Boy I know I'm old, as I remember ALL these bowlers and probably watched these games on ABC on Sat afternoon.

I always look for Isabelle in these videos. If she is 25-30 years old when this was filmed, that would put her in her 80’s today (2019). I hope she still has all the guys talking about her.

@lumberlikwidator8863

10 ай бұрын

I bet she’s still driving the geezers wild at the Senior Citizens Center.

@MrChristopherHaas

4 ай бұрын

ya know shes not the only one who came back week after week😂. best seat in the house,though she usually seemed uncomfortable. Wouldnt ya love to know more

Love Ray Bluth's Smooth Stroker Style.

A big shout out to “Mr. 900” himself... Glenn Allison from my hometown of La Habra California… At La Habra “300” Bowl, It was on lanes 13 & 14, that Glenn made history… Whether it was sanctioned or not.

I bowl at crestwood and Ray is still here

Everyone likes to go on about Glenn Allison's 900 series. No matter the era or lane conditions, if you can carry 36 strikes in a row, you deserve the patch and ring for it. I grew up bowling in the '70s and '80s, working at the lanes. We used a time card in the lane machine to block oil on the outside. Classic. Everyone was doing it. Yes, we had some honor scores disallowed. Just like with cops, there is the "spirit of the law" and the "letter of the law". No matter what, if some guy can carry 36 in a row, you give him a ring. No matter what. It's ridiculous that Allison was denied, especially considering his history as a pro bowler. That is one of the stains on bowling history if you ask me.

It’s criminal even now that Glenn’s 900 is not recognized. Especially since two of the 900’s that are recognized probably never happened.

@user-dt6hb7kb6u

3 ай бұрын

Super criminal!!! Those days it was 10 times harder to achieve.

I don’t believe what I just saw!

If all so-called 900 series since had to pass the same requirements that Glenn Allison's had to in 1982, there'd be no 900 series on the books.

@Aereaux

3 жыл бұрын

I remember when that happened. I was bowling and living in LA area at that time. I used to bowl in the LA Traveling League and Glenn was in the league. Great guy. The ABC didn't want to believe that it happened. The 886 had stood for so many years they never wanted to see it go away. Such BS.

@chasbari

5 ай бұрын

@@Aereaux They didn't sanction Ray Orf's 890 either. There was a definite political bias when they inspected the lanes back then. I won't go into it.. but I know it all too well. It's a travesty now what has happened to score inflation. Even the so called blocked conditions back then were nothing compared to the absurdity that is the typical house shot now. They wouldn't be able to keep up with the inspections if they were to enforce anything now. Back then, they shut down your pair until it was inspected. Pins were weighed, lanes were taped to check for oil across all boards, they scrutinized and measured flat gutter height and anything else that could factor in. Of course, back in the day, in our county, there were typically only 30 or less total honor scores in any given season for the approximately 2.5 million league games bowled across all our lanes in all leagues each season. Now, with less than 280,000 league games per season on what remains of our houses, there are 310 honor scores per season. Adjusted for inflation, that would have been like 18750 honor scores per season back in the 1970s instead of 30. No gold rings for that, now.. just refrigerator magnets and key chain trinkets. Kind of lets you know the real value of them now. But, You can bet I will be just as proud of any honor score I throw now as I was back then.

Hall of Famer Allison was the first man to shoot a 900 series in competition, but it was disallowed on the grounds that the lanes were blocked. Now we call that a house shot!

@MrNYCman530

7 жыл бұрын

I'm still looking for my first 700. Plenty of 600's but I never reached that milestone.

@gregall2178

4 жыл бұрын

Did you know that he did that in the 2nd league of the night to use the lanes? ...and I doubt back then that they dressed the lanes between leagues.

@joeambrose3260

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrNYCman530 Ditch the plastic and go reactive

@JS-fe8sx

Жыл бұрын

@@joeambrose3260 More than likely they were hard rubber.

@lumberlikwidator8863

10 ай бұрын

@@teslacoil I totally agree. Bowling used to be a respectable sport that demanded consistency, accuracy and a great mental attitude to succeed. Nowadays hack crybabies just whip it out at the gutter with all the revs and speed they can generate and they expect to miss two boards either way and still hit the pocket. And when they leave crazy shit because of the sick entry angle of the resin balls they whine like spoiled little brats. Where I bowl they put in synthetic lanes a few years ago and the only scratch league in the place left because their scores weren’t to their liking. Now they want to come back because their scores were even worse at the place they went to. One of them is a retired professional and a member of a bowling hall of fame . To me these people aren’t real bowlers because they aren’t mature enough to realize that bowling balls go where they are thrown. I know some 150 average bowlers who I respect way more than these so-called scratch bowlers, because they don’t complain about their scores and blame it on the alleys.

Glenn Allison got screwed by the establishment. He Rolled a 900 and they denied Him.

I always liked Ray Blyth style of bowling. They said once on TV that he writes down every frame he ever bowled.

@thevmanvj

4 жыл бұрын

Ahhh Ray Bluth.....one of the original “crankers”.... Certainly an inspiration for another well known young “cranker” type..... Mark Roth!! The style resemblance is quite remarkable.

@jimhresko9102

3 жыл бұрын

Ray Bluth = Mark Roth? wow. you have an extremely vivid imagination. either that you need new glasses.

ive been watching too much old time bowling, god i love it so. I had a dream last night that….you know the famous picture of dogs playing poker? those bulldogs heads were replaced with SKEE, DON CARTER, BOB STRAMPE, SALVINO, WELU,SEMIZ,and, of couse, Dick Weber. Oscar Madison (Jack Klugman) was playing as well🙄😂

Bluth had more power on the ball than anyone else of this era except Carmen Salvino.

ya know Isabel isnt the ONLY one who shows up week after week 😂. She is certainly camera friendly though and always has the best seat in the house though she usually seems uncomfortable lol.

How have I never seen this lol

@MrBhresko

4 жыл бұрын

are you related to Glenn?

What year is this... 1965?

When bowling was actually bowling.

@20alphabet

7 жыл бұрын

You got THAT right!

@barryparker4005

3 жыл бұрын

Explain to me how, please.

@chuckschafer942

Жыл бұрын

@@barryparker4005 1PIECE BALLS SOLID WOOD PINS

Loving this! What year was this on TV?

I wonder if the competitors or crowd could hear all the commentary.

Ray bluth was a machine! I was rooting for Allison...he had a beautiful release! How many boards would he have covered with a full fingertip?

@stewartberger7734

4 жыл бұрын

Bluth one of the best ever

LIKE IT

This was my hey day in bowling. You will notice there is no real way to hook the ball with lacquer finishes on the lanes,

@MrBhresko

4 жыл бұрын

not only that, the harder the shell you could get was preferred, such as Ripley, Jubilere or AMF. what we considered a big hook back then would be almost nothing today. Bluth would be amazing with today's equipment.

@lumberlikwidator8863

10 ай бұрын

You had to play the track, which was usually between the eight and the twelve boards. If you got outside of it you missed the headpin or hit the nose.

Mr. Bluth ended up in both the St. Louis and State of Missouri Hall of Fame. The man could bowl, obviously. What is strange is that, after looking him up, there is no date of death. If anyon3 knows anything maybe they could do a wiki write up, i would contribute money to that.

@brucesanders8536

2 күн бұрын

Still kicking at 97.

Does anyone know the date? The cars at the beginning look like late 1950s / early 1960s.

@regmason2329

5 жыл бұрын

Based on the series, and the bowling style used by Don Carter (in another series of matches) I would say late 1962 or 63.

Jack and Whitey are hot for the lady spectator named Isabel. That kind of thing would have had them fired today.

@MrBhresko

4 жыл бұрын

who wasn't?

@nukiepoo

4 жыл бұрын

She was a plant by the Network to spice the show up a bit. Notice the average age of the audience; the network wanted to attract younger viewers # male viewers, of course.

@lumberlikwidator8863

10 ай бұрын

Mum’s the word about Isabelle. If my wife finds out about her she won’t let me watch this anymore.

wasnt the elderly gentleman sitting right below announcers just to the right a tv personality? he looks like the father in petticoat junction

What year was this? I may have missed it. I watch these old videos and wonder who are still with us.

@christopherdunne7848

Жыл бұрын

Only going by the cars shown in the beginning, likely 1959 +/- two years.

Commentators: Jack Buck & Whitey Harris

@jimhresko9102

3 жыл бұрын

for a supposedly professional announcer, Whitey Harris comes off as a blithering idiot. Especially about bowling.

@williamdunphy352

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimhresko9102 He is no Billy Welu or Nelson Burton, Jr. Whitey Harris that is.

@jimhresko9102

3 жыл бұрын

he's not even a Rob Stone!

Does anyone know what date this was?

@DoRayMeFa

6 жыл бұрын

The cars at the beginning look like late 1950s / early 1960s.

@MrBhresko

4 жыл бұрын

early 60s. 1962-63 I believe.

The commentary. 😆

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