Cool!! I remember how Fred Wolf would say, whenever he announced a match with your great-granddad, that he had 99 perfect games. I wondered (and still wonder) if he ever got that 100th. I sure hope he did.
Hearing "Whispering" Joe Wilson again after 65 years is a trip for me. In the 1960s I saw Joe Wilson selling men's suits at a clothing store on Michigan Ave. in Chicago.
I used to love "Championship Bowling" when I was a kid. It always came on after the 10 pm news. I got into bowling back in the 60s when everything was real -- hard rubber balls and wooden pins and alleys. Those were the days indeed!
@Carrie Zhu one could go into the bar in the bowling allies and have a drink in a very quite atmosphere. No screeching new age computer tiny bopper music like today, A much more mature society back then...
I practiced with Buddy Bomar at Brunswick Deerbrook Lanes in Deerfield Illinois when I was a jr bowler, he was quite elderly then but still threw it great, what a super nice guy, ambassador of the sport, talked and helped everyone
I feel like these old telecasts really discredit critics of today's game for being a bunch of crankers that couldn't hit an arrow, while the legends of yesteryear were pure men of accurate stroking. Look at Salvino, no doubt a legend, get that back swing way up there, torque his hand to the inside of the ball, and unleash it upon the pins. There's a power style if I've ever seen one. Throughout the history of bowling, we've had power players and strokers, both winning their fair share of titles. The only difference nowadays is that the equipment really shows the difference between the two on a level much greater than previous eras.
YES! Was about to comment how the commentary is great.. he's just so real, reactions and everything. As a new englander who loves candlepin, I've been really enjoying all the history of Ten pin on youtube. This is great
Dennis Hanovich I grew up with wood lanes surfaced with lacquer, throwing those rubber balls, bowling alleys so filled with cigarette smoke you couldn’t see the pins and most guys gassed on beer and booze. I’ll take today’s equipment and conditions over the “old stuff” any day.
You can tell this is a very old bowling alley when they have the pin boys removing the "dead wood". The ball is returned manually. And the pinspotter is also loaded and set manually.
I watched Championship Bowling from when I was probably four years old - a couple of years after this broadcast. (And I'm 68 years old now!) Watching this was like being in King Tut's grave. Pinboys! The ball rack way over in the next county!! Random thoughts: How I miss Fred Wolf, the announcer I grew up with (and enjoyed)! "Whispering" Joe Wilson, huh? Looks like he bought Groucho glasses from somewhere cheap. And his announcing - oy! "Railroads" (for splits). And "Holy Mackarel!" every time there was an off-target shot. I remember the bowlers, Carmen ("Carmie"? Ugh!) Salvino and Buddy Bomar. So I guess I've seen Salvino "grow up" right before my eyes. He was 19 years old and gangly here, and got to see him a bit more filled out, at about maybe 30-40 years later. I don't remember his backswing being that high when he got older. But he was awfully good at both ends of his career. This was some education here, telling you!
Carmen had to make changes to remain competitive as he aged and a new wave of bowling balls were introduced to the market. The kind of finishes that were applied to the lanes has gone through a never ending evolution.
Bomar ripping the racks constantly on the left lane. Salvino's hand release is great! Actually reminds me of Eugene McCune throwing all that heat on the ball.
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Human pin-setters!! Wow..and the screw up on the score in the 2nd frame. And the tiny audience.. Carmen Salvino would have around 20 in this film. but fundamentals look the same. When did the high fiving start? The 80's? Also for those who didn't know this era may wonder why the +1 under the score when the difference was. Rather than keeping track of pins, they kept track of # of marks ahead or behind. Awesome video.. where do you find these gems?
What's the deal with the 10th frame.. it looks like you had to keep striking to keep throwing all 3 balls.. one of the frames, one of them spared and he didn't get the third ball? Is that it?
So.....Salvino used to be called CARMIE? :-) :-) :-) I've been a big fan of his forever, and started seeing him just a few years after this -- and never heard him called anything but Carmen (or sometimes "Carm").
An excellent match. Even up to the end, it was pretty dramatic, and you never thought Salvino was going to the leave the 8-10. But he was throwing bullets all day. He just got a bit fast on that last one. Regardless of the four camera set up and the black abd white broadcast, this was a lot fo fun to watch. Do you know what the format was back then in selecting the bowlers every week?
it doesn't look there is any oil on the lanes at all. they're probably using a mineralite or manhatten rubber or some other rock and the ball is still hooking pretty good!!
@@irishpogi thanks for the information. Did you hear that the Southport Lanes in Chicago was closed down Sunday, October 27, 2020? Manual lanes (4) first opened in 1902. Sad.
That’s a fair criticism. You can’t lengthen a bowling lane like you can a golf fairway. That said I think modern technique is superior, and I’m not talking just two handers.
