Strikes and Spares
Three elected into bowling hall of fame Another week has rolled by. It just doesn’t seem possible that the summer is a little better than half over. I even saw some Christmas decorations in a store the other day and here I am just getting use to cutting grass at least once a week.
This week I heard from a couple of the local lanes along with some state bowling news and I received a great book from Allen Chrise.
First the news.
Bill Santella, who was mentioned several weeks ago in this column, is at it again. This week Bill demonstrates once more that he can make the ball obey his commands. As part of a four-game format at Manor Lanes, Mr. Santella rolled up scores of 236, 208, 247 and 238 for a 925 series.
Other significant scores from Manor Lanes include Dave Show with a 300/869. It should be noted this is the first 300 on the new synthetic lanes. John Hardy turned in a 916-followed close behind by Al DAndrea with a 896. Ed Floyd knocked the pins to a score of 267/880 and Danny Davis left few standing with his 254/887.
The women also shared their bowling skill on the synthetic lanes in Hopwood. Cindy Floyd found the path to 220/774 and Tasha Sangston followed a similar path writing up a 222/725.
In the Tuesday Summer Leauge at Manor, Danny Davis is credited with a 256/662 and Brian Berinsky, a 276/669.
Traveling down 119 from Hopwood we pull into Yough Lanes and find scores listed for Mack Flack who shot a 279/737 series and Matt Porterfield shot eleven in a row to total up 279/752.
Over the weekend three state bowlers were added to the ranks of the Pennsylvania State Bowling Association Hall of Fame. Richard Nardozza, Gary K. Brooks and William D. Weaver represent significant contributions that have been made to the sport of bowling in Pennsylvania.
One of the newly inducted Hall of Fame members, William Weaver, has a proud grandson, Jim Kirshner, who supplied the column with information about his grandfather. Mr. Weaver who calls Belle Vernon, PA home, has been in organized bowling for 46 years. Bill has bowled in 41 PSBA tournaments, 19 senior tournaments, 13 mixed tournaments and 10 ABC tournaments. Among his many accomplishments, Bill coached junior bowlers for 23 years and was certified as an AJBC coach/instructor in 1970.
Mr. Weaver has served on every committee in the PSBA and was the Western Area Director in 1989 and served as President of the PSBA in 1998-1999. He is also no stranger to hall of fame notoriety being named to the Greater Pittsburgh Tenpins Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 1992.
Although I have never had the opportunity to meet Mr. Weaver or the other inductees they represent a dedication to the sport we should all be proud of. Their involvement as leaders and talented bowlers is an inspiration.
Now the book.
Allen Chrise sent over a great little book about the history of bowling. The American Bowling Congress published the book in 1957. You can tell the book has been well cared for and I intend to absorb and share as much of the book before returning it.
The history book traces the start of bowling from the early Egyptian roots right up to the time of the book’s printing. Along the way it examines many of the games that are similar to bowling or have influenced the sport in some way. Beginning next week, and before the fall season kicks in, I will try to share some of it’s little gems.
Well, my wife just informed me that we are going on our annual collectible Christmas ornament trip tomorrow. It is true…summer is over.
Brian Casey can be reached at brianwcasey@hotmail.com.