeatable. During this time he beat the great Jimmy Mchugh on more than one occassion.
I saw him bowl many times in the early and mid sixties, 190 or so at that time, I didn't know he got that good. I saw butch (Cliff) one night eat him up at Ave M on lanes 5 & 6, early sixties. I bet a lot back then on butch, he never really bowled the top names around, but won about 75 % of his matches. He did beat Mac Wagner at Ave M, 1962 on a Sunday, lanes 11 & 12, the only time they bowled each other to my knowledge...Todd Armstrong the 3rd
That was before my time. maybe he used a load then. but not when I knew him. Of course you could never trust the rug. skipped town one year when he owed me $500 and others. returned from Calif. a year later and I slowly collected my money. Does anyone know what became of Doug Weinstein? ...Old Timer
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