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Nothing tops those guys in the early 70’s. Hard rubber bowling balls, heavy oil, playing around 10-15 board, and barely kicking out the 8-10, even on really good pocket shots. Throwing 12 good shots is one thing, but getting 12 shots to carry in those conditions is an entirely different matter. RESPECT!
Absolute RESPECT for the P.B.A.'s top bowlers from the 60's & 70's. SKILLFUL without all of the technological variables that followed in the 80's & beyond. THEY WERE THE BEST!!
I started bowling in that era, and since those balls didn't do much work you had to do the work yourself. It was all about your wrist, fingers, and arm swing. For example notice the difference in their follow throughs as compared to modern bowlers.
My dad was of that generation. Beat the best of them back in the OK/TX area during the 70s/80s. We had several 299 & 300 pins placed up as little trophies. Such a great time and a great time during bowling.
Yes, without question perfect games were more difficult to achieve in that era. There was such a minimal margin-of-error relative to the way the game is played today. Not to mention the disparity in technology (equipment wise) that existed then versus today that enables more players to achieve a perfect game today.
@@johnroy4447I happen to be a pretty good bowler, averaged 226 in my league last season so at least i am good for the twice a week league! Not really sure where that puts me in the grand scheme of things. I don't follow bowling professionally or really get into the technical side of it. I just enjoy bowling with the same guys a couple times a week. I understand the difference between the 70's and today but I feel like the equipment I've tried the past 20 years hasn't changed a ton. The biggest change for me has been my spare ball seems to dig in a bit more and rotate less. What are the biggest differences between say late 90's and today? I was 14 in 1999 when I started bowling so that's kind of my starting point. I've seen techniques change dramatically but I don't feel a massive difference in equipment. Curious what those changes are!
I'd have to say Tommy Jones's 300 was the most impressive. The night before, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame, that 300 was for the title, and that happened to be his 20th title, a feat accomplished by very few.
Keith Jackson was in the right place at the right time for Guenther's 300. It was one of his rare appearances as a PBA telecast host. Bob Benoit's 300 won the tournament; he was the top seed. He actually lost a match or two when his opponent shot a 300 on TV. He probably said, "Welcome to the club!" When Bob Learn shot his 300, he broke Bu Burton's four-game total of 1050 with 1130.
Nothing against Learn Jr., would much rather watch Bo's 1050 than that 1130! Bo's 1050 was far more entertaining & beautiful to watch. Too bad we missed the majority of the 1st game due to the 84' Winter Olympics running overtime.
Keith Jackson's "last words" before Guenther's ball: "There's nothing left to say, let's just watch it." Cut from this vid for brevity I'm sure. In #14 (Jaros) we do hear "let's just watch" but that was in the era of continual noise.
@@8avexp And I remember multiple telecasts where he mentioned he hadn't encountered a 300, until that day. "We Have It!" came from that. I wasn't old enough to appreciate Stefanich.
This was a good video, sort of a time machine. Perfect games on TV were VERY rare on TV, and the first one I remember as it happened was Pete McCordic in the 80’s. As a semi-scratch league bowler, I recall up until the late 90’s or so, it was somewhat uncommon in regular leagues, and you would get an audience behind you, as well as quiet and plenty of lane courtesy. Everyone congratulated the bowler, even if they didn’t know them. I was fortunate to bowl 2 sanctioned perfect games, 1 in 1992 and 1 in 1993 at the same house. It was a huge adrenalin rush and I was pretty nervous both times. I don’t really bowl anymore but those were two of the greatest moments of my life, and my ABC 300 ring is a priceless possession, even if it is a cheap steel ring with a fake diamond.
I bowled 2 perfect sanctioned games as well at the same house, in 2008 then in 2009, in different season's....ironically against the same team, you still get the whole house watching, and plenty of nerve wracking silence as you throw the last 2...first one i can barely remember, just being numb and wanting to get it over with, it is a great experience having been there. I wish I had the ABC ring, I like the classic look of the old skool rings better than the usbc ones, I did upgrade to the gold ring and I never really wear it, more of a trophy to me and a great memorable peice.
@@stilltlrforlife Good stuff. I didn't know they changed the ring appearance, but I'd like to upgrade to a gold one too for one of them. I don't know about you, but I was raised as a superstitious bowler. If I got the first 5-6, I am not changing anything in my routine. Bathroom? Hold it. Towel and rosin bag folded a certain way. I don't leave the settee area, can't risk getting my shoes wet. And hopefully, no one will jinx me by saying "Come on and get that 300 man!" If someone is in the zone, leave them alone!
@@bobbyricigliano2799 Im not really that superstitious, even in my routine, the only thing I look for is a certian feel on my grip, as far as stringing out the x's, for me if I get passed the 8th frame, i try not to think about it, it was kinda wierd on the second 300, It felt like just another good game, I was really relaxed and by the 6th frame, I was so locked in on my shots for the pair. I already knew it was going to happen, it was one of those nights, I shot 247, 267, 300. so that night I also earned my 800 ring for 814. Ill never forget that night, I I walked out with quite alot of money..lol, believe it or not, I even won mystery game on the 247..luck was on my side that night. It was a 468 dollar night for me..I still have the ball i bowled the game with, I engrave the scores and the date on it, it's a Storm Virtual Gravity Nano. It's on my shelf with my 2 rings. I havent bowled in over 10 years now because my left wrist got injured from too much bowling. Ive been wanting to get back to it, but I've also had a 7 year hiatus from racing in which my son is now interested in, so its looking like Ill come out of retirement from racing so he and I can do it together. Hes not into bowling as much as I was as a kid.
This Is so great. Thanks for posting this. Loved to watch PBA on Saturday afternoon and I used to go bowling when I was a kid during the week after school. This brought back those nice memories. Again. thanks this is nicely put together.
Remember nationally televised finalists being rewarded with a brand new Mercury Cougar, then eventually, $100,000.00 for rolling a 300 game. The grave lack of sponsorship is the primary reason for the major reduction in the prize fund purse. The situation has improved as of late. Sponsorship is picking up somewhat. Still, not near the level it was from the 60's through the 80's. Let's hope bowling continues to make a resurgence & attract enough interest to bring aboard a new generation of serious bowlers & an abundance of sponsorship. Only then will the prize funds increase.
on the early ABC clips you hear the velvet deep voice and commentary of one Chris Schenkel who hails from just minutes down the road from me where he is buried in the little town of Bippus, Indiana. He did Wide World of Sports for decades ‘spanning the globe to bring us the constant variety of sport.’ RIP Chris
@@BudSchnelker Chris Schenkel missed the 1st three 300's, as he was on assignment each time. Pete McCordic's 300, on January 31st, 1987, was Schenkel's 1st & his commentary & raw emotion made it a most wonderful & glorious event to watch. What a great memory!
Shafer's 2nd perfect game was during the PBA league competition and both of Wes Malott's were during the king of bowling special and not during the actual tournaments.
Just noticed something interesting, Bob Learn Jr. was the 1st person to bowl a 300, on AMF lanes, the 1st 9 300 games were all on Brunswick lanes. With Sam Cooley's 300, I counted 9 300 games on AMF lanes, 21 on Brunswick.
Aesthetically speaking, no masking units have even remotely come close to the Brunswick starlight ones shown in Bob Benoit’s shot at 1:35. With the lights down the atmosphere in the house turned into a 70’s style sort of subdued but colorful elegance. The designers at Brunswick really nailed it. Of all the 300’s I’ve seen, Johnny Petraglia’s is by far the most memorable for me.
My first 299 was a perfect 12th shot judging by my release (based off how it felt and where I put the ball) and got stuck with a solid 8, first 300 bounced ball off lane in the down swing and pulled it and carried Brooklyn :\
@@joeschmo9838 i had 11 in a row once in practice with my mother keeping score. i'll never forget the last shot that i left a little wide and only got 7. not perfect but it's the memories that count.
Tony Reyes made my bowling balls for me in the early 2000. Seeing him in this video triggered my memory. It’s sad to hear what happened to him. He was taken way to soon.
I'll also work on a video that shows other televised bowling games such as PWBA, Weber Cup and 300 games I forgot to add. (Give me Televised 300 games in the reply section here)
Jason, there are four televised 300 games in the pwba. You forgot about Trish Johnson and Cara Honeycutt. Both of them also had televised perfect games.
@@damongreen8693 what made Liz's meaningful for her was it happened a day after the twin towers fell and she donated the money from her perfect game to help pay for the funeral costs of the men and women who lost their lives in that tragedy.
Liz Johnson is a classy lady. That’s really neat she did that for all those who suffered that horrible day. She is no doubt the GOAT of all women bowlers. I think she actually has two televised 300 games. She one on a Bowl TV or FloBowling event I believe last year. In a semifinal match. She is on and off the lanes just classy.
TIME TO UPDATE: (SOURCE: bit.ly/PBA_TV_300) #31 Sam Cooley: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_qh4yOwCgOg.html #32 Chris Via: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FyQvBPyigP8.html #33 Kyle Troup: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ojt18PMEQYE.html #34 Jason Belmonte: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k98sXEAzvzw.html NOTE: 33 and 34 were bowled on same day (June 5, 2022) and same tournament (PBA Tour Finals)
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#4 is the one that stirs my emotions the most! Still am unable to decipher which pin fell in the center of the deck on Jim Stefanich's final shot? Like #1 & #2 as they both occurred in the late 60's!
I disagree, it’s not as impressive since it’s 5 people. It’s definitely easier less nerves at least for everyone else. The anchor bowler would have a lot of nerves but the anchor is the best so they know how to deal with nerves more than other people.
@@sharkboyryan195 the anchor bowler only bowled one other shot so it means that he doesn't know if it's changed or not His line could not work anymore and the nerves are no different because you don't want to be the person to let them all down
@@stormconnor5972 your line wouldn’t work anymore after 4 shots of your good you can do it, I messed up a anchor 300 at my high school in California but i didn’t get nervous
These might be the televised PBA 300 games but there was a guy in the 50's who bowled 2 @ 300 games back to back in a tournament. At that time it was called Championship Bowling being televised before it became PBA. There was others who bowled 300 including Nagy in 1954.
Yes, Nagy's was on national television in the Championship Bowling series. Saw it on RU-vid. It was impressive & gave us a glimpse of Nagy's personality out on the lanes. This should be considered the 1st televised 300 game, in much the same way that Glenn Allison should be credited with the 1st sanctioned 900 series!
@@LANESxNOWONLYx Those from the 50's were using rubber bowling balls, bowling on lacquer lanes, with mostly hand oiled lanes. In the 1980's they still came out to tape the lanes when you bowled a 300 in order for it to be sanctioned. When they removed oil restrictions and allowed houses to place a easier shot down for bowlers. They quit taping 300 games, there was too many of them. I had my first 300 in the early 80's and watched while he taped the lanes before sanctioning my 300. I am still a fan of urethane. If you look, most scoring records are from urethane balls. Reactive is better under some conditions, especially very oily conditions. But urethane is still the overall best.
The man who bowled the back to back 300's was Ed Lubanski at a 1959 Mixed Scotch tournament in Miami. Billy Welu (Chris Schenkel's original color commentator) was on the opposing team in that telecast. You can find it here on RU-vid.
@@glennl.9672 I knew it was Lubanski but did not remember it at the time I wrote the comment. It is amazing that they were using rubber balls on lacquer finish and still accomplished what they did,
That 19 year old who hit the 7-10 on tv a few months back was awsome. This is still hard to do but when compared to getting a 7-10 or the double pinochle this is a little easier. Im sure the equipment improvements over the years helped.
Not sure you can really compare the two feats. Converting the 7-10 has only happened 4 times on TV, whereas 300 games seem to happen roughly once every other year on average. But also the 7-10 is one shot vs. a 300 game being 12 of them.
@@jakesnussbuster3565 Can you hit one? I never did. Bowled 2 300 games tho. Not saying that was easy but much easier to obtain especially now that they use better equipment and plastic lanes. Now throwing a 300 on old wood lanes with a rubber ball is another deal.
Yes, that was Andy Neuer's son. The 10-pin actually ricocheted off the bowling ball, in the pit, into the 7-pin. Could be categorized as luck? The ball speed the young Neuer generated was certainly a factor also. Off course, Mark Roth in 1980, & both Jess "the Rock" Stayrook & John Mazda, in 1991, were the other 7-10 converters on national television.
Because Sean thinks he's the ambassador of tv 300s. So, he felt he had to be the first to congratulate Ronnie, to tell him whether he did it right, or not.
Interesting facts. You left out Gene Stus and Berardi. Stus did it on the Senior Tour with a Rhino Pro (purple). Berardi bowling 300 in PBA stepladder finals in 79', but was never credited because it was on tape delay. Also, the Columbia u-dot (3 pc pancake core) was the only urethane ball to be used on tv 300's and was used twice with McCordic and Benoit. To think of all the times Hammers (all those covers and hit hard), Cobras, Angles, Purple Angle (soft urethane), Ultra Angle (flared) Nitros (hit like tank), Turbos, Sumos (flared), U2s, Enforcers, Sharks and Phantoms (Navy flared) were used on tv, but never had a 300. No two piece, or even modern core urethane, have ever scored a 300 on tv. Imagine how many would have lost that bet if you told them a 3 piece urethane would be the only urethane ball to ever roll a 300, and would have 300 on the logo before it was ever credited with one.
Walter Ray was on here 4 times, kept getting 300 games bowled against him but never did it himself, only man to pick up the Big 4 on tv tho so that’s his Ace In The Hole Bonus Card lol
Not claiming to be a fan of bowling at all, nor do I play it, If so very rarely with friends like once in a while. But the way he threw it looked smooth af @4:05
You the crappy part with Walter Ray is watch how many he had thrown against him on tv.. But look Pete Weber never did either came close but pulled his last shot
Yup. I noticed one thing. The Columbia U-dot (pancake block) was the only urethane ball to every bowl a 300 on tv, and it was twice. Aulby was using resin. To think all the times the blue Hammers, Cobras, various AMF Angles, Nitros and Phantoms - not one got a 300. Two piece urethane never got 300 in a PBA stepladder final. Another note, Berardi shot 300 in tv finals in 1979, but was never credited due to tape delay.
These bowlers are so good, but the let down after the 300 game is big. I don't know what the number is, but it isn't many that go onto win the tournament. Thanks for sharring
Petraglia’s 300 almost didn’t happen. In 11th frame he left a solid 8, but as soon as you saw it for a split second, a messenger came off the right wall and took the 8 pin out. That was at Imperial Lanes in Toledo, it’s here on RU-vid.
If I remember correctly, Bob Learns almost didn't happen to. I think the 5 pin stood in the 6th frame, but another pin came around and took the pin out.
@@dylanjohnson6329 If you bowl a strike on the 10th, you get an 11th. If you bowl a strike on the 11th, you get a 12th. If you bowl a strike on the 12th, you get a 13th. What's really crazy is a strike is worth 10 points, but somehow from 13 frames earns you 300. Yeah... let it sink in 🫠 🫣 🙃 😆 🤨😬 😐 😧 😳 🥵 🤯 😵 🚑 🏥 👨⚕️ 💉👩⚕️ 💊 🤤 😶🌫️ 🤕 🤫 🥲 😮💨 😒 😔 😪 🏳 🏳🤯🔫👈🤳 Disclaimer: I have no clue if their is an official number of frames. I was basing my knowledge from faded memories playing wii sports, and I still don't know.
The first televised 300 by Jack Biondolillo carried a $10,000 prize.......and so did the last one. Apparently, the pins may fall, but inflation stands still in game of bowling.
Can someone explain why the crowd was like...rowdy AF during the approach for some of those final shot attempts? I just assumed they're always quiet until the ball is released.
it was a short lived trend in the late 90s where they had the crowd making noise all throughout the bowlers' approach. Same with the gold pins that were used during that time.
Got it. After further investigation, Jason Queen's TV 300 was done at a then-unsanctioned tournament in Huntsville, Alabama, in the late 90's, so it wasn't counted then. Ten TV 300's had been reached by that time. Eight more TV 300's were made until 2008, when the PBA retroactively upgraded many past non-santioned tournaments that completely reset many career stats. One of those events was the one that Queen got his 300, which made it the 11th official TV 300 almost 10 years previous. That's why several TV 300's were off by one, as the then-reported 11th to the 18th TV 300's were bumped back to the 12th-19th respectively.
