Wow, great to see Ned Day and Steve Nagy, what great characters. I remember watching all the TV matches and tried to imitate the bowlers. I have a how to bowl book written by Ned Day and he personally autographed it to the person who had received it as a gift in 1947. What I remember about Ned is that he wasn't a showman but an every day guy who happened to be a great bowler. He and Steve Nagy could have been guys you bowled against in your Friday night beer league and they probably were. My personal favorite was Buzz Fazio but I loved all of the old great bowlers.

It was great to see flashes of vintage Ned Day , especially toward the end. He must have been 50 already, clearly his best days behind him. To put his legacy in perspective, Mr. Day would be 105 if he were still living. He may, indeed, be considered the "Father of Modern Bowling." Who else deserves the title?

@MrKlemps

8 ай бұрын

Joe Norris would be a strong contender.

@multicaruana

8 ай бұрын

Hmmm, not sure I've heard of Joe Norris, I'll have to check this.@@MrKlemps

Ah yes, gotta love those above ball returns lol. 6:45

Wow! Another Ned Day match! Thank you.

A correction here: Although this video is billed as "Championship Bowling" on the title line here on KZread, a closer look at the title cards at the beginning and end of the show reveals that this was not "Championship Bowling." It was "All-Star Bowling." Which was different from "Top Star Bowling," another series from another producer, which was hosted by Jack Buck. I would love to track the history of this: Walter Schwimmer Productions was responsible for this show, and of course Walter Schwimmer Productions was also responsible for Championship Bowling. The theme music used on this show, "All-Star Bowling," was the same as the theme music used on "Championship Bowling." The formats were virtually identical, with a season-long bracketed tournament with 3-game matches shown on each episode. And the host, Fred Wolf, was the emcee and play-by-play man on both series. I know that in the early 1950s, the show was called "Championship Bowling." I also know that by the mid-to-late 1960s, it was once again called "Championship Bowling," as it moved to Firestone Lanes in Akron, and eventually Bud Palmer took over duties as the play-by-play man when the show was telecast in color and was recorded on videotape. But I'm wondering exactly when...and WHY...Walter Schwimmer Productions changed the name of "Championship Bowling" to "All-Star Bowling," and when and why they changed it back. Or were there two different series -- "Championship Bowling" and "All-Star Bowling" -- BOTH being produced at the same time, both by the same production company, Walter Schwimmer Productions, both with the same play-by-play man, Fred Wolf? And if so, for how long did Schwimmer produce both shows in parallel? (I don't think there were two series being produced at the same time; I think they merely changed the name of the show. And I have a feeling they changed it to "All-Star Bowling" to try to pre-empt "Top Star Bowling." Broadcasters are competitive like that, although it seems foolish to change the name of such a successful series as "Championship Bowling" just to "block" an upstart competitor. Does any of this make any sense to anyone other than me?) I'm in broadcasting, and I grew up watching these shows (although I was too young at the time to be paying much attention to these issues...I was just watching the bowling). Anyone know about this and the timeline?

@chuckschafer6728

6 жыл бұрын

all star bowling was the brunswick version of championship bowing

@talkcat10

5 ай бұрын

I would love to see the complete results from these series printed out. Historic.

Real old school!

I've made this comment before, but it bears repeating. Ned Day had the most beautiful bowling style of all time!! He looked prettier losing than anyone else did winning. Particularly in this age of the Dr. Crankensteins. More intererested in the caveman approach than consistent performance. His 83 perfect games is a mind blowing statistic. Finesse over brute force wins every time.

@oldsnwbrdr

15 сағат бұрын

He was smoother in the many old promotional videos that featured Ned Day. His follow through crossed over to the left side of his head which many bowlers do today. On this video he doesn’t post many shots at the line.

@donaldschmidt2990

8 сағат бұрын

@oldsnwbrdr What a compliment that he was even more polished in other clips you've seen of him. What a atylist!!

That is when bowlers were bowlers

This is probably early 50's not, late. Day injured his leg in 55, which resulted in his retirement.

@scatpack68

6 ай бұрын

Can't be. They mentioned Nagy having the '59 ABC average winner.

Look at the moobs on both of these guys!

I didn't see them wipe their ball one time.

John can you get Andy Varipapa vs Steve Nagy back. It was on for a while. Thanks H A

@irishpogi

Жыл бұрын

That wasn't one of mine. I think it may have been uploaded on someone else's channel

No balls built to allow for crazy hooks? No super complicated oil patterns? One type of ball per string?

@tenfourproductionsllc

5 күн бұрын

And wood lanes... Golf never relaxes their standards but bowling did. Even in the 80s, if you bowled a 300 and it was blocked lanes or "house shot" conditions, you didn't get recognized.

2:50--Ned Day claims he has bowled 83 perfect games!

@dougvertcnik4141

4 жыл бұрын

From West Allis just like me...

@dettigs

2 жыл бұрын

he's counting every 300 including practice and non sanctioned, and I'd still think 83 is a big exaggeration......

University Lanes is now an empty field.

Amazed by the absolutely horrible delivery & follow-through of both bowlers.

@johncarrara9784

2 жыл бұрын

They weren't using the high tech equipment of today that can make an average bowler into something more. Hard rubber balls, lacquer on the alley instead of all the crazy oil patterns. It was a simpler, more honest game and the simple style might not have looked so pretty but it got the job done. Give me the horrible delivery, footwork, and mechanics any day, I sense that you don't truly understand the old time bowlers. I was there, going back to pin boys, along with the smell of cigar smoke and beer in those great old houses.

@glennl.9672

Жыл бұрын

if you say so, but believe this: They would have cleaned your clock all day every day. Maybe not their best performance this match, but these guys were such elite bowlers back in the day.

@chrishowell4845

Жыл бұрын

@@johncarrara9784 , I started bowling back in the mid 60`s, and I remember watching league bowling and the smoke was pretty thick from cigarette and cigar smoke as well as plenty of beer

these blowers forms suck! no follow through at all! just throw it down the the middle!! no oil for sure!!!!

@MrKlemps

8 ай бұрын

These guys were among the best of their time, though to be fair neither of them had a particularly good day. You are not allowing for the extraordinary differences in conditions.

@floxy20

4 ай бұрын

String bowling on its way!

@Charadoe2031

3 ай бұрын

These sucky forms would God-stomp pretty much everyone in every league at your local bowling center if you pulled them out of a time machine when they were thirty and put them up against modern competition. They played on hideous conditions with rubber balls. Also, straighter is greater. It's a feature, not a bug.